It’s been nearly a year since I reviewed G.I. Joe #1; we should be right on the cusp of issue #12, where writer Paul Allor said he had the series mapped to in our interview. Instead, a pandemic hit on top of all the fascism, and we’re only halfway there.
Striking Back At Cobra With G.I. Joe #1
G.I. Joe #1 Paul Allor (writer), Chris Evenhuis (pencils), Brittany Peer (colors), Neil Uyetake (letters) IDW Comics September 18, 2019 This new iteration of G.I. Joe #1 has me thinking about symbols, and what they mean. Not just the obvious iconography here, your Joe and Cobra branding, but symbols as a means to motivate.
Yo Paul Allor! IDW and Hasbro’s G.I. Joe Comic Reboot
Fun fact: I was one of those kids who wasn’t allowed to watch G.I. Joe! My mom was convinced that animated men shooting each other with lasers was too violent for me and forbade me from seeing it, instead leaving me to watch animated robots shooting each other with lasers, which was apparently not a…