screams in the void

ZkinandBonez said:

Do you know if he specifically asked for Roy Thomas as well? If so that’d be quite ironic as he eventually asked for him to be removed from the series after the Eight for Aduba-3 story-line. (At least that how I’ve been told that it played out.)

looking at the article in the first issue of the U.S. monthly comic , Roy says that it started when George expressed interest in a Scrooge McDuck painting on his wall , they met , shared a dinner and that was it .A few months later , Charles Lipincott , the media relations director of Lucasfilm ,looked him up.He said Charlie informed him after a spaghetti dinner , that both he and George would like Marvel in general and him in particular to handle the comic book adaptation. So, yeah , that is ironic , especially given the creation of Jar Jar decades later.

oops …sorry it was IronWolf …Cody came later…http://beachbumcomics.blogspot.com/2014/12/there-shall-come-hero-howard-chaykins.html

as I undestand it , George Lucas was a fan of Chaykin’s Cody Starbuck comic and hand picked Chaykin to do the adaptation

also worth mentioning is that the first writer of the original Marvel Star Wars , Roy Thomas , was best known as the writer of Conan Comics and petitioned George Lucas to green light the comic and convinced Stan Lee to take it on . I am also a huge Conan fan , almost as much a fan of it as Star Wars . And Roy Thomas’ writing helped shape my vocabulary as a kid

I know what you mean , as the Conan look of the Star Wars comic and the Tom Jung poster were heavily influenced by the work of Frazetta , who George Lucas was a huge fan of as well as a friend of George Lucas named John Millius who went on to direct the 1982 Conan The Barbarian . Lucas also owned a comic book shop called Super Snipe in the late 70s and was an avid fan of Comic art and at one time , almost did the Conan movie , it is mentioned in this video …https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pmf3_FXM-M

That is a very plausible theory , I have both the first and second issues of that Special Edition comic from here in the U.S. , As I understand it , it was published with both Marvel and a Whitman publishing logo , I think the Whitman may have been intended for big box stores like K-Mart etc. Not sure if Whitman extended to the U.K. so that would be something to research. Here is a link to a video review of the first issue of that 2 parter…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4M0CHSr4TE

pretty cool though , I am also a big fan of Dezungia’s work on Savage Sword Of Conan and this illustration is well suited to his style and reminiscent of the Tom Jung movie poster as well. Only suggestion I would make is to use the same color palette for Han and Luke’s skin tones as you did for Leia. Looks really nice overall though.

Geekgarious said:

Why? Why wouldn’t people listen to it the way they listen to podcasts?

good question . I see nothing wrong with that . I have these radio dramas on cassette as well and they sound great

Someone put all three original trilogy radio dramas on youtube , removed the narration and combined each into a continuous production …https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zR7Ye7KnDY

That looks awesome ! It is much more vibrant and the colors “pop” more. Looking forward to seeing 25 as well as your upcoming creations.

I still say these are awesome and it makes me want to see the cartoons now !

hmm just checked and that link is not working but if you go to the homepage of the site and type Infantino Star Wars in the search field , you will find a bunch

also , A lot of original Infantino pages without color at this link …would love to see how you would color them !..http://www.comicartfans.com/SearchResult.asp

very cool ! I like how you got Ben’s saber the correct color and the more subdued tones on the aliens …I think if you add in a little more reflected light, as from the overhead apparatus ,onto the figures , as well as some suggesting of more shadows it would be perfect .

Sorry , I caught that on re reading it .must be the Ambien.

actually , George Lucas did direct the closet scene…http://comicbook.com/starwars/2018/05/22/star-wars-han-solo-movie-george-lucas-directing/ not the kick in the nuts though

also , updated my gallery with an homage to the cover of issue 99 of the original series…https://screamsinthevoid.deviantart.com/art/Original-Marvel-Star-Wars-99-Homage-747937040

Speaking of Tony Dezuniga , here is a link to some of his work on the American Marvel comics magazine Pizzaz which was one of the earliest Star Wars stories outside the films …http://diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com/2011/01/ol-grooves-request-line-star-wars-with.html also, That was a really cool post of the cantina scene ZkinandBonez , in the U.S. it was used as the cover of F.O.O.M. (friends of old Marvel ) magazine , I have never seen it sans color though , thanks for posting . Here is the image in color …click on the pic to see full image…https://comicbookrealm.com/series/772/9926/marvel-foom-friends-of-ol-marvel-issue-21

and though I live in the U.S.and it is not compatible , this is my dream vhs set…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_OcvxOUbLs

speaking of comprehensive home video collections , this guy literally wrote a book on it and has just about every release of the films on every format in multiple countries , from super 8 to beta to laserdisc, ced and far beyond …the collection sits in the background on his shelves and is drool worthy…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow8AJdgZTAg&list=PLjlPnivr6wGhIimehcIbKm3dhIXTBPpsu

got a link to the Jaxxon’s 11 ? be a kick to check it out .

Valance was a cyborg himself though , and that was his shame and hypocrisy

Perhaps a bit obscure , but I was pleased to see the Cloud Riders in some form in the new Solo movie ! And I also think animated versions of the “legends” books would be an awesome idea

yeah , that would be cool to have a proper cartoon , I think a motion comic of the best arcs would be doable though , there are a lot of ongoing projects on youtube that use even the current comics such as here…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W65-4VTOcl0 as long as it is stated clearly as an adaptation and fan project not for profit , I think it would fly . It has always been a little dream of mine to have these stories come to life in some capacity . Any one else watching this thread have the time or inclination to take this on ?

also, I saw Solo over the weekend and it was a hell of a lot of fun with dozens of references going all the way back to 1978 and before , but done in a way that added flavor to the story and rewarded longtime fans without calling too much attention to themselves or pandering .In my opinion ,it is the best of the new batch of films.