by generalsjoes | Sep 8, 2008 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Comics
EDIT – Okay, apparently I totally misread the press release…turns out Dixon’s book doesn’t continue from the 80’s Hamaverse, it’s a “future” look at the Hamaverse that’s coming up in ’09. Hrm. Weird. Not sure what I feel about that, but I’ll check it out as it gets released…
The news comes from Phil Kost’s excellent JoeReloaded website/forum and comes straight from an IDW Press Release. According to this press release, there will be THREE ongoing G.I. Joe comic book series next year…G.I. Joe overload!
The primary title, simply called G.I. Joe, will be written by Chuck Dixon with art by Robert Atkins…and it takes place in the Hamaverse! Saweet!
Yeah, apparently it’s a future Hamaverse, not the old school Hamaverse, and it’s exploring a new timeline in a future with characters we don’t even know yet. Confused? Yeah, me too.
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by generalsjoes | Sep 7, 2008 | G.I. Joe, Sunbow
I already did the MASS Device yesterday. Now we continue the celebration of the Sunbow cartoon (as well as the release of the DVD Battle Packs) by rolling my Top 5 Moments from the Revenge of COBRA.
In some ways better than the MASS Device (at least in my opinion), The Revenge of COBRA follows a nearly identical formula, yet adds some twists and turns. New characters arrive, action sequences are ramped up. It follows the tradition of the MASS Device perfectly. But what are my Top 5 Moments?
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by generalsjoes | Sep 6, 2008 | G.I. Joe, Sunbow
Keep in mind that I am in no way an expert in the ways of Sunbow or a cartoon aficianado. I just know what scenes made an impact with me when I was a kid. Do you agree or disagree?
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by generalsjoes | Sep 5, 2008 | G.I. Joe
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.
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by generalsjoes | Sep 5, 2008 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe: Resolute
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.
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