Drawing Breath

Drawing Breath was the autobiography of Dicky Howett. As well as providing an overview of Howett's life, including detailed accounts of his time at Marvel Comics and work on An Adventure in Space and Time, the book also contained within several Doctor Who-related comic stories, all previously unpublished in licenced works.

Publisher's summary
Dicky's work will be known to comic readers everywhere, especially fans of Doctor Who where his strip in collaboration with writer Tim Quinn Doctor Who? featured in Doctor Who Magazine for over a decade.

But he and Tim didn't just contribute to Doctor Who Magazine, they also provided comic strips for a number of Marvel, DC Thompson and IPC comics, developing a unique and edgy style as they went on, often upsetting editors along the way with their refusal to let good taste get in the way of a good joke.

Prior to this collaboration, Dicky worked at the BBC and Lime Grove in various roles as well as being a freelance cartoonist for numerous daily newspapers and periodicals. He continued with cartooning for as long as he could, but with the industry changing and the need for spot cartoons diminishing he began a new career and company.

Golden Age Television specialises in leasing antique film and video camera and studio equipment to modern film and television productions ranging from Hollywood productions such as Steven Spielberg's Munich, to television productions including Call the Midwife, The Hour, Inside No.9 and returning to his Doctor Who roots with An Adventure in Space and Time for the series' 50th Anniversary in 2013.

Stories

 * Movie Millie
 * Bloody Ages Ago
 * Doctor Whos? (first three panels only)
 * Untitled
 * Dicky's Scrapbook
 * Back Tracks

Other Who-related content

 * Illustrations of Peri Brown and
 * Photograph of Howett drawing Paradocs
 * Photographs from the set of An Adventure in Space and Time
 * Photographs of Howett with Deborah Watling, Sophie Aldred, Tim Quinn and Caroline Munro