by generalsjoes | Feb 14, 2014 | Comics and Cartoons, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Comics, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, IDW
Okay, now that my brain has stopped exploding from the combination of awesome witnessed in this preview, I can write a little post about it.
CBR sat down and chatted with Larry Hama about his run on G.I. Joe comics, and looked towards March and the release of G.I. Joe #200. We get a little insight into what to expect with this landmark issue, but best of all, a few preview pages are shown including the best image I’ve ever seen:
SL Gallant + G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero + Sigma 6 themed Cobra Commander.
My soul is smiling.
Check out the whole article right here, and brace yourself for some great images of a Cobra army of HISS Tanks preparing to face off against the G.I. Joe team with some truly great old school vibe to it. I’ve mirrored one image below, but the rest are over at CBR.
by generalsjoes | Feb 12, 2014 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
Big props to skinny for tracking this down on Vimeo, but apparently a couple of days ago, Vimeo posted a wealth of content specifically related to Larry Hama, and as one might expect, there is plenty of discussion about G.I. Joe throughout.
The series seems to start with a “Meet Janice Chiang” introduction, who mentions that she’s known Larry for over three decades, and then if you look at the related videos, there are nearly FIFTY different interviews and snippets with the godfather of A Real American Hero. Not all of the conversations are G.I. Joe related specifically, but he’s always an interesting guy, and there is plenty of great stuff here to watch and listen to.
Thanks again to skinny for pointing this out. Check out the first video right here, and also check out a three part “How G .I. Joe Changed Comics” playlist here.
on gijoe changed comics-short from TheSpittingImage on Vimeo.
by generalsjoes | Feb 11, 2014 | Comics and Cartoons, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Comics, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, IDW
Over on his Tumblr page, Chris Ryall, editor in chief for IDW Publishing has posted a fantastic photo set showing the progression of the cover artwork for G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #200. It shows the initial sketch by Larry Hama, with pencils & inks by SL Gallant, and then the final cover image.
I love the dichotomy between the classic Duke and Cobra Commander and the Pursuit of Cobra HISS…very interesting to read, too, that Gallant is now officially the longest tenure artist on the title. That is shocking, but very cool as well. It certainly helps that I’m a huge fan of his work.
Check out the photo set below.
by generalsjoes | Jan 31, 2014 | G.I. Joe
If you follow me on Facebook and Twitter, I’ve been promoting a Kickstarter Campaign for this new independent film project, but I hadn’t posted anything about it here on GeneralsJoes yet. Well, that’s gonna change now.
As many of you should recall, Mark Cheng worked on a G.I. Joe fanfilm, Operation: Red Retrieval a while ago, and managed to impress many viewers. One key viewer who he impressed was none other than Larry Hama himself. Thus began a collaboration that is now resulting in a Kickstarter Campaign for an independent “micro budget” film project Ghost Source Zero.
Today, the monster YouTube channel Machinima posted the pilot episode of Ghost Source Zero, which features the first 4.5 – 5 minutes of the project. It’s a look into a future where artificial intelligence and cybernetics run wild, and a cyber crime unit is tasked with investigating a particularly interesting case. It’s definitely got a Larry Hama flair, and judging purely by the first four minute sequence, there are some impressive production values involved as well. Please consider supporting the project on Kickstarter so we can get the next 11 parts to go along with the pilot. It looks like a very, very fun project. Check out the Pilot embedded (from YouTube) below, and again, hit up Kickstarter to show your support.
by generalsjoes | Jan 18, 2014 | G.I. Joe
Most of us are familiar with the work of Mark Cheng at this point, who did a great job with his Operation Red Retrieval fan film, and apparently Joe fans weren’t the only ones who noticed it. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero comic architect Larry Hama must have also been impressed as he agreed to work with Cheng on an upcoming independent science fiction and action film Ghost Source Zero.
Hama and Cheng have released the first teaser for this upcoming film and you can see it on YouTube right now!
For fans of G.I. Joe, this looks like a really fun project, and you can bet GeneralsJoes will be right on top of it.
