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Jeffrey Brown - Vader's Little Princess, p. 21 (Chronicle Books, 2013)

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Location: Brown, Jeffrey
Title: Jeffrey Brown - Vader's Little Princess, p. 21 (Chronicle Books, 2013)*
Artist: Jeffrey Brown (All)
Media Type: Mixed Media
Art Type: Interior Page
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 372
Likes on CAF: 13
Comments: 12
Added to Site: 9/10/2024

I wanted to pay my respects to the great James Earl Jones (1931-2024), who sadly passed away yesterday aged 93.

A titan of both stage and screen, Jones was arguably best known for providing the voices of Darth Vader in the Star Wars franchise (1977-2019) and Mufasa in The Lion King (1994) in a performing arts career that spanned 1953-2021. He made his film debut in 1964's Dr. Strangelove and would go on to feature in The Great White Hope (1970), Roots (1977), Field of Dreams (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Patriot Games (1992), The Sandlot (1993) and much more.

Aside from his off-camera work in the Star Wars films, I especially enjoyed Jones playing the villainous Thulsa Doom in Conan the Barbarian (1982) and King Jaffe Joffer in Coming to America (1988), two of my all-time favorite films. Jones reprised his role as King Joffer in the 2021 sequel Coming 2 America, which was his final film role.

In honor and remembrance of this great performer, here is another piece of Darth Vader original art ("What do you do?") in my collection from Jeffrey Brown's 2013 illustrated humor book Vader's Little Princess. R.I.P. Mr. Jones.

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Rick W Member Since 2017

Posted On 9/10/2024

A brilliant little gag.

RIP Mr. Jones

Duke Fleed Member Since 2013

Posted On 9/10/2024

Great little books. Fun addition to the gallery!

Chris K. Member Since 2008

Posted On 9/10/2024

This is outstanding!

Jay D Member Since 2008

Posted On 9/10/2024

I'd buy that for a dollar!

Dan Gallo Member Since 2005

Posted On 9/10/2024

Good stuff...

Marcus Wai Member Since 2005

Posted On 9/10/2024

"This is CNN"

Stephen F Member Since 2005

Posted On 9/10/2024

Absolutely love these little gems. Congrats!

M L Member Since 2015

Posted On 9/11/2024

A touching tribute, and testament to a great actor who was able to infuse so much depth into a voice role.

These pages are always a treat.

Steve N. Comic/Fantasy Art Member Since 2017

Posted On 9/11/2024

The 4-year-old soon will be ready for this treat!

K Gearon Member Since 2011

Posted On 9/20/2024

Perfecto! Fun piece in memoriam of the late great JEJ. You can just hear Vader saying "Errr..." without saying it :) Congrats!

Mark Levy Member Since 2004

Posted On 9/26/2024

Great combo of art and content

artless artmore Member Since 2013

Posted On 10/27/2024

The conspicuous brown boots of the unfortunate rebel poking in from the lower right really makes this work for me. What a great example! And a fitting OA tribute to the late Mr. Jones

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Jeffrey Brown - Vader's Little Princess, p. 21 (Chronicle Books, 2013)

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