1978 | age 9/10? A fairly daft page today readers! But that’s good, right? “ACTION STATIONS!” scream the 1970’s Tannoy Speakers. “But you killed him?” asks Tarkin, leaning on his kitchen table. Oddly, Vader answers, “No you’re thinking of Benard[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
early 1978? | 9/10 years old It’s a multi-coloured one today, readers. And with a special guest star! Name that Actor! Once again rivaling Lon Chaney Sr. as the Man of a Thousand Faces, Luke reminds me of some old[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
early 1978? | age 9/10 Cor, get a load of Princess Leia in this one—gorgeous. Or maybe not. Art Notes PANEL 1: Odd dialogue in this one but Solo’s sideways glance is pretty good. I’m surprised I could manage such[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1977 & 1978? | age 9 & 10? This is a messy but funny looking page. But then, it’s not like… MARK HAMILL’s gonna see it. Is he? Neil Baker—reader and unpaid publicist for SWa9—used his one opportunity to Tweet[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ho hum, there are no laughs in this one; and this Luke meeting Leia scene is getting a bit drawn-out. He does utter the immortal—and corny “I’m here to rescue you” line, but I bet I never once thought of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
early 1978 | age 9 Beautiful—are you sure? “……YOUR MORE BEUTIFULL THAN I THOUGHT” One of the first attempts to extol Leia’s beauty! 9 or 10 year old boys really don’t have much of an appreciation of the opposite sex’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1977?/1978 | age 9 That’s it. Make sure she’s dead before you even rescue her. Luke’s nose looks a bit sideways? Like an Irish TV newsreader (or is that just their weird lighting? I’ve never been able to decide). Cor,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1983? | age 14–15? Not much to laugh at today, I’m afraid! Here’s my 14 or 15 year old self acting more like a proper comic artist. I really wanted to be one, right up to art college. My flatmate[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
mid–late 1978 | age9–10 It’s scary sometimes. I decided to check with Google (almighty font of all knowledge) to see if the cell number in this strip is the correct one. Well, would you believe it?—if you Google ‘2187’, it’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1982? | age 14? Borrrr-ring. A bit like today’s page. Better drawing—but boring. As you’ll know, if you’ve been reading these blogs, I get more of a kick and tickle out of the oldest, most poorly-drawn ones. So we’re doing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…