Talking Joe: A G.I. Joe Comics Podcast

Disavowed - G.I.Joe America's Elite # 21-20 (Devils Due March – june 2007) 4 parter “Sins of the Mother” After a little bit of a hiatus and side quest into Devils Due mini series, we are continuing our look at the Disavowed era as General’s Mysterious secrets are revealed in G.I.Joe America's Elite # 21-24 (Devils Due March – june 2007) in the 4 parter “Sins of the Mother” For those reading along,...

It's a new episode, as Mark and Tim Finn enter the final sprint with some episodes over the next couple of months that takes us to the end of the Devils Due GI Joe Americas Elite era of GI Joe TJ 275 - DISAVOWED - G.I. JOE SPECIAL MISSIONS THE ENEMY (DEVILS DUE 2007) In this episode, Mark and Tim are back into our deep dive into the Devils Due era of GI Joe, in the episodes that we call Talking Jo...

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 Jillia...

Bonus episode -Josh Eggebeen talks with Mark about the latest After Action Report book - the G.I. Joe and Transformers Comic Book Checklist guide book https://youtube.com/live/J6ttX3oEaEY Audio only links on you podcast platform of choice - links at https://talkingjoe.co.uk/ The Unofficial After Action Report G.I. Joe and Transformers Comic Book Checklist guide book by Josh Eggebeen and Roger Taft...

Scarlett 3 & 4 review Mark and Tim are looking at Scarlett # 3 & 4 released 7th August & 4th September 2024 from Skybound. Scarlett has infiltrated the Arashikage for one purpose--locate and extract Jinx…but the true purpose of her best friend’s mission becomes clear, and it’s an enormous game changer for the entire Energon Universe! Creative Team: Writer: Kelly Thompson Artist: Marco Ferrari Colo...

TJ 271 - DESTRO 2 & 3 REVIEW - SKYBOUND GI JOE Mark and Tim are looking at Destro 2 & 3 , released July 17 & August 21, 2024. Despoiler alert head! Audio only podcast Or via your Podcast provider of choice, links at https://talkingjoe.co.uk/ Creative Team: Writer Dan Watters Arist Andrei Bressan & Andrea Milana Colorist Adriano Lucas Letterer Russ Wooton Editor Ben Abernethy Logo and publication d...

Mark and Tim review G.I. Joe ARAH # 309 released August 21st, 2024. 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 Covers: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/comic/3470725/gi-joe-a-real-american-hero-309

It's a bonus episode - Tim Finn talks with Tom Reilly (Duke/ G.I. Joe artist) and Soo Lee (Cheetara writer) for the "80s Revival Panel" at Boston's Wicked Comic Con. With properties like GI Joe and Thundercats popping back up on the comics rack everything old is new again! Comic creators Tom Reilly and Soo Lee will talk about reviving these titles for a modern audience. Recorded 10th August 2024 h...

G.I.JOE VS. THE TRANSFORMERS IV: Black Horizon. Mark and Tim continue their side quest into the mini series and one-shots that were coming out during the America’s Elite Era of GI Joe Disavowed from Devils Due. This episode is available as both AUDIO only, and also as Video (with relevant images shared on screen). Following our interview with the artist Andrew Wildman last week, this week we revie...

Andrew Wildman - GI Joe vs Transformers Black Horizon interview. Joining Talking Joe again (5 yrs after his last appearance) is Andrew Wildman, best known to us as a Comic Book artist for Marvel on GI Joe run 120 – 138 but also on books such as 'Transformers', 'The X-Men', 'Spider-Man' and 'Venom', and creator owned projects suchn as Horizon and Oxygen. Andrew’s career moved to Production Design a...

TJ 266 - Palitoy & Battle Action Force Treasury with Total Toy books - Brian Hickey & Paddy Lennon. Originally presented as a YouTube livestream, now available as a crisply edited audio only version: Choice of audio only (with edits to clean up and Mark's audio mostly fixed) YouTube with video on & slides shared on screen (but with Mark's glitchy mic) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGV8kPfnfms&t=...

Mark and Joe fan Geoff Thornburg were chatting to Illustrator Doug Hart in the Marriott bar on the Sunday evening of JoeFest and we decided to turn on the recorder for a ramble chat, touching on his most recent illustration, Clanker & Tank from Operation: Recall, some of his favourite work for G.I Joe at Hasbro, the joy of working vs the politics of the workplace, techniques and influences, and mu...

New audio only episode - G.I. Joe ARAH # 308 Mark and Tim discuss G.I. Joe ARAH # 308 released July 17, 2024.. Synopsis: WAR WITH SERPENTOR! G.I. Joe has deployed their deadliest recon team to Cobra Island to end the growing threat, while a team of their greatest ninjas makes their way to Springfield. But could a bigger threat be on the horizon? Creative team  Writer: Larry Hama Pencils Paul Pelle...

Scarlett 1 & 2 Review In the latest episode Mark is Joined by the Chief as a special guest co-host to look at Scarlett # 1 & 2 released 5th June & 3rd July 2024 by Skybound/ Image comics! Shana “Scarlett” O'Hara is about to take on the most dangerous black ops mission of her career: infiltrating the mysterious rising power in Japan known as Clan Arashikage. Her one lead is her former partner—Jinx—...

Destro #1 Review (audio only) In the latest episode, Mark and Tim are looking at Destro 1, released 19th June 2024 Links to all platforms can be found at www.talkingjoe.co.uk It's a little bit delayed (Joefest, life, and other episodes got in the way) but here is the Destro #1 review, and just in time to tie in with the theme for the Cobra Convergence 8 fan event -0 with Talking Joe bringing you f...

Mark and Tim are looking at G.I. Joe ARAH # 307 released 19 June 2024. via your podcast platform of choice: https://talkingjoe.co.uk/ We talk compendium Kickstarters, how the new art team are faring 2 issues in, we note some fancy language, and interesting story techniques, and the toyetic battle sequences in this issue as well as much more! Original solicit description: Serpentor... Triumphant? T...

TJ261 - Brian Flynn on Super 7 O-Ring Reaction+ and G.I. Joe comics – live from JoeFest 2024 Super 7 had a booth at Joefest 2024, for the first ever time – they brought with them all sorts of exclusives, but unveiled prototypes for their new GI Joe O-Ring line – called ReAction+ . In previous announcements the Super7 3.75" O-Ring figure line was described as bringing in G.I. Joe Sunbow, DiC, and '...

TALKING JOE Jingle Medley 5 - July 24 catch up on the jingles from the last year All the Talking Joe Jingles, all the time! Continuing an annual tradition this un-numbered episode as this is a completely self indulgent set of silliness and definitely not a thoughtful deep dive into a GI Joe comic. TALKING JOE Jingle Medley 5 - Its’s all the jingles and parody songs created for the show since the l...

Destro writer Dan Watters Interview (mild spoilers for issue 1 of Destro) Joining us for the latest issue is Destro writer Dan Watters! The issue contains mild spoilers for issue 1 of Destro, so listen at your peril. This is a talking heads video with minimal graphics so you're not missing out should you choose to listen to the audio version. In fact the audio version has better audio / editing so...

Kelly Thompson Interview - the Scarlett writer talks G.I Joe with Talking Joe In this episode, Tim is joined by returning Talking Joe presenter Chief as co-host. Together they are talking to Kelly Thompson aka 79semifinalist , nominated for all of the Eisner awards this year. At Marvel Kelly wrote a 50 issue run on captain marvel, Kate Bishops adventures in Hawkeye and West coast avengers. She is...

Tim and Mark talk to Andrea Milana - Cobra Commander Artist! Originally recorded as video interview - https://youtu.be/e4_xoXnj1_8 Links to podcast platforms at https://talkingjoe.co.uk/ We loved Andrea's art on Cobra Commander and we were thrilled that he was able to join us from his home in Sicily to talk to us about it! Given how good the book is, we were amazed to discover just how new Andrea...

Cobra Commander 4 & 5 review In this latest audio only episode, Mark and Tim are discussing Cobra Commander #4 & 5 released 17 April & 22 May 2024 Find out what we thought of the ending to the series, the approach to horror, the easter eggs we spotted, what we think of what it might mean for the expanded Energon universe in the future, and more. Find the podcast on all your favourite platforms, li...

ARAH 306 - SKYBOUND G.I. JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO REVIEW Following our interview with artist Paul Pelletier last time, Mark And Tim look at G.I. Joe ARAH # 306 released 15 May 2024. Unfortunately we have not had time to create a YouTube video with images version of this episode at present. Creative team Writer: Larry Hama Pencils Paul Pelletier Inks Tony Kordos Colorist: Francesco Segala, with Sab...

Paul Pelletier Interview With the release of G.I. Joe ARAH # 306 on 15 May 2024, Mark and Tim talk to new penciller, Paul Pelletier. We talk about his experience of GI Joe, a more general sweep of his career in comics and how it feels to be working on GI Joe, and how different it is to other work. YouTube interview with talking heads https://youtu.be/_yW2QX82bIo The audio only podcast has the audi...

Bonus Audio - Tim talks Free Comic Book Day 2024 from a retailer perspective. Tim Finn is a comic book shop owner as well as GI Joe talker, and here he talks about his experiences of FCBD4th May 2024 This 14 minute discussion was cut from our Jason Howard / Energon Universe Special.episode