Yo Joe June, Day 14: Taurus!

 I've always been a fan of GI Joe the Movie from 1987. And while it did bring us Cobra-La (Sigh) it also introduced Sgt Slaughter's Renegades! 

 

Yo Joe June, Day 14, Taurus by Mark Pennington!

This is another sketch brought to us all by my trip to Joe Fest 2023! I first became aware of Mark Pennington through his work as a comic book inker. I was surprised to learn that Mark right from the Kubert Art School to designing action figures at Hasbro! 

When I saw that Mark would be at Joe Fest, I looked up several characters he had worked on and grabbed some reference. At Joe Fest, Mark chose Taurus because he has a "rougher" style he thought would work well for the character. Even though Taurus wears brighter colors, he comes across as pretty rough around the edges. 

Mark was very proud of the detail he created on the face of Taurus! If you want to see more of Mark's action figure design, check out Operation Recall! It's a great project where former creators from the GI Joe brand are back together, making new action figures for a crowdfunded project! 

https://www.operationrecall.com/