MDE artwork--The Master (Roger Delgado)

The Master--Roger Delgado (MDE March 1992).

Sometime during 1991, I started experimenting with grease pencil (or china markers). To this day, they are actually one of my favorite drawing instruments. At the time, one needs to remember that I was working at a Burger King--I was surrounded by grease pencils; it was only a matter of time before I started to use them in artwork.

This particular drawing is the famous Doctor Who villian--the Master. I am fairly sure that the local PBS station was showing the episodes of the Third Doctor at the time, hence the Roger Delgado version of the Master.

More artwork--Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein--Morgan Eckstein 1992.

Here is another piece of artwork from my old sketchbooks. This one was done in January 1992, and is of Albert Einstein, who must be included (sooner or later) in every nerd and science fiction geek's blog (it is in the rules, I tell you).

More artwork--Captain Kirk

Captain Kirk (E. M. Eckstein 1991).

Here is another piece of artwork that I did in 1991. This one is of Captain Kirk (William Shatner). Like the previous picture, it was done with ball-point pen on newsprint.

MDE artwork The Valeyard

Ball point pen drawing of the Valeyard (6-6-1991 MDE).

Going through a pile of old sketch books the other day, I ran across some of my old artwork. It is so old that one can see that I was still using my birth name as an artist (since then, I have placed everything under my penname...except for the bits that I do not want people to easily connect with myself).

This particular drawing of the Valeyard (Michael Jayston) was done is June 1991. I used a black ball-point pen on newsprint.

The Valeyard is one of those Doctor Who villians that had so much promise, but the BBC failed to get the most out of him. Of course, let's be honest--it is not easy to do so when you are involved with a fourteen espisode story arc with multiple writers...and no one really knowing how it is really supposed to end.

One would hope that the final story of Trial of a Time Lord would have cleared up some of the problems and difficulties, but no, it is BBC pulp theater hour with the last story being written by the unknowing at the very last second.

I always wonder what happened to the Valeyard, just like I wonder how he came into existence, but we will never be given official answers to this because the Time Lords are no more.