HISS Tank.com boards member The BLAY has posted images of G.I. Joe A Real American Hero illustrations meant for inclusion in The Ultimate Guide To G.I. Joe 2nd Edition by Mark Bellomo. While most of these pieces made it into the 2nd edition, and a few were in the 1st edition, some did not make the cut.
These illustrations were drawn by Dave Dorman, whose most recent work was an alternate cover for G.I. Joe Origins by IDW Publishing. Shown in this set of images are:
- Snake Eyes V3
- Countdown
- Sonic Fighters Cobra Viper
- Budo
- Secto-Viper
- Ice Viper
- Frag-Viper
- Nullifier
- S.A.W.-Viper
- Sci-Fi V2
- Dee-Jay
- Knockdown or possible Static Line from Sky Patrol
- Wildcard
At the Canadian GI Joe Convention in Hamilton
those of us who attended were privileged enough spend an hour with Mark Bellomo, author of the Ultimate Guide to G.I. Joe: 1982-1994, and listen to him talk about the content of his book, and also the content that was excluded from the book.
He gave each attendee an envelope with a ton of information that was to be included in the book, but had to be cut for various reasons.
He also showed us some amazing art work of some of our favorite characters. Some of which appear in 2nd edition of his book, some of which may not.
I thought I would post the pics here of the art he had laid out for us so that everyone can enjoy.
Those are just Too cool for words ! Thanks for showing them to us !
Dang! Noone told me he gave out a packet during the presentation :(
Now I rue even more that I fell asleep in the car. Gotta take off work next year and leave Friday morning instead of Friday afternoon.
when I get a chance I'll try n scan the extras he gave us.
He said he didnt mind if they were posted for other fans to see
OH MAN! How can we get these high-res files? Will these be available for purchase for poster prints? THIS IS MAD WICKED AWESOME FOR MY GI JOE ROOM! (girlfriend secretly and quitely filing divorce paperwork in background if this ever happens...)
Man that is way cool of him to hand these out! I wish i could have got a set as well. Thanks for sharing!!
Dave Dorman does some great artwork!
Keep reading: Artwork That Was To Be Included In The Ultimate Guide To G.I. Joe 2nd Edition - Page 2
Not a member yet? Join HissTank Now!