EPISODE · Jun 17, 2020 · 1H 4M
Episode #181 -- Read It in Books
from Star Wars Splash Page · host Jeff McGee and Matt Moore
This week's episode is a behind-the-scenes discussion with writer, editor and translator Ricardo Cachoua Jr. (https://twitter.com/RiCachoua_Vader), who works with Panini Comics Mexico to translate Marvel Star Wars comics into Spanish for the Latin American market.It's a fascinating look into how comics are made, what the process entails and what goes into ensuring that the story is not only true to the English-language version, but done so that the nature of not just the tale, but Star Wars itself, isn't lost in the process.Cachoua is the author of "The Cosmic Traveler's Clandestine Guide to the Star Wars Universes," an unofficial guide to the Saga.Upcoming Star Wars comics include:June 24: _ Bounty Hunters #3 _ Star Wars Adventures: The Clone Wars — Battle Tales #2July 8: _ Star Wars Adventures #32 _ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: Legacy, Vol. 3 TradeJuly 15: _ Star Wars Adventures: The Clone Wars — Battle Tales #3 _ Star Wars Adventures, Vol. 9: Fight the Empire! SCJuly 22: _ Doctor Aphra #2July 29: _ Darth Vader #3 _ The Action-Figure Variant Covers #1 _ The Clone Wars — Battle Tales #1 (2nd Printing) _ The Rise of Kylo Ren SCAug. 5: _ Star Wars #5Aug. 12: _ Darth Vader #4 _ Star Wars Adventures: The Clone Wars — Battle Tales #4Aug. 19: _ Bounty Hunters #4Aug. 26: _ Doctor Aphra #3 _ Star Wars Adventures Annual 2020Sept. 9: _ Age of Resistance HardcoverSept. 16: _ Jedi: Fallen Order — Dark Temple SC _ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: Empire, Vol. 6 SC Sept. 23_ Star Wars Adventures, Vol. 10: Driving Force SCOct. 7 _ Star Wars Adventures (Vol, 2) #1 _ Star Wars Adventures: Vader’s Castle HCOct. 21 _ Star Wars Adventures (Vol. 2) #2----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Star Wars Splash Page is a weekly podcast dedicated solely to contemporary Star Wars comics published by Marvel, Dark Horse and previously IDW, featuring views about the current week's comics, interviews with the writers, artists, colorists, letterers and editors who create them, as well as the latest details on publishing schedules, upcoming series and mini-series, so that you, the listener have more detail and context about the comics that are a vital part of Star Wars canon, lore and legends.
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This week's episode is a behind-the-scenes discussion with writer, editor and translator Ricardo Cachoua Jr. (https://twitter.com/RiCachoua_Vader), who works with Panini Comics Mexico to translate Marvel Star Wars comics into Spanish for the Latin American market.It's a fascinating look into how comics are made, what the process entails and what goes into ensuring that the story is not only true to the English-language version, but done so that the nature of not just the tale, but Star Wars itself, isn't lost in the process.Cachoua is the author of "The Cosmic Traveler's Clandestine Guide to the Star Wars Universes," an unofficial guide to the Saga.Upcoming Star Wars comics include:June 24: _ Bounty Hunters #3 _ Star Wars Adventures: The Clone Wars — Battle Tales #2July 8: _ Star Wars Adventures #32 _ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: Legacy, Vol. 3 TradeJuly 15: _ Star Wars Adventures: The Clone Wars — Battle Tales #3 _ Star Wars Adventures, Vol. 9: Fight the Empire! SCJuly 22: _ Doctor Aphra #2July 29: _ Darth Vader #3 _ The Action-Figure Variant Covers #1 _ The Clone Wars — Battle Tales #1 (2nd Printing) _ The Rise of Kylo Ren SCAug. 5: _ Star Wars #5Aug. 12: _ Darth Vader #4 _ Star Wars Adventures: The Clone Wars — Battle Tales #4Aug. 19: _ Bounty Hunters #4Aug. 26: _ Doctor Aphra #3 _ Star Wars Adventures Annual 2020Sept. 9: _ Age of Resistance HardcoverSept. 16: _ Jedi: Fallen Order — Dark Temple SC _ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: Empire, Vol. 6 SC Sept. 23_ Star Wars Adventures, Vol. 10: Driving Force SCOct. 7 _ Star Wars Adventures (Vol, 2) #1 _ Star Wars Adventures: Vader’s Castle HCOct. 21 _ Star Wars Adventures (Vol. 2) #2----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Star Wars Splash Page is a weekly podcast dedicated solely to contemporary Star Wars comics published by Marvel, Dark Horse and previously IDW, featuring views about the current week's comics, interviews with the writers, artists, colorists, letterers and editors who create them, as well as the latest details on publishing schedules, upcoming series and mini-series, so that you, the listener have more detail and context about the comics that are a vital part of Star Wars canon, lore and legends.
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