December 26th, 20150108 Lost Connections -- A Guest Blog by Franklin Taylor Some stories can not be ignored. After Lucasfilm announced that they would be only canonizing the immoveable stories from Star Wars Universe, and relabeling the rest as Legends, some stories fell into a state of limbo. One of these stories is The Sith Hunters graphic novel. A story...
Here's a Star Wars spoiler that's not related to The Force Awakens: The monthly adventures of Kanan Jarrus in Marvel Comics' Star Wars: Kanan is coming to an end in March. Series writer Greg Weisman tweeted Dec. 15 that he was "told it ends with 12." The book's last issue is due out March 16. In it, Weisman and artist Andrea...
December 11th, 2015056Vader's down and on the ground, but seems to be holding his own, while Han and Aphra are knocking about like a Galactic version of the Three Stooges. On Coruscant, comics readers get a first-hand glimpse into deep-cover Rebel espionage and learn Emperor Palpatine handles all his own PR. Seriously! Listen to the Show...
July 31st, 20151104Kanan #4 Continues to Excel, a Return to Tattooine in Star Wars #7 and a look at our favorite Star Wars Tales published by Dark Horse Comics In today's show, Jeff McGee and Matt Moore talk about Marvel Comics' Star Wars #7, which sports the first of what we hope will be several one-issue tales about Obi-Wan Kenobi during his time on...
July 9th, 20150317 This past May the Fourth weekend I was at a flea market and picked up “Riders in the Void,” which is issue #38 of the vintage Marvel Star Wars comic series. It was great to replace the issue I had as a 12-year-old back in August 1980 - although it cost me $4.60 more this time around. A few weeks after buying the comic, I...
Amid the excitement and mystery building up to December's release of The Force Awakens and the attending Shattered Empire comics and novels set for release this fall, Lucasfilm is working with writer and artist Hong Jac-ga to bring more nuance and background to the stories that nearly everyone now knows as the original trilogy, in the...
May 22nd, 20154180 This post contains a spoiler for Marvel's Star Wars: Darth Vader #2. We gather together quite often to play in the Star Wars sandbox because it is familiar and comfortable to many of us. With the changing tides and seasons of our lives, there is a constant in these stories we love so much. Even though new stories are created and fresh...
Fans of some of Marvel and DC's classic comics have always gravitated toward IDW Publishing's "Artist's Editions," which feature classic comics printed the actual size of the original art, capturing all the salient details. Now, IDW and Marvel are teaming up to bring the first volume of Star Wars to IDW's "Artist Edition" folios later...Star Wars Comics
Marvel Comics released several previews of its variant covers for next month's launch of Princess Leia, the third of its four planned Star Wars comics, and what makes these offerings stand out is what they don't feature. The Slave Leia outfit. The only trace of that costume is in the image by artist Mark Brooks, which...Star Wars Comics
In a short video promoting the release of Star Wars No. 1 by Marvel Entertainment, editor-in-chief Axel Alonso has said the events in the comic, released Jan. 14, are as relevant "as anything you'll see on the big screen." The comic, written by Jason Aaron and illustrated by John Cassaday, is setting sales records, surpassing more than...
