"I got them go-go-gadgets. So when the Cobra-La come through the floor, I'm putting snakes in baskets..." -Vast Aire

PREVIEW: Infestation 2 #1

Y'all like event crossovers, right? Well Infestation 2 #1 has Raph from the Ninja Turtles, Optimus Prime, and Snake Eyes all on the same cover! Change your pants and peep the free preview below...

Start the day off Right w/ Solomon Infinite Abdullah

My dude Solomon Infinite Abdullah gave me a copy of his album CRITMON (Constant Re-creation In The Moment Of Now) years ago... I remember INSTANTLY  loving this song Chrome Faced Destro for obvious reasons...

"Snake Eyes Never Gives Up"

I never caught this GI JOE: SNAKE EYES series, which was co-written by Ray Park (who played Snake Eyes in the movie) and Kevin Van Hook, with art by Lee Ferguson. I didn't see the GI JOE movie, but i like the idea of taking something from the movie and expanding on it for comics, if that's what this is. Click the pic for a 6 page preview of Issue #3. here's the sales pitch:
The murderer attempts to complete some unfinished business... namely, killing the old man who may know his identity. Could he be walking into SNAKE EYES’ trap? The battle continues on the streets and rooftops of Japan.
looks cool to me... wish they would'a got that dude Mike Hawthorne to draw this, after the work he did on GI JOE: ORIGINS (as well as his solo work, I think he would'a smashed on this... anyways, peep this joint, and look for it in stores on wednesday the 9th.
holla!
-gM

Buy Original Art by Mike Hawthorne (SNAKE EYES, Anyone?)

one of our favorite artists is having an original art sale this Holla Day season! yeah, that dude Mike Hawthorne (G.I. JOE: Origins, Hysteria, Un-Men) will have different pieces of high quality original art for sale each week, from now until Christmas! among the selections right now is everybody's #1 ninja in the chain of command, Snake Eyes from G.I. JOE: Origins! click the pic to bounce over to Mike's dot com and preview this and other ill joints!
holla!
-samax
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Man In Black

Snake Eyes final art by ~MisterHardtimes . i haven't seen the new GI JOE flick yet, even though many of my friends said i should. i can honestly say, I'm just not interested. however, lest that be taken as a slight against the coolest character in the JOEniverse, i posted a picture of my #1 man in black (with due respect to Will Smith and Johnny Cash) Snake Eyes drawn by that dude Mike Hawthorne (Hysteria, GI JOE:ORIGINS). while i admit that my original queeziness about the film is probably misplaced, i loved the Warren Ellis penned GI JOE:RESOLUTE cartoon on Adult Swim, and watching it absorbed all the enthusiasm i had for seeing the Real American Heroes on screen... now if someone will convince America to start releasing animated features like that on the big screen in the states... THAT'D be worth the trip to the theater!

Osama can't F with Cobra Commander...

it looks like all the kids from my generation are fiinally starting to be decision-makers... because this is the GI JOE cartoon we all wanted to see. there's no parachute escape from crashing helicopters, no dudes leaping out of tanks before they catch on explode, no shootouts without casualties... just gunclapping, neck-slicing, wrist-breaking action! and if you think Cobra isn't a ruthless terrorist organization determined to rule the world... well, just press play.
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Yo, JOE!

Introducing the newest member to the JOE team! HEAVY DUTY signs up and takes aim—but at who? Meanwhile, the stage has been set for a harrowing battle between the fledgling G.I. JOE team and the mysterious new villain CHIMERA—but is there more to him behind the mask?
yeah, that dude Mike Hawthorne joins veteran (pun intended) JOE scribe Larry Hama, and they are straight smashing on this series... it'd be nice if i thought the movie was gonna be this hot! click the pick for a preview of GI JOE:ORIGINS#3 fam!
holla!
-samax
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Notorious D.E.S.T.R.O.

Everybody knows Destro is black, but you didn't know he had BARS though, didja?

yo, Joe!

after the tidal wave of cash generated by Transformers, hollywood moves to strike while the iron is hot with GI JOE: Rise Of Cobra in 2009 (hopefully, they will drop on a patriotic holiday, like July 4th!). right now GI JOE is in teaser mode, as evidenced by these posters of Duke, Baroness, and (my personal favorite) Snake Eyes.
enjoy!
-gM

A Ruthless Terrorist Organization Determined To Rule The World

nah, i'm not talkin' about Halliburton... there's a GI Joe flick in the works. here's a sneak peek of the chick playin' the Baroness in the hit eighties toon revival. No, that's not Remi Ma (NOTE: shooting people in cartoons, movies, and video games=cool, in real life= not so much), it's Sienna Miller.