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…
Age 14/15/16? | 1982/83? Ooh… grumpy! Somebody needs to relax the kacks. Art Notes There’s some really nice drawing in this page, especially panel 1, which was obviously copied form Al Williamson—again! Well, if you’re going to copy, copy from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 14/15/16? | 1982/83? Rookie comic artist mistake! Art Notes Maybe they did throw Leia out the airlock! On this page I was really really really trying to be as good as Marvel artist Al Williamson—by copying, of course! I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
c.1982/83? | age 13/14? BLAMMO! The Death Star goes Super-Freaking-Nova. I take no credit for the visuals in this, or half of the text—it was copied from Marvel. I did put in some stupid dialogue though 😀 So, I suppose[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1982/83? | age 14/15? This ‘Sith Gods’ line is one which I think only ever appeared in the Marvel Comic There are Gods in Star Wars? Apparently so, and even the evil Sith ones will smile on you on occasion.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1982/84? | age 14/15? I loved the sound of Vader saying “I’ll take him myself” on the audio tape segment that I recorded from the BAFTA awards show—in 1978? I would no doubt have still been thinking of that as[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1982/83? | age 14/15? There’s no time left to mourn Biggs’ passing, so Wedge is told to shut up. This page is largely drawn from cherrypickings of the Marvel version, with minor re-arrangements Art Notes Let’s face it: panel 1[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1982/83? | age 14/15? Things are starting to look pretty dicey for Biggs. Oh dear… Things are not looking too good for Luke’s childhood pal Biggs today. Did I mention several (thousand) times already that Gabby, Johnny and «I met[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1982/83? | age 14/15? Poor Blue Leader gets it today: it seems that Darth Vader has joined the fray! In the Marvel adaptation we actually get to see Vader climb into his TIE fighter. But not here—nor in the (ahem)[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…