Star Wars age 9 Comic Book

c.1978–1979 | age 9–10? And so ends Pt.IV of the comic, with the burning Lars homestead and the tragic deaths of Owen and Beru. But Luke returns specifically to burn dead Jawas? I also take a little look at another artistic influence: Marvel’s Tomb of Dracula – you’ll see why.

Again, he returns specifically to burn dead Jawas? I thought they made Threepio do that. Cruel really, considering that he has smell-receptors.

A sombre note to end this part of the comic. But never fear dear reader! More unintentionally funny pages are lurking, waiting to make their appearance – on Monday!

Artwork Notes

Marvelous!

(Right: The amazing ‘Forever Man‘ story of 1978 by the incomparable artists Gene Colan & Tom Palmer (Tomb of Dracula) Read about ToD here!)

Do you see those funny crescent shapes on their cheekbones? Even almost 4 decades later, I know absolutelywhere they came from! Did any of you ever read the fantastic MARVEL ‘Tomb of Dracula‘ comics of the 1970’s? I started collecting them a year ago. I suddenly recalled, after finding two old copies in my old bedroom, just how much the late Gene Colan and Tom Palmer’s artwork excited and inspired me. Any-hoo… there was a story in issue#57 called ‘The Forever Man‘. Sorry, ‘Forevvvvvverrrrr Maaaaan‘. The character – The Forever Man – had a crescent moon mark on his cheekbone. Have a look for yourself, left.

(July 2016: You know, I’m watching episodes of Starsky & Hutch on DVD now, and there’s an episode in series 1 in which an eastern European, immigrant character has a crescent moon shaped mark on his cheek bone! Is that where Marvel got the idea?)

Another feature that I sometimes copied was « Johnny Red’s nose-crease as drawn in Battle Comic.

Over to you!

What unusual features did you copy from your favourite comics?