365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 267: Belly Shirts of the Star Wars Universe, Day 5: Star Wars: Episode Fur

Panels from Star Wars: Republic #66 (June 2004), script by John Ostrander, pencils by Jan Duursema, inks by Dan Parsons, colors by Brad Anderson, letters by Michael David Thomas

Hit Me WIth Your Best Shot

Panels from [Uncanny] X-Men (1963 series) #132 (April 1980), co-plot and script by Chris Claremont, co-plot and pencils by John Byrne, inks by Terry Austin, colors by Glynis Wein, letters by Tom Orzechowski



Panels from Astonishing X-Men (2004 series) #15 (August 2006), script by Joss Whedon, pencils and inks by John Cassaday, colors by Laura Martin, letters by Chris Eliopoulos



Panels from Uncanny X-Force (2013 series) #10 (February 2014), script by Sam Humphries, pencils by Phil Briones, inks by Dalibor Talajic, colors by David Curiel, letters by Cory Petit



Panels from Groot #4 (November 2015); script by Jeff Loveness; pencils, inks, and colors by Brian Kesinger, letters by Jeff Eckleberry

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 266: Belly Shirts of the Star Wars Universe, Day 4: Technically this entry includes that guy too

Cover of Star Wars: Invasion #4 (October 2009), art by Jo Chen

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 265: Belly Shirts of the Star Wars Universe, Day 3: She just blue herself

Personally, I blame fanon-turned-canon Jedi Aayla Secura for this whole "belly shirt in the Star Wars Universe" trope. Also for this "Blue Man Group in the Star Wars Universe" trope.


Panels from Star Wars: Republic #76 (May 2005), script by John Ostrander, pencils by Jan Duursema, inks by Dan Parsons, colors by Brad Anderson, letters by Michael David Thomas

Separated at Birth

Panel from The Avengers (1963 series) #273 (November 1986), script by Roger Stern, breakdowns by John Buscema, finishes by Tom Palmer, colors by Paul Becton, letters by Jim Novak

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 264: Belly Shirts of the Star Wars Universe, Day 2: I'm pretty sure this scene is covered in Joseph Campbell, too

Panels from Star Wars: Legacy (2006 series) #38 (July 2009), co-plot and script by John Ostrander, co-plot and pencils by Jan Duursema, inks by Dan Parsons, colors by Brad Anderson, letters by Michael Heisler

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 263: Belly Shirts of the Star Wars Universe, Day 1: "I will not condone a course of action that will lead us to showing off my belly button."

This week, all week: let's celebrate the technological advances of a universe that has created every single possible science-fictiony thing from sentient robots to laser swords, a universe which has invented a replacement for wheels on tanks as well as rifles that don't shoot straight and armor that doesn't protect you, and yet, doesn't seem to have invented complete shirts for its women. Yes, it's the Star Wars Universe, a fictional reality that has an entire entry for "belly button" in its specialized Wikipedia. Crop off your tops and get ready for Belly Shirts of the Star Wars Universe!

First up: pretty much the trope-namer, Queen Senator Padmé Elizabeth Amidala! Some are born with belly shirts; Amidala has belly shirts thrust upon her. Well, not so much thrust. Clawed.





Panels from Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones #3-4 (May 2002), script by Henry Gilroy, pencils by Jan Duursema, inks by Ray Kryssing, colors by Digital Chameleon, letters by Steve Dutro
Still, we can be thankful that none of Padmé's impressionable children picked up on this habit of...


Panels from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi #2 (November 1983), script by Archie Goodwin, pencils and inks by Al Williamson and Carlos Garzon, colors by Christie Scheele and Bob Sharen, letters by Ed King
NOW CUT THAT OUT LEIA

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 262: Antiques Roadshow in spaaaaaaaaaace!

Panels from Star Wars: Legacy (2013 series) #1 (March 2013), script by Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman, pencils and inks by Gabriel Hardman, colors by Rachelle Rosenberg, letters by Michael Heisler

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 261: Worst talk show guest entrance ever

Panels from Star Wars (Marvel 1977 series) #91 (January 1985), script by Jo Duffy, pencils by Tony Salmons, finishes by Tom Palmer, colors by Glynis Wein, letters by Ken Bruzenak

Today in Comics History, September 17, 1992: Funny, you'd think I'd remember that happening

from Star Trek: Khan #2 (IDW, November 2013), script by Mike Johnson, pencils by Claudia Balboni, inks by Marina Castelvetro with supervision by Claudia Balboni, colors by Claudia ScarletGothica, letters by Neil Uyetake

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 260: Leia swears: she works with idiots

Panels from Star Wars: Rebellion #3 (June 2006), script by Rob Williams, pencils and inks by Michel Lacombe, colors by Wil Glass, letters by Michael Heisler

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 259: Oh come on, that's just supergluing two of them together

Panels from Star Wars: Sith War #3 (October 1995); script by Kevin J. Anderson, pencils by Dario Carrasco, Jr.; inks by Mark G. Heike, Bill Black, and David Jacob Beckett; colors by Pamela Rambo Letters: Willie Schubert

i haven't forgotten this blog and I'll be back soon

Edit: I'm back, baby! Thanks for your patience and good wishes!

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 258: Just sittin' on a rock eatin' blue ice cream / 'Coz we're on Tatooine

Panels from Star Wars: Rebellion #1 (April 2006), script by Rob Williams, pencils and inks by Brandon Badeaux, colors by Wil Glass, letters by Michael Heisler

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 257: Darth Vader, Pwn Master

Panels from Star Wars: Purge one-shot (December 2005), script by John Ostrander, pencils and inks by Doug Wheatley, colors by Ronda Pattison, letters by Michael David Thomas

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 256: Hoo boy, asking for trouble are you, Yoda

Panels from Star Wars Episode I one-shot (May 1999), script by Henry Gilroy, pencils by Martin Egeland, inks by Howard M. Shum, colors by Harold MacKinnon, letters by Vickie Williams

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 255: What Princess Leia thought every single day working with Han and Luke

Panel from Star Wars (Marvel 1977 series) #90 (December 1984), script by Jo Duffy, breakdowns by Bob McLeod, finishes by Tom Palmer, colors by Bob Sharen, letters by Rick Parker

Today in Comics History, September 11, 1918: Eventually Raymond Huxley's birthday would only get worse

from Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #6 (Marvel, February 1973), script by Steve Englehart and Gerry Conway, pencils by Billy Graham, inks by Paul Reinman, colors by Petra Goldberg, letters by John Costanza

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 254: Boba Fetts, I've had a few

from Tales from the Con, Year One one-shot (May 2014); script by Brad Guigar; pencils, inks, colors and letters by Chris Giarrusso

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 253: Lando Calrissian plays AD&D Second Edition

Panels from Star Wars: Bounty Hunters: Scoundrel's Wages one-shot (August 1999), script by Mark Schultz, pencils by Mel Rubi, inks by Andrew Pepoy, colors by Dan Jackson, letters by Clem Robins

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 252: Darth Vader: Powered by Energizer

Panels from Star Wars (1977 Marvel series) #52 (October 1981), script by David Michelinie, pencils by Walt Simonson, inks by Tom Palmer, colors by Don Warfield, letters by John Morelli

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 251: The Star Wars Back to School Special

Panels from Star Wars: Jedi Academy #3: The Phantom Bully (June 2015); script, pencils, inks, and letters by Jeffrey Brown

Today in Comics History, September 7, 2009: Maps now handily come with the word "map" on the top of them

from Ciudad #2 (Oni, November 2014), story by Ande Parks, Joe Russo, and Antony Russo; script by Ande Parks, pencils and inks by Fernando León González

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 250: And this is why Uber never caught on in the Star Wars Universe

Panels from Zam Wesell one-shot (March 2002), script by Ron Marz, pencils and inks by Ted Naifeh, colors by Dave Stewart, color separation and letters by Digital Chameleon

Today in Comics History, September 6, 1983: Frank Miller sublets his apartment to Dick Grayson

from The New Teen Titans (1980 series) #38 (DC, January 1984), co-plot and script by Marv Wolfman, co-plot and pencils by George Pérez, finishes by Romeo Tanghal, colors by Adrienne Roy, letters by Ben Oda

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 249: I doff my helmet to you, madam

Panels from The Star Wars #7 (April 2014), script by J. W. Rinzler, pencils and inks by Mike Mayhew, colors by Rain Beredo, letters by Michael Heisler

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 248: Put on your 3-D glasses now

Panels from Star Wars: Empire #22 (July 2004), script by Ron Marz, pencils and inks by Adriana Melo, colors by Michael Atiyeh, letters by Michael David Thomas

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 247: The Original Force Friday

Why, when I was a kid, we didn't have a whole day full of new Star Wars toys to line up for at the general store, nosirree. We had to wait for our crappy merch and sometimes mail away for it! So there!


Heroes World ad printed in Machine Man (1978 series) #1 (April 1978), artist unknown (probably students from The Joe Kubert School?)

The Star Wars toys unboxing event today was actually pretty disappointing

(Click picture to over-expectation-size)

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 246: Rock beats scissors, scissors beats paper, Wookiee with a stick beats everything

Panels from Star Wars Adventures: Han Solo and the Hollow Moon of Khorya graphic novel (April 2009), script by Jeremy Barlow, pencils by Rick Lacy, inks by Matthew Loux, colors by Michael Atiyeh, letters by Michael Heisler

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 245: We lose more officers this way

Panels from Star Wars (Marvel 1977 series) #51 (September 1981), script by David Michelinie, pencils by Walt Simonson, inks by Tom Palmer, colors by Don Warfield, letters by John Morelli

The 1987 2015 Marvel Age Calendar for Sweet September!

September 1987 calendar from the back cover of Marvel Age #57 (December 1987),
script by Mike Carlin, pencils and inks by Ron Zalme, colors by Paul Becton
(Click picture to Shooter-size!)