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Paul Pelletier Interview
With the release of G.I. Joe ARAH # 306 on 15 May 2024, Mark and Tim talk to new penciller, Paul Pelletier. We talk about his experience of GI Joe, a more general sweep of his career in comics and how it feels to be working on GI Joe, and how different it is to other work.
YouTube interview with talking heads https://youtu.be/_yW2QX82bIo
The audio only podcast has the audio more neatly edited. We don't share so much on the screen on this episode so that would be my recommendation for this episode.
Direct link
Podcast links at https://talkingjoe.co.uk/
We talk broadly about ARAH 306 and show on screen a page 1 of the book with Zartan (which has been shared previously in Skybounds preview promotions), but we don't really get into very spoilery territory.
Mark's mic is playing up a bit this episode (it fades in and out a bit) - apologies!
Next episode Mark & Tim will do a review of the issue and get into the full spoiler filled detail.
About Paul:
Paul is an American comic book penciler, who got started professionally in 1992 on Malibu’s Ex-Mutants and has gone on to have with extensive work in comic books from DC, Marvel and Crossgen perhaps best known for a long run on Aquaman. But most importantly he is starting a 5 issue run of ARAH with issue 306.
https://paulpelletierart.com/
https://comicvine.gamespot.com/paul-pelletier/4040-2485/issues-cover/
https://web.archive.org/web/20191122060513/http://www.comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=723

Bonus Audio - Tim talks Free Comic Book Day 2024 from a retailer perspective.

Tim Finn is a comic book shop owner as well as GI Joe talker, and here he talks about his experiences of FCBD4th May 2024

This 14 minute discussion was cut from our Jason Howard / Energon Universe Special.episode

Jason Howard interview & FCBD Energon Universe 2024 Special -

Mark and Tim Finn are joined by artist Jason Howard to discuss the Energon Universe 2024 Special released for Free Comic Book day, May 4th 2024.
YouTube - Talking heads with images shared in screen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIovmaBWNvw
Audio only direct link
Or via your favourite podcast platform.
Links at https://talkingjoe.co.uk/
We start by talking with Jason about his early experiences with GI Joe, his journey into creating comics before discussing his 2nd Print variant covers series and his work on the GI Joe strip in the FCBD issue and sharing some process pictures. Mark and Tim then discuss what we think of the three stories in the comic.

About Jason Howard
Jason Howard is a comic book artist, illustrator and designer. Best known as the artist and co-creator with Robert Kirkman on on the Image comic series Super Dinosaur and The Astounding Wolf-Man series, and The Trees & Cemetery Beach with warren Ellis, ,his own book Big Girls and The Vallars for Jonathan Hickman’s 3 Worlds/ 3 Moons
He has been doing character spotlight covers for the Energon Universe second printing covers, but most importantly the GI Joe story in the Energon Universe Special.
https://www.instagram.com/jasonhowardart
https://twitter.com/theJasonHoward
https://comicvine.gamespot.com/jason-howard/4040-45220/
Free web comic The Vallars https://3w3m.substack.com/p/comic-the-vallars-1

Mark and Tom have a deep dive conversation with Tom Reilly, the artist of Duke, following the conclusion of the Duke miniseries.

We talk about Tom's history with Joe, the process of creating the book, dig into all sorts of details. And most importantly we answer the question - would Tom want to make any more G.I. Joe comics?

This auddio version has had a tidy up but a raw video version with visuals shared on screen is also available - YouTube: https://youtu.be/KfuUz-lRy9I (this link may not be available until after it is published on Thursday)

About Tom Reilly

Tom Reilly is a comic book artist ,illustrator and eagle scout based in Ypsilanti, Michigan. A recent graduate from Rhode Island School of Design.

Tom is known for his work at Marvel which includes Antman and The Thing. At DC comics he worked on Knight Terrors: Superman with Joshua Williamson before teaming up again for the 5 issue Duke Mini series which was the launchpad for GI Joe in the new Skybound Energon Universe.

Links:

Tom bibliography https://comicvine.gamespot.com/tom-reilly/4040-104660/

Art dealer https://www.modernmythologycomicart.com/tom-reilly-duke

Twitter: https://twitter.com/tomreillyart

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tomreillyart/?hl=en

In the latest audio only episode, Mark & Tim Finn are looking at the grand finale to the Duke miniseries with issues 4 & 5 released 27th March and 24th April 2024.
https://talkingjoe.co.uk/

Creative Team:
writer Joshua Williamson
artist Tom Reilly
colorist Jordie Bellaire
letterer russ wooton
editors sean mackiewicz and jonathan manning
logo and publication design andres juarez
prouction jillian crab & richard mercado

cover details:
Duke #4 Cover A by Tom Reilly (Lunar Code 0124IM247)

Duke #4 Cover B by Andrei Bressan & Adriano Lucas (Lunar Code 0124IM248)

Duke #4 Cover C (1:10 Copy Incentive) (Connecting) by Tyler Boss & Jason Wordie (Lunar Code 0124IM249)

Duke #4 Cover D (1:25 Copy Incentive) by Taurin Clarke (Lunar Code 0124IM250)

Duke #4 Cover E (1:50 Copy Incentive) by Ben Oliver (Lunar Code 0124IM251)

Duke #5 Cover A by Tom Reilly (Lunar Code 0224IM262)

Duke #5 Cover B by Mateus Santolouco (Lunar Code 0224IM263)

Duke #5 Cover C (1:10 Copy Incentive) (Connecting) by Tyler Boss & Jason Wordie (Lunar Code 0224IM264)

Duke #5 Cover D (1:25 Copy Incentive) by Brian Level (Lunar Code 0224IM265)

Duke #5 Cover E (1:50 Copy Incentive) by Dustin Nguyen (Lunar Code 0224IM266)

Part 2: All things GI Joe (rediscovering the Joe toys, discovering Garrido, his GI Joe art) plus State Fair and live Sports paining.

New episode - Kickliy Interview! with Kickliy Yilkcik
This is a long interview and you can experience it in a few different ways. Links as always at https://talkingjoe.co.uk/
YouTube - Full interview with minimal edits, it has talking heads and visuals of art shared on screen https://youtu.be/4jzsJ81oRBo
Full Audio Interview. This is the audio only version of the full YouTube interview, with audio edits for clean up. http://cast.rocks/hosting/15498/Kickliy-full.mp3
For a shorter listen, audio split into 2 parts:
Part 1: Focusing on Kickliy's art reinvention following his accident, discovering Monet and creating Musnet and Purdy
Part 2: All things GI Joe (rediscovering the Joe toys, discovering Garrido, his GI Joe art) plus State Fair and live Sports paining.
I've attached some of the images we refer to in our conversation.
Kickliy , based in Minnesota has been publishing and making art professionally for over twenty years
He is well known to G.I. Joe fans for his amazing G.I. Joe pieces. We cover those, but also the artistic path that led him there.
This is a long old chat, and it takes a while to get into his GI joe drawing (around 43 mins in) but i think our listeners often enjoy the "long way around"
Running order:
Kickliy's name
Car accident and reinvention from Sam Hiti identity
Musnet: the Mouse of Monet & Monet's house
Working with goache paint, Guarrido
Rediscovering gi joe toys and painting them
Discovering the GI Joe comic & drawing GI Joe
David Choe's giant GI Joe commission
State fair
Sports painting
Tiempos finales (current comic project)
GI joe sketches
Perdy
As a prominent creator and artist, Kickliy has worked for companies Nike, Coca-cola, Nickelodeon, Disney and World Book. His creations have been optioned in Hollywood for live-action movies and he has done development work for Universal Studios, Focus Features, and others.
Kickliy’s narrative art & book illustration work coveres genres such as Westerns (Perdy), action (Tiempos Finales), science fiction, science education, children’s books (Waga's Big Scare), Kickliy’s 40+ books are published in the United States and Europe.
Expanding into Sports as an Official Pro Sports Artist, Kickliy has provided art for the PGA, Minneota Vikings and more.