The name "Cobra-la" was supposed to just be a placeholder name for the secret country where Cobra Commander came from in the tepid GI Joe animated film from the 80's. "Like Cobra came from Shangri-La!" It never got changed to anything better.
Koh-Buru-La is probably just an attempt to make that sorta good.
"What he thinks is a Cobra combat drone is really a living engine of destruction forged in the red glare of a the smelting pits of an impossibly-distant grey world of eternal war." #Swoon
Random idea for high-lethality D&D campaigns: Character death unlocks new classes and races. Maybe useful in “special snowflake” campaigns where no one reads your carefully crafted setting material. Instead you roll it out piecemeal as PCs bite the dust. “I really want to play a saurian warlock…sure, I’ll take a drink of that mystery potion.” Someone probably thought of this before.
Hey, I'm using Jeff and Brendan's 20 questions to help me get a feel for my upcoming Perdition campaign. Never done it before. Highly recommended. http://jrients.blogspot.com/2011/04/twenty-quick-questions-for-your.html http://www.necropraxis.com/2012/02/24/20-quick-questions-rules/
...koh-buru-lah? What even are they doing there?
ReplyDeleteNo idea but it's awesome. It's like if Jack Kirby and Steranko wrote GI Joe.
ReplyDeleteThe name "Cobra-la" was supposed to just be a placeholder name for the secret country where Cobra Commander came from in the tepid GI Joe animated film from the 80's. "Like Cobra came from Shangri-La!" It never got changed to anything better.
ReplyDeleteKoh-Buru-La is probably just an attempt to make that sorta good.
Yeah it really channels Kirby
ReplyDeleteOne thinks "Starscream" is a composite of star and scream. But in actual fact it's of stars and cream.
ReplyDeleteStar cream! Delicious
ReplyDeleteI swear a long time ago I talked about how Snake Eyes was a blonde guy in the comics at one point and you didn't believe me.
ReplyDeleteHis mask was blonde... He maybe was before being disfigured, I don't think they ever show his eyes and hair in a flashback.
ReplyDeleteBut in this comic he's not pretty for long...
"What he thinks is a Cobra combat drone is really a living engine of destruction forged in the red glare of a the smelting pits of an impossibly-distant grey world of eternal war." #Swoon
ReplyDeleteI think I need to pick this one up!
Issue 0 is free on Comixology. That's what this is from. All the writing is like this.
ReplyDeleteThis is also the only time anyone has made Starscream badass. "Paragon of DEATH!"
ReplyDeleteThat art and writing is great.
ReplyDeleteIn a split-second he decides to throw a grenade to the weird-robot ;)
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