“..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…
It’s just ‘pants’ Possibly late 1978 or sometime in ’79. I do like this one of the stormtroopers in the desert. “I can’t see anything!” “Have you tried BINOCULARS?” And what about the Stormtrooper in panel 3? Running figures are[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
mid-1978? | age 10? Indeed: What’s a duck? Put aside those philosophy and self-help books dear reader. All the wisdom you’ll ever need is before you–right now. Read on… This was, one of the pages which most spurred me into[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Art & Text Notes A Super-Oldie page today: definitely late ’77/early ’78. You know, back then, I was still extremely confused about how to do all the comic-art style lines around the cheekbones. And noses were a cause of bafflement,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Colonel Gaderafii Sticks It’s just one of the versions of that moniker that I often used. Gaffi – Gader-fii, Gader-afi, Gaddafi… Creative Lettering “AAAA EEEEEEEEEE” It flows from Luke – top-left – across the assailant and down the page as[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Art Notes It’s as if they’re playing ‘hide-and-seek’… or as if Luke really is his master. Artoo excitedly zips over to Luke – speed lines and all. “Get off my leg goddammit!” Well, so much for his former master: Obi[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
mid 1978? | age 10? The search for R2-D2 begins in this comic page from sometime in 1978, when I was 9 or 10 years old – so it’s one of my favourites. I suppose it’s impossible to convey the magical sense[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Art Notes Skipping to the good bits Yep, still at the droid sale – but we are making some progress. And sudden, rapid progress it is too! Luke gasps those immortal words, “She’s beautiful!” A lot is compressed into one[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Art Notes: Tiniest of Details I posted a comment to Blue Milk Special‘s webcomic some time ago because I’d discovered a peculiar and amusing panel in Howard Chaykin‘s Marvel adaptation of Star Wars. Have a look at it on the left.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Art Notes Uncle Owen looks so shabby in this that I’m surprised that I didn’t go so far as to draw stink fumes and flies buzzing around him. Reminds me of what my wife Gabrielle said about Rainbow‘s‘Long Live Rock[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…