tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post2572312632199364907..comments2024-03-28T07:17:29.768+00:00Comments on STARLOGGED - GEEK MEDIA AGAIN: 1995: STAR WARS FANZINE HOLOCRON ISSUE 3SLOW ROBOThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15891511135128944714noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-10094950981624117742016-05-27T16:55:35.694+01:002016-05-27T16:55:35.694+01:00Ed,
The strips in Star Wars Adventures were repri...Ed,<br /><br />The strips in Star Wars Adventures were reprints when I last looked about a month ago. Egmont were in a holding pattern in light of the new films.<br /><br />Egmont's other SW titles--Rebels and Lego--feature new strips (or at least they are new to the UK, I'd guess they may be enjoying a broadly concurrent printing in Europe).KlownKrustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02951875989078181671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-61829526872696553702016-05-23T18:53:14.929+01:002016-05-23T18:53:14.929+01:00I found the issues from 2014 , one of them had an ...I found the issues from 2014 , one of them had an ad for HAYNES who published manuals on star wars. The company has recently announced they are downsizing.<br /><br />Not sure if I have that story from The Sun.<br /><br />So the strips in STAR WARS ADVENTURES are re-prints ?<br /><br />I'll check for the vol.6 strips later.<br /><br />edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13633073283427830809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-62933401815685754862016-05-23T14:12:07.455+01:002016-05-23T14:12:07.455+01:00Thanks Ed.
I wrote around 20 or so stories for th...Thanks Ed.<br /><br />I wrote around 20 or so stories for the magazine before Titan lost the license, and they're still being reprinted in the current Egmont magazine. One of my stories, "Suited", was reprinted as a promotion with the Sun which meant it reached an especially large audience.KlownKrustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02951875989078181671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-91776635284799399372016-05-23T13:09:17.224+01:002016-05-23T13:09:17.224+01:00it did strike me as unusual at the time that those...it did strike me as unusual at the time that those strips were not usa re-prints.<br /><br /><br />and yet in a kind of reversal , they were re-printed in the usa.<br /><br />edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13633073283427830809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-20229530410019196232016-05-23T13:05:21.819+01:002016-05-23T13:05:21.819+01:00slow, any chance of scanning those articles ?
slow, any chance of scanning those articles ?<br />edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13633073283427830809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-74807330513486503572016-05-23T13:03:49.855+01:002016-05-23T13:03:49.855+01:00thanks rik, oops I was a bit off target in my gues...thanks rik, oops I was a bit off target in my guess as your work was more recent. <br /><br />I have all of those issues so I really must have a good look for your strips.<br /><br />edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13633073283427830809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-12611296930229049502016-05-23T08:08:03.436+01:002016-05-23T08:08:03.436+01:00Hi Slow,
Thanks for the kind words, hopefully I&#...Hi Slow,<br /><br />Thanks for the kind words, hopefully I'm not misappropriating the Marvel UK articles.<br /><br />I don't have any great insights into why Titan began to commission original material. I'd speculate, and this is <b>only</b> speculation, that they were pushing for more self-contained material* rather than serializing the Dark Horse reprints (*ironically, I think I was the only writer who started doing linked two-part stories in the format). Titan also repackaged the material in the US as well as selling it to Europe--I picked up a French reprint of one of my stories while honeymooning in Paris!--so I'd imagine there was some financial gain in originating the material, too.<br />KlownKrustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02951875989078181671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-31329584121541814772016-05-23T08:01:26.852+01:002016-05-23T08:01:26.852+01:00Hi Ed,
I don't usually promote myself in comm...Hi Ed,<br /><br />I don't usually promote myself in comments, but since you asked ...<br /><br />I'm Rik Hoskin. I was one of several writers on Titan's Star Wars Comic from Vol 6 #1 in 2009, which I think was the first time Titan commissioned original Star Wars stories:<br /><a href="http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Inside_Job" rel="nofollow">Inside Job</a><br /><br />I also originated the short-lived humour strips therein.<br /><br />As a child of the Star Age, I was especially pleased to get the chance to write a two part Han Solo & Chewbacca story ...<br />Part 1 <<a href="http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Repairs" rel="nofollow">Repairs</a><br />Part 2 <a href="http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/My_Spaceship,_My_Enemy" rel="nofollow">My Spaceship, My Enemy</a><br /><br />(Now with working links, I hope!)KlownKrustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02951875989078181671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-5402008995829258222016-05-23T07:59:50.845+01:002016-05-23T07:59:50.845+01:00The HOLOCRON articles looking nvm at the Marvel UK...The HOLOCRON articles looking nvm at the Marvel UK strips were a great read. They are the main reason I kept my copies all this time. Good job.<br /><br />I also had no idea that Titan had originated any STAR WARS strips in the UK. Was there a shortage of US strips appropriate for the audience? Or did they just fancy making their own contribution to the saga? SLOW ROBOThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15891511135128944714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-72016090176599734032016-05-23T07:58:38.283+01:002016-05-23T07:58:38.283+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.KlownKrustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02951875989078181671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-53779409025938215312016-05-23T07:53:44.904+01:002016-05-23T07:53:44.904+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.KlownKrustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02951875989078181671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-57946245829411173812016-05-21T13:01:46.650+01:002016-05-21T13:01:46.650+01:00Krusty, would that be for the uk star wars mag whi...Krusty, would that be for the uk star wars mag which began in 1996 ? <br /><br />I don't suppose you could tell us your real name, then I could look for you in the mag.<br /><br />edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13633073283427830809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-13711557122314099912016-05-20T12:52:34.301+01:002016-05-20T12:52:34.301+01:00I believe I wrote that "Marvel UK ESB strips&...I believe I wrote that "Marvel UK ESB strips" article. I did a few pieces for Holocron, including a short story.<br /><br />Funny enough, I ended up writing Star Wars comics some years later, when the UK (this time through Titan Magazines) finally commissioned original material again.<br />KlownKrustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02951875989078181671noreply@blogger.com