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First real details revealed of Community “G.I. Jeff” episode

Entertainment Weekly has provided the first tidbits of information about the upcoming G.I. Jeff episode of Community, and it’s looking pretty awesome.

According to executive producer Chris McKenna “We do a typical G.I. Joe opening where G.I. Joe is battling Cobra, then something very un-G.I. Joe and something very Community happens, and it becomes this inciting incident that gets our characters in hot water in the G.I. Joe realm.”

McKenna was quite complimentary, saying “[G.I. Joe] was something from our childhood that was very important to us and we had fond memories of it, and we thought it would be a cool way to do another animated episode,”

Some screen shots were shown as well, which I’ve mirrored below.  A pretty neat tribute.  Check out the EW article right here.

Michael Bell doing an AMA on Reddit RIGHT NOW

If you ever had any burning questions to ask Michael Bell, NOW IS THE TIME.  He is doing an AMA on Reddit to support a project his daughter is working on.

You can check out the Reddit AMA right here, and even if you don’t have any questions for him, considering passing along a “thanks” to the original voice of Duke by supporting his daughter Ashley’s project on Indigogo.

So far the thread has already been very insightful!  The full details are below:

I am turning to you to help support my daughter, actress Ashley Bell ( The Last Exorcism, Love and Air Sex, and the just released Sparks), get her documentary Love and Bananas off and running. She went to Cambodia last year to film a short on the rescue of 2 abused captive elephants from a logging camp, and their subsequent release to the Cambodian Wildlife Sanctuary. Once there, she realized a full documentary was needed to present the plight of captive wild elephants as well as the disappearing rain forest, and wildlife in that region. Hence her campaign to raise funds to complete her documentary. I am prepared to answer all of your questions honestly and with I hope some wit.

Here is Ashleys indigogo website, please help us!

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/love-bananas–2/x/5355369

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First tease for upcoming “Fall of G.I. Joe” IDW series coming later this year

Many fans were left wondering what was up with IDW Publishing’s G.I. Joe series when it went missing from solicitation lists posted recently.  I had reached out to Editor in Chief Chris Ryall and got some clarification on that.

Now, over on their Facebook Page, IDW Publishing has let loose the first small teaser for what might be coming later this year.  It’s just a single cover image, and is appropriately called “The Fall of G.I. Joe”.

It’s an intriguing first image, and I know I’m really hoping to hear more as the convention season goes forth.

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Stuck on your Final Four selections? Cobra’s here to help!

Nothing brightens up March Madness like a ruthless terrorist organization determined to rule the world!

Fox’s ADHD has put together a stunningly awesome and hilarious March Madness video featuring none other than Cobra Commander, Destro, and a few other familiar faces.  Will the Commander go “all chalk” with his Final Four?  What is Serpentor’s secret to March Madness success?

Find out below!

Funding Update – Girls of “The Finest” Calendar Support Wounded Warriors!

Just an update on the funding request for the Girls of “The Finest” a G.I. Joe themed cosplay project to support Wounded Warriors!

100% of the funds support the Wounded Warriors charity, and they’re less than $2,000 away from their goal.  Support this terrific charity, and get yourself a cool collectible calendar while you’re at it!  Check out the following message from The Finest:

Hello Everyone!

We are 78% funded!

With 24 days left to fund the 2015 Girls of the Finest Calendar we are so close to meeting the goal! 

We cannot put into words how exciting this is! Thank you so much to everyone who has shared, tweeted, or funded the project so far! WE CANNOT do it without YOU Guys!  So far we have raised over $5000 dollars, which is AMAZING!!!!, but we still need to meet the $7500 dollars to meet the goal, or everyone will get their money back the calendar and perks will not be made AND most importantly we will not be able to give back to real heroes. 

Over the next 3 weeks please consider again or for the first time talking about, sharing, tweeting, or helping fund calendar! Click the link so support the campaign/use the link to spread the word: http://igg.me/p/666751/x/6207072

We even have Cobra Commander promoting us. Check it out: 

G.I. Joe “World Content Guidelines” posted for Amazon Kindle World submissions

I’ve been checking the site at least once or twice a week to see when they posted this, but Troy discovered it today and posted it on the G.I. Joe Discussion Group on Facebook.  I posted very excitedly about the Kindle Worlds prospect about a month or so back, and the past four weeks have done little to muffle that excitement.

Now, on the Kindle Worlds Blog, they have posted their “World Content Guidelines” to submit G.I. Joe oriented stories to the Kindle World format.

Kindle World is a revolutionary new licensing agreement where authors can write stories based on existing properties and sell them through the Kindle Worlds store on Amazon, keeping a share of the money earned by their sale.  The full details can be read on my previous post about this initiative.

For the full G.I. Joe “World Content Guidelines” click “Read More” below.

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