by generalsjoes | Dec 14, 2012 | Comics and Cartoons, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Comics, IDW
Over the past several years, I don’t think I’ve talked to anyone who isn’t a fan of the IDW Publishing Cobra series. This landmark comic, kicked off a couple of years ago by Mike Costa, Christos Gage and Antonio Fuso, showed readers that G.I. Joe could get dark and gritty in a way that it really never had before. The film noir writing and artistic style blended together perfectly with a nearly flawless granular look at a single undercover G.I. Joe agent trapped behind enemy lines.
If Brandon Jerwa brought Chuckles to the public consciousness with his work on the Devils’ Due Frontline book, Costa, Gage, and Fuso permanently etched him into the G.I. Joe mythology, weaving a fascinating and intriguing tale of how a single agent worked his way within the vicious underbelly of Cobra and nearly brought the operation to its knees.
Amazon.com has a pre-order posted for a fantastic looking hardcover, listing December 17th as the release date. Christos Gage has been pretty public on Twitter, and he suspects these hardcover editions will be under-ordered….so if you even think you might want this book. Pre-order it. Click the banner below to grab this great edition at a great price, and support GeneralsJoes.com while you’re at it. It is currently at a fantastic price as well, saving you nearly $25 off of the cover price!
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by generalsjoes | Dec 14, 2012 | Comics and Cartoons, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Comics, IDW
Good friend of GeneralsJoes and writer for USA Today Brian Truitt took some time to speak with Chuck Dixon, current writer of IDW’s G.I. Joe title, and the guy who is going to be headlining the G.I. Joe: Special Missions title next year.
As the flagship G.I. Joe title retools slightly for a more public face in 2013, the Special Missions title will focus on the more specialized, military operations on a much smaller scale. With Scarlett and Mainframe as two team leaders, we get a peek at the nitty gritty G.I. Joe world that we all know and love.
Along with this interview, preview pages were also posted, showing a peek into the intial release of Special Missions. So far we’re looking good! Check out the USA Today interview right here, and the preview pages below.
G.I. Joe Special Missions First Look
by generalsjoes | Dec 13, 2012 | Comics and Cartoons, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Comics, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, IDW
We all know the fine folks at IDW and Fred Van Lente are bringing a somewhat new G.I. Joe world to us in 2013, and one member of that team is Hashtag. Billed as an “embedded blogger”, Hashtag fits in with the current social media-infused communications world.
Over on Comics Alliance, notable Joefan Chris Sims and artist Chris Haley came up with some other roster additions to this new Social Media friendly G.I. Joe team.
The results, as you might suspect, are hilarious.
Check it out at ComicsAlliance.com.
by generalsjoes | Dec 11, 2012 | 5 Page Previews, Comics and Cartoons, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Comics, IDW
New comics day tomorrow, and we’ve got the next installment in the Target: Snake Eyes series with G.I. Joe #20. Check out the preview below.
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G.I. JOE #20
Chuck Dixon (w) • Will Rosado (a) • Ken Loh (c)
TARGET: SNAKE EYES hurtles toward its shocking conclusion! SERPENTOR’S FANG BRIGADE closes in on the Arashikage refuge deep in the jungle. HELIX and SNAKE EYES battle for their lives surrounded on all sides by warring foes. The G.I. JOE team rides to the rescue—but will they find a battlefield or a graveyard?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Cover:
Dave Wilkins interconnected cover!
by generalsjoes | Dec 6, 2012 | Comics and Cartoons, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Comic Reviews, G.I. Joe Comics, G.I. Joe Reviews, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, IDW
As I started reading the latest issue of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, I was having an internal struggle with myself over whether or not I’d be able to squirrel away the time to review the issue. As I flipped through each page I assessed whether or not I wanted to discuss certain aspects of this story, with Hama’s usual writing skills and Gallant’s impeccable artistic slant.
Even though this issue maintained the level of excellence that I’ve come to expect, I had to judge how much free time I had and when I might get 10 minutes aside to type up a review… I really wasn’t sure.
Then I got to page 19.
Yeah, that made up my mind. Click the Read the Rest of the Story link below to check out the review.
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by generalsjoes | Dec 5, 2012 | Comics and Cartoons, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Comics, IDW
Comic Book Resources spoke with Chuck Dixon, and broke the news that issue #21 of the Snake Eyes & Storm Shadow series (which appears to be its final issue based on what we know of IDW’s plans for their Joe titles in 2013) will pay tribute to the classic Marvel issue #21. As most folks know, issue #21 was a landmark issue featuring absolutely no dialogue, and was also the first issue to build the Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow connection via the Arashikage tattoos on their forearms.
This amazing book made such a lasting impact on those who read it, that the entirety of Marvel Comics actually paid tribute to it with an all silent run of books entitled “Nuff Said”. Some folks also forget about G.I. Joe Yearbook #3 and G.I. Joe #85, which both did the same thing, and I maintain did it just as well as issue #21 did.
At any rate, Dixon breaks the news of the silent issue homage, and does a great interview with Comic Book Resources here. They also speak a bit about the upcoming G.I. Joe: Special Missions title and Dixon’s future plans. All in all, a very good read.
