1979/1980? | age 11 or 12? What the dagg does dagg mean? Maybe I was inspired by Battlestar Galactica’s ‘Daggit’, and the swear word ‘drokk’ from 2000ad? Luke Shoots Him in the Goolies Luke warns the intruder not to touch[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1979/1980? | age 11 or 12? Where the hell did that giant come from? Jack the Giant Killer? The Thief of Bagdad? What’s it doing in this comic?!? Weird and Weirder! You’d almost suspect that there’s some long-range, pre-plotted master[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1978/79? | age 10/11? Han and Luke execute their plan to take back control of the Falcon, by simulating a systems failure, and shaking up the Falcon. “All Systems Failing!” Or “systems falling” as I’d written it. Maybe it was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
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…
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…
1978 or ’79 | age 10 or 11 Cor… hundreds of Imperial Star Destroyers! But what good are Snub-Fighters going to be against them? Spelling!—and Lettering “What happened to the Death Star—we heard nothing about it.” Then how did you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1978 or ’79 | age 10 or 11 The sequel picks up immediately after the first film ‘Star Wars’, with: Vader tumbling through space, and a ruthless Mos Eisley massacre. What a sweet child was! And not for the first[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…