Saturday Supercast 19 - G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero, Pt 1
July 10th, 2009Hey guys and gals, just wanted to take a second and announce the relaunch of the Saturday Supercast podcast here at Sugary Serials. Starting with Episode 19 we’re introducing a new format for the show, taking time out between creator interviews and news for the all-ages comic anthology to delve into one of the main influences behind the stories at Sugary Serials: cartoons! Basically we’re going to try and set up a roundtable discussion that seeks to deconstruct the various cartoons we love, taking them apart and seeing what makes them tick; what works well, what doesn’t, and what it is we love about the medium. It’s hopefully going to be a love letter to animation and what makes cartoons so great. Joining Jerzy Drozd (editor and one of the creators of Sugary Serials) in this episode (part 1 of a 2 part discussion) are Kevin Cross and Shawn Robare. In this episode we decided to tackle one of the mainstays from our younger years, the first 5-part mini series of the G.I. Joe cartoon called A Real American Hero, which originally debuted on network TV in the fall of 1983. This first story arc featured the introduction of the conflict between G.I. Joe (the codename for America’s daring, highly-trained special mission force) and Cobra (a ruthless terrorist organization determined to rule the world.) This mini series effectively set the tone for the episodes that would follow, not to mention having a drastic impact on the decade of animation that made their debut in its wake.
The cartoon was produced by Sunbow who also went on to work on other series like the The Transformers, Jem, Visionaries, and Inhumanoids. Though the title screens were left off for this mini series, the episodes talked about in this discussion include:
Part 1: The Cobra Strikes
Part 2: Slave of the Cobra Master
We also talk about the show’s theme song, Marvel Cartoon Productions and the G.I. Joe comic book series (including the origin of the animated series in the comic commercials), as well as the toys and file cards, Steve Gerber, Buzz Dixon & the G.I. Joe Writer’s Guide, He-Man and Star Wars toy commercials, Action for Children’s Television, a couple of the releases of the Mini Series on DVD (Battle Packs and the Shout Season 1.1 DVD), and backlit animation techniques. In related news, Shout! Factory is releasing G.I. Joe A Real American Hero: Season 1.1
As for us, well you can find more of Jerzy’s work at:
Kevin is freelance illustrator, comic creator, and podcaster whose work can be found at:
Big Illustration Party Time Podcast
…and Shawn is a blogger and irregular podcaster whose stuff you can find at:
The theme song for the show was written and preformed by Umberto.
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