GI Joe: Resolute

[yeloson]

I was brought back to my youth, watching cartoons before going to work. Warren Ellis' GI Joe:Resolute reminded me everything good about cartoons. I'm amazed that he manages to hit so many fan notes (Snake-eyes vs. Stormshadow? Hell yeah) without having been a fan from get go, AND avoids the things that didn't work so well for the series.

Also reminded about how much they were willing to break stereotypes as much as reinforce them:

Tunnel Rat is the code name of Nicky Lee, a Trinidadian Chinese who lived in Brooklyn, New York prior to joing the US Army where he had Ranger training. He specializes in explosive ordnance disposal. The character's facial appearance is based on G.I. Joe comic book writer Larry Hama.

What what!

Comments

[ladyjax.livejournal.com]

Watching Resolute reminds me why I love Ellis' work. It's not that he's perfect - the man knows how to tell you a story without fawning over it. He treats his readers like grown-ups.

It's what made Global Frequency so good and Planetary, as well as Nextwave. I know everyone else loves him for Transmetropolitan but I'm right there when he takes other people's old material (like G.I. Joe), strips it down and makes it fresh.

[carabosse.livejournal.com]

I look forward to seeing this now, and I hadn't even know about it until you wrote this post. :-)