The Lakes International Comics Art Festival is hosting the Doctor Who Monster Competition! Kids 8 to 12 are invited to design a monster, and the winner will be declared at the festival. The contest is part of celebrating sixty years of Doctor Who comics. The winner will see their creation featured in Doctor Who Magazine in the Doctor Who comic strip.
Does your kid have what it takes to scare the rest of their generation? Entries must be in by August 1, 2024.
History of Doctor Who Monster Competitions
Monster design competitions are a fun part of the Doctor Who fandom, having existed since the 1960s. Many of these competitions tend to be held in Doctor Who Magazine. However, the British children’s series Blue Peter held a competition in the ’00s, and the winning monster was featured in an episode. The winner, Abzorbaloff, appeared in the “Love and Monsters” episode.
Here are the details of the competition:
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival, in partnership with Panini Comics UK, is delighted to announce a Doctor Who Monster Competition!
Design a Doctor Who monster of your very own, and see it featured in a special comic strip in Doctor Who Magazine, the official magazine about the long-running SF show
This competition is open to children aged 8 – 12 and all entries must be submitted by Thursday, 1st August 2024, to be considered for a short list of just 15 designs, the final overall winner decided by a special panel of Who experts led by Doctor Who Magazine editor Jason Quinn, and Doctor Who comic strip writer and former DWM editor John Freeman, and artist Mike Collins. Also involved in the judging will be Doctor Who expert Archie Phillips, from Milnthorpe, brought on board as a local superfan of the show.
The overall winner will be publicly revealed at the start of a special Doctor Who in Comics event at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2024 (27th- 29th September 2024, Bowness-on-Windermere www.comicartfestival.com), celebrating SIXTY YEARS of your favourite time and space traveller in comic strip form, staring in TV Comic, way back in 1964!
Jason, John and Doctor Who comic artist and series storyboard artist Mike Collins will lead a special session where we come up with a possible story featuring the winning monster, working with the audience to create a special comic strip tale to amaze DWM readers in 2025! Along the way, find out some of the secrets behind how a Doctor Who comic is created, Jason will tease you about upcoming stories and Mike will draw some key scenes from the planned comic on stage!
More information and rules for the competition are on the Lakes International Comic Art Festival webpage.
