Captain Kremmen and the Krells
by Chris Browne; ill. Roger Wade Walker (Corgi, 1977)
More comic than graphic novel, and not very good. Kenny Everett’s zany irreverence and fast-moving, throwaway delivery doesn’t lend itself to being pinned down. The story is slight—as expected!—but in visual form sags under a preponderance of (eye dialect-heavy) dialogue.
Star Wars Holiday Special
dir. Steve Binder (1978)
Christmas programming is traditionally stultifying but there remains a whole generation of youngsters who never recovered from this feature-length Star Wars variety-show-cum-amateur-theatre-production fever dream. Unfathomable in conception, execrable in execution; just all-round unendurable (save the 10-minute Captain Kremmen-style animation introducing Boba Fett).