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General Joe Talk / GIJOE Art.

« on: May 29, 2008, 01:29:11 AM »

Hi folks, been quite a while since I last posted, but I thought I'd rejoin the forum here with something "in hand"--namely some of my artwork.
I'm a professional cartoonist by trade, and I fart around with stuff like spec designs for GIJOE etc for fun.
Here's some doodles:

Lady Jaye and Zartan

Some Snake-Eyes Visor studies

Introductions / Intro

« on: November 28, 2005, 07:48:37 PM »

Well, here's where I make a proper intro of myself.

I'm Ken Davis, 43 yahren of age, cartoonist, teacher of cartooning and toy collector. Been working in the animation/cartooning biz for over 20 years now, having done most everything under the sun. Comics, illustration, animation, storyboarding, design......even owned a studio for a little while.
I'm currently teaching storyboarding/drawing at the Art Insitute of Vancouver and have a couple of animated shows I've worked on coming out in 2006--Class of the Titans being one.

Toy collecting has been a passion for an equal amount of time, with action figures being the main focus. I've still got a sizable collection of 12" military figures--mostly 21C Hasbro, Dragon and others--head count around 450 or so. I like the lil' joes as well and have slowly accquired quite a bit of the new stuff from the past few years--head count around 200 figures I'd reckon.

Marvel Legends is a current fav of mine to collect. I'm a dear afficionado of things superheroic and the ML line fits my interests to a tee.
I split my time between Vancouver and my home in the BC Cariboo, with my wife , two dogs, cats and horses.

General Joe Talk / I take it you guys did not miss...

« on: November 28, 2005, 12:44:09 PM »

....miss the single carded VvV Joes at Canadian TRU's earlier this fall?

$2.99 a head, looks like the stores got in a case or two of each because......sadly..........they is gone,gone,GONE now.
This was a crazy offering in a ways because 4 of these figures cost the same as any two pack from the previous VvV waves still warming the pegs.

Its been a infernal pity how Hasbro Canada been so timid with the GIJOE brand up here for the past decade. I've exchanged e-mails with Hasbro reps and been told that the retailers are just skittish about the brand--which is weird because Chap mei, Lanard and 21C all had a massive presence at one time or another. In my AoO, occasionally Walmart would have the odd 12" carded offering, sometimes the VvV guys, sometimes the regular 12" molded shirt militray Joes.

If you are into 12" joes, check out any Fields stores--a kind of lower-tier "micro"-Walmart that's benn up here for years. They have 12" Classic Collection Joes in windowed coffin boxes. Basic set, figure--molded shirt, belt, weapon, helmet and some kind of solitary belt item. Different services: SAS, Ranger etc.
They are $10 each--which is not a bad deal.

Introductions / Hello all.

« on: November 26, 2005, 10:38:20 PM »

Hello folks, joining the group/discussion here.

Name is Ken Davis, cartoonist/teacher currently working in Vancouver, BC.
I'm a long time collector of GIJOE's both scales and have a sizable collection of the 12" scale and a a modest selection of the 3 3/4" Joes.

Looking forward to rubbing elbows with fellow collectors here.