Talking Joe: A G.I. Joe Comics Podcast

Mark and Tim Finn are joined by special guest Ryan Sweeney (AKA Dreadnok Ryan AKA The island of misfit toy collectors). In this episode; we continue our look at the Disavowed era of GI Joe with the one shot comic - G.I.Joe: Dreadnoks: Declassified 1-3 from Devil's Due January - May 2006 , and collected as Dreadnoks: Declassified Trade Paperback January 2007. YouTube Link https://youtu.be/7yF7TxCnF18 You can find Ryan at https://www.youtube.com/@theislandofmisfittoycollectors One of the most compelling-and mysterious-stories in G.I. JOE lore: who is ZARTAN? How did he gain his unusual abilities? And how did his life become inexorably intertwined with a brutal biker gang? The history of the DREADNOKS is finally told! TORCH! RIPPER! BUZZER! ZARANA! And many more! The gang's all here, and they want to kick butt! Creative Team Writer: Josh Blaylock, Pencils: Corey Zayatz, Joe Dodd, Robert Q. Atkins Inks: Jeremy Freeman, Clayton Brown, John Lowe , Pat Quinn, Rich Zajac Colors: Rob Ruffolo, Garry Henderson, James Lewis, Peter Sofronas, Chris Summers Letters: Brian J Crowley, Senior Editor: Mike O'Sullivan, Etitorial Assists: Timothy Straub issue 2,3 Front Cover: Clement Sauve & Stephane Peru

Also available as a YouTube video with talking heads. Mark and Tim talk with Michael Kelly the former VP, Global Publishing for Hasbro. With 17 years at Hasbro and 12 year at the helm of Hasbro's Global Publishing department he headed up G.I.JOE publishing at Hasbro since the start of the IDW era through to the launch at Skybound. The first hour we look back at the IDW era, including some controversial moments from the Cobra series, and in the second hour we discuss the road to the Skybound launch. There are plenty of interesting insights that will be new news to listeners! Michael is a returning guest; he Joined us back in December 2022 (episode 186) as the IDW run was coming to an end. In that episode we discuss his introduction to GI Joe, how he got started at Hasbro and more on the comics.

Spoilers ahead if you've not yet ready Transformers issue 13 In a bonus mini episode, Mark and Tim talk about the latest issue of Transformers, and an intriguing easter egg sequence. What is the overall context for this scene, and what do we think it means? TRANSFORMERS #13 Creators: Daniel Warren Johnson, Jason Howard & Mike Spicer Synopsis: NEW ARC & THE SECRET ORIGIN OF STARSCREAM! After the stunning events of his battle with the Decepticons, Starscream has been left for dead. Now the secret to surviving the future may be revisiting his shocking past... Released October 9, 2024. You can find the original art by Jason Howard for this issue here https://www.splashpageart.com/ArtistGalleryTitleDetails.asp?Details=1&ArtistId=105&Mag=Transformers+%282023+Image%29

New (sort of) episode! Wordburglar interviews Mike Costa - COBRA: THE LAST LAUGH Audio only episodes via your Podcaster of choice; links at https://talkingjoe.co.uk/ Or on Wordburglar's channel with talking head videos https://youtu.be/8eYJkEkM5cY Sean J. Burg interviews Mike Costa; A rare, extensive and enlightening comics conversation with writer Mike Costa, focused on his seminal IDW comics G.I.JOE work, COBRA: THE LAST LAUGH series. This is an encore audio only presentation on an interview previously broadcast in August 2023 for ARMOR3*. Friend of the show, Wordburglar, had the chance to interview comic book writer Mike Costa about his seminal IDW comics work on COBRA THE LAST LAUGH and beyond. In this extensive (enterprises) interview, Mike provided a lot of awesome insight into his stories, the origins of the book, how he worked with co-write Christos Gage, and how he worked with Hasbro, the characters, and more. *This was originally part of Codename Iowa's ARMOR 3 online convention alongside many other video segments ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJqdbYpr-Ck / https://www.codenameiowa.com) . Wordburglar also has a video version on his own channel (https://youtu.be/8eYJkEkM5cY ) . The videos are talking heads - so you aren't missing on any additional visuals with Audio only version. Wordburglar: Sean Jordan better known by his stage name Wordburglar, is a . and GI Joe fan and Canadian hip hop artist, mixing killer beats and lyics with all things geek; and best known to GI Joe community for album Welcome to Cobra Island (featuring somgs such as I Don't Wanna Go to Cobra-La). His latest video, 1980 FORCE is a GI joe filled delight,if you have not seen it, head on over to youTube to check it out – it is taken from his latest comic book themed album, The Spinner rack can be found over at Bandcamp. Wordburglar can be found on Talking joe episodes 89 and 239. As a bonus we include at the end of the interview Wordburglar's track from WELCOME TO COBRA ISLAND - Track 12 - Chuckles (The Last Laugh) (beat by Fresh Kils) http://wordburglar.com/ Mike Costa & Cobra: Mike Costa’s work on cobra started with GI Joe issue 0, spinning off into GI Joe Cobra 1-4, followed by Volume 2 1-13 the conclusion of which led into the Cobra civil war and 21 issues of volume 3, nine issues of GI Joe Cobra Files and concluding with 5 issues of Snake Eyes: Agent of Cobra. The initial run, with co-writer Christos Gabe and Artist Antonio Fuso was collected as Cobra: The Last Laugh in a hard to find hardcover from IDW- and represents the most significant GI Joe storytelling since the early Marvel run from Larry Hama https://comicvine.gamespot.com/mike-costa/4040-52883/issues-cover/

ARAH 310 review (audio only) Mark & Tim are discussing G.I. Joe ARAH # 310 released 18th September 2024 Find it on your favourite podcast platform, links can be found at https://talkingjoe.co.uk/ Creative team Writer: Larry Hama Pencils Paul Pelletier Inks Tony Kordos Colorist: Francesco Segala, with Sabrina Del Grosso (Flatter) Letterer: Pat Brousseau Editor: Alex Antone Publication design Jillian Crab Creative Consultant: Diana Davis Cover Gallery: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/comic/8063489/gi-joe-a-real-american-hero-310