Cor, that 3rd panel’s a bit gruesome eh? Yes, readers, this is the very real human-impact of the action. So spare a thought for the poor« expendable henchmen Art Notes I’m sorry, but unless inspiration strikes in the next few hours,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Posts Tagged Stormtroopers
Such an exciting scene in the film! I loved it when I was a kid. They showed a clip of it on the 3rd of April 1978 Academy Awards show (I think). Fleeting but intense! But I first saw it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
073: “What a piece of junk!”
Agk! I hate these ones. I’m guessing it’s late 1981 early ’82 Chin-Dimple-Handsome ‘WE ARE BEING WHACHED” I particularly hate this drawing of Luke. Once again, it’s my impression – at the time – of what constituted handsomeness.Chin Dimple, hair[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1978/79 | age 10/11 (Autographed by Paul ‘Greedo’ Blake—Apr 2011) “Give me the money. ‘Greedo’. And… Proof, from the Biros of Babes. Here it is: the truth! Han shot first! He did. And on the opening day of ‘The Force Awakens’ no[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
071: “A passage to Alderann”
What the..? You might need to read this page a few times to get what the hell is going on! Hardly anyone (out of the entire population of the internet) ever looks at this site. It’s not quite the phenomenon[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Original and Best I internet-troll myself, for making all of thosechanges to the original version of Star Wars – the Irish comic adaptation; and I wonder about ‘Sandtroopers’ and… ‘Droide’? Sandtroopers? When was that moniker invented? I was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
064: Mos Eisley Checkpoint
Bad Cop, er… bad cop One of the Star Wars jigsaw puzzles gives me some inspiration, and Christopher Lee gets his BAFTA Fellowship. Art Notes Well… there’s not a huge amount to say about this one really. I really[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s time to bring out the Big Guns! Here’s another extra little bit that George kept from you. Do you think he too should have had Leia resisting restraint like an alley cat? “Damn it keep still! Yeow!” I’m on holiday[…]↓ 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…
c.1982? This is a much later page today, possibly c.1982, starring for once–a non-ugly Princess Leia! Also it’s just better-quality work! I reckon the graphic effect behind the Stormtrooper must have been lifted from another comic – not the Marvel version. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…