1978 or ’79 | age 10 or 11 Han and Chewie pull through after Hawkeye Pierce & Co. do their stuff! Art Notes, etc I like this page a lot. It’s cute and it also has a bit of tension[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Age 14/15? | 1982/83? Oh wow… ANOTHER ‘Who’s Who‘ Page! A great way of filling publications’ pages with easy, cheap, content. I bet you’re excited to see another one of these. Calm down, calm down. Breathe slowly, just breathe. Caaaaaaaalm…[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 14/15? | 1982/83? Yep. That’s it. This is as far as I got with the Empire Strikes Back adaptation. Clearly, I wasn’t as determined to finish it as I was when I was drawing the «’Star Wars’ one. This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 14/15? | 1982/83? Luke crash lands on Dagobah. Doesn’t he have infra-red, or space-radar? Art Notes It’s mostly action on this page. Panel 2 and 3 are a bit too similar for a comic layout, but perhaps I was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
35: “Something solid hit us!”
Age 14/15/16? | 1982/83? Asteroids! Art Notes So, what does Han have in his toolbox, apart from (*chortle*) Hydro-spanners? Let’s see… A Spoon?—for eating his cornflakes while he’s sat staring at masses of wires and gizmos, trying to figure out[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 14/15/16? | 1982/83? Lock, stock and barrel from Marvel—with a few little tweaks Art Notes I didn’t change much from Al Williamson’s Marvel version here. I made it easy on myself though, and only drew 1 complete X-Wing. It’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
17: “Start the Evacuation!”
Age 13/14/15? | 1981/82/83? Anxiety increases on echo base as does the potential for ‘toilet humour’ . Script Notes Very Silly “That droid’s Imperial, we’d better evacuate. Start the evacuation!” “Oh, I think I already have. “Master Luke, it’s good[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 13/14/15? | 1981/82/83? There’s something verrrrry Dracula-like about that Wampa. My Star Wars Influences Its quite possible that it was inspired by Gene Colan & Tom Palmer’s amazing artwork on Marvel’s Tomb of Dracula comics. Tomb of Dracula (ToD)[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 12/13? | 1980/81? We meet the Droids designated Artoo Detoo and See Threepio! That “designated” line is lifted straight from Roy Thomas’ script in the Marvel adaptation of ‘Star Wars’. I hadn’t copied it into « my own version[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Empire Strikes Back Comic Adaptation: Front Cover
on January 2, 2018
at 12:28 pm
Chapter: ESB
Characters: C-3PO, Chewbacca, Darth Vader, Han Solo, Lando Calrissian, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, R2-D2, Stormtrooper, Tauntaun
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…