As always I encourage everyone to post comic book content on Wednesdays.
I was able to pick up the hardcover trade of G.I. Joe: Hearts and Minds when Borders was in their final throws for about $3 after tax. Yes true believers, for the price of a single issue, I got the hardcover trade. As of writing Amazon has an edition for $10.
This book was penned by Max Brooks. Yes, that Max Brooks. It covers different members of Cobra and Joe singularly. I think each issue of the comic was split in two and covered two characters. It goes into the character's motivations or back stories that leads to them being either Joe or Cobra.
I thought it was a pretty good book. It is very light on dialogue and really narrative in general. Brooks put a lot of faith in his artist to convey what he wanted and I think it worked. It looks into why a person would become a terrorist, what drives them. You aren't going to see Duke or Cobra Commander. This book takes a look at some of the characters that you wouldn't get to know otherwise. One of the stories is even dedicated to random faceless Cobra troopers.
If you like G.I. Joe, you should enjoy this book, but I don't think it is a prerequisite. You could go into this book just knowing that Cobra is a terrorist organization and Joe is an elite group of the military and fare pretty well. It is appropriate for anyone that can actually read it. Give it a shot.
This book was penned by Max Brooks. Yes, that Max Brooks. It covers different members of Cobra and Joe singularly. I think each issue of the comic was split in two and covered two characters. It goes into the character's motivations or back stories that leads to them being either Joe or Cobra.
I thought it was a pretty good book. It is very light on dialogue and really narrative in general. Brooks put a lot of faith in his artist to convey what he wanted and I think it worked. It looks into why a person would become a terrorist, what drives them. You aren't going to see Duke or Cobra Commander. This book takes a look at some of the characters that you wouldn't get to know otherwise. One of the stories is even dedicated to random faceless Cobra troopers.
If you like G.I. Joe, you should enjoy this book, but I don't think it is a prerequisite. You could go into this book just knowing that Cobra is a terrorist organization and Joe is an elite group of the military and fare pretty well. It is appropriate for anyone that can actually read it. Give it a shot.
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4 comments:
$3? I should have bought things from Borders then.
I just might give it a shot then!
Great deal and sounds like an entertaining read.
I still have a soft spot for G.I. JOE after all these years.
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