A Certain Point of View: Writing, Film and Stuff

Cover art by Ernie Chan. (C) 1978 Marvel Comics and 20th Century Fox Film Corp.  Photo Credit: Wookieepedia I was 15 years old and still getting used to living in a new townhouse in a still-new development called East Wind Lake Village in unincorporated Dade County when I first saw a copy of Marvel Comics' Marvel Special Edition #3: Featuring Star Wars. Even 40 years later, I can recall with startling clarity walking into the neighborhood's Top Banana - a convenience store owned and operated by Miami-based Farm Stores, a company famous for its drive-thru convenience stores. This particular Top Banana was only a few blocks away from the new townhouse, and every so often Mom would ask me to walk there to buy a gallon of milk or a pint of Farm Stores ice cream. Like many convenience stores, the Top Banana at the Blue Grotto shopping plaza had a large magazine display stand next to the cashier station, and in addition to the usual mix of issues of Time, People, TV Guide, and...

Cover art by Paul Renaud. (C) 2017 Marvel Comics Group and Lucasfilm Ltd. (LFL) On April 18, 2017, Marvel Comics published Star Wars: A New Hope: The 40 th Anniversary, a slim volume that collects 48 illustrations created for various Star Wars comic book titles ( Doctor Aphra, Poe Dameron, Darth Maul, and Yoda’s Secret War , just to name a few) in honor of the franchise’s 40 th year. Written by Jess Harrold and edited by Heather Antos, this 168-page book presents artwork by some of Marvel Comics’ best illustrators, including Juan Gimenez, Stuart Immonen, Adi Granov, Michael Walsh, Paul Renaud, Terry and Rachel Dotson, Mike Mayhew, Will Robson, Jordan Boyd, and Pepe Larraz. To celebrate the 40 th anniversary of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, a galaxy of comic-book stars – from David Acuna to Chip Zdarsky – come together to present the legendary saga as you’ve never seen it before, across 48 stunning covers. The works of talents including Mark Brooks, Terry Dotson, Adi...