Art Notes: Revisionism

George ain't the only one who « tweaks Star Wars! Here's a weird one. It looks like an early 1978 page - but tarted-up later.

The red blast scribbles might have been contemporary - one of those « multi tipped biros?

But I'd say a year or two later, black marker was added to the trooper's helmet and Solo's head to bring them up to better quality.

Then, maybe even later again, a bit of penciled colour was added. Crayon-A-Scope blue, brown, red and yellow. My mate, Niall F had coloured the black and white pages of my my Star Wars annual No.#1 (Marvel cheapskates) and far from being pissed-off, I very impressed. I reckon I got myself a small pack of Caran Dache or Crayola pencils with saved up pocket money, and had a go.

Why I wasn't constantly pestering mum and dad for art materials I'll never know. I'm sure they'd have bought them if I'd asked. Toys? "Maybe for your birthday or Christmas" but art supplies, I'm sure, would have been another matter. To be honest though, I was a bit too contented to use biros and not colour-in. Which is a shame.

I tweaked and fiddled with Star Wars before you did Georgey-Boy!

But NO George: two wrongs don't make a right.

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