c.1978 | age 10? I love this page. It blows me away! There’s much to enjoy in it—even fancy creative lettering Art Notes In 1978 probably, I drew Han’s mute face (top-left) in green biro—but nothing more. Later, around 1979?—I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
early 1978 | age 9 Darth Vader strikes down Ben Kenobi, and Ben disappears! This might actually have been one of the most bizarre occurrences in the 1977’s Star Wars—truly in your face supernatural. Vader choking Motti without touching him,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1978 |age 9/10 Han has to make the leap through the blast doors! Hey, do you think he should have been called ‘Hands Solo’? Or, ‘Hands So-big’? You might miss it, but that’s Chewie’s lower leg just vanishing though the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
early 1978 | age 9 You can write this stuff JOHN but you can’t say it. I love this page, partly because it’s one of the oldest, earliest ones, but even more because of this crammed-together line by Han Solo:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
early 1978 | age 9 This is a part of the film with the Dianoga creature which we never saw. So much for: “I don’t know, it just let go of me and disappeared…” Nah. Borrrring. Bring on the gore![…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
early 1978? | age 9/10 Cor, get a load of Princess Leia in this one—gorgeous. Or maybe not. Art Notes PANEL 1: Odd dialogue in this one but Solo’s sideways glance is pretty good. I’m surprised I could manage such[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
early 1978/age 9? “But… I only just blow-dried my hair!” There are a few things that puzzle me about this page. It was first drawn in ’78 but Han has been retrospectively doctored–maybe 2 or 3 years on. And a lovely-haired-Luke has been added[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(early) 1978|age 9 “Full reverse Chewie”—and keep on shakin’ it! Solo decides to turn tail and get the hell out of there and then… POW!—the Millennium Falcon is grabbed by the Death Star’s tractor beam. And as always, these very oldest pages keep[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A nice find! I like these panels. So I’m very pleased to have rediscovered them in the attic. They must have been cast-offs, rejects. Otherwise they wouldn’t have ended up in this state. See the edges of the paper? They’re[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a variation one one of the escape-pod scenes. And now… with an Swa9 SPECIAL EDITION version of this page – for fun! Watch out for more of these. Art Notes Another of my favourite, very early pages. Any pen would do[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…