Half the Battle
#9 — Flint’s Gloves
Obviously, I’m a pretty big fan of GI Joe. But if the internet has taught me anything, it’s that I’m not the biggest fan by far. There are online fan pages that allow fans to showcase their obsessive mettle and many of these people put me to shame in terms of zealous passion. This strip makes fun of these people and is probably my most insider of the bunch.
For those that are not entrenched in the GI Joe forum communities, when the new action figures were first put out a few years ago commemorating the 25th anniversary of the original line, they released a Flint action figure that used the same body mold as another character, Duke. A loud portion of the online fandom went up in arms that Flint did not have gloves, like he did in his original 1985 version. The venomous invective spouted over this issue had nothing to do with the overall quality of the figure (which actually wasn’t all that good) and, to me, illustrated nerd rage pretty perfectly. So, in the grand tradition of many artists, I now present a strip ridiculing my most likely fanbase… Enjoy!
Oh, by the way, the same nerd rage (though not as virulently) was extended towards Lady Jaye with her hat…
And now you know…
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