Anyone who’s been following my posts and comments over the years knows that I’m a huge comic fan when it comes to G.I. Joe… much moreso than the Sunbow cartoon. I loved the more adult and realistic storylines told in the comic pages. Larry Hama had a way that he wrote these characters that gave them all personality and made them all so unique, yet not silly or dumb. The Sunbow cartoon did this stuff as well, but it seemed to go to such extremes sometimes (as with Bazooka or Spirit) that it almost made mockeries of the characters instead of making them real.
Everyone’s fired up for G.I. Joe: Resolute…including me. I’m so fired up, I’m devoting a LOT of attention to the series here. Anything you want to find on Resolute, I’m planning on featuring it here pretty heavily. To date, this is what’s been collected about the series.
Well, leave it to “notpicard” of the JoeCustoms forums to put my feelings perfectly in MANY less words than I did. What he posted is pretty much exactly my thoughts and opinions on the matter, and I’m happy to see them expressed:
So apparently folks have started receiving their September newsletter for the G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club, which has the pre-orders listed for their upcoming release of DTC Wave 4. And hysteria reigns. Joe fans? Hysteria? No WAY. (more…)
Of course, that’s where the similarities between this post and the classic Temptation song ends, but I had to work it in here somewhere. I like doing that with song lyrics that mention a specific day. (Really! Wait until June 6, better known as “Convoy Day.”) (more…)
As far as I’m concerned, the new TV season officially starts today. The final season of FX’s excellent series “The Shield” beings airing tonight, and while I don’t see how TV could get much better than that throughout the rest of the year, I am shocked to find that there are actually a number of shows I plan on checking out this year. Normally my TV slate is pretty few and far between. I can’t stand sitcoms and don’t do much in the way of prime time dramas…and reality TV? It’s, quite simply, the work of the devil. (more…)
Anyone who has read my dio-stories is familiar with the work of “Capolan”. He frequents JoeCustoms (and not much else Joe-wise) and is an absolute diorama wizard. I’ve seen many Joe fans in my life who dabbled in art, and some who dabbled VERY well. Cap is an artist who dabbles in G.I. Joe (and other 1:18 scale items). He does things in that scale that you don’t see very often.
Anyway, what this is all leading up to is that Cap has launched a new website. I encourage everyone to check it out and see what he can do with a little foamcore and hot glue. It’s impressive.
Self-Modifier posted some new updates to his G.I. Joe vs. Transformers dio-story, so I passed the updates along to you. Check out the G.I. Joe vs. Transformers page for the latest installments!
