1978/79? | age 10/11? Ratcheting-up the evil of the Empire still further, the Imperials kill Rebel Prisoners at Yavin IV. I’d read plenty of WWII comics by this time and was familiar with SS tactics against civilians and prisoners. Yet[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Posts Tagged Rebel Base
1978/79? | age 10/11? Another massacre! I’m not sure every droid really must be destroyed, but it sure must have been fun to draw and of course—ahem… it shows what baddies the Empire are. This one is drawn thin airmail[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1978 or ’79 | age 10 or 11 The Jetpack Stormtroopers have landed, and the Star Destroyers are back. Back—hoovering up more stuff with their tractor beams! (Maybe they missed a bit last time?) I should probably remind you, readers[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
07: Jet-Pack Stormtroopers Attack!
1978 or ’79 | age 10 or 11 Han and Chewie check out of the operation room (?) after the R-Bomb detonates, and prepare to meet a new Imperial threat from the skies: Jetpack Stormtroopers! More Prescience! Similar to The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
1978 or ’79 | age 10 or 11 The young me is going for shock value as a budding comic writer. Who’s going to ‘get it’ next? It appears that I was getting a bit experimental with this page. There’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1978 or ’79 | age 10 or 11 Luke goes in, X-Wing Fighter guns blazing, and seems to scare away all of the Star Destroyers. What gives? Genuine Suspense! What do you think the ‘r’ in R-Bomb stands for? Answers[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
184: The Throne Room
c.1978/79? | age 10/11? 2nd-last page of the comic. Today, spelling really gets throne out of the window. Did I really spell ‘back’ as ‘bak’?—and then correct it? Maybe I was just so much more eager to draw, that I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1982? | age 14? Hey, Leia’s doing that ‘Heroine standing in the observation room while the male heroes fight’ —thing. But I thought that was a Michael Bay trademark? Oh, I feel dirty now, after mentioning that director… Film Notes[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
166: “Execute” The Attack on the Death Star Begins!
c.1982/1983? | age 14? Buckle your seat belts readers… we’re finally going to start the attack run on the Death Star! ZIZI? Not much to say about today’s better than average quality page. Oh yes, that’s why: The older I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…