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In this publication, Boon shows us his new project s, including an astonishing apartment in the heart of New York. Boon!s modern classic and austere style retains a classical touch as a consequence of its obvious affinity with pure, traditional building materials and architectural styles.
Customer Reviews:
Clear, consistent modernity.......2007-08-16
Both monographs on Boon's work are spectacular - he deserves much greater recognition outside of Europe. The level of refinement is unrivaled (and perhaps tough to achieve on less than a hedge-fund baby's salary!). Endless rewards in the detail - hardware, finishes, scale, relationship of interior to exterior are all pitch-perfect.
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One of the most talked about modern designers in the Netherlands. Boon's modern classic and austere style retains a classical touch as a consequence of its obvious affinity with pure, traditional building materials and architectural styles. Creations with an enduring appeal.
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Great Airbrush Book.......1999-03-05
There is so much to learn from this book.It is very educational.As professional artist I find it very usefull anybody who wants to develop his or her art.
Book Description
--Compiled by Airbrush Action magazine and Rockport Publishers, Inc.
--Step-by-Step instruction on professional airbrush techniques from nine internationally renowned airbrush artists including Steven Driscoll, Terry Hill, Don Ashwood, Kent Lind, and Jurek.
--Each technique is illustrated with easy to follow photographs and descriptive text demonstrating the skills necessary for successful and creative t-shirt airbrushing.
--Each artist's "how-to" instruction is followed by a full-color gallery of finished t-shirts showcasing the artist's work.
--An invaluable reference for professional and novice t-shirt artists alike.
Customer Reviews:
Okay but could have been better.......2004-10-29
The first thing that I noticed about this book is it had a lot of pictures and not alot of info on how to airbrush t-shirts. However I did find the book useful in creating new designs and to know what needed to be done and in what order. Over all it is a good book to get you exited about airbrushing on textiles but doesn't give you enough information on on to do it.
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T-Shirt Airbrushing: The Step-By-Step Guide and Showcase
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Promising Title - Mediocre Delivery.......2003-04-05
This book is basically a review of different software packages and some examples of work that's been done with them. It has little or nothing for someone wanting instructions about how to create specific effects, use databases, create animation or in general how to code a photo gallery web site.
If you have an even general idea about how web site work, and how to make simple changes to your photos in Photoshop, you don't need this book. It's far too simple and generic to be anything but a big brochure that provides some ideas about how to use software. If you have the Solive, Dreamweaver, FrontPage, PhotoShop, PaintShop and don't know how to use them, this will be a useful starting point to get you on your way - copnceptually.
The "Dummies" books are far more useful for anyone who actually wants to build a site, as opposed to thinking about it. Especially for experienced photographers. Don't follow my lead. Ignore this book unless all you want is to see photos of others' sites. For that it is truly useful.
Promising Title - Mediocre Delivery.......2003-04-05
This book is basically a review of different software packages and some examples of work that's been done with them. It has little or nothing for someone wanting instructions about how to create specific effects, use databases, create animation or in general how to code a photo gallery web site.
If you have an even general idea about how web site work, and how to make simple changes to your photos in Photoshop, you don't need this book. It's far too simple and generic to be anything but a big brochure that provides some ideas about how to use software. If you have the Solive, Dreamweaver, FrontPage, PhotoShop, PaintShop and don't know how to use them, this will be a useful starting point to get you on your way - copnceptually.
The "Dummies" books are far more useful for anyone who actually wants to build a site, as opposed to thinking about it. Especially for experienced photographers. Don't follow my lead. Ignore this book unless all you want is to see photos of others' sites. For that it is truly useful.
Book Description
Cobra Commander returns to action with the aid of his own personal ninja, Stormshadow. Where one ninja goes, another follows - Stormshadow faces off with Snake Eyes!
Customer Reviews:
GOOD BUT KIND OF EMPTY ..........2006-06-10
This is a good storie and follow up to vol.1 , however I just wanted more at the end . Destro makes peace with Cobra Comander , Storm Shadow is working for Cobra and try's to kill hawk and then get's away , and Snake Eyes's face is cut up again by Storm Shadow .
I know it's a good thing to leave the reader wantimg more (and I will order the next trade paperback) but this storie wasn't as satisfying as the first book . I almost gave it a 4 star rateing , but it just fell short .
Lastly , if this series is a mix of marvel and cartoon continuity , why isn't Cluch in that "Alternate Reality" where cobra took over the world and the Dreadnoks where cops and the Baroness was good and Cluch , Grunt , and Stealer stayed behind because thier alternate selves had been killed ?
Hopefully some writer from Devil's Due read's this and comes up with "G.I.GOE team other earth" ... that would be cool !
Book Description
Since the day Cobra Commander reorganized his forces, prompting the G.I. Joe team back into action, he's met resistance within his own ranks. All the while, though, a third party was lurking in the shadows, waiting for the right moment to strike: Serpentor, the ex-Cobra emperor genetically engineered from the world's greatest, most ruthless conquerors, and an enemy to both G.I. Joe and Cobra. He's formed his own army from Cobra forces left behind by the Commander years ago - the Coil. Now Serpentor returns in an epic battle that spans from the days before G.I. Joe's reinstatement to their biggest melee to date. And in the end, Cobra Commander and Serpentor battle to determine who is the most ruthless leader of Cobra.
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CHAOTIC RETURN OF A CLASSIC JOE VILLIAN.......2005-06-23
This trade paperback begins with an almost X-files like storyline. A young boy is abducted from a school playground. The GI Joe team is sent to investigate consisting of Cover Girl, Spirit and Snake Eyes. Why the Joes are investigating a kidnapping in the first place is kept as a mystery by the Jugglers, those ultra high-ranking generals who love to yank the Joe's string. This is strictly a need-to-know basis mission and as of right now, the Joes don't need to know. They find the boy was something of a prodigy, reading books on philosophy and drawing strange schematics in crayon. Soon the Joes learn of another attempted abduction and discover that this autistic boy looks exactly like the one who was abducted.
It turns out that there are several of these boys, all who have been placed with adoptive parents years earlier...they are all clones of the most fearsome Cobra villain Serpentor. Serpentor has long been thought dead at the hands of Zartan, but Dr. Mindbender was able to make several clones, some just children, others teens, and one a full adult. Serpentor is joined by several other renegage Cobra operatives including Firefly, Zandar, Dr. Mindbender, and others as they assualt Cobra Island and take Cobra Commander prisoner. Soon Serpentor's forces begin attacks on major cities world wide.
Several Joes, including Snake Eyes, have also been captured as they tried to protect the various kid-clones. The Joes are planning a rescue mission to free their missing comrades while Cobra, now being led by Destro, put together their own mission to rescue Cobra Commander. Destro even orders his men not to fire on any Joe member. All-out war breaks out as Joes battle Cobra and Cobra battles Cobra, including a face-off between Cobra Commander and Serpentor!
We really have two stories going on here; the first half of the book is, as mentioned, right out of the X-Files with the abductions of strange boys who look exactly alike and even make similar drawings. I was waiting for Scully and Mulder to show up. This was a very different setting for the Joe team as plain clothes investigators working with local law enforcement and I enjoyed that aspect of the story. The second half of the book is primarily one chaotic battle as these three diverse forces meet, all with different goals in mind. The pace is frenetic and before you know it the story was over and you were left wondering what happened. It all climaxed a little too quickly for my tastes, especially after the very deliberate pace of the first half. Still, it was great to see Serpentor back in action and we're all left with the fate of the kid-clones unresolved, setting the stage for a possible sequel. As usual, the art by Tim Seeley and Brandon Badeaux was fantastic as was the colors. This story also featured many Joes who haven't popped up in a lot of the other Devil's Due stories such as Cover Girl, Lady Jaye, and Rock-n-Roll, and others.
Reviewed by Tim Janson
Book Description
Their names are legend: Snake Eyes. Kamakura. The Silent Ninja Master and his Apprentice, both valued members of the G.I. Joe team. But it wasn't always that way... Only a few years ago, the G.I. Joe team had been disbanded, leaving Snake-Eyes with a chance to find peace with his fiancee, Scarlett. Sean Collins was a bright young career soldier, chosen to serve in an elite unit called Hammer Team. But a bitter twist of fate would bring them together. In one terrible night, both men see all they hold dear shattered at the hands of the terrorist known as Firefly. Neither sees any hope for the future - until Sean seeks the discipline of Ninja teachings. Bound by fate, the two men embark on a quest for justice as Master & Apprentice.
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THE MASTER TAKES AN APPRENTICE...TWICE!.......2005-06-10
This trade paperback takes place in the time that the G.I. Joe team had been disbanded and Snake Eyes was living a quiet life with Scarlett and the two are soon to be wed. Snake Eyes has taken on an apprentice, who will be the last pupil to be trained in the Arashikage clan. Ophelia is a young woman and quite capable and after going through her training with T'jbang and Nunchuck, she is ready to undergo her final trial with Snake Eyes.
Meanwhile, Sean Collins, the Son of Wade Collins, a former...and reformed...member of Cobra's Crimson Guard has joined an elite special-ops unit called the Hammer Team. They are given the assignment of capturing the former Cobra Terrorist and mercenary code named Firefly, who is recruiting operatives for a mysterious third party. The Hammer Team sets the trap for Firefly and are joined by Snake Eyes and Ophelia. But the operation is botched badly and Firelfy kills Ophelia and escapes.
Both Collins and Snake Eyes are guilt-ridden, blaming themselves for the tragedy. Snake Eyes calls off his wedding to Scarlett and escapes to his retreat in the wilderness. Collins soon shows up and offers to become Snake Eyes' newest apprentice. Collins takes on the name of Kamakura and learns the way of the Arashikage Ninja. Eventually Firefly is tracked to Tokyo as Snake Eyes, Kamakura, and Other Joe members again go after the Merc only this time another surprise awaits Snake Eyes...a foe from his past!
One of the great things that Devil's Due has done since taking over the G.I. Joe comic license is to personalize the various characters and give them some depth that they never had under Marvel's guidance. Previously they were one-dimensional characters distinguished mainly by their code names but writer Brandon Jerwa has fleshed out these characters, and made them real by giving them a human side. The silent Snake Eyes can speak volumes with his eyes and expressions and there is true heartbreak when he cancels his wedding to Scarlett. The Sean Collins character is an interesting one as he is seeking double redemption for the death of Ophelia as well as for his father's past with Cobra. He literally gives himself to Snake Eyes in a move of ultimate honor.
"Master and Apprentice" is well paced and balances action and drama as well as any Joe tale I've ever read. The art by Sunder Raj and Stefano Castelli is darker and grittier than many other Joe tales and complements the story perfectly. The book also features bio pages on the major players in this story which serve to give it even more depth. This is one of Devil's Due's best G.I. Joe stories yet.
Reviewed by Tim Janson
Customer Reviews:
The Best Comic You Will Ever Read.......2007-10-01
No, I am not exaggerating. While obviously preferences are subjective, I still have yet to read another comic -- or another fictional book created in the same time period, for that matter -- that can come close to those Golden Years and first 50 issues of GI Joe. It is just something that has to be experienced to believe.
Each Volume contains around 10 issues, so the first 50 issues are in these five volumes for the Trade Paperbacks. I haven't bought anything comic book related that wasn't written by Larry Hama since the early 90s, so that should tell you all you need to know about his ability to draw in non-comic book fans to his work. It is even more impressive considering the pressure Hasbro placed on Hama to insert all of their various new characters and toys on a regular basis.
I give the first five volumes of GI Joe a perfect five out of five stars. Even though apparently the main method of buying them is a used version for a high price, it is the one comic Trade Paper Back I would do it for if I had not already purchased the books.
Expensive.......2005-11-21
I have the first two G.I. Joe collections. They are pretty expensive for the limited amount of issues covered in them. Any episode of G.I. Joe is more entertaining than the comic so far. In the first book there is a two issue story arc. Unlike the cartoon there is some blood coming out of shot soldiers. Cobra Commander seems to be an underdeveloped character, since all you see him doing when he is not leading troops is practicing firing a machine gun. He is a good shot though, he shoots the leader of G.I. Joe in the head. Cobra Commander is revealed to be an escapist, at the closing of battles he makes some great getaways.
Review of all 5 volumes.......2005-10-19
I had occasionally read Marvel Comics' GI Joe series during my childhood, but I had never concentrated that hard on the overall storyline being developed by writer Larry Hama. Instead, I used the comics more as a supplement for planning the adventures of my vast collection of 3-3/4" Joes. Over the past several years, Marvel has made a half-baked attempt at reprinting the series, so I decided to pick them up to see what I remembered and what I could make of it. Unfortunately, the 5 volumes only covers 50 issues - that's right, 50 of 155 issues, not even counting the yearbooks and other related titles. But hey, when you consider that Marvel was asking twenty-five bucks for only 10 issues per book, it's no wonder this series of reprints lost steam.
Overall, these GI Joe issues are a standard example of a writer working within the confines of a licensed property; meaning, that over the course of the stories, very little happens to change the status quo. At the end, it's still GI Joe vs. COBRA, and when Hasbro has a property to sell, it can't be worked into a corner. Because of this, you may get bored seeing the same characters in similar situations over and over again. Despite this, Hama does provide some occasional diversions from the standard fare, such as plots that almost resemble EC war comics, or that give us insight into the lives of specific characters in the GI Joe universe. The best example of the former is issue # 34, which features a tense dogfight between the high-flyers Ace and Wild Weasel. For the latter, there are no better examples than issues 21, 26, and 27, where Hama builds a history for the mysterious Snake Eyes. These 3 issues in particular are pure gold (in fact, # 21, titled "Silent Interlude", is commonly referred to as the best GI Joe story ever written), and it can be clearly seen why Snake Eyes became the fan-favorite, as no other Joe received this degree of analysis.
Art-wise, this series was somewhat of a disappointment. Herb Trimpe provides great pencils for the first several issues, with his Kirby-esque style giving an interesting twist to the military hardware and scientific gadgets. The great Marie Severin drops by for one issue. Writer Larry Hama even takes time for a few penciling jobs, notably the aforementioned issues 21 & 26. Sure, this sounds pretty good so far, but thereafter, it's primarily a rotation of Rod Wigham and Frank Springer, neither of whose work has any real depth. What's really unfortunate is that Larry Hama wasn't able to illustrate more stories in the series, as he is truly a talented artist who obviously knows how his stories should be depicted. He's good - really, really good. In addition, while Michael Golden does provide some covers, his work from the GI Joe Yearbooks was not included. What a shame.
Overall, this was a fun trip back to my childhood, but for the cost, the quality of the material doesn't quite add up. This is the rare case where I feel a talented inker should be allowed to spruce up an older comic.
Great book, save for a few omissions.......2003-09-04
Ah yes, the start of the GI Joe craze. The comics are far better than the TV series ever was. The interesting thing about the first ten issues of GI Joe is that, except for the 2-part Oktober Guard intro, they are all single-issue stories, most of which impact very little on the rest of the series.
I liked having them in a single volume, but I do not like the fact that the back-up story in issue 1, nor the pin-up extras that were in the original somics, are included in this volume. Would it have hurt them to have put those add-ons in the back? That's why I can only give this volume a 4 out of 5.
I'm glad I got this........2002-09-12
I had every issue ... of GI Joe but had to sell my collection to make ends meet. Now however I'll be able to enjoy the art, stories and memories I once had with these new paperbacks.Amazon has good shipping time and great prices for these books so get them here. I hope they end up reprinting all ...issues and [the] Special Missions.
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G.I. Joe, a Real American Hero
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MY NAME IS EMRAH AYYILDIZ.......1999-07-22
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MY NAME IS EMRAH AYYILDIZ.......1999-07-22
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MY NAME IS EMRAH AYYILDIZ.......1999-07-21
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Yo Joe! Join the color guard! Comes with mind-blowing G.I. Joe bookmarks to cut out!
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