Meet Death Star Again (21)
Last Updated (Friday, 25 November 2011 22:34) Written by Administrator Wednesday, 21 July 2010 00:00
Whe-heyyy! We get to gaze upon the Death Star a second time. And check out the newly added SPECIAL EDITION version (just roll your mouse over it). Can you imagine navigating that squiggly trench?
Art Notes
Oh how I love these old pages. I mean, I was only 9! They really really take me right back. No need for rulers - no need to even draw around a saucer to make a circle!
You can see how the opening text was crudely altered to be contiguous with the newer slotted-in pages.
I'll be colouring this in and giving it the Special Edition treatment in a week and a half when I get back to Dublin. I can't wait to see how it turns out.
Site Notes
Fancy new upcoming feature!
I haven't mentioned this before but I'll definitely be putting in an option soon for readers to view the comic by year. So, for example, I'll be able to read just the 1977 pages! A real bonus as far as I'm concerned. There probably won't be any commentary just the original pages. This'll be an option, you'll still be able to read the whole thing all jumbled together regardless of age/year as it is now. If I could get a clever Joomla programmer to help out you'd no doubt also be able to choose: View by 1977-1979 say. I'd love that.
Adversity and excuses, excuses...
The weather in Baltimore, County Cork is really holding up well so it's a nice holiday. My only complaint is being unable to do good in-depth and creative updates to this site. But I think if left you hanging for 2 weeks the site might lose what miniscule readership it has!
On Friday: A preview of the droids' plight on Tatooine
Comments
Yes, it's a tricky decision whether to correct stuff like that. But, the original is still there I suppose. Glad you like it. The colour was based on a couple of YouTube screenshots so I hope they're pretty close. I must look at the original release though. I fear that the Lucas SE versions have slightly different colouring. The Death Star as shown in one of my old books is more browny/beige looking funnily enough! The nice navy-blue halo above the cruiser's engines in the top panel mightn't be in the original release either. Unfortunately I can't play that DVD on my PC.
This was great fun to do and actually a lot trickier than the others.
I find it so cute to see the shorthand symbols that my son uses for things (like those stars) and being young they see them as perfectly realistic. It's funny how your perception changes as you learn more and more. I suppose that's the reason why lots of older pages got thrown out and replaced - with boring better ones.
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