Old Jedi, he say: “Do like… whatever.” In the film, it was one of my favourite lines delivered by Alec Guinness. I bet he added the “of course” bit himself. Guinness was always marvellous at portraying devious craftiness. I think that[…]↓ 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 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…
Hmmm… ‘don’t recall that bit This is a bit of a 1977 curio! I was so pleased to discover this page separately from the rest of the comic. An unexpected pleasure. Pretty funny, but it also seems as if it was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Art Notes: Spider-Sense Jawas! Well, I’m smiling again now. Sorry to be self-centred but this page brings back all sorts of memories as it’s another one of the earliest ones. Funnily enough there’s no real build up in the drama.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s page is a goody! We see the Jawas at last. And it’s another of those “what if George had taken this approach?” sort of affairs. We get to see what actually happened to poor whinging pain-in-the-arse Threepio after he[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Whe-heyyy! We get to gaze upon the Death Star a second time. And check out the newly added SWa9 SPECIAL EDITION version. Can you imagine navigating that squiggly trench? I think you’d need a few X-Wing-handbrake turns. THE AN EMPIRE SHIP HEADS[…]↓ 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…
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…