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George Lucas Makes First Comic-Con Appearance to Discuss His Upcoming 'Museum of Narrative Art'


Star Wars creator George Lucas made his first Comic-Con appearance ever on Sunday. The Hollywood Reporter describes the scene: Thousands waited hours just to get inside, chanted "Lu-cas, Lu-cas!" while they waited, and then gave a wild standing ovation as the filmmaker took to the stage, introdu...

Star Wars creator George Lucas made his first Comic-Con appearance ever on Sunday. A cover of DC comic Mystery in Space, featuring the first appearance of Adam Strange; the first ever Flash Gordon comic strip; a cover of 1950s EC comic Tales from the Crypt; strips of Peanuts and Garfield; art ranging from Brian Bolland and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola to underground cartoonist Robert Crumb, Windsor McKay and Moebius; art of Astro Boy and Scrooge McDuck. I'm so glad I didn't," he said, before driving home the point that one of the strengths of narrative art is that it's driven by story.

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