Goodness me. Artoo—a droid sheds a tear! And this, from the child who—a couple of years earlier—gave us the horror of the «shredded Rebel soldier? You see: slasher films and comics do not (necessarily) a psycho make. I’m quite impressed with the sense[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Two pages for you today readers! No, not as a special treat – or even to make up for the recent hiatus. I had a picture – from a newspaper or someplace – oh, nearly 3 decades ago – and I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
3PO and R2 find themselves in the desert wastes of desolate Tatooine, in this final page of Pt.1: And things get a bit mixed-up in today’s instalment. The blowing up « escape-pod and crash-landing on Tatooine scenes are a bit mixed up but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Apparently the fighting is still raging on. Maybe because the urge to kill another rebel ‘is strong in this one’. Such a sweet boy. See the stuck-in trading card? Nostalgia: Trading Cards Waxy, gummy, glossy magic Those chewing gum cards were[…]↓ 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…
IPC’s old weekly Battle Comic—which featured the awesome Charley’s War—was probably an influence here in my version of Star Wars. Unlike DC Thompson’s gung-ho Warlord Comic precursor, which I grew up on, Battle tended not to pull punches – and had a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
SWa9 should carry a PG rating – because of this page alone which was partly inspired by the great work of comic artist Alex Nino. I think it’s from 1978, when I was 9 or 10. And it just goes to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s funny, I always thought the colour in the Marvel comic was a bit over the top, especially in Issue 1 of Marvel’s Star Wars adaptation, and not at all faithful to the film. But do you see what you can[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s another “I can draw like the pros page“. But a ruler wouldn’t go amiss. Script Notes When I returned to this comic I was interested in some of the out-of-place nuggets of quality writing that appeared in it here[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Film Notes Today we finally meet the adorable Threepio and Artoo! Isn’t it wonderful when a filmmaker – and an actor get it so right? Could you make the world fall in love with a tin-can? This was yet another magical scene when[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…