#randy stradley

[legends-expo]

The Randy Stradley panel from our 2023 show is now up on our YouTube! Watch it [ here ]

From Marvel's Star Wars #86 to Dark Times, with Crimson Empire, Republic, Empire and everything else in between; hear from the co-founder of Dark Horse Comics himself about his storied career making the Star Wars Expanded Universe comics shine!

[the-gershomite]

Aliens versus Predator War #4 of 4 -August 1995- Dark Horse Comics

written by Randy Stradley

art by Mark G. Heike

inked by Ricardo Villagran

letters by Steve Dutro

colors by Chris Chalenor

cover art by RIchard Corben

[jiff01]

[onedogbark]

Alien vs. Predator (1991) by Randy Stradley and Phill Norwood

[rachaelmayo]

Set the wayback machine to 1995! Though this is not the first Predator I drew (far from it - my sister and I studied the early TPBs drawn by Chris Warner and Randy Stradley to the point that they fell apart, and I still have quite a few of the old doodles and studies laying around), it is one of the early, better efforts. I can't remember (lo these nearly-30 years later) if this was something I drew by looking at a comic book panel or cover, or if I winged it. Given the relatively accurate musculature and armor, I'd guess that I was using one or more comic panels as direct references.

What materials was I using back in those halcyon days of high school...? Pilot fineliners for the inkwork, I think, and Berol Spectracolor pencils for the colors. The paper I filched from Dad's printer.

[cursedjewel]

star wars, the crimson empire saga

this is a cover for a comic book collection/anthology by Mike Richardson, Paul Gulacy, and Randy Stradley

[marvelman901]

Aliens Vs. Predator - Duel (1995)

Written by Randy Stradley

Penciled by Javier Saltares

Inked by Jimmy Palmiotti

Colors by James Sinclair

Lettered by Steve Dutro

Cover by Chris Warner

[omniversalobservations]

Star Trek: The Next Generation/Aliens: Acceptable Losses (2017?)

Star Trek: The Next Generation/Aliens: Acceptable Losses was a cancelled limited crossover comic book series that was to be published by IDW Publishing and Dark Horse Comics from April 2017. It was to have been written by Scott Tipton and David Tipton, and illustrated by J. K. Woodward. The comic was announced at the MCM London Comic Con on October 28, 2016. Dirk Wood of IDW and Matt Parkinson of Dark Horse took the opportunity to announce a new crossover series for April of 2017. In addition to the Xenomorphs, the comic was to feature familiar Star Trek alien races such as the Borg and the Romulans, which were described as playing a vital role in the plot. However, in late December 2016, Randy Stradley announced via his Facebook account that the comic series had been cancelled. Source: Xenopedia

(image via J.K.Woodward Gallery)

[legends-expo]

Photos by Thor Parker / Bekah Marie Photo

We had such a great time with all of you a year ago today in Burbank, CA! We'll be back in the Los Angeles area in 2025 for another convention celebrating the Expanded Universe!

[the-gershomite]

Aliens vs. Predator #4 -December 1990-

cover art by Dave Dorman

written by Randy Stradley

art by Chris Warner

inked by Robert Campanella

letters by Pat Brosseau

colors by Monika Livingston

[rolledspinepodcasts]

Dark Horse Presents

The Abyss (1989)

The Abyss #1-2 by Randy Stradley & Michael William Kaluta

also: Alien: Romulus (2024)

[keycomicbooks]

Aliens vs Predator #2 (1990) Phill Norwood Cover & Pencils, Randy Stradley Story

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[onedogbark]

Alien vs. Predator (1991) by Randy Stradley and Phill Norwood

[ranahan]

The Wookieepedia Legends page says:

Along with Ewoks and Vulptereens, Tusken Raiders are among the species without the mental aptitude necessary to become Jedi.[12]

And what the linked source [12] says is exactly that:

*Sigh*

The Force is in everything. This is the basic tenet of Star Wars. Children can use it. Iirc, there are even some non-sapient creatures capable of using the force. There might be species who because of some biological quirk or another aren’t capable of using the Force, but I don’t buy it’s a matter of smarts.

Being able to become Jedi is a separate matter from being able to use the Force. Which might have all manner of obstacles, from having a shared language to communicate in, to having access to education, to having access to Jedi seekers, and yes, racism. If anything, it seems to me Tuskens are opposed to being contacted by most outsiders, in addition to being a subject of space!racism/specieism.

Clearly we have culture = species thinking here. By the same logic, Mandalorians aren’t really Mandalorians either, since none of the modern ones living are Taung. It’s kind of uncomfortable to draw the parallel with irl ethnicity = genetics thinking which usually goes with rank racism.

And most importantly:

What does a statement like this say about the franchise’s attitudes towards the people whom Tuskens were inspired by? C’mon Star Wars. Do better.

Luckily that comment is dated in 2000, after which we’ve gotten The Mandalorian which clearly shows Tuskens as sapient people with a language and a culture. So I’m gonna just ignore this bit of lore and throw it in the trash where it belongs.

Transcript:

Smith, if that is his real name, asked:

Well, they had a Tusken Raider Jedi. Why not any more wookiees?

Randy Stradley, Dark Horse Editor, answered:

The “Tusken Raider Jedi” (Sharad Hett, I believe) and his Jedi son (A’Sharad Hett) turned out to actually be humans who had adopted the culture of the Tuskens and lived with them.

There are a number of species, apparently, who either lack the ability to use the Force, or who lack the subtlety of thought necessary for Jedi training. Back when I was writing the Jedi Council series, I’d wanted to have a Jedi character of the same species as pod racer Dud Bolt (I can’t remember the name of the species off-hand), but I was told that they’re not smart enough to be Jedi. (So, I settled on whatever species Ratts Tyrell is. And that’s how Jedi Master Tsui Choi was born.) anyway, the Tuskens, I’ve been told, aren’t smart enough to use the Force. Neither are the Ewoks (sorry, Matt).

I never realized the Legends wookiepedia page outright says that Tuskens are just too primitive and unintelligent to use the Force. Fucking kill yourself. Death on your cow plague on your crops misery for a thousand years

[cccovers]

Dark Horse Presents #25 (December 1988) cover by Leopoldo Durañona and Randy Stradley.

[chernobog13]

I’m going on record here right now and stating, unequivocally, that this is the greatest Godzilla comic ever created in the USA!

Not only do we get 40 pages of spectacular Art Adams artwork,

AND Godzilla battling the Daimajin stand-in Gekido-jin,

AND the introduction of G-Force before Toho used a similar concept with the same name in the films,

AND the first Dark Horse Godzilla comic in three years,

but - for the first time since Dark Horse began publishing Godzilla comics in 1987 - we get to see the Big G’s adventures presented in glorious color!

The reason it’s called the “color special” is because, up until around that time (1992), Dark Horse had primarily been a publisher of black-and-white comics.