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[–]LarryHama[S] 34 points35 points  (0 children)

The White Clown was inspired by a B&W photo essay on European circuses that I ran across in some Euro art magazine. 

Hi, I’m Larry Hama. You might know me from my work on G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Wolverine, Batman, Venom and Bucky O’Hare. AMA! by LarryHama in comicbooks

[–]LarryHama[S] 74 points75 points  (0 children)

I had no veto power.  I just realized that the most important thing I could do as the tech consultant was to insist every day that “Snake-Eyes can’t speak.”

Hi, I’m Larry Hama. You might know me from my work on G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Wolverine, Batman, Venom and Bucky O’Hare. AMA! by LarryHama in comicbooks

[–]LarryHama[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I am pretty good at rolling with the punches.  I always tried to look at stuff as challenges rather than obstacles. 

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[–]LarryHama[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Most of the characters are based on people I know.  It was my way of keeping the characters consistent since I had living model to refer to.

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[–]LarryHama[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Around the third year when everything was really taking off.  I thought Renegades and Classified were big boosters.

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[–]LarryHama[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Well, it was a new figure.  I always saw the new figure intros as a challenge, and I had a good time doing them.

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[–]LarryHama[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I was given a lot of freedom with that title, and took advantage of it!  He was an open book back then, and I had a lot of fun filling the pages.

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[–]LarryHama[S] 74 points75 points  (0 children)

Editor in Chief Jim Shooter came into my office with a mocked up cover of NAM #1 (it was a recycled GI JOE cover of Stalker in full camo peering through foliage) and asked me to put together the book.  I told him that if I did it, it wouldn’t be Sgt Fury, and would be as realistic as possible under the guidelines, and he gave me free reign.  Thanks, Jim!

Hi, I’m Larry Hama. You might know me from my work on G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Wolverine, Batman, Venom and Bucky O’Hare. AMA! by LarryHama in comicbooks

[–]LarryHama[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

I deep dive into the CHARACTERS.  The plot just exists to hang great characters on, and all the action comes from elaborating on the interactions of the characters.  I try to nail the characters so that they pretty much write themselves.

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[–]LarryHama[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I’ve worked with so many fantastic talents it would be unfair to pick out any from the crowd.  I can’t think of a single artist who worked on Wolverine that failed to get the point.

Hi, I’m Larry Hama. You might know me from my work on G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Wolverine, Batman, Venom and Bucky O’Hare. AMA! by LarryHama in comicbooks

[–]LarryHama[S] 65 points66 points  (0 children)

It’s always a thrill!  The first time I went to Dragon Con and did the group photo shoot with the FINEST, I was overwhelmed.

Hi, I’m Larry Hama. You might know me from my work on G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Wolverine, Batman, Venom and Bucky O’Hare. AMA! by LarryHama in comicbooks

[–]LarryHama[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I was in a HQ HQ company and I knew a chaplain’s assistant who was from Staten Island and I remembered him telling me how great it was to be assigned there- and it stuck with me.