Talking Joe: A G.I. Joe Comics Podcast

Talking Joe 218 - Nel Yomtov Interview (G.I. Joe , Transformers, Marvel, Iron Man) alking Joe 218 - Nel Yomtov Interview (G.I. Joe , Transformers, Marvel, Iron Man) We bring you an interview with another significant person from the history of GI Joe - Nelson "Nel" Yomtov. Nel is known for his work at Marvel comics from 1975 to 1996 - as a writer, colourist and editor and more besides. For GI Joe,...

Based in Indonesia, Chris Lie is a concept artist & founder of Caravan Studio, designing movies' visuals for projects such as such as for Shazam Fury Of The Gods and working with the likes of Netflix, Prime, Disney+, Warner Bros, Skydance. But importantly for us he before then he was an Intern at Devlis Due, and artist on Arashikage Showdown and Sigma Six comics as well as the 25th Anniversary box...

ALKING JOE 216 - Disavowed - Interview with Sam Wells (Devils Due Assistant Publisher) Sam Wells, based in Chicago, started as an Intern at Devils Due Publishing and went on to be Assistant Publisher and has gone on to run the Toy shop, Toy De Jour. This is the more tightly edited audio only verion of the YouTube interview posted earlier. https://youtu.be/m2cCLmmNRA0 During his time at Devil's Due...

With the Skybound November 2023 Solicits , which include the return of ARAH with issue 301, this week's episode is a video summing up the news, with a little bit of my own speculation. Youtube video with images: https://youtu.be/W3_UzkIfMic direct Audio only version http://cast.rocks/hosting/15498/301-preview.mp3 Could we be getting extra unexpected content in 301 Who will be the "one Joe won't su...

TALKING JOE 214 - Disavowed - Special Missions Manhattan Mark and Tim Finn are continuing to look back at the Disavowed era with G.I.Joe America's Elite Special missions Manhattan (Devils Due February 2006) For those reading along, this is collected in G.I.JOE AMERICA'S ELITE: SPECIAL MISSIONS TPB March 2007 collecting Manhattan, Tokyo, Antartica (special missions brazil and “the enemy” were never...

TALKING JOE 213 - Disavowed - G.I. Joe America’s Elite “The Past Comes Back” # 5 - 6 backup story (2005) We are continuing our look at the Disavowed era with the backup story “The Past Comes Back” from G.I. Joe America's Elite # 5-6 (Devils Due November/ Dec 2005) . For those reading along, this is also collected in 2007 Trade paperback, Dreadnoks: Declassified Creative Team The Past Comes Back St...

TALKING JOE 212 - Disavowed - G.I. Joe America’s Elite # 5 - 8 (2005 / 2006) Mark and Tim are continuing our look at the Disavowed era with G.I.Joe America's Elite # 5-8 (Devils Due November 2005 – February 2006) as the Joe Casey / Stefano Caselli run continues. For those reading along, this is collected in 2006 Americas Elite TPB 1 “The Newest War (0-5)/ 2 Ties that bind 6-12 or2013 TPB Americas...

All the Talking Joe Jingles, all the time. An 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 4 Its’s all the jingles and parody songs created for the show since the last Jingle Medley in May 2022, Larry Hama quote C64 Intro, Let’s Talk about SFX, 20 Pages or So, Is it a Serpent Or?...

Talking Joe gets you up to date with the latest San Diego Comic Con 2023 Skybound Energon Universe / G.I. Joe Comics news. I bring you the news from3 of the panels, and include some audio from those panels where available. A big thanks to Phillip Donnelly so getting out the news lave as it happened on the Convention floor. Energon universe Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNPXwLPfudU You c...

New episode! TJ 210 - Interview with Artist Mathew "Mac Rey" Reynolds. NEATO! Youtube (with us on video and extra images): https://youtu.be/ziuz8_HWJlk Audio Only Podcast (with better sound) at normal Podcatchers, links at https://talkingjoe.co.uk/ Following on from our recent deep dive into the Larry Hama written comic "Spy Hunter and Paper Boy" Mark and Tim Finn took some time to catch up with t...

Its Cobra Convergence 7! And Mark and Tim were interviewed by HCC788 AKA Bryan Stephen. It's a non numbered episode as we are just doing a bit of self-indulgent navel gazing talking about ourselves and the podcast. The YouTube version is here: https://youtu.be/l9xO36Gf30w But its all chat, so the audio only version is just as good! Find out more about CC7 here: https://hcc788.com/ Our CC7 episode...

Talking Joe 209 - Spy Hunter & Paper Boy review - For Cobra Convergence 7 - The Best Hama Joe comic you've never heard of! Its the annual fan Cobra Convergence 7 where across the month Joe fan creators share new content! And the loose theme this year is spies, so what better tie in than to look at an unknown but GREAT comic from GI Joe Legend Larry Hama with the name SPYHUNTER in the tittle! Find...

Talking Joe Ep 208 Void Arrival - Void Rivals #1 review Skybound June 2023 with guest Josh Eggebeen This episode was recorded with video so it is relatively visual - particularly on the cover gallery section. The YouTube link is here https://youtu.be/snu2AMOZjq4 However it should still work as audio only. If you are listening audio only let me know what you think. Mark and Tim talk about Void riva...

TALKING JOE 207 - IMAGE/SKYBOUND G.I. JOE COMICS NEWS DISCUSSION - SPOILERS! TALKING FORCE SPECIAL! Welcome to this Full Force and Talking Joe crossover event special TALKING FORCE LIVE, with Christopher McLeod AKA #Diagnostik80 and of course Talking Joe’s very own Mark ! We will be breaking down all the recent comic news surrounding Image/Skybound, G.I. Joe, Transformers, Void Rivals and A Real A...

Talking Joe 206 - Disavowed - G.I. Joe America's Elite # 1 - 4 (2005) Mark and Tim are continuing their look at the Disavowed era with G.I.Joe America's Elite # 1 - 4 (Devils Due July-October 2005) , the first arc of the Joe Casey run For those reading along, this is collected in 2006 Americas Elite TPB 1 “The Newest War (0-5) or2013 TPB Americas Elite vol 1 from IDW 0-6 It's the return of some cl...

TALKING JOE 203 - DISAVOWED - AMERICA'S ELITE! #0 “The Newest War” (Devils Due June 2005) YouTube: https://youtu.be/MHgnMgEuQm0 It's the start of an all new era of Talking Joe Disavowed - we have concluded the first phase of the Devils Due era with GI Joe #43 and the end of the Brandon Jerwa era, and

Talking Joe talks to Sam Moore AKA "Ugly Ink" - The Traveller's Guide to Flogoria interview Video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2c3nFK7sR0 Sam Moore is the creator of a new comic - The Traveller's Guide to Flogoria - a sci fi fantasy comic from Scout comics out soon. We talk about Sam's love for GI joe, the collection he keeps in his studio, and how the influence of GI Joe has inspired...

TALKING JOE 203 - DISAVOWED - ARASHIKAGE SHOWDOWN - WITH JOSH BLAYLOCK Mark and Tim continuing their look at the GI Disavowed era with Arashikage Showdown (Devils Due May 2005) , and Josh Blaylock stops by to contribute some recollections. It's an unusual book format in this week's review being Digest sized, 5 inches by 7.5 inches, black and white, 122 pages. Story: Josh Blaylock, Art: Chris Lie,...

TALKING JOE 202 - DISAVOWED - SNAKE EYES DECLASSIFIED 2-6 DEVILS DUE 2005 Mark & Tim are finishing* their look at the Brandon Jerwa era of GI Disavowed era with Snake Eyes: Declassified issues 2-6 (Devils Due Sep 2005 -Jan 2006) *But we are hoping to speak to Brandon at some point in the future! Creative Team Story: Brandon Jerwa Pencils: Emiliano Santalucia & Robert Atkins Colors: John Rauch & Ja...

TALKING JOE 201 - DISAVOWED - Snake Eyes Declassified 1 DEVILS DUE 2005 Snake Eyes Declassified Mark and Tim are in a shark cage as they continue their deep dive look at the Brandon Jerwa era of G.I. Joe Disavowed with Snake Eyes: Declassified issues 1 (Devils Due Sep 2005) , which came out 2 months after Bandon Jerwa’s final issue 43 on the main book. We set the context and some and look at issue...

Talking Joe Episode 200 - Squiduenjoe Trivia Quiz anniversary special It's a 200th (numbered) anniversary episode, so It's another Squiduenjoe special, with special guests joining us to answer GI Joe Trivia in our unique quiz. Mark is the quizmaster host, with current and former presenters; Chief, Steve, Tim and friend of the show Bart Simon joining as contestants in the internets most unique GI J...

Latest EP TJ199 - Mark Talking Joe talks with Greg Agustin, Roger Taft and Hawk sanders from the After Action Report Command Files Kickstarter Originally a YouTube Livestream - https://youtube.com/live/bbk8pO1KefU After Action Report: Command Files Volume #1: Unofficial G.I. Joe Character Guide. This first volume of COMMAND FILES is a visual character guide book that features roughly half of all t...

Silent Prelude review YouTube video version https://youtu.be/5GHFNqo04cI Mark and Tim continue to look at the Brandon Jerwa era of the GI Disavowed era with a deep dive look at this fascinating 5 page story which was exclusively included in the Snake Eyes: Declassified and never reprinted. Publisher: Devil's Due Issue Date: April 2006 Series: Snake Eyes: Declassified Issue Number: TPB Story & Brea...

Mark and Tim spoke with Rod Whigham Sat 3rd March. Rod Whigham is a commercial and comic book artist. He began his career in the mid-1980s, drawing a run on 'G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero' covering most of issues 31-58 , and returning for # 78 and #116-118 the Destro Search and Destroy trilogY YouTube: https://youtu.be/nRPlkbBt-f0 His comics career includes stints on titles at Marvel and DC inclu...

TALKING JOE 196 - DISAVOWED - crank! Interview We are continuing our look at the Disavowed era with G.I. Joe with an interview with special guest Chris Crank, AKA Crank! Christopher Crank is a comics letterer currently based out of Cincinnati, OH. He was part of the original Devil's Due crew, as webmaster, forum admin, Flash animation creator, letters page wrangler (for a time) and at the end of t...