Spotted Online – Generals Joes Interviews New G.I. Joe Comic Writer, Fred Van Lente

If you’re following IDW’s G.I. Joe comics then you’ll want to read this interview with Fred Van Lente, the new writer on the IDW series. There’s another shakeup with the series and Generals Joes went out of their way to chat with the author about the changes to the series . . . and ask: “What’s next?” It’s a pretty good interview and definitely worth checking out if you’re following the series or are trying to decide if you should take a chance on the new writer.

G.I. Joe: Retaliation is coming out in March, and from all appearances looks to be going for a much more gritty and real-world military approach, meanwhile the IDW comic looks to be going (at least somewhat) away from that. Was that a conscious decision, or just the way you guys feel like the universe is unfolding?

Uh … I would say you’re reading too much into a single cover. Or getting the wrong impression…

Also, the trailer for Retaliation I saw had Jonathan Pryce as The Evil President addressing his Cobra hordes… So you and I seem to have a radically different definition of a “real-world military approach.” (laughs)

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