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…
More blood! I thought that this was from around 1981, judging by the artwork: somewhere between poor and getting better. But it’s something of a hybrid… Art Notes: Hidden Drawing I suspected that there was a drawing in the top panel[…]↓ 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…
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.1981 | age 12 or 13 I honestly had no idea where the name ‘Devastator’ had come from when I began this site in 2009. But I re-read the novelisation and there it was! I suppose it’s better than Pinafore. It’s gas.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…