Michel Fiffe's doing G.I. Joe: Sierra Muerte at IDW.

[thanekos]

It's three issues set on the subtitular mentioned-but-never-seen neighbor of Sierra Gordo (the definitely seen setting of several Real American Hero stories).

Part of its plot involves a cache of weapons co-developed by the late Dr. Venom.

Both G.I. Joe and Cobra wanted to secure it, for different reasons.

Consequently, they were both interested in this one guy.





Their accoster unmasked.



(If you're wondering about Zartan's other associates, the sequence before this was a swamp fight with the Dreadnoks.)



(If you're wondering about Zartan, there he is.)



(Fiffe's sparsely, distinctively detailed faces are so good in closeup.)



(He does a similar distribution in some of his backgrounds, creating scenes that have definite depth without overshadowing their characters.)



(Fiffe's use of shadows is so good.)



He unmasked.



(The cliffhanger in the first panel's resolved in this week's issue #2.

Storm Shadow's in the second panel because Cobra Commander caught him being sneaky.

Destro's in the third panel 'cause he's in #2.

Pagecount's a little more than 7 of 24 from last month's #1.)

Comments

[beyondthefringe]

This art doesn't work for me. It feels like a really bad fancomic yoinked from DeviantArt. That full page Scarlett, for instance...

[lbd_nytetrayn]

Reminds me of certain Mirage TMNT.

[laughing_tree]

Michel Fiffe's work is as gorgeous as ever.

Between this and Scioli's stuff, it's great how the HDW-Hasbro isn't afraid to get indy and bold with its artistic choices.

[silverhammerman]

I love Michel Fiffe's work and am looking forward to picking this series up in trade, I'll read basically anything he puts out. I've never quite connected with GI Joe, there's no nostalgia in it for me and I've never found a version of it which really appealed to me, but I'm always onboard for Fiffe.