Lytton (series)

Lytton was a four issue comic series by Cutaway Comics centred on the character of Gustave Lytton by writer Eric Saward and artist Barry Renshaw.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Intergalactic freelance soldier Lytton has swapped the battlefields of the Five Galaxies for a Soho jazz club.

Everything should be perfect - if it wasn't for the strange noises in the sewers, rumours that vicious aliens stalk the dark alleys and the terrible sense of murder in the air.

Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

#	Title	Writer	Featuring	Printed in	Released
1	Down These Mean Streets A Man Must Go	Eric Saward	Gustave Lytton	LYT 1	28 September 2020
2	Crime Like Politics is Always Personal		Gustave Lytton, alien policemen	LYT 2	24 December 2020
3	Even the Oppressed Own Their Lives...		Gustave Lytton, alien policemen, Cyberman androids, Terileptils	LYT 3	29 March 2021
4	Goodbye To All That			LYT 4	August 2021

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Lytton was first announced in November 2016 with a planned release date in early 2017.^[1]
Issue 1 was announced with a cover date of May 2019^[2]^[3] but was pushed back to Summer 2019,^[4] September 2019,^[5] June 2020,^[6] July 2020,^[7] August 2020, and ultimately September 2020.
A free "ashcan" preview of issue 1 was released on 26 May 2019.^[8]
In July 2019, the plot of Lytton was referenced in the official Resurrection of the Daleks novelisation
A motion comic teaser for the first issue was released on YouTube on 13 August 2020.^[9]
The creators took part in a Reddit AMA in March 2021.

Value added material[[edit] | [edit source]]

Each issue of Lytton purchased directly from Cutaway Comics included a bonus DVD of "value added material" (VAM).

#	Cover	Content
1		Video commentaries on the comic featuring artist Barry Renshaw and writer Eric Saward An introduction to the series from Eric Saward New interviews with Eric Saward and Barry Renshaw Newly recorded audio commentaries for ‘Gangsters’, the series that shot Lytton actor Maurice Colbourne to fame featuring series creator Philip Martin and BFI Historian Dick Fiddy A newly recorded audio commentary for ‘The Caves of Androzani’ featuring Salateen actor Robert Glenister Deleted pages, and concept art
2		Commentary for Gangsters: ‘Incident 2’ with Philip Martin (Writer) and Dick Fiddy (Moderator) Commentary for ‘Attack of the Cybermen’ with Eric Saward (Script Editor), David Banks (Cyber Leader) and Justin Johnson (Moderator) Video: In-vision commentary for Issue 2 with Eric Saward (Writer) and Barry Renshaw (Artist) Video: Interview with Barry Renshaw (Artist) Video: Trailer for Omega stories
3		Newly recorded commentary for Doctor Who: 'Earthshock' with David Banks (Cyber Leader), Matthew Waterhouse (Adric) and Eric Saward (Writer), moderated by the BFI's Justin Johnson Video commentary for Issue 3 of Lytton with Eric Saward (Writer) and Barry Renshaw (Illustrator) Archive Panel of Philip Martin talking about Gangsters with the BFI’s Dick Fiddy in Manchester, 2015 Kickstarter Bonus: New sketch from The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre
4		New audio commentary for THE VISITATION with MATTHEW WATERHOUSE (Adric) and ERIC SAWARD (writer/script editor), moderated by the BFI's JUSTIN JOHNSON Commentary on Lytton #4 with BARRY RENSHAW (artist) and ERIC SAWARD (writer) Newly filmed interview with ERIC SAWARD, hosted by MATT CHARLTON Trailer for PARADISE TOWERS And an Easter Egg!

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Official Lytton page at Cutaway Comics

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

[1] ttps://twitter.com/cutawaycomics/status/803218794349035520

[2] Barry Renshaw News

[3] Eric Saward’s Lytton Coming Soon from Cutaway Comics

[4] ttps://twitter.com/artofbaz/status/1129091353454030848

[5] ttps://twitter.com/artofbaz/status/1132701956387037184

[6] ttps://twitter.com/artofbaz/status/1104797029883146240

[7] ttps://twitter.com/artofbaz/status/1264618778618408968

[8] ttps://twitter.com/artofbaz/status/1132701956387037184

[9] Lytton motion comic teaser by "@room" (Room 5064) on YouTube

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