Tales of the TMNT #70 (Final issue) - Page 5

*Cipher* · 05-06-2010, 08:42 AM

Volume 4, as it stands, is still one giant cocktease. Say what you will about it, but stuff was getting really interesting.

I kind of wish someone would just get the premise/plot ideas from Laird and do a faster and more competent job scripting it.

drasgow · 05-06-2010, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Cipher

I kind of wish someone would just get the premise/plot ideas from Laird and do a faster and more competent job scripting it.

word to the up.

*Andrew NDB* · 05-06-2010, 12:59 PM

Woo-hoo! Success!

Here's the final cover:

And a note from Dan on www.miragelicensing.com:

This is the final issue of Tales volume two and the story is tied directly into TMNT volume one #19, #20 and #21. What seems like a million years ago now, Andrew Modeen asked if we had any plans to utilize the same cover motif from those isses for the last issue of Tales volume two. I don't remember if we'd discussed it here (I don't recall that we did, but my memory blows) - regardless, it was a cool idea. However, it would muck up the continuity of the series' covers using such a drastically different format. So we hemmed and hawed a little bit and when it was finally time to send the issue to Brenner Printing, Eric Talbot came to what we think is a logical conclusion - just do a flip cover and use both versions! So the last issue of the book will also be the first issue (I think) where we use a flip cover for the series. We went with the classic RTNY cover style for the actual cover because there was no room for the UPC that had to go on the back cover. So thanks Andrew for the cool suggestion! This is a nice way to put a cap on the series and Mirage Publishing in general (although Mirage may do some more TMNT comic projects in the future, nothing is set in stone at the moment). As always, thank you very much for the decades of support - we couldn't have done it without you!

*plastroncafe* · 05-06-2010, 01:09 PM

That is awesome!

*DrSpengler* · 05-06-2010, 01:16 PM

OH YEAH!

Thanks for getting the idea to Mirage, Andrew. Really cool that they took the suggestion to heart.

*Andrew NDB* · 05-06-2010, 02:35 PM

Right down to the "Book 1.5". Really, really cool of them to run with that.

The only thing that would be cooller at this point is if they printed it on the old newsprint, not the current glossy paper.

TMNachoT · 05-06-2010, 02:37 PM

Great idea, andrew!

The art look terrific!!!!

*CyberCubed* · 05-06-2010, 02:38 PM

I love how Dan said, "Mirage may do more TMNT comics in the future, although nothing is set in stone."

C'mon, we need to get the climax of Volume 4 at some point. Just finish that damn series already, PL said he wanted to wrap it up in 6 issues.

*Andrew NDB* · 05-06-2010, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

PL said he wanted to wrap it up in 6 issues.

If memory serves, he said it could be wrapped up in 6 issues, not that he wanted it be done in such.

Billbeaux · 05-06-2010, 04:18 PM

So that caps off miracle number 2.

Whatcha gonna do for the hat trick, Andrew?

*oldmanwinters* · 05-06-2010, 04:25 PM

I'm really glad they also went the a new (or is it really "old") font for the title. It harkens back to Tales of TMNT Volume 1 and meshes much more nicely with the other Return to New York issues. And the touched up color looks great as well!

As others have said, well done ,Andrew, for your enduring influence with the TMNT comic franchise!

*VaughnMichael* · 05-06-2010, 04:46 PM

I'm glad they went with it as well, shame they couldn't get Eastman to do the cover art.

*Powder* · 05-06-2010, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by VaughnMichael

I'm glad they went with it as well, shame they couldn't get Eastman to do the cover art.

+100 points. I agree. The entire issue should have been an Eastman/Laird Collabo in my honest opinion. I know that wouldn't of happened (& obviously it didn't) but I digress.

*Andrew NDB* · 05-06-2010, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Powder

+100 points. I agree. The entire issue should have been an Eastman/Laird Collabo in my honest opinion. I know that wouldn't of happened (& obviously it didn't) but I digress.

Nah, it should've been Lawson on pencils and Eastman on inks, just like in #21. "Return to New York" was just as much, if not more Jim Lawson's baby than either Peter or Kevin alone... Lawson definitely ought to be in the mix there.

Peter ought to have done up the cover.

I kinda hope they don't do a frontispiece in this issue.

*Powder* · 05-06-2010, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Nah, it should've been Lawson on pencils and Eastman on inks, just like in #21. "Return to New York" was just as much, if not more Jim Lawson's baby than either Peter or Kevin alone... Lawson definitely ought to be in the mix there.

Peter ought to have done up the cover.

I kinda hope they don't do a frontispiece in this issue.

The frontispiece has already been shown on Dooney's Deviantart-

Spoiler:

" This is the splash page that I drew for the last issue of Tales of the TMNT (#70). I colorized it in Photoshop for fun. I can hear Raphael in my head saying,'Next?' "

*Andrew NDB* · 05-06-2010, 05:57 PM

Well, it's hard to get mad at a great piece of art like that.

*discordiatookie* · 05-06-2010, 06:10 PM

Great news about the flip cover. Gonna haveta buy two - one to stick in with vol 1, and one to stick in with Tales.

I take it everyone has seen the previews for this book? I think i've figured out what i've been missing* from Lawson's art: duoshading. It looks really, really, really awesome.

*Must say though, i'm a massive Lawson fan. But the duoshading just seems to take it to another level.

*DrSpengler* · 05-06-2010, 07:52 PM

The duoshading makes a world of difference. Without it, Lawson's stuff really does tend to look like a "coloring book", to put it crudely.

Still not the same look or feel as the vintage RTNY issues, but it is much prettier than Lawson's latest efforts.

And good to see it isn't just a Raph vs. Zog fight. Some Foot stuff in there to break up the monotony. Looking forward to this!

**Venom** · 05-06-2010, 08:54 PM

The final cover is kick-ass and a great testament to the fact that Mirage's core members did care about the fans. Serves as a great last hurrah.

TMNachoT · 05-07-2010, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by DrSpengler

The duoshading makes a world of difference. Without it, Lawson's stuff really does tend to look like a "coloring book", to put it crudely.

I remember showing my tmnt comics to a friend and she thought that they were coloring books.

05-06-2010, 12:59 PM	#83
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 29,307	Woo-hoo! Success! Here's the final cover: And a note from Dan on www.miragelicensing.com: This is the final issue of Tales volume two and the story is tied directly into TMNT volume one #19, #20 and #21. What seems like a million years ago now, Andrew Modeen asked if we had any plans to utilize the same cover motif from those isses for the last issue of Tales volume two. I don't remember if we'd discussed it here (I don't recall that we did, but my memory blows) - regardless, it was a cool idea. However, it would muck up the continuity of the series' covers using such a drastically different format. So we hemmed and hawed a little bit and when it was finally time to send the issue to Brenner Printing, Eric Talbot came to what we think is a logical conclusion - just do a flip cover and use both versions! So the last issue of the book will also be the first issue (I think) where we use a flip cover for the series. We went with the classic RTNY cover style for the actual cover because there was no room for the UPC that had to go on the back cover. So thanks Andrew for the cool suggestion! This is a nice way to put a cap on the series and Mirage Publishing in general (although Mirage may do some more TMNT comic projects in the future, nothing is set in stone at the moment). As always, thank you very much for the decades of support - we couldn't have done it without you! __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ]

05-06-2010, 02:35 PM	#86
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 29,307	Right down to the "Book 1.5". Really, really cool of them to run with that. The only thing that would be cooller at this point is if they printed it on the old newsprint, not the current glossy paper. __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ]

05-06-2010, 04:25 PM	#91
oldmanwinters Overlord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Between yesterday and tomorrow! Posts: 14,948	I'm really glad they also went the a new (or is it really "old") font for the title. It harkens back to Tales of TMNT Volume 1 and meshes much more nicely with the other Return to New York issues. And the touched up color looks great as well! As others have said, well done ,Andrew, for your enduring influence with the TMNT comic franchise! __________________ 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!

05-06-2010, 05:57 PM	#96
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 29,307	Well, it's hard to get mad at a great piece of art like that. __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ]

05-06-2010, 06:10 PM	#97
discordiatookie facehugger Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Posts: 2,817	Great news about the flip cover. Gonna haveta buy two - one to stick in with vol 1, and one to stick in with Tales. I take it everyone has seen the previews for this book? I think i've figured out what i've been missing* from Lawson's art: duoshading. It looks really, really, really awesome. *Must say though, i'm a massive Lawson fan. But the duoshading just seems to take it to another level. __________________ 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

05-06-2010, 08:42 AM	#81
Cipher Foot Elite Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 3,454	Volume 4, as it stands, is still one giant cocktease. Say what you will about it, but stuff was getting really interesting. I kind of wish someone would just get the premise/plot ideas from Laird and do a faster and more competent job scripting it.

05-06-2010, 01:16 PM	#85
DrSpengler Foot Elite Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,830	OH YEAH! Thanks for getting the idea to Mirage, Andrew. Really cool that they took the suggestion to heart.

05-06-2010, 02:37 PM	#87
TMNachoT Stone Warrior Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Mendoza Posts: 809	Great idea, andrew! The art look terrific!!!!

05-06-2010, 02:38 PM	#88
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 41,085	I love how Dan said, "Mirage may do more TMNT comics in the future, although nothing is set in stone." C'mon, we need to get the climax of Volume 4 at some point. Just finish that damn series already, PL said he wanted to wrap it up in 6 issues.

05-06-2010, 04:18 PM	#90
Billbeaux Foot Soldier Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Flyover Country Posts: 165	So that caps off miracle number 2. Whatcha gonna do for the hat trick, Andrew?

05-06-2010, 04:46 PM	#92
VaughnMichael I'm Baaaaaaccck! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 11,833	I'm glad they went with it as well, shame they couldn't get Eastman to do the cover art.

05-06-2010, 07:52 PM	#98
DrSpengler Foot Elite Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,830	The duoshading makes a world of difference. Without it, Lawson's stuff really does tend to look like a "coloring book", to put it crudely. Still not the same look or feel as the vintage RTNY issues, but it is much prettier than Lawson's latest efforts. And good to see it isn't just a Raph vs. Zog fight. Some Foot stuff in there to break up the monotony. Looking forward to this!

05-06-2010, 08:54 PM	#99
Venom Space Knight Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 3,635	The final cover is kick-ass and a great testament to the fact that Mirage's core members did care about the fans. Serves as a great last hurrah.