1978/79? | age 10/11? Han and Luke execute their plan to take back control of the Falcon, by simulating a systems failure, and shaking up the Falcon. “All Systems Failing!” Or “systems falling” as I’d written it. Maybe it was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1978/79? | age 10/11? Ratcheting-up the evil of the Empire still further, the Imperials kill Rebel Prisoners at Yavin IV. I’d read plenty of WWII comics by this time and was familiar with SS tactics against civilians and prisoners. Yet[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1978/79? | age 10/11? Another massacre! I’m not sure every droid really must be destroyed, but it sure must have been fun to draw and of course—ahem… it shows what baddies the Empire are. This one is drawn thin airmail[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Early 1979? | age 11? I think I was a bit older when I did this, it’s too good for a 10 or 11 year old—despite the older paper it was drawn on. Has the British TV show, Blake’s 7[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 10/11, 1979/1980? Han bursts into the Cantina discoteque, sees the Stormtroopers, who’ve called a truce—for the shared love of disco—and then murders them. Stormtroopers Lettin’ Their Hair Down! I couldn’t imagine working in the blazing Tatooine heat, in a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 14/15/16? | 1982/83? Awww…. that’s nice. People being burned alive. Script Notes Wow, Leia is still being a cow. Talk about wanting to cut off your nose to spite your face! She’s lucky she doesn’t get thrown out the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 14/15/16? | 1982/83? Leia’s reverting to type and being very cranky with Solo. Script & Movie Notes Hmmm. I still seem to be having problems with that word ‘cockpit’—even years later after < I drew the death of Biggs,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 13/14/15? | 1981/82/83? Han generously allows Chewie to be the one to stand out in the open and draw the probe droid’s fire. I can’t help thinking that there was some comedy potential in this scene. Was it ever[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 13/14/15? | 1981/82/83? There’s something verrrrry Dracula-like about that Wampa. My Star Wars Influences Its quite possible that it was inspired by Gene Colan & Tom Palmer’s amazing artwork on Marvel’s Tomb of Dracula comics. Tomb of Dracula (ToD)[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1982/83? | age 13/14? Luke must have caused panic and terror down at the rebel base, by turning off his targeting computer—just as the Death Star is about to fire! But I suppose he’ll be OK no matter whether he[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…