Say Yo to IDW’s New G.I. Joe Comic
Breathlessly awaiting IDW’s new G.I. Joe reboot comic written by Larry Hama? Then head over to ComicNewsI, which has a variety of sketches by artist Robert Atkins. Besides the Scarlett and Baroness designs above, you can see Destro, Snake Eyes, Heavy Duty, and a couple of page sketches. I know some of you are sad that the old continuity has been lost, but I think having Hama re-do the entire story with no restrictions should make for one hell of an entertaining read. So, to recap: The new Joe toys are awesome, the new comic looks like it’ll be awesome, the new Resolute cartoon looks awesome beyond words…and the live-action movie will be so awful it ruins our capacity to enjoy any of this stuff. Whee!
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Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.