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cantsayidont · 3 months

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October 1983. That's it, that's the show — Cobra Commander (left) and his cadre of opportunists, mountebanks, and scoundrels plot against each other in a scene from G.I. JOE #16. The punchline:

You might well ask what the Commander is planning to do with that wine glass, since he's wearing a full-face helmet. Writer Larry Hama addresses just that point eight issues later, in G.I. JOE #24:

This is really the thing that has kept this ridiculous series alive (it was later revived by other publishers, and recently passed issue #300): Larry Hama's weird sense of humor and flair for eccentricity. The plots are frequently not much and the heroes are mostly no deeper than the plastic action figures on which they're based, but the ludicrous villains are consistently entertaining.

#comics #g.i. joe #gi joe a real american hero #larry hama #mike vosburg #jon d'agostino #russ heath #cobra commander #major bludd #destro #dr venom #the baroness #anastasia decobray #imagine the level of helmet hair

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balu8 · 6 months

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Archie Giant Series #242: A Christmas Story or What the Dickens

by Al Hartley (W./P.); Jon D'Agostino (I.); Barry Grossman (C.) and Bill Yoshida (L.)

Archie

#archie comics #archie giant series #Jon D'Agostino #Barry Grossman #Bill Yoshida #comic book

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dirtyriver · 9 months

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Betty and Veronica Annual Digest Magazine #8, January 1993, cover by Dan Parent (pencils) and Jon D'Agostino (inks)

#Comics #Archie #Betty and Veronica #Betty Cooper #Veronica Lodge #Dan Parent #Jon D'Agostino

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browsethestacks · 1 year

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Vintage Comic - Archie Giant Series #220

Pencils: Dan DeCarlo

Inks: Jon D'Agostino

Colors: Barry Grossman

Letters: Bill Yoshida

Archie (Dec1973)

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the-gershomite · 2 months

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G.I. Joe #11 -May 1983

"The Pipeline Ploy!" (13-24 of 24)

script by Larry Hama

art by Mike Vosburg

inks by Jon D'Agostino

letters by Rick Parker

colors by Christie Scheele

#marvel comics #g.i.joe #larry hama #mike vosburg #jon d'agostino #rick parker #christie scheele #comics

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frenchcurious · 2 months

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Bob White & Jon D'Agostino - Esquisse originale pour le comic ''Life with Archie'' #56 (Archie, 1966) - Source Heritage Auctions.

#bob white #jon d'agostino

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jhsharman · 5 months

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"phone groan"

#Archie Comics #Archie Andrews #betty Cooper #kiss #hearts #Jon D'Agostino #1973 #Smack

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ramblingsonic · 11 months

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Oh, that's neat- that's really neat! So happy they shared this unused art, that's just great!

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gameraboy2 · 8 months

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"I just thought I'd try it!"

"The Tide of Romance" Teenage Love #45 (1965) written by Joe Gill, pencils by Bill Montes, inks by Jon D'Agostino

#teenage fun #romance #romance comics #vintage #comics #comic book #comic book art #comic books #art #illustration

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onedegreeofsoniccomics · 11 months

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Meet the Conservation Corps: "Espirit De Corps"

Cover Credits

Art: Scott Shaw!

Story Credits

Writers: Paul Castiglia & Dan Nakrosis

Pencils: Dan Nakrosis with Chris Allan (TMNT characters)

Inks: Jon D'Agostino

Letters: Dan Nakrosis

Colors: Barry Grossman

Editorial Team

Editors: Paul Castiglia & "Dean Clarrain" (Stephen Murphy)

Managing Editor: Victor Gorelick

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musicbabes · 1 year

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Dan DeCarlo & Jon D'Agostino - Veronica's Pin-Up, 1968.

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cantsayidont · 3 months

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October 1983. The Baroness doing what she does best (scheming), in G.I. JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO #16.

#comics #g.i. joe #gi joe a real american hero #larry hama #mike vosburg #jon d'agostino #the baroness #anastasia decobray

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thecomicsnexus · 12 days

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TMNT ADVENTURES: THE FOREVER WAR (kind of FAN MADE)

April 2024

By Steve Murphy, Chris Allan, Andrew Modeen, Artem Tsarkov, Arseniy Dubakov, Egor Prutov , Jon D'Agostino, Dmitry Bobrovnik, Yuri Kochin, and Jim Lawson.

The Shredder finally succeeds at erasing the Turtles from history and conquering the world. But the Turtles and Splinter will try to defeat him and ensure their existence in this conclusion of the iconic Archie series.

SCORE: 8

You'll have to forgive the lack of images, but it is very hard to scan this book (I'll see what I can do for the video review, but I may need to work with photos of it). In any case, this is another of those fan projects by Arseniy Dubakov and Andrew Modeen... but with some interesting twists in its genesis.

You probably remember that this saga was announced in 1995 before the Archie adventures were canceled, and fans have been speculating forever about how the story ended.

In 2009 we almost got the conclusion by the original team (Steve Murphy and Chris Allan), but the turtles were sold to Viacom and the plans never materialized. In any case, Murphy couldn't remember where he was going with the story, so it would be fair to say that it was never going to be the same arc.

More recently, Chris Allan met Arseniy and the two got together to make this project happen. The first chapter (which was made public at some point in the past few years), was mostly recovered from 1995, but it had been colored and edited by the new team.

As far as I know, the second chapter was plotted by Steve Murphy, and I can say that the two first chapters feel the most like the original book... with some annoying differences.

After that, the book does its job, and the story works very well. The project was promoted as "closing all open plots" of the original series, but fortunately, it only tried to solve a time paradox that has always been a problem in that book. I applaud the restrain of the writers from bringing up every single plot point just to let readers know they read the book (as is usually the case with these projects).

The art is probably the most spectacular aspect of the book. It's an updated look for the Archie adventures that for the most part, looks like a continuation of the story. There are some stylistic differences when it comes to inking after chapter one, but you get used to them after a while.

The book comes with two back-up stories. One penciled by Jim Lawson that tries to make sense of the convoluted Archie timeline (specifically about which Shredder you were looking at in each adventure). The second backup is some sort of epilogue to Forever War that will leave you with more questions than answers.

For me, the weakest point of the book is the "overwriting" from Andrew.

It's hard to explain, but Andrew goes into these long narrations directed at the reader that just feel overproduced and underproduced at the same time. There is an overuse of "Modeen" expressions that can be said by any character at any time. Perhaps because he is not doing the writing/plotting alone, this is his best story yet. We know Andrew is a fan, an we know he can write. But it would be nice if he could work on his dialogues and... I'm going to call it now... think twice before adding an unnecessary celebrity quote at the beginning of each chapter.

I am not sure if this was in the original plot, but some elements in this story were even darker than the original series (like slashing a classic character in two). I get that we all grew up and we can take it, but this should be a continuation of that book, and I feel that it wasn't this bloody (most of the time).

But again, this story worked for me, it didn't bring up characters and plots just for the sake of it, and the turtles were front and center.

Should we consider this an ending for the Archie series? Well, just like it happened with Volume 3 before Urban Legends came out, this is all we can get. It's technically just the story, and not a proper ending, so you could still consider "Year of the Turtle" the final story (I assume that it not being referenced was intentional). There is one reference to "TMNT: Odyssey" (because for some reason, all these projects need to share the same multiverse), but it can be easily ignored... I think.

Maybe one day IDW will decide to do their own version of Forever War, but I don't think Chris Allan would go through this ordeal again... I think it could be published as is (fourth-wall monologuing included). Perhaps censoring some of the blood, to keep it consistent with Archie guidelines.

Now, let's take a look at those spoilers after the break...

You guessed it, most of the chapters take place in an alternate timeline. This allows for familiar characters to return even if they were already dead. And also introduces Carter to the Archie universe... and he may be British... I don't know.

Most characters show up to die... which isn't unusual on alternate timeline stories, but feels like a waste. Carter and Claire had very little time to do anything, and Claire being April's sister is an interesting twist... but I wonder what caused it? It is implied that they may have been separated at some point, but the existence of the same photograph without her suggests there wee further alterations to that timeline.

The Mutanimals play the bad guys... probably for the better. I wonder if the reason they didn't undo their deaths, or brought back Cherubae, was so that it could all tie into "TMNT: Odyssey"? Whatever the reason was, I appreciate it.

Perhaps the biggest reveal was that Chet was the Rat King. While this is a fun twist, some things are a bit too convenient. Why did he choose the H'antaan name? And why didn't he ever mentioned this to anyone in the original timeline? (Apart from the flashback in this book).

Overall, Shredder's plan makes sense (for once), although he somehow recreated all the mutants from the original series, even the ones that weren't mutants (like Katmandu)... perhaps he and Al'Falqa simply joined the cause.

There isn't much characterization for the turtles, but I think is in line with the original book as well. And to be fair, the main focus is the story.

The Jim Lawson back-up also introduces another problem, a Shredder that finally remember everything (this may be the one in "Year of the Turtle"). Mr. Null decides to share all of this, searching for the Turnstone (a "TMNT: Odyssey" plot). I don't like these fan-projects being all connected, but I appreciate the long explanation of the Shredder paradox in the Archie adventures. It also officialized that Armaggon created the Archie universe.

I would have appreciated a Mr. Null origin story... but I guess that would have clashed with "Odyssey" (and this is why I don't like them being connected).

I may sound negative, but my nitpicks only took two points from the overall score. I am happy with the results, and I think we can now stop wondering what it could have been.

Although... can you imagine what it could have been in 1995?

That my friends... is the forever war.

[Include some super serious celebrity quote here]

#comics #review #tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #post modern age #archie comics #2024 #1995 #teenage mutant ninja turtles adventures #the forever war #fan fiction #chris allan

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dirtyriver · 8 months

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Looks like women's lib fell out of favor in the 1990s.

"Male Call" in Betty and Me #58, July 1974, reprint in Betty and Veronica Annual Digest Magazine #8, January 1993, by Dick Malmgren (script and pencils) and Jon D'Agostino (inks)

Some lettering touch-up jobs were done by, uh, people of dubious lettering skills.

#Comics #Archie #Betty #Betty Cooper #Archie Andrews #Dick Malmgren #Jon D'Agostino

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browsethestacks · 2 years

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