1978 or ’79 | age 10 or 11 Han and Chewie pull through after Hawkeye Pierce & Co. do their stuff! Art Notes, etc I like this page a lot. It’s cute and it also has a bit of tension[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Posts Tagged R2-D2
Age 14/15? | 1982/83? Oh wow… ANOTHER ‘Who’s Who‘ Page! A great way of filling publications’ pages with easy, cheap, content. I bet you’re excited to see another one of these. Calm down, calm down. Breathe slowly, just breathe. Caaaaaaaalm…[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 14/15? | 1982/83? Yep. That’s it. This is as far as I got with the Empire Strikes Back adaptation. Clearly, I wasn’t as determined to finish it as I was when I was drawing the «’Star Wars’ one. This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 14/15? | 1982/83? Luke crash lands on Dagobah. Doesn’t he have infra-red, or space-radar? Art Notes It’s mostly action on this page. Panel 2 and 3 are a bit too similar for a comic layout, but perhaps I was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 14/15? | 1982/83? Not much to say about this page today, readers. So you can breeze through this Wednesday edition. Art Notes Artwork is quite nice here. I must have been 14 or 15—surely? Other News I’m very busy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
35: “Something solid hit us!”
Age 14/15/16? | 1982/83? Asteroids! Art Notes So, what does Han have in his toolbox, apart from (*chortle*) Hydro-spanners? Let’s see… A Spoon?—for eating his cornflakes while he’s sat staring at masses of wires and gizmos, trying to figure out[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 14/15/16? | 1982/83? Lock, stock and barrel from Marvel—with a few little tweaks Art Notes I didn’t change much from Al Williamson’s Marvel version here. I made it easy on myself though, and only drew 1 complete X-Wing. It’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
17: “Start the Evacuation!”
Age 13/14/15? | 1981/82/83? Anxiety increases on echo base as does the potential for ‘toilet humour’ . Script Notes Very Silly “That droid’s Imperial, we’d better evacuate. Start the evacuation!” “Oh, I think I already have. “Master Luke, it’s good[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 12/13? | 1980/81? We meet the Droids designated Artoo Detoo and See Threepio! That “designated” line is lifted straight from Roy Thomas’ script in the Marvel adaptation of ‘Star Wars’. I hadn’t copied it into « my own version[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
150: “You can’t win Darth”
c.1983? | age 15 or 16? This is a fight you cannot win Darth. Yes, that’s right, he said ‘Darth’. Because Darth is Vader’s first name—not his rank. It’s not like he’s saying “You can’t win General—or Lord—or Sir”, he’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…