mid 1978? | age 10? The search for R2-D2 begins in this comic page from sometime in 1978, when I was 9 or 10 years old – so it’s one of my favourites. I suppose it’s impossible to convey the magical sense[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The 2nd 2010 SWA9 page Large View » At last patient reader, I have another new page for you. It takes me literally days to do these. I’ve a lot to learn. Still, I’m starting to get the hang of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The first ever 2010 SWA9 comic page art Large View » Here it is! It was inevitable really. When I first started publishing the comic online even my wife suggested that I do some new pages. No, they wouldn’t amuse the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Art Notes Skipping to the good bits Yep, still at the droid sale – but we are making some progress. And sudden, rapid progress it is too! Luke gasps those immortal words, “She’s beautiful!” A lot is compressed into one[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Art Notes: Tiniest of Details I posted a comment to Blue Milk Special‘s webcomic some time ago because I’d discovered a peculiar and amusing panel in Howard Chaykin‘s Marvel adaptation of Star Wars. Have a look at it on the left.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Art Notes Uncle Owen looks so shabby in this that I’m surprised that I didn’t go so far as to draw stink fumes and flies buzzing around him. Reminds me of what my wife Gabrielle said about Rainbow‘s‘Long Live Rock[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Meeting Luke for real I love the way the film is structured. As George himself said, the film is mostly carried for the first 20 minutes by the 2 droids. “We’re seeing the story through their eyes.” This was borrowed from Kurosawa‘s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As «Autographed by Garrick ‘Biggs‘ Hagon, April 2011! In another deleted scene from the film, we meet Biggs Darklighter. Is that derived from Biggles – fictional British WWI fighter ace?—or from some physical attr… never mind. Art Notes: a little ambiguity! “BLARP![…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“I KNOW YOU DON’T KNOW YOU MANIAC” An odd line this. I’ve wondered where did I get it from? Well, imagine my surprise as I listened to Episode 1 of the 1981 Radio Adaptation the other night – and there[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1978 or 1979 | age 10 or 11 Presenting! One of the many front covers that were made for this ‘Star Wars’ comic book adaptation. In the beginning… …there was the cover! But—it was not this one. So what did it look like? Was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…