Age 12/13? | 1980/81? This leads into another one of those great scenes in Empire between Han and Leia. This is the first page to feature those silly Empire Strikes Back alphabet stickers. I think I was probably looking forward[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, here’s the cover! As you can see, I preferred to use the official artwork and design than make my own. Anything that made it seem more like the real thing—more official—was a plus for me! This image was lovingly[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1978/1979? | age 10/11? Here it is, readers: the very last page of this Star Wars comic adaptation. But, I’m pleased that it’s ending on one of the earliest pages. It’s been a big project. Do I get a medal[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1978/79? | age 10/11? 2nd-last page of the comic. Today, spelling really gets throne out of the window. Did I really spell ‘back’ as ‘bak’?—and then correct it? Maybe I was just so much more eager to draw, that I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1978 | age 10? I love this page. It blows me away! There’s much to enjoy in it—even fancy creative lettering Art Notes In 1978 probably, I drew Han’s mute face (top-left) in green biro—but nothing more. Later, around 1979?—I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
mid 1978? | age 10? Han gets really emotional in this page. You see? When we were kids, and we read the novelisation and the comics and listened to the radio dramas—we got an extra spin on the story and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1982? | age 14? My drawing was getting pretty nifty at this stage. It’s not the best of them, there’s later stuff than this, but check out the silhouetting of the Quad Cannon when the TIE Fighter explodes. Not bad![…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
early 1978 | age 9 I’m titling this page after one of the most exciting pieces of music listed on the soundtrack LP! “Ben’s Death and TIE Fighter Attack”. Special Edition Version! You can see a growing collection of Special Editions»[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1983? | 15? Luke is still feeling sad, and being consoled by Leia who only a couple of hours ago saw her entire home planet and family « destroyed… Art Notes: Any Plans for the weekend? Here’s one for the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1978/79? | age 10/11? Look. There is Luke. See Luke. Luke is being sad. Oh, Boo-hoo! Luke—now played by Anthony Perkins—is grief-stricken at Ben’s death. But—but—but… what about Leia, and her entire planet and family being destroyed? Well, more on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…