G.I. Joe Art Books by Dave Dorman
Star Wars: The Art of Dave* is one of many art books in my library, and now it seems that I’ll have two Dave Dorman G.I. Joe art books on my shelf. Priced at $20/each, both of the books — available at Dorman’s site — are small, 6″ x 9″ and only 24-pages each. The $20/book is a bit pricey, but since each is limited to 250 copies I wasn’t too bothered by the price tag.
Between the mid 1980’s thru the early 90’s I had the great pleasure to work with Hasbro toys producing art for in-house use helping create the design of GI Joe action figures. This work was for production only and not intended for reproduction, promotion, or packaging. I have had many fans over the years ask about this art. Because there is continuned interest to this day to see these unpublished pieces, I have taken your wishes and decided to publish some of these in a small book. While there have been a few articles in collector’s magazines and online interviews about this work, and a few scattered publication of a couple of pieces, this will be the first real collection my Hasbro work from this period.
The hisstank.com thread where I learned about both of these books warns us all that Dorman’s shipping speed isn’t the quickest out there, and that there are question marks and “unknown” in places, but I’m not sure I’m all that worried. I want the Dorman art; I can do research online if I don’t instantly recognize any of the designs.
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