G.I. Joe- 3.75 Division Episode : 32 "Unorthodox Methods (Part 2)"

Okay the thrilling cliffhanger to "Season 1" of G.I. Joe: 3.75 Division is here!

Well it wasn't supposed to be a cliffhanger, it's more just the ending to Year 1 of the photo comic series. Year 2 on the other hand...that was just 2 episodes long so I' going to mash those episodes into "Season 1" with "Season 2" starting here in 2023.

Onto the episode! As usual, click the photos to enlarge them for easier viewing and check after the last panel for Director's commentary and behind the scenes information!

No deleted scenes in this episode, aside from some alternate blurry photos, I was luckily able to extract everything I needed for the story of this one with what I had.

I really do love re-vamping characters like Raptor because, for so many die hard 1982 G.I. Joe kids, '87 is the year the Joe line started to "Jump the Shark". There was an inkling if it in '86, but by '87 things had gotten way less militaristic then those fans cared for. Raptor, Crystal Ball, Big Boa- all these figures were looked at it puzzlement but at the end of the day- the 7 year old kids in 1987 loved them (well maybe not Crystal Ball that much...).

In this story, Raptor was given a full technological make over by Dr. Mindbender and the Cyber-Vipers. He has the ability to fly with the wings and backpack he wears, he has a telepathic helmet that allows him to communicate with birds along with his pet falcon, his boots are equipped with talons to slash at enemies- the works! So now, as a Cobra agent who can fly, he's Cobra Commander's stealthy "Spy in the Sky" and an invaluable asset to his organization. The Night Vulture with the Cobra Jet Pack also acts as an aerial spy, but Raptor does it with more...style I guess?

I wouldn't make another episode of G.I. Joe: 3.75 Division for 10 months after I first put this episode up on my Instagram in September of '21 and it wasn't all my fault.

My new phone had a different photo editing app then the one I made these 34 episodes with, and that made it impossible to actually create anything new, despite having access to all the photos via my Google Photos account.

Episode 33 is coming up next, followed by Episode 34 and then the mini episode "Christmas Time & Rock 'n Roll" which will lead directly into the story arc for much of 2023.

I have enough photos to round out where I left off in 2021 and 2022, and as Rock 'n Roll is another missing member of Captain Grid-Iron's team he will be our tie to that team while out on a totally different adventure.

Stay tuned gang!

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G.I. Joe- 3.75 Division Episode 35: "To go boldly..."

Man a LOT of time has lapsed between putting new episodes of the comic up hasn't it? Episode 34 debuted on July 7th 2022 and episode 35 wouldn't debut until December 31st 2022- and exactly thirty minutes from midnight to boot! Alot of insanity has cropped up in my personal life prohibiting me from doing more photo shoots and progressing the story as I wanted it to, but from chaos comes order (so to speak). Episode 35 is monumental because it's the start of a new concurrent story arc that will be taking place parallel to the " The Rescue of Deep Six " story arc I've been showing since 2021. I'm really enjoying this other story arc and I hope you all well too. As usual, click the photos to enlarge them for easier viewing and check after the last photo for some more Director's commentary! Okay fun Fact? I totally didn't remember that the first episode of this series was titled "To bodly go...", so it's rather appropriate that this ne...

G.I. Joe- 3.75 Division Episode 38: "Running Out of Time"

Hooray I'm being consecutive again! This week's episode was another episode that was stuck in development limbo for over a year and I'm just proud of myself for taking the time to sit down and script this finally. I'm just going to get right into the photo comic and wait for the Director's commentary afterwards to talk about everything. As usual, click the photos to enlarge them for easier viewing and enjoy! This episode features photos taken from 2021 and May of 2022 as I had gotten the "Decepticon" base set from Extreme Sets around that time. As I didn't have time to shoot the photos chronologically, I shot episode 33: "The Deep" at the same time as I snapped the photos for this episode and the next two episodes. So for ME it's been rough to sit on these cool shots for almost a year and a half. I laughed when I got to this episode because this comic has been running for close to 2 and a half years and it took me 39 episodes until th...

G.I. Joe- 3.75 Division Episode 36: "Nervous Man in a Two Dollar Room"

This episode took so much time to finish and it irritated the hell out of me. Those last 3 panels I had gotten severe writers block on and I wasn't sure exactly how to end it. More on why after the story, as usual click on each photo to expand it for easier reading and then look afterwards for Director's commentary! The title to this episode is a nod to an episode of The Twilight Zone, specifically "A Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room", the $2.00 refering to how much vintage G.I. Joes used to cost. This episode really stuck me at those last 3 panels. Episode 35 and 36 were both shot at a house in the mountains of Pennsylvania that belongs to the family of my wife's friend. As the kitchen wasn't updated since the 1970's, it makes for a really cool and vintage-looking set for the comic to take place in. Part of the cause of my writer's block is I wasn't sure how long we would be staying here and didn't want to start a shoot here that would last...

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