Issue #1 Cover Pose - Page 3

*MrPliggins* · 02-10-2013, 08:08 AM

That is my favorite of the iron-ons, and thankfully the easiest one to find. And by easy I mean only extremely difficult and not impossible like the others.

*DrSpengler* · 06-06-2013, 08:37 AM

TMNT Entity is currently on another review hiatus while I spend my time translating the next chapter of the TMNT III manga, so I usually just update with quickie "Awesome Turtle Pictures".

One of the ones I wanted to do, though, was a collection of every instance where the classic TMNT (Vol. 1) #1 rooftop cover pose was redone.

Can anyone tell me if I'm missing any:

TMNT Vol. 1 #1 first printing by Eastman and Laird
TMNT Vol. 1 #1 PBBZ Printing by Laird (may be black and white version of TMNT #50)
TMNT Vol. 1 #1 2009 Full Color Printing by Laird (may be recolor of TMNT #50)

TMNT Vol. 1 #16 interior page by Mark Martin (may just be tracing TMNT #1 cover)

TMNT Vol. 1 #50 by Laird

TMNT Vol. 3 TPB cover by Frank Fosco

TMNT Collected Movie Books cover by Imagi and Steve Jung

Turtles Forever scene where the Mirage TMNT first appear and after everyone leaves Turtle Prime

TMNT (IDW) #12 Cover A by Dan Duncan

Nick TMNT cartoon intro sequence

Any others? I'd like to include instances in the cartoons when the pose was struck, too. Besides the Mirage TMNT doing it in Turtles Forever, were there any other cartoon episodes that called back to that pose? Did the 4Kids or Nick TMNT ever do it in any episodes?

*oldmanwinters* · 06-06-2013, 10:04 AM

Both Mirage (2009) and IDW (2012) threw some color over the original art for their reprints, but other than that I think you covered them all.

EDIT: I guess Mirage just colorized the PBBZ reprint cover in '09.

Matches Malone · 06-06-2013, 10:15 AM

There was a whole thread on this a while back, and there are definitely more. Off the top of my head, I know Frank Fosco did one do the Image TPB cover. Mark Torres and Ross Campbell each have one out there, but I don't think they were official covers. I think Dan Berger may have done an iteration too.

EDIT: Whoops, didn't see you has the Image cover listed already.

EDIT 2:
Ross Campbell http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/20...fe-d5tiypi.jpg
SDCC 2012 Promo Comic http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RgPDUWS9L.jpg

Couldn't find the Mark Torres one, but I could have sworn I saw it somewhere...

*discordiatookie* · 06-06-2013, 11:51 AM

There's also the mural thingy at Meltdown Comics in LA done by Kevin Eastman and Mark Bode.

http://www.ninjapizza.net/2011/11/co...wn-comics.html

Edit: Just watched that video I linked to... Kevin Eastman comes across as a great guy in pretty much every interview i've seen/read. And i've always thought it pronounced Mark BOAD, not BODEE... Its like the Renet/Renee thing all over again for me!

*Powder* · 06-06-2013, 11:56 AM

The thread we had on this a few months back covered EVERYTHING. If someone can find that, we'd be in the clear.

At any rate, here's some recreations of the cover done by known TMNT artists.
In order it's Mark Torres, a Mirage Jam consisting of (from left to right) Lawson, Eastman, Dooney, Laird, & Berger on inks, Dan Berger, James Silvani (designed a crap-ton of merch over the years including t-shirts, lunchboxes, etc.), & Jim Lawson.

http://imgur.com/a/d62eZ

*DrSpengler* · 06-06-2013, 12:16 PM

Thanks Powder and Discordia. Didn't know we had a thread a few months back; totally missed it.

I'll add all those to the pile!

*oldmanwinters* · 06-06-2013, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Matches Malone

SDCC 2012 Promo Comic http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RgPDUWS9L.jpg

Aw, man, I had forgotten about this one; it's so great!

Matches Malone · 06-06-2013, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

Aw, man, I had forgotten about this one; it's so great!

I just noticed these figures have crazy elongated necks. They may have been prototypes but it's still weird. They almost look like the NECA figures.

*DrSpengler* · 06-06-2013, 04:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matches Malone

Ross Campbell http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/20...fe-d5tiypi.jpg
SDCC 2012 Promo Comic http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RgPDUWS9L.jpg

Awesome! Thanks! I tried looking back through the forum history, but the board starts deleting threads at February, so the previous one on the cover homages is likely lost. I appreciate everybody repeating this info for me.

The Mark Torres cover homage is in the link Powder provided (and it's great).

*oldmanwinters* · 06-06-2013, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrSpengler

Awesome! Thanks! I tried looking back through the forum history, but the board starts deleting threads at February, so the previous one on the cover homages is likely lost. I appreciate everybody repeating this info for me.

The Mark Torres cover homage is in the link Powder provided (and it's great).

Yeah, it's not so much that the threads were deleted, it's just that they aren't listed in the active threads. I tried cross-searching for Lawson, Berger, and Torres but to no avail thus far. "#1" would be a relevant term, but it's too short for the forum's search system to recognize.

*Powder* · 06-06-2013, 06:54 PM

I remembered it was Tothenines who made the thread, so I went to his profile and clicked the "find all threads started by Tothenines" button. Success!

http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=38665

*DrSpengler* · 06-06-2013, 09:03 PM

Awesome Powder. Thanks!

I think that sews up all the missing ones I need (didn't know about the Nick TMNT SDCC poster or the old iron-on and totally forgot about the IDW #1 Jetpack exclusive).

I'm gonna stick to ones that are unique in some way, even if it's just a recolor or a rough. Got 24 images in all.

Hmmm, some of these Awesome Turtle Picture quickies are as much work as a full article...

*Powder* · 06-07-2013, 01:07 AM

I know there's an Eastman recreation somewhere that he sold on his site too, but I couldn't find it. I dunno if that's the kinda thing you'd find relevant here but yeah...

*DrSpengler* · 06-07-2013, 06:43 PM

Awesome Turtle Picture #20: A cover so nice they made it twice! Then 20 more times.

Thanks everyone for helping me hunt down all those odds and ends!

*Powder* · 06-07-2013, 07:52 PM

A nice tribute as always! Just two things to make note of- You said the action figures in that one mock-up were modified NECA toys but they're actually the current Playmates run (albeit altered in the neck area at the very least). & the other thing is that Dan Duncans other tribute isn't actually roughs but rather an IDW Limited art piece that came packed in with a hardcover collected book, done months after #12 came out.

Davin · 06-07-2013, 08:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rooish

Awesome! I love these poses, but does anyone know what Raph is doing with his left leg? It doesn't seem to fit anywhere on some of the covers...

I've always wondered this!! I'm building a rooftop to recreate this scene soon with my B&W Necas and I'm trying to figure out if I can pose him without looking too goofy or falling over without support.

*DrSpengler* · 06-07-2013, 09:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Powder

A nice tribute as always! Just two things to make note of- You said the action figures in that one mock-up were modified NECA toys but they're actually the current Playmates run (albeit altered in the neck area at the very least). & the other thing is that Dan Duncans other tribute isn't actually roughs but rather an IDW Limited art piece that came packed in with a hardcover collected book, done months after #12 came out.

Made the changes! Thanks.

Looking at some of those artist commission and con sketches collected at the end, you can tell that a lot of the guys were recreating the cover from memory given that a few of the Turtles are standing in different spots. Heh.

Matches Malone · 06-08-2013, 12:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrSpengler

Made the changes! Thanks.

Looking at some of those artist commission and con sketches collected at the end, you can tell that a lot of the guys were recreating the cover from memory given that a few of the Turtles are standing in different spots. Heh.

I think that's true too, but at least with Ross', I know he intentionally switched up the turtles' positions for fun. Pretty neat, actually.

*oldmanwinters* · 06-08-2013, 05:13 AM

Nice work, Spengs. I think you probably "covered" everything!

06-06-2013, 08:37 AM	#42
DrSpengler Foot Elite Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,830	How many versions of the TMNT #1 rooftop cover pose are there? TMNT Entity is currently on another review hiatus while I spend my time translating the next chapter of the TMNT III manga, so I usually just update with quickie "Awesome Turtle Pictures". One of the ones I wanted to do, though, was a collection of every instance where the classic TMNT (Vol. 1) #1 rooftop cover pose was redone. Can anyone tell me if I'm missing any: TMNT Vol. 1 #1 first printing by Eastman and Laird TMNT Vol. 1 #1 PBBZ Printing by Laird (may be black and white version of TMNT #50) TMNT Vol. 1 #1 2009 Full Color Printing by Laird (may be recolor of TMNT #50) TMNT Vol. 1 #16 interior page by Mark Martin (may just be tracing TMNT #1 cover) TMNT Vol. 1 #50 by Laird TMNT Vol. 3 TPB cover by Frank Fosco TMNT Collected Movie Books cover by Imagi and Steve Jung Turtles Forever scene where the Mirage TMNT first appear and after everyone leaves Turtle Prime TMNT (IDW) #12 Cover A by Dan Duncan Nick TMNT cartoon intro sequence Any others? I'd like to include instances in the cartoons when the pose was struck, too. Besides the Mirage TMNT doing it in Turtles Forever, were there any other cartoon episodes that called back to that pose? Did the 4Kids or Nick TMNT ever do it in any episodes? Last edited by DrSpengler; 06-06-2013 at 08:56 AM.

06-06-2013, 10:04 AM	#43
oldmanwinters Overlord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Between yesterday and tomorrow! Posts: 14,936	Both Mirage (2009) and IDW (2012) threw some color over the original art for their reprints, but other than that I think you covered them all. EDIT: I guess Mirage just colorized the PBBZ reprint cover in '09. __________________ Experience the TMNT Fan Commentaries! Check out my TMNT fan comic, "Nothing to Fear"! View my sketch work! I'm selling some of my hard-to-find TMNT items!

06-06-2013, 10:15 AM	#44
Matches Malone Stone Warrior Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: California Posts: 954	There was a whole thread on this a while back, and there are definitely more. Off the top of my head, I know Frank Fosco did one do the Image TPB cover. Mark Torres and Ross Campbell each have one out there, but I don't think they were official covers. I think Dan Berger may have done an iteration too. EDIT: Whoops, didn't see you has the Image cover listed already. EDIT 2: Ross Campbell http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/20...fe-d5tiypi.jpg SDCC 2012 Promo Comic http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RgPDUWS9L.jpg Couldn't find the Mark Torres one, but I could have sworn I saw it somewhere... __________________ "Baxter, you slime puppy!" Last edited by Matches Malone; 06-06-2013 at 10:39 AM.

06-06-2013, 11:51 AM	#45
discordiatookie facehugger Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Posts: 2,817	There's also the mural thingy at Meltdown Comics in LA done by Kevin Eastman and Mark Bode. http://www.ninjapizza.net/2011/11/co...wn-comics.html Edit: Just watched that video I linked to... Kevin Eastman comes across as a great guy in pretty much every interview i've seen/read. And i've always thought it pronounced Mark BOAD, not BODEE... Its like the Renet/Renee thing all over again for me! __________________ Oh Discordia! Charyou Tree! Come, Reap! Don't tell us to grow up and out of it I got my cloak and dagger in a bar room brawl You actually trying to read this tiny text? Damn, you're dedicated! This is all just for effect you know... original TMNT art collection Last edited by discordiatookie; 06-06-2013 at 11:58 AM.

06-06-2013, 11:56 AM	#46
Powder So tired of this place Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell Ri La Posts: 26,808	The thread we had on this a few months back covered EVERYTHING. If someone can find that, we'd be in the clear. At any rate, here's some recreations of the cover done by known TMNT artists. In order it's Mark Torres, a Mirage Jam consisting of (from left to right) Lawson, Eastman, Dooney, Laird, & Berger on inks, Dan Berger, James Silvani (designed a crap-ton of merch over the years including t-shirts, lunchboxes, etc.), & Jim Lawson. http://imgur.com/a/d62eZ __________________ I'm convinced that none of you have ever experienced joy

02-10-2013, 08:08 AM	#41
MrPliggins Foot Elite Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3,006	That is my favorite of the iron-ons, and thankfully the easiest one to find. And by easy I mean only extremely difficult and not impossible like the others.

06-06-2013, 12:16 PM	#47
DrSpengler Foot Elite Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,830	Thanks Powder and Discordia. Didn't know we had a thread a few months back; totally missed it. I'll add all those to the pile!

06-06-2013, 06:54 PM	#52
Powder So tired of this place Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell Ri La Posts: 26,808	I remembered it was Tothenines who made the thread, so I went to his profile and clicked the "find all threads started by Tothenines" button. Success! http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=38665 __________________ I'm convinced that none of you have ever experienced joy

06-06-2013, 09:03 PM	#53
DrSpengler Foot Elite Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,830	Awesome Powder. Thanks! I think that sews up all the missing ones I need (didn't know about the Nick TMNT SDCC poster or the old iron-on and totally forgot about the IDW #1 Jetpack exclusive). I'm gonna stick to ones that are unique in some way, even if it's just a recolor or a rough. Got 24 images in all. Hmmm, some of these Awesome Turtle Picture quickies are as much work as a full article...

06-07-2013, 01:07 AM	#54
Powder So tired of this place Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell Ri La Posts: 26,808	I know there's an Eastman recreation somewhere that he sold on his site too, but I couldn't find it. I dunno if that's the kinda thing you'd find relevant here but yeah... __________________ I'm convinced that none of you have ever experienced joy

06-07-2013, 06:43 PM	#55
DrSpengler Foot Elite Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,830	Awesome Turtle Picture #20: A cover so nice they made it twice! Then 20 more times. Thanks everyone for helping me hunt down all those odds and ends!

06-07-2013, 07:52 PM	#56
Powder So tired of this place Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell Ri La Posts: 26,808	A nice tribute as always! Just two things to make note of- You said the action figures in that one mock-up were modified NECA toys but they're actually the current Playmates run (albeit altered in the neck area at the very least). & the other thing is that Dan Duncans other tribute isn't actually roughs but rather an IDW Limited art piece that came packed in with a hardcover collected book, done months after #12 came out. __________________ I'm convinced that none of you have ever experienced joy

06-08-2013, 05:13 AM	#60
oldmanwinters Overlord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Between yesterday and tomorrow! Posts: 14,936	Nice work, Spengs. I think you probably "covered" everything! __________________ Experience the TMNT Fan Commentaries! Check out my TMNT fan comic, "Nothing to Fear"! View my sketch work! I'm selling some of my hard-to-find TMNT items!