The Bodhisattva

Earlier todayover at BookSpotCentral I put up my review of G.I. Joe#0, an early look at at an issue that contains three stories that each offer a teaser for the three titles IDW will be publishing in 2009.
GO CHECK OUT MY REVIEW!
The three titles will be G.I. Joe (Chuck Dixon and Robert Atkins), G.I. Joe: Origins [...]

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Besides being the title of my book coming out in 2047 (pre-order now) they are also two principals in a new original art page I just bought (and on the way). This is straight out of childhood here but first some some commercial reference goodness:

There are two really classic vehicle duels in the MARVEL G.I.Joe [...]

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Some may know I’m a bit of a comic art enthusiast, I both read these things and like purchasing the original art. I ran across some color-guides recently (which aren’t strictly OA, but in books of this era and older they are at times what are colored upon in the process of making the pages). [...]

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You’re off today, the Detroit Lions are playing football, it’s Thanksgiving - the day just can’t get an better right? Then comes the Tomio with an interview over at Fantasybookspot.com with the current writer on G.I.JOE: America’s Elite Mark Powers.

I’m a huge fan of his run as you can tell by my reaction to my [...]

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This (I think - I don’t really pay attention) is an advanced review of G.I.JOE: America’s Elite#28. I just put it up at Fantasybookspot.com
I’m going to start reviewing trades or entire arcs and such as reviewing single issues of a run in a row is problematic but still enjoying the series as a reader!

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I just put up my review of G.I.JOE: America’s Elite#25 at Fantasybookspot.com. This is the first issue in the 12-part World War III arc.
Check it out!

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Over at FBS we have started our revamped Book Club, Patrick and Brian chose Scott Lynch’s The Lies of Locke Lamora. pretty good choice considering the second book (Red Seas Under Red Skies) comes out soon and the paperback just hit. Right now we are discussing the prologue to interlude II. I have to [...]

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Yesterday I posted my review of G.I.JOE: America’s Elite#24. This is an advanced review* of an issue coming out later this week and is the closing issue in the Sins of the Mother storyline. JOE is back people!
My review of the disappointing Storm Shadow#1 issue will be out this week (along with some book reviews).
*You [...]

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A break from mug and the nostalgia zone of A Cup Of Joe here at the Bodhisattva and a quick opinion on the current JOE series. I just put up my review of G.I.JOE: America’s Elite#23 over at Fantasybookspot.com. We actually got a preview of this issue before it was published but Damon didn’t [...]

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Continuing with my A Cup of Joe feature - This issue is entitled Walk Through the Jungle.

You Know It Was The 80’s Quote:
That’s five dollars for each of us…you wanna walk down our street, you gotta price to meet you’re cruisin’ for a bruisin’…
Three grown punks stop another grown man and a teenager on a [...]

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A bit of a delay between posts, but continuing with my A Cup of Joe feature - This issue is entitled Twin Brothers.

You Know It Was The 80’s Quote:
…and deposit junior here here someplace where he can lay down enough grazing fire to control the whole ‘coaster
What’s so cool about the comics is that it [...]

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Continuing with my A Cup of Joe feature This issue is entitled All the Ships at Seas.

You Know It Was The 80’s Quote:
“Soft Master is a Ninja. His technique of wrist rocket deflection is a deadly secret” - Reply to a letter from a fan wanting to learn how protect himself - from you [...]

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Continuing with my A Cup of Joe feature This issue is entitled Dreadnoks on the Loose.

You Know It Was The 80’s Quote:
“We’re gonna need a bat to drive off those California girls when they see this bad short tooling down the coast highway” - Clutch
The Straight Dope:
- Rock n’ Roll, Breaker and Clutch* are [...]

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This issue is entitled Shake Down

You Know It Was The 80’s Quote:
“…This is the Fully Loaded GT!” - Wild Weasel
The Straight Dope:
- A Classic Issue. This issue is one big dogfight between the undisputed ace’s of G.I.Joe and Cobra - Wild Weasel and his Rattler and Ace and his Skystriker - both vehicles were [...]

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Continuing from this post, This issue is entitled The Mountain…

You Know It Was The 80’s Quote:
“Of course. Did you think a Ninja would live in a den without a secret bolt-hole?” - the Soft Master
The Straight Dope:
- Spirit, a Native American (in the 80’s called Indians) member of G.I.JOE throws a satchel of C-4 [...]

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