Gary cranked out editing duties this week and got Episode 44 of What’s on Joe Mind posted just in time for Friday! Join the guys as they talk a bit about G.I. Joe news, the Collectors’ Club credit card debacle, and spend a while talking to Dave Tree of Roll Out Roll Call 3!
Check out the episode on Podbean, or listen via the embedded player below.
Click the “Read the Rest of the Story” link below for the Show Notes…
I’ve been talking to the guys involved with the SpecOps podcast for a while, and I’ve made several promises to be on the show, but I just haven’t been able to make it happen yet. Shame on me, and I’m especially disappointed that I missed this inaugural episode.
A lot of their conversation focused around the awesome Cobra Island Playset, a concept from the 80’s that unfortunately never came to pass. But the podcast goes way above and beyond that. Tons of great conversation about design with a whole cast full of informed and “in the know” Joe fans. The podcast is a must listen. You can check it out at the JDSO Podbean page, and also the embedded player below.
Make sure you hit up JoeDeclassified.com for the awesome Cobra Island design sketches, too. I’ve mirrored a few of them below, but the rest of there. Awesome stuff.
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It’s been a crazy recording week this week for the What’s on Joe Mind crew…heck for most of them it’s been a crazy few weeks! We spent some time this past week talking to various different folks at different levels of the geek stratosphere, but perhaps none with such a large following as Ryan Penagos, AKA Agent M on Twitter. As Executive Editorial Director for Marvel.com he has his hands in many different pies, and is of course, a social media mastermind.
We interrogate him about Marvel Comics, Marvel Studios, Twitter, and even manage to sneak in some G.I. Joe related discussion. Check it out on our Podbean page, or listen to the embedded player below. Click the Read the Rest of the Story link below the player for the show notes.
So, I can’t give a rundown on this particular episode, because I wasn’t part of the action this time around. Toy Fair coverage and being on the road for work all week long took their toll, and I let the other guys handle the heavy lifting. But it’s okay, they had a lot of help!
Joe Collecting and your significant other doesn’t have to be like oil and water. In this special edition of WOJM, we enlist the services of 4 Joe collecting wives who are proof that it can be the perfect combination. Join Chuck, Mike and Gary as they ask a group of questions that are common to most collectors in the online fandom. How do you break the news that you are a Joe collector? How do you talk your significant other to accompany you or allow you to go to JoeCon? The ladies panel answer these questions and more in the first half of the show. We also answer a letter from a reader of Justin’s site asking what is the best Joe media to introduce your significant other to the hobby. We also get appearances from Chuck’s mom who reminds him to make sure he is wearing a new pair of clean undies since he is entertaining females for the evening and Consuela the Maid. In the second half we play another edition of Stump Chuck as Chuck takes on the Ladies in Joe Trivia. Listen as Joe passions, or lack there of erupt into a frustrated Chuck. It’s OK Chuck, you continue to be a good sport and the ladies liked it, we know Herb did!
Check out this latest special edition on our Podbean Page, or through the embedded player below.
The man, the myth, the legend. The guys from What’s on Joe Mind were lucky enough to spend about an hour talking with one of the fathers of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Larry Hama himself!
We talk about his great work on the current IDW Real American Hero title as well as his philosophy behind comics writing and just a 60 minute look into his mindset.
This special edition really requires no explanation. We are joined by Marvel’s legendary GI Joe writer, Larry Hama. We find out a lot in this interview. What were the early difficulties in the IDW ARAH run? What’s Larry’s dream job? What does Larry mean when he calls GI Joe, Junior Woodchucks with guns? What happens when Hasbro takes over the filecard creation process? Why is writing a “toy book” the lowest of the low? Why was three years the original magic number for Joe and other books like it? How much of a risk was the USS Flagg playset? We also talk about his upcoming Roll Out/Roll Call 3 and SDCC appearances and we even talk a little about Kwinn to boot. Oh, and wait until you hear what he thinks (or doesn’t think) about Wraith and Helix. It is a surprising and eye opening talk with the guy who authored a good part of our childhoods. As a productions side note, please excuse the buzz in audio. Larry has a deep but very soft voice so we had to crank up the audio to hear him clearly. As for the other bad audio, well, let’s just say Justin won’t forget his headset again. Thanks to Larry for joining us. You can meet him next at Roll Out/Roll Call 3 in Southampton, UK March 10th and 11th!
Listen to this terrific special edition on our Podbean Page or through the embedded player below.
Brian Truitt from USA Today and Director of Communications for Marvel Comics Arune Singh join the show to dive into the wonders of Toy Fair 2012 and break down the latest and greatest G.I. Joe news and information!
Arune gives us some great insight into the relationships between fan and company and enlightens us as to some challenges of comic book publishing, which also ties directly into toy production. Plus he and Brian both geek out about some of Hasbro’s new toy offerings. Check it out on our Podbean page, or listen via the embedded player below.
SHOW NOTES
Its the post Toy Fair 2012 edition of WOJM. Justin fills us in with what he saw and with what he talked with Hasbro about. Also joining us are Arune Singh, the Director of Communications for Marvel Comics and Brian Truitt from USA Today. Arune and Brian hang out with us for the session and give their thoughts on Toy Fair and the line going forward into Retaliation. We answer some listener mail concerning Justin’s psychic insight into the movie and another letter from a listener who has concerns about the cut back in articulation. In the news, the obvious discussion was about Toy Fair, but they also covered the surprising television ratings of the network TV debut of The Rise of Cobra on the USA Network. Lastly we cover the news of Jim Sorenson’s Joe animation model book. Its an episode chalked full of opinion of Toy Fair, so don’t miss it! Apologies for Chuck’s Time/Warner issues.
Toy Fair Coverage
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