Monday, May 24, 2010

NON SPORTS JUNE/JULY CELEBRATES TESB

A new 3D cards series from TOPPS is coming - certainly worth a cover for NON-SPORT magazine. Nice sketch of Yoda- I don´t have the mag (yet) but I hope there is more than the usual 2 page feature. After all it´s TESB celebration time, isn´t it ?

NON-SPORT
USA 2010
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

I HAVE SEEN THE FUTURE OF STAR WARS COMICS! - It´s name: CHRIS SCALF

DARK HORSE
STAR WARS - PURGE


Gee Whiz - after checking out the artwork of DARK HORSE - PURGE I can only say one thing: OUTSTANDING! I ´m a reader of SW comics - well, since forever (!) - and I really enjoy all kind of styles. But this one - you have to see it for yourself! Imagine a STAR WARS comic where each and every panel is just like a painting! That´s exactly what PURGE is - a comic were all panels are a painting with a very dark and very cool Darth Vader story. The artist behind all this: CHRIS SCALF. Never heard of him ? Me too, but this will change!
Chris seems to be one of those best kept secrets, as he is around as an artist and designer for about 20 years! But it took these nice guys at DARK HORSE to draw him to the world of STAR WARS - and he delivers! Ok, now give this guy a contract and let him tell us new stories ASAP - I can´t wait for the next one!

Speaking of great comic artists: Dough Weatley and Jan Duursema used to be my favourites for years BUT there is a new contender! And a very welcome one!

If you want to now more - check out his website!




Saturday, April 10, 2010

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY - TESB Cover Story

I love exactly this kind of surprises! All of a sudden - when no STAR WARS event of any kind is around - EW publishes another wonderful cover story on our most favourite movie: TESB! A great rare picture and an awesome article about the new book from : THE MAKING OF THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. The first book about the making of SW was already outstanding. This one will have a foreword by RIDLEY SCOTT (who is in my eyes another movie genius) This book will rock for sure! As this issue of EW!

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
USA
Cover Story
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Sunday, March 28, 2010

Before A NEW HOPE

...there was still a lot going on concerning actors, marketing and who is fitting to whom. This rare picture - and when I use the term rare, I mean rare - shows Mark and Carrie during a photo session. Note Mark´s Luke Skywalker costume - it´s the one they finally used in RETURN OF THE JEDI, but they already designed it for A NEW HOPE! Very cool image! I love these rare vintage stills - and I especially love shots I still haven´t seen - and believe me I have seen a lot! ;-) This picture is taken from the net - you can find some ´rare´shots in the current SW Insider as well. One of the rare insider issues I really dig - usually it´s just becoming more and more boring...

Sunday, February 28, 2010

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK - 30th Anniversary


Let´s celebrate the best STAR WARS movie EVER in style! TESB turns 30ty this year - boy, as time goes by. I don´t know how YOU will celebrate this event, but the new Lucasfilm Logo for this event is certainly a very good start - I LOVE THE ARTWORK! Well done folks!

Saturday, February 20, 2010

First STAR WARS cover of 2010

About time ;-) Found my first 2010 published magazine featuring Yoda. Unfortunatly nothing new within the SW universe. Turns out that this actually is really just an eye catcher - there is no STAR WARS contend in this mag at all. Nevertheless - I´m glad there is another magazine for my collection ;-) AND
turns out the mag itself is a pretty good read - if you are interested in German economy...

Gruenderzeit (IMPULSE)
GERMANY Cover
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Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Happy new Year 2010!

Well, don´t say I´m lazy - I know that already...