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Mike Morgan


Issue 28 is a first for 4 Stat Stories -- The Guest Artist is also one of the writers.That person is Mike Morgan. His art appears here. He is also the author of Story 3.

Mike Morgan was born in London, but not in any of the interesting parts. He moved to Japan at the age of 30 and lived there for many years. Nowadays, he's based in Iowa, and enjoys family life with his wife and two young children. If you like his art or writing here, be sure to check out his website: Perpetual State of Mild Panic. While there, enjoy his Doctor Who cartoons.

Mike Morgan has been drawing for about as long as he can remember. He has contributed to fanzines for many years and was able to paint the cover to his first novella in 2021, which was an interesting experience. He primarily produces black-and-white line illustrations, but tries his hand at full color from time to time.

Process notes: I produced the two color pieces shown above in Microsoft Paint and SketchBook. I haven't found a tablet I like yet, so I used an old PC and a mouse, mainly laying down colors with a crayon effect. Creating art on a PC is more time-consuming than using watercolors on actual paper, as I go into much more detail and endlessly change things.
                                                                                                                                                                                -- Mike Morgan

Notes on Photo Gallery Images:                                                                                

The character from Dimensions in Time is Frank Butcher, played by Mike Reid.

The Lorq Charging illustration was printed in an anthology called Shelf Life. It was one of two illustrations for a story Mike wrote that appeared in that book. It was drawn using simple art pens on paper.

The picture of the Sea Devil, Sauvix, from Doctor Who: Warriors of the Deep was drawn for a British fanzine in the late 90s. It was drawn with a dip pen and a bottle of old-fashioned ink.

Also included is a painting Mike did of Roger Delgado (The Master from Doctor Who): It was printed in a Doctor Who unofficial annual a few years ago and is more recent than some of the other illustrations.

                                     
 



A Long Time Ago in the Future

Dimensions in Time

Charging Lorq

   Lorq Charging

Sea Devil, Sauvix

Roger Delgado


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