Comments on: Some More G.I. Joe (Mis) Casting News!

By: Tower

Tower — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:27:14 +0000

Yeah, I got into the comic before anything as well. Larry Hama (who had a military background) took a crappy assignment (write a backstory for toys) and turned it into 100+ issues of greatness.

The cartoon was what it was, and hasn’t aged well (f@ck Cobra-La-Cobra Commander is an ex-used car salesman fed up with society, not some bug creature taking orders from Burgess Meredith), but you should definitely check out some of the trades of the comic. Characters died in there left and right, continuing to this day in the new series (Lady Jaye R.I.P.).

By: Nionix

Nionix — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:36:56 +0000

Actually, it’s also a comic series (Which is what the movie is mainly being based on) which ran about 150 issues (I think that’s the general number).

I have one, actually. #111 ha.

By: Grundy

Grundy — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:07:18 +0000

Childhood icons? This is a movie based on a crappy cartoon which was just a commercial for a fucking toy. This stuff is high end trash, if Sommers manages to pull off a fun movie, that’s fine. But I haven’t been expecting much.