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"I'm Grumpy Vader And I Approve This Message" | Stardate #001

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A quick thumbs up! Grumpy Vader doodle after hearing the news my ol' Starlog magazine editor is gonna start up a new sci-fi/fantasy PRINTED magazine titled "Stardate."

It sounds like most-to-all past Starlog contributors will be onboard this new venture - this'll include cartoonists (yay!).

Estimated newsstand delivery date: late 2022.

In the meantime, to get back into sci-fi/fantasy headspace, I gotta catch up on all that has been going on in that genre — at the very least, glean whatever I can from the Google.

"biddy-biddy-biddy" | A Starlog Archive Cartoon

From the (poorly scanned) pages of Starlog Magazine #268 (pg. 22 to be accurate) comes a “crossing the streams” gag - where one universe merges somewhat with another.

In this case, it's Vader sporting a new life support control box in the form of Dr. Theopolis from Buck Rogers In The 25th Century (Universal, 1979-1981). And thus, Vader's trademark breathing sound now sounds a lot like Twiki.

FYI: from 1998, my pen name for my gags was "B.B.B." (Big Bad Bubba) until 2006 when my BortQ. pseudonym took over.

Exclusive Grumpy Vader Interview | Starlog *FAKE* Cover #41

Originally posted on Facebook’s Starlog Magazine Fan Group page - before banishment - I created this at a time other members were posting fake covers of their own making.

For this one, I’d thought I’d throw a bit of design-ish layout knowledge into this piece, insert parody title callouts of the era (1980), and make it look like it just rolled off the presses.

Below is my original Facebook post:

And below is the ACTUAL Starlog #41 cover, for comparison:

And, if you give a hoot, here’s the ACTUAL artwork used in the fake Starlog #41’s cover:

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Rebels' Hoth Base Grand Opening! Free Tauntaun Rides! (with unfunny conclusion)

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Originally published in Starlog Magazine sometime in 1998.

Can you guess this is a really low-quality scan? I think the original was black & white, but was colorized decades later (I might be wrong about the former).

Anyways, the above appeared on Facebook by a 3rd-party poster.

So, with time to spare, I drew up a sequel to the above toon:

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Nobody Likes A Disrespectful Ozzel.

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Important Safety Tip: DO NOT mess with Darth “Grumpy” Vader’s Starlog Magazine collection.

Admiral Ozzel (just prior to the events in The Empire Strikes Back) learned his lesson well… until he messed up again when alerting the Rebels on Hoth to the presence of the Imperial fleet. ***SPOILER ALERT!!!***