c.1979/1980? | age 11/12? One last extra bit of the comic for you! Isn’t it awesome? Drum-roll… Postscript: It’s the back cover! Woweee-zowee-kablooey! Amazing. Yes, I said the comic was at an end but, my goodness—it just keeps on giving.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Posts Tagged 1980
c.1981? | age 12 or 13? Super whizzo-bonus page on a Thursday! Actually, this is another one of those pages that doesn’t have much in it, so I’ve posted it between the usual update days! Enjoy it anyway. More to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
095: “She lied—she lied to us!”
Art Notes c.1979?|age 11? It’s a rubbish, embarrassing page, but!—it features an Imperial baddie who’s just about as evil as they come. Not just evil. And no, not just very evil. We are now looking at a character that I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
094: “I forgot how much I hate space-travel”
Rar! I—want—better—pages! c.1980/age 13? As Solo said: “It’s not wise to upset a Wookiee”, and I empathise with Chewie’s frustration, readers. Search your feelings, you know it to be true! Yep, this scene’s draaaaawing-out a bit and this page offers slim pickings. Well,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“..he’s me!” I’m not keen on this page which might be from 1980 or even later, 1982? It’s very difficult to tell. The following pages of Luke in Ben’s house drag a bit with multiple versions of the scene, so[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1980–1981 | age 12–13 Not funny really except for one little detail. An element of technique. This page would be post Empire Strikes Back because of the conning tower windows. I must have seen that in the comic – or, unlikely, remembered it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1980-1981 | age 12-13 Camp dialogue, “Oh, we’ll prepare alright”. Is it a ship full of sarcastic rebel hairdressers perhaps?“Curlers at the ready, girls!” For some reason this reminds me of Monty Python’s Everest Expedition sketch from the ’70s. The expedition is manned by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1980 | age 12 It’s the famous Star Wars Opening Crawl of text—and an autograph by Steve Sansweet (Ex-LucasFilm) from when I met him in April 2011. Would you look at the state of that inside cover? So I’ll talk[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…