..He's Me!

I'm not keen on this page which might be from 1980. The following Luke in Ben's house section drags a bit with multiple versions of the scene, so I might post 2 pages a day for a bit. But we'll see how much fun can be derived from them first.

Artwork Notes

I really don't like this page at all. When I started thinking I could do real professional quality comic art I was getting into dodgy territory! The two semi-circles at the top are probably supposed to be the Twin Suns of Tatooine. Crude, or what?

It's a bit boring doing two panels that look almost the same. It can work in some moment-to-moment transitions - but not done like this. What a waste of a half page.

The medium here seems to be black felt-tip pen. My favourite. In the bottom panel the ink's getting a bit dry so I'd be considering downgrading to the next darkest grey or blue in the pack. My idea of heaven as a kid would probably have been: a huge box full of thin black markers and an infinite supply of white A4 copier paper. Imagine living next door to the Caran Dache factory on one side and a paper mill on the other? With secret Shawshank-Style tunnels bored through behind the Star Wars posters.

Text Notes

Luke and Ben dragged Threepio back to Ben's (...) He had a torn-off arm.

Much of this is from the 1977 novel, evidenced by the "blind Jawa" bit. Poor Threepio though. Is this droid-abuse?

Speaking of Twin Suns of Tatooine, perhaps we'll end today's edition with Jeremy Messersmith's charming song with it's lovely 2D cut-out animated video by Eric Power.

'Tatooine' by Jeremy Messersmith
Animated/Directed by Eric Power
www.jeremymessersmith.com
www.ericpowerup.net