c.1982/84? | age 14/15? I loved the sound of Vader saying “I’ll take him myself” on the audio tape segment that I recorded from the BAFTA awards show—in 1978? I would no doubt have still been thinking of that as[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1982/83? | age 14/15? There’s no time left to mourn Biggs’ passing, so Wedge is told to shut up. This page is largely drawn from cherrypickings of the Marvel version, with minor re-arrangements Art Notes Let’s face it: panel 1[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1982/83? | age 14/15? Things are starting to look pretty dicey for Biggs. Oh dear… Things are not looking too good for Luke’s childhood pal Biggs today. Did I mention several (thousand) times already that Gabby, Johnny and «I met[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1982/83? | age 14/15? Poor Blue Leader gets it today: it seems that Darth Vader has joined the fray! In the Marvel adaptation we actually get to see Vader climb into his TIE fighter. But not here—nor in the (ahem)[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1980? | age 12? Another unfinished page, which I’m publishing as an ‘inbetween-updates-bonus-update’. Vader’s getting pretty pissed off in this one. It’s time for him to get more hands-on I think! Dating the pages It is so hard to put[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1982/83? | age 14/15? Another single panel page today, readers. I think I might do another bonus page tomorrow too, like I did yesterday. Art Notes “Wedge is the only Y-Wing left – that T.I.E. just cancelled another one!” Cancelled?[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1982? | age 14? Hey, Leia’s doing that ‘Heroine standing in the observation room while the male heroes fight’ —thing. But I thought that was a Michael Bay trademark? Oh, I feel dirty now, after mentioning that director… Film Notes[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1982/83 | age 14/15? Impulsive Luke gets a little cooked and his stickers fall off. Gnat vs Elephant Pretty awesome page from around 1982 or ’83 even if I do say so myself. And look, the stickers are even peeling[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1982/1983? | age 14/15? Today’s page was drawn at two different times, in biro, and then later in black marker. I’ll talk a bit about actor Denis Lawson (as Wedge Antilles) but also the unfortunate Jek Tono Porkins character (by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1982/83? | age 14/15? ‘Proton Torpedoes’ always sounds a bit funny to me. Kind of like “Chewie, bring me the Hydro-Spanner‘.” I suppose Proton and Hydro must sound sound kinda futuristic and , I dunno… er, spacey? I’m a Diversion?[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…