Talking Joe: A G.I. Joe Comics Podcast Talking Joe - Mark

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.

Part 1: Focusing on Kickliy's art reinvention following his accident, discovering Monet and creating Musnet and Purdy

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.

Kickliy Interview - Full Audio. This is the audio only version of the full YouTube interview (which has talking heads and images shared on screen). There are some small audio edits for clean up.

I will do an edit that splits this interview into 2 parts. Here is the full version.

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.

Links:

https://www.kickliy.com/

https://twitter.com/kickliy

https://www.instagram.com/yilkcik/ and https://www.instagram.com/kickliysports/

Articles

:

https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/with-minnesota-as-his-muse-kickliy-documents-twins-season-through-paintings-r12415

https://lakeminnetonkamag.com/painter-finds-inspiration-on-the-shores-of-tonka-bay/

Bibliography https://www.babelio.com/auteur/-Kickliy/396422

About Perdy https://imagecomics.com/features/kickliy-ventures-into-the-wild-west-with-the-raucous-perdy

TJ 250 - DISAVOWED - G.I.JOE VS. THE TRANSFORMERS III: THE ART OF WAR

Mark and Tim are continue to look at the mini series and one-shots that were coming out during the America’s Elite Era of GI Joe Disavowed from Devils Due.

And today it is G.I.JOE VS. THE TRANSFORMERS III: THE ART OF WAR – a 5 issue mini series from Devil's Due running March to August 2006 . It was collected as a TPB from Devils due in 2006 and as GI Joe vs Transformers volume 3 from IDW in April 2013 (containing The Art of War and also Black horizon).

Creative Team
Script: Tim Seeley,
Pencils: Joe Ng with Alex Milne & James Raiz,
Inks: Rob Ross, M3th,
Colors: Kevin Yan, Rob Ruffalo, Tom Liu,
Letters: Brian J. Crowley,
Editor: Mike O'Sullivan,
Art produced by Udon, Udon Chief: Erik Ko,
Special Thanks to Mark Powers