Coloring Time: Darklon and His Evader
Time to get out the crayons and join us for some coloring. Be sure to stay within the lines!
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Coloring Time: Let’s Get Out of Here!
And don’t forget the Raw Umber–it’s retired, ya know!
Read moreCaptivating Cover: The Spy Eye
Here’s another excellent book cover from the Marvel storybook series. The Spy Eye gives us some familiar Joes, but also a character and a vehicle that wasn’t part of the toy line. Who is that on the right side of the page? And dig the VTOL carrier they came out of! I enjoy these early efforts, and you see the
Read moreCaptivating Cover: The Trojan Gambit
The hits just keep coming from Earl Norem with this Marvel Storybook cover. Fans of the early issues of the comic will recognize the subject matter here. The Trojan Gambit was the final issue reprinted in this collection, and I can’t think of more dynamic Joe art produced outside of the main line figure packages. Absolutely brilliant work.
Read moreCodename: GI Joe
Here’s a coloring page from early on in the 80s run of GI Joe. I love this sort of first and second year product, when things weren’t quite a shaped by style guides and the like.
Read moreConnect the Dots!
What better way to spend your Saturday night than doing a 90s GI Joe connect the dots? You’re welcome!
Read moreOperation Disappearance Art
From one of the “Marvel Mighty” storybooks of the 80s comes this beautiful Earl Norem painted cover. Fortunately, the back of the book featured the clean art without the titles. Scarlett had a UPC over her face, but that’s easily fixed via Photoshop.
Read moreColoring Time: Coffee Break
What’s more exciting for a kid to color than four guys hanging around and having coffee? Later in the same book, they argue about who gets to clean the head.
Read moreCaptivating Cover: Operation Killer Comet
Remember when Halley’s Comet came around in the 80s, and folks thought it might signal the end of the world? Okay, most folks didn’t, but the event sure made for some great fodder for throw-away adventure stories. The Killer Comet is yet another in the GI Joe not-a-Choose-Your-Own-Adventure® book series. Gung Ho and Lady Jaye look mighty serious here, posing
Read moreCaptivating Cover: Operation Thunderbolt
Operation Thunderbolt is yet another in the Find Your Sate series, a Choose Your Own Adventure uh…homage (AKA rip-off) that casts the reader in the midst of the GI Joe team. In this episode, the irascible Shipwreck is apparently piloting the helm of a ship, because the rest of the vehicle is nowhere to be seen according to the cover
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