Skybound Entertainment has served up another awesome “Artist on the Front Line” segment, this time around with a spotlight on Artist extraordinaire, Andy Kubert!
Andrew “Andy” Kubert (born February 27, 1962) is an American comic book artist, son of Joe Kubert, and brother of Adam Kubert, both of whom are also artists. He is a graduate of and an instructor of second-year classes at The Kubert School, founded by his father (who also teaches there).
Check out the latest segment from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Compendium Set kickstarter campaign below –
In this installment of Artists on the Front Line, we talk to the absolutely iconic creator Andy Kubert! In addition to his iconic work on A Real American Hero, Andy has also drawn just about every hero under the sun from DC and Marvel over this decades-long career. Check out part 1 of our chat with him!
Out of all of your work on G.I. Joe, what’s the issue or piece that fans continue to ask you about to this day? Why do you think they’re still fascinated with it?
Andy: At comic conventions, I still sign a lot of the Joe covers with Snake Eyes…Marvel issues #91 and #96 respectively. Snake Eyes is a great design and just plain cool looking. It’s hard NOT to make him look cool. Mike Zeck and Michael Golden did a fantastic job illustrating him and both of them had a profound influence on how I approach the character.
I think those covers resonate with people not just for the art, but Snake Eyes himself. Plus, fans loved the stories inside those issues!
Who is the G.I. Joe or Cobra character that you feel you didn’t get to draw enough of? Why do you find that character so interesting?
Andy: I would love to draw Rock and Roll more. He reminds me of the Jesse Ventura character “Blaine” from the first Predator film which is one of my favorite films of all time.
He also reminds me of the DC COMICS character Sgt. Rock, that reminds me of my dad and basically my whole childhood of reading comics up to the point of learning how to draw comics. My first main gig in comics was drawing Sgt. Rock.
The series has continued well into the 300s, with no end in sight. In your experience, what makes G.I. Joe comics series so enduring for fans and creators alike to keep the interest so high?
Andy: I feel that Larry Hama is personally responsible for not only G.I. JOE`s popularity, but how that popularity has continued.
Larry can write and create intriguing characters, design cool characters and props, create exciting storylines, draw anything comic related (cover design,storytelling, composition, basic drawing, inking, color…all aspects of art) and do all of it VERY, VERY well.
He has done all of this for G.I.JOE.
This is why G.I.JOE has endured.
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Thank you backers! See you tomorrow!
YO JOE!
-Team G.I. Joe
G.I. JOE TM & © 2024 Hasbro
I absolutely LOVE segments like this and can’t thank Skybound enough for deciding to incorporate this series into the Kickstarter event! Andy’s work is legendary, so his inclusion in this campaign makes it that much more special.
In the odd chance that you haven’t as of yet, consider getting in on the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Compendium Set on kickstarter!
I’ll be sure to mirror more segments like this as they’re shared. Stay tuned!
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This interview you gave Andy Kubert has been absolutely exciting! I had a lotta fun reading it!
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They really did a bang up job! Here’s the next in the series! I hope we get another in the Front Line series soon!
A new SpecOps archive piece was shared yesterday. I’m incredibly thankful to Skybound for cooking these up!
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