Beyond - Legends The big green rabbit is back! "Jaxxon's 11" Scene 8 online

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From the official annoucement we're sending out:

After a 13-month unplanned hiatus, he's back:

Jaxxons11.com

Remember the big green rabbit from Marvel's trippy 1970s "Star Wars" comics?

If so, you might want to check out the just-posted Scene 8 of "Jaxxon's 11" -- the "Star Wars" webcomic unfolding over at TheForce.net.

"J11" -- written by Mike Russell and illustrated by David Stroup -- follows Jaxxon (the talking green rabbit from Marvel's "Star Wars" comics) as he recruits Han Solo and several not-so-classic Marvel SW characters to steal a Force crystal from Jabba's Palace and Casino.

ABOUT SCENE 8

In Scene 8, "Everybody Comes to Vol's," Jaxxon and Han pop into an intergalactic nursing home to pick up the final member of their heist team -- the senile Jedi Knight Don-Wan Kihotay.

Guest stars include "Star Wars" Expanded Universe characters Dash Rendar, Rik Duel, and Chewie's dad from the "Star Wars Holiday Special."

J11 HOT LINKS:

Direct link to Scene 8, "Everybody Comes to Vol's"


Link to the first scene


Link to downloadable high-rez PDFs of each scene, as well as the "J11 Scriptbook"


ABOUT "JAXXON'S 11"

"J11" is set in the post-"Return of the Jedi" timeframe. Jabba's Palace has become a theme casino -- run by a badly burned Bib Fortuna. Tattooine is a tourist trap packed with Gungans and Ewoks. Han Solo -- who, it turns out, owed money to THREE guys named Jabba -- is a hen-pecked father of two, with Chewbacca serving as his "shag-carpet nursemaid."

Artist David Stroup packs each page with geeked-out detail -- including characters from the "Star Wars Holiday Special" and other Expanded Universe embarrassments. A complex love-hate relationship with the kitschy 1970s "Star Wars" comics plays out in every frame.

Eight scenes (amounting to 51 comic-book sized pages) are now online, with the complete story expected to fill 100 pages. Fans can also download high-rez PDF versions of each page.

 

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I thought J11 had died!

It's back!

I loved it!

I can't wait for more!

 

Yes, well, with any luck Scene 9 will come a little more quickly. As we'll be saying in the official news post that announces the strip at Humor, which go up any time now: I suddenly developed a new career as a writer and cartoonist at The Oregonian. Meanwhile, Mr. Stroup got handed the time-devouring task of editing, laying out, writing and photographing two newspapers at once. (There may also be marriages. And children.) But now that the terror of unholy career-change vertigo has subsided, we're back.