Doctor Who has been celebrated in many forms. One popular way for fans to express their love for the show is by creating web comics.

References to Doctor Who show up in all sorts of media and artistic expression. In past articles, we have explored such things as fan fiction, art, handmade crafts, web parodies, music, as well as references in graphic novels, movies, and other television shows. In this article, we will be taking a look at some of the many fan-created web comics that are based on Doctor Who.

Our first example of a Doctor Who web comic is Comic Who. It depicts various chibi incarnations of the Doctor, as well as other characters from the show (and other franchises), simultaneously coexisting in the same alternate universe. There are also a couple of offshoots of the main strip. One is Comic Who Confidentials, a parody of Doctor Who Confidential. The other is Simmy’s Tales, a spin-off starring John Simm‘s Master who is somehow also Simm’s character, Sam Tyler, from Life on Mars. Throw Torchwood into the mix and you have a wonderfully strange mashup.

As an aside, the above example is not to be confused with Torchwood Babiez, an equally adorable chibi web comic of characters from both Torchwood and Doctor Who, with the added element of a Muppet Babies parody.

Next on our list is In Print by Jim Wilkins and Alasdair Shaw. Years ago, it was originally a physical publication, eventually moving to the internet. Much like Comic Who, In Print features all of the previous incarnations of the Doctor, but as memories “stored in a post temporal psycho construct housed within the Doctor’s mind.” It mainly focuses on the Seventh and Eighth Doctors making snarky comments about happenings in the current Doctor’s life.

Finally we have the work of Shawn Van Briesen and Paul Hanley. It is stylized to look like traditional graphic novels, with a plethora of amusing celebrity cameos. I rather enjoyed seeing the likes of John Cleese and Andy Dick. Doctor Who: Fade Away is the story of the Eleventh Doctor and an elderly Brigadier sharing a pint in a bar, intercut with a few scenes from various other encounters between the two. The main setting is a heartbreaking imagining of Brig’s final meeting with The Doctor. Sarah Jane Smith: Final Report chronicles a reporter’s efforts to uncover the secrets and lies from the cover-ups perpetuated by Sarah Jane. Only Part I has been released, so far.

This list is, of course, just a small sample of the Doctor Who web comics in existence. Not to mention all of the non-Doctor Who ones that occasionally have references to the show, such as PhD Comics.

Which is your favorite Doctor Who web comic? Let us know in the comments.