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Am I the only one working here?

Ever wonder if Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow get annoyed with everyone else’s output?

Ouch! Right in the store!

No crotch, no Krav Maga! And if anyone accuses me of stealing layt-ers out ideas from Butch Guice- I deny everything!

Get some fresh air–

Sho Kusogi- er, Storm Shadow out in the woods.

Flight status? Delayed

It’s always a pain to make dog fight sequences look exciting– hope this worked.

Explore your national parks!

Although I’m sure this is standard issue equipment for a picnic. 

It’s a very special day!

Lay down! Try to relax!

Are you on dope?

Seriously, I’d love to know what the designers were smoking when they came up with the Toxo-Vipers? The Cobra Incinerators aren’t much better, but at least their helmets…

Look mom, I’m a meme!

The classic way to irk your artist in one simple paragraph– “The army on horseback extends as far as the eye can see…” Grrrrr. The only person less…

The gang’s all here

I had a writer tell me once that just because he wrote large crowds into a shot, didn’t mean I had pick an angle that showed everyone; but…

I’ll be seeing you, don’t know where, don’t know when-

This being my last dance with GI Joe, every shot of a character I wasn’t sure how long they’d be in the storyline became a good-bye. Most people…

I’m sorry, I can’t do that, Dave.

Little Hal-9000 lens action going on in this panel, which I thought turned out ok. For me, that’s saying a lot.

Nothing excites you anymore?

The new BATs in Joe are a challenge, as they show no emotion; kind of like the Terminators. When they’re spitting fire, they at least look like they’re…

Oh, you want to play, boy?

In this scene at the Cobra casino and resort, the bell hop uniform was supposed to be modeled after the Playboy club outfits from days past. I didn’t…

Bustin’ out all over

In a post from a long way back, I said I always saw GI Joe as the US version of the 00-agents in the Bond films; only with…

You got to move it, move it…

I hate when characters always move in unrealistic ways, even when doing “heroic” stuff; but sometimes the script limits you. I like how Zartan is puling his arrow,…

Go clean your room!

Based on the last post, here’s a another shot of that same lab. The second panel is a shot from the landing toward the console area, then an…

This room is laid out like a Volvo… boxy.

As I mentioned before, I hate rooms that are set up as a box, and it’s especially annoying when it’s a place that you go back to over…

Get to the hospital, STAT!

Like I mentioned about the Russell building, I’ll often reference stuff I remember from TV shows. As a kid who had a Sony for a babysitter as a…

Where is the fax machine in this joint?

I try to always “echo” details in my pages. I hate when artists establish something, then it disappears in later panels; or even future issues. I like to…

Rooted in nostalgia—

Living in DC, it’s funny to pass buildings you grew up seeing on TV; especially those you have strong associations with. The Russell building was used for the…