Goodness me. Artoo—a droid sheds a tear! And this, from the child who—a couple of years earlier—gave us the horror of the «shredded Rebel soldier? You see: slasher films and comics do not (necessarily) a psycho make. I’m quite impressed with the sense[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
3PO and R2 find themselves in the desert wastes of desolate Tatooine, in this final page of Pt.1: And things get a bit mixed-up in today’s instalment. The blowing up « escape-pod and crash-landing on Tatooine scenes are a bit mixed up but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s time to bring out the Big Guns! Here’s another extra little bit that George kept from you. Do you think he too should have had Leia resisting restraint like an alley cat? “Damn it keep still! Yeow!” I’m on holiday[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Leia spits on Vader, and… exciting news just in: the English language has a new word: IMBICLE! And, check out the SPECIAL EDITION version, below! Art Notes Blimey – she’s a bit rough! Yet again, I can’t claim all the credit[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Apparently the fighting is still raging on. Maybe because the urge to kill another rebel ‘is strong in this one’. Such a sweet boy. See the stuck-in trading card? Nostalgia: Trading Cards Waxy, gummy, glossy magic Those chewing gum cards were[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As «Autographed by Garrick ‘Biggs‘ Hagon, April 2011! In another deleted scene from the film, we meet Biggs Darklighter. Is that derived from Biggles – fictional British WWI fighter ace?—or from some physical attr… never mind. Art Notes: a little ambiguity! “BLARP![…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
SWa9 should carry a PG rating – because of this page alone which was partly inspired by the great work of comic artist Alex Nino. I think it’s from 1978, when I was 9 or 10. And it just goes to[…]↓ 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…
Film Notes Today we finally meet the adorable Threepio and Artoo! Isn’t it wonderful when a filmmaker – and an actor get it so right? Could you make the world fall in love with a tin-can? This was yet another magical scene when[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
early 1977 | age 9 Panel 2 will have been copied from the shot of the rebels awaiting the enemy to board their ship, which was on the Trading Cards and later, on the inside of my Soundtrack album. Film[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…