Cell 2187 (16)
Last Updated (Friday, 10 June 2011 11:44) Written by Administrator Friday, 03 June 2011 00:00
Great Googlie-Mooglies!
It's scary sometimes. I decided to check with Google (Almighty font of all knowledge) to see if the cell number in this strip is the correct one. Well, would you believe it? - if you Google '2187', it's actually listed in a Star Wars-related page at number 2? So out of the entire internet with all of the world's phone numbers, house numbers and random miscellaneous occurrences of the number 2187 - its starring role in Star Wars seems to be the second most significant one - EVER. (This also says something about Google's questionable search algorithm).
But do you know that just about every detail in the film has been named, documented and given a back story? I bet there's a site, or book - somewhere with a blueprint of that squeaky little trapezoid droid that zips around our heroes' feet (for about 3 seconds of screen time) as they approach the detention block. Crackers! (It looks suspiciously like one of R2's feet)
Art Notes
The top panel here owes everything to Chaykin's version, I'm disappointed to admit. But still, it's fun for me to see what I copied from him and what I left out. The text is different; and for some reason, I couldn't be arsed copying his wonderfully dramatic smoke.
Howard Chaykin's at it again (Marvel/Chaykin 1977)
Script Notes
"Thing is it'd probably melt in my hand."
Once again, a somewhat puzzling little bit of my comic had me wondering: where did that come from?
Luke's concerned that his gun will melt. My text doesn't make the reason why very clear, "I'll have to put my gun to blast the door". Put the gun to WHAT? The Shoot-Door setting? I thought, there I go, trying to improvise again... But no - imagine my surprise when I see it in the novel:
Lucas takes the credit - again. Who does he think he is?
"Turning his weapon to maximum and hoping it wouldn't melt in his hand before it broke through, he opened fire on the door. When the weapon became too hot to hold, he tossed it from hand to hand."
I hate that.
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Comments
I love the expression in the second panel, even through the helmet! Also, nice blaster, but how in the world is he holding it?
Also, the door in the top panel looks like it might stab someone to death...maybe that's Luke's real worry and he's transferring it to his blaster?
Yup the old perspective on the corridor seems to have messed with your brain!
Did you stop for say about 30 years and start drawing again? ;)
Nope - I kept drawing but very little. Art college (1985-90) actually sort of put me off art to a degree, confused me - until I did animation. But then, doing Mutant Ninja Turtles in a studio put me off THAT. Bad idea. But there was a bit of drawing going on - just very little. I'd no appetite for it and no idea what to draw. You can see some of it here: johniwhite.com Later, around 1992, I started bringing sketchbooks to the pub and really got back into drawing funny stuff with friends, eventually submitting work to the newspapers and getting a bit of work there for a few years. The illustration and animation work was too thin though, and I did a webmaster skills course in 1995 and have been a web designer ever since doing sod-all drawing until last year. Tragic really - but at least I've done nothing but Illustrate for the last year. One of the spurs was rediscovering this comic.
Back to you.
Love the bottom pose. That could applied to anything. "Those were the droids...", "I killed...jawas. .." etc etc.
starwars.wikia.com/.../...
Famous! Were you drawn to it because of its RoJaws resemblence?
Could be a ro-jaws thng, more likely the promotional robots from packets of 'Outer Spacers' that I was obsessed with :)
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