G.I.Joe Spanish VHS tape, my foreign “collection”

I don’t have a vast foreign collection, or an eco warriors collection but in honor of the Club announcing the Zombie Hunters concept (that seems tied in with eco warriors)  I thought had share some shots of one of the neatest gifts i have ever been given. A friend of mine when on a trip to mexico somewhere between 2003-2005  (my memory is crappy) well past the heyday of VHS or Joe cartoons in general and brought back this wonderful VHS (Pictured with the same VHS in English that I purchased years before) -revsears

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The life of Billy, Son of Cobra Commander in pictures.

08_CobraCommanderWhile many of us were busy eating turkey, celebrating Hanukkah or Thanksgiving, and possibly being stuck in traffic because we traveled to do so, Skinny was super busy.  check out  his image based retelling of the of Billy, the son of Commander as it unfolded in the comics over the years. After you check it out, give it a link and I’d recommend subscribing to the barking fridge page as well.

IGN now has a G.I.Joe wiki… Here was my experience contributing to it.

08_CobraCommanderYou can check out the IGN wiki HERE and my work is spread through out but includes, Duke, Barrel Roll, DDP, Comic Oddities and plenty more. Of course I’m not the only one who worked on those entries, but at least other than Duke, I started those entries and did the majority of the work on them.

I found their wiki layout really smooth and easy to use. It was my first time editing a wiki but their was a prize on the line so I put in a few hours, sometimes just adding trivia to existing characters others just creating an unfleshed out stub using the suggest format so that others could fill in, but i loved getting into details as much as possible.

I ended up being a winner, and the wiki contest and the wiki itself were announced months ago but i hesitated to mention it on here as it took well past what the rules stated to find out who the winners were, and then even longer to receive prizes. I have no idea if this was the usual for IGN, but the silence went on long enough I haven’t bothered to continue editing, although I’m really thankful for the prize, and now that it’s cleared up might resume doing so. I wonder if something else was going on in the background? I know IGN was bought out this year.

Whatever the reason, the slow experience might give you pause if your after a prize, but the wiki contents are great and it’s not to late to keep making it interesting.

-revsears

The Clancy, and G.I.Joe connection

authorclancyThey say it comes in threes, and this week I know of three deaths in a short time. Tom Clancy, an amazing author referenced above, Sam Petrucci a long time and skilled G.I.Joe packaging artist, and a less “nerdy” figure from outside of entertainment, influential author and pastor Chuck Smith.   Prayers and thoughts for all their families.

G.I.Joe Dossiers Episode 3: FLINT

08_CobraCommanderSkinny and his cohorts have continued to work on the G.I.Joe dossiers, and in case you miss this one (forgive my slack in sharing it, life has been busy)  check it out below.  It’s also worth nothing they were on kickstarter, unfortunately they were not funded as hoped. Those outfits aren’t cheap, and the time involved is valuable too, here is hoping something works out in the future.

Skinny has been keeping us update to on our forums HERE.