Ask a Question: IDW's TMNT Editor Thread

[neatoman]

So Bebop and Rocksteady Destroy Everything just keeps opening up questions, doesn't it?

1. How many versions of the human pair have died? Did they all die?
2. Who is Stacy Two?
3. I love the Bebop/Rocksteady Fusion monster, is that thing ever coming back?
4. The Samurai Bebop/Rocksteady pair, is that based on the early Peter Laird drawings of them or is it just a coincidence?
5. Did Rocksteady just kill Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin?
6. I noticed the cult has the Apollo 11 covered in moss, is that relevant or just a nod to the previously mentioned scenario?
7. I see Mondo is in the tunnels, will he be in the final issue?

[Bobby Curnow]

1. At this point there's some many different versions/copies of both mutant and human B & R it's impossible to tell. A lot!

2. Rocksteady's ex-girlfriend. Beyond that, no real knowledge.

3. Can't say!

4. I would imagine a coincidence, I don't think the armor was in the script, so that would be a question for Pablo, if i'm remembering the page correctly offhand.

5. Maybe they were able to eject...? But quite possibly!

6. Hahaha, you know I never noticed that! Nice spot. Your guess is as good as mine!

7. Spoilers: No.

[CyberCubed]

Is it just me or was April's hair a bit longer in #59 when she was talking to Angel? Is her hair growing long again? It would be nice to see her hair grow long again naturally over the next year of issues or something.

[Bobby Curnow]

It's definitely longer than it was in, say, Northampton, when she got it cut.

[Ninjinister]

Spoiler:

Is there a name to the B&R fusion we're allowed to know at this time?

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by Ninjinister

Spoiler:

Is there a name to the B&R fusion we're allowed to know at this time?

I'm trying to come up with something...

Spoiler:

Ska jazz, maybe? Bebop is considered proto-Jazz and Rocksteady is considered proto-Reggae.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ska_jazz

[thundermaster612]

Hopefully nobody has asked you this already Bobby but if in the past Splinter's name was Hamato Yoshi then what was the turtles names in the past?

[Bobby Curnow]

Originally Posted by Ninjinister

Spoiler:

Is there a name to the B&R fusion we're allowed to know at this time?

I think it was Bopsteady in the script.

[Bobby Curnow]

Originally Posted by thundermaster612

Hopefully nobody has asked you this already Bobby but if in the past Splinter's name was Hamato Yoshi then what was the turtles names in the past?

We haven't come up with their Japanese names yet, so unknown!

[Erik Burnham]

Originally Posted by Bobby Curnow

We haven't come up with their Japanese names yet, so unknown!

I think we talked about naming them in a scene that was ultimately discarded for Turtles in Time!

But man, the weight of expectation is so high I'd be feeling like Spidey in ASM #33. (;

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by Erik Burnham

I think we talked about naming them in a scene that was ultimately discarded for Turtles in Time!

But man, the weight of expectation is so high I'd be feeling like Spidey in ASM #33. (;

The one from 1966 or 2001?

Spoiler:

Nah just kidding, I know you mean the 1966 one.

[CyberCubed]

Is

Spoiler:

Nightbug, the mutant April in the 60's

just a throwaway gag or could we potentially see the character in a future story?

[Bobby Curnow]

Ha, maybe! Dustin said he had a story idea for that character.

[ProphetofGanja]

Originally Posted by Bobby Curnow

Ha, maybe! Dustin said he had a story idea for that character.

that would be totally cool to see

you guys have plenty of stories to choose from if there's ever another Deviations collection!

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Bobby, I couldn't help but notice that the following were all conspicuously absent from any sort of wrap-up...

Wingnut/Screwloose, Scumbug, Soakarr, Angleron

Is it safe to assume that those were deliberately left ambiguous so that they could be reused later down the road, if a story so demands?

[neatoman]

There's an extremely important question I need to ask, what's Anchovy up to after this?

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by Bobby Curnow

Pertaining to the other thread, I think you're right Nines, I had forgot that we had mapped out the timeline with those captions that dated the events of Slash's mutation. I don't think it will be a continuity error in terms of the B & R miniseries, but obviously can't speak more to that until the series comes out.

Now that B&R is done, what's your take on Slash already being mutated, despite the absence of Old Hob and his mutant blood?

My current no-prize is that it was just a similar universe, but not the exact same IDW-verse.

EDIT: I know you can't say anything, but this just found its way online:


So now that we know Mr. Sakai is willing to work with Viacom, that's potentially huge for a theoretical IDW crossover. I just want to know, as far as you know, are IDW and Dark Horse on good terms? And if they weren't, would that even matter since Sakai owns Usagi?

[Bobby Curnow]

Yeah, that's a good explanation. In reality just me not thinking through that exact timeline well enough.

Or maybe there was a snapping turtle mutant before Slash...???

Whichever explanation works best for you!

[ToTheNines]

Yeah, I'm gonna go with slightly different universe, maybe even caused by B&R meddling with time. I'd be down with different terrapin, but since he fastened himself with a black mask after seeing his cousins, kinda seals the deal that he is Slash.

Also, I edited my post there probably right as you were typing your response. Miyamoto Usagi!

[Bobby Curnow]

Dark Horse and IDW are on good terms, yes.