by generalsjoes | Mar 6, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Comics, IDW
The fine folks at IDW and JoeReloaded bring us 5(ish) page previews of both G.I. Joe #3 and the G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA Movie prequel #1 (featuring Duke).
G.I. Joe #3
G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA Prequel #1
My first reaction? G.I. Joe #3 looks pretty cool… Atkins does a nice job with the art, great flow to the action, nice dialogue by Dixon (Hawk’s somewhat cliche’d “come get some” not withstanding). Love Hawk being on fire…good stuff.
The Rise of COBRA prequel seems neat, too. More basic military action, a step away from the future-war sci-fi stuff that the movie seems to be going for. Ripcord and Duke together on a fairly standard jungle op. Fairly standard from an art perspective, but it works well enough, and the story flows, even without a whole lot of action. Not bad, and I’m happy to be kind of moving into the movie universe.
Thanks to Phil Kost from JoeReloaded for the heads up.
by generalsjoes | Mar 5, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Comics, G.I. Joe: The Movie, IDW
Phil Kost from JoeReloaded reports that according to Midtown Comics, G.I. Joe #3 and G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA Prequel #1 (featuring Duke) will both be released next Wednesday, March 11th.
We reported yesterday that G.I. Joe: COBRA would be released March 18th, which still leaves G.I. Joe: Origins #2 somewhat up in the air.
Thanks to Phil for the info, it would certainly appear that IDW is flying out of the starting gate…and I think I might be the only one at least a little bit excited to already be starting the move into the Rise of COBRA universe. If nothing else, it’ll be a different take. I’m willing to give it a shot, at least.
by generalsjoes | Mar 4, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Comics, IDW
I think we all knew the first issue of the COBRA limited series was coming out in March, but I’m not sure we knew when in March it would arrive at comic stores. Well, we know now.
According to the big-ass sponsorship wallpaper from IDW on Comic Book Resources’ Robot 6 blog, the arrival date is March 18. Cool to see IDW sponsoring a pretty major comic oriented blog, and even more cool to see they’re plastering G.I. Joe images on it. Love it, and I cannot wait for the first issue of COBRA. I have a sneaking suspision people are going to really be blown away by this book.
by generalsjoes | Mar 3, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Comics, IDW
IESB.net comes through with images of the upcoming Rise of COBRA prequels from IDW Publishing. Each issue is a solo story focusing on Duke, Destro, Baroness, and Snake Eyes respectively, with an additional Snake Eyes follow up following the film’s release. According to the announcement, Issue #1 is scheduled for release next Tuesday, March 11th!
Check out the article and the images at IESB here, or you can also check out the gallery below.
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by generalsjoes | Mar 2, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Comics, IDW
Newsarama is filled with G.I. Joe related nuggets today as they spoke with both Chuck Dixon and Robert Atkins at MegaCon this weekend, and report about that conversation here.
Chuck Dixon is the writer and Robert Atkins is the penciller for the ongoing G.I. Joe title and both had an extensive conversation with the folks from Newsarama about the title and what’s coming in the future. There are a number of very interesting comments and quotes scattered throughout the interview, which honestly has me pretty optimistic about the direction this new G.I. Joe universe is taking.
Do yourself a favor and check out the interview here, and keep a close watch on IDW happenings, I think we’re in for a fun ride.
by generalsjoes | Mar 2, 2009 | Comics and Cartoons, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Comics, IDW
Bookspot Central, a site focused on covering fictional writing spoke with Mike Costa, who is writing the upcoming “G.I. Joe: COBRA” title from IDW, focusing on Chuckles going undercover within the COBRA organization. It promises to be a darker and more intense look at the terrorist organization.
To see what he had to say, check out the interview here.
My favorite quote about the book without a doubt is this one:
“For me, the biggest thing I’m trying to do is to figure out how an organization like Cobra would actually operate in the world today. And the biggest question there is “what is their goal?” That was the question I had to answer for myself before I could move any further, because “world domination” is the goal that the original Cobra had and, come on, that’s a goal that just doesn’t make any sense. What does it even mean? And even if someone was so insane and motivated that they could create a multi-national organization to that end… How do they make it work? What’s the plan? Who would work for them, and what would their motives be? Why would you strap a helmet on your head and engage an elite American military unit in combat so some guy who doesn’t even know your name can “rule the world?” That’s inherently ludicrous.”
COBRA’s goals throughout the comic run have always been pretty vague and ambiguous. I’m very happy to hear that Mr. Costa (and Mr. Gage) are at least taking a look at things from this angle and considering the motivations behind COBRA doing what they do. That and the promised “darkness” of this title are both really appealing to me. Can’t wait.
Thanks to The Terror Drome for leading us to this information!
The fine folks at IDW and JoeReloaded bring us 5(ish) page previews of both G.I. Joe #3 and the G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA Movie prequel #1 (featuring Duke).