Coming Soon

A G.I. Joe painting is currently in the works, based on the animation, not the comics. My wife is halfway through painting it as I type this. I love both the animation and comic books on said title, but my wife was only exposed to the cartoon and, to date, is not interested in the cool comics. She likes Duke and Scarlett so I stuck them together, even though the tragic and epic romance was between her and Snake Eyes. The comics were more true to form because the creator of the action figure file cards wrote the comics and focused on characterization and continuity. The animation had a lot of good things going for it as well: voice talent, fluid animation, music…but why the cartoon makers ignored Lt. Hawk as the leader of the Joes for many seasons, replacing him with Master Sgt. Duke I’ll never understand. Plus, for the most part, the animation had the A-Team effect, where no one could shoot a firearm worth a shit even at close distance.

Also, this family is getting a head start and jumping on the band wagon of Transformers. I guarantee it will be next Summers big blockbuster. I will be painting two images: one of Optimus Prime, and the other of Megatron. All this while I take a personal day or two off from work and try to enjoy the holidays.