124 preview and discussion

*lonewarrior20* · 12-11-2021, 06:24 PM

https://comic-watch.com/news/sneak-p...-on-sale-12-15

amazing what emotions can be shown without words.

phillytmnt · 12-11-2021, 06:43 PM

I can’t believe 5 pages are wasted on looking for horrible weasel characters.

~~ChosenOne~~ · 12-11-2021, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by phillytmnt

I can’t believe 5 pages are wasted on looking for horrible weasel characters.

This run has been all about wasting pages.

*CyberCubed* · 12-11-2021, 08:08 PM

Is this a new artist? Resembles some Mirage artist art styles.

*neatoman* · 12-12-2021, 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by phillytmnt

I can’t believe 5 pages are wasted on looking for horrible weasel characters.

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Originally Posted by ChosenOne

This run has been all about wasting pages.

Yes, this preview is indeed a showcase of why this run does not work. The weasels have no real personalities and have barely done anything, I don't see why any reader would be able to care about them. The fact that they chose to side with Hob or any of the good guys caring about them being missing means nothing to me. Even if the weasels weren't a waste of space, five wordless pages dedicated to conveying how sad it is that they're gone isn't necessary, if anything it's padding. And keep in mind, this issue issue is probably only going to have 20 pages if you discount covers, letters column and adverts, at least 1/4 is just this.

This is inane.

~~Sumac~~ · 12-12-2021, 05:08 AM

Is it Teenage Mutant Thug Weasels, now?

*neatoman* · 12-12-2021, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Sumac

Is it Teenage Mutant Thug Weasels, now?

No, there's just a bunch of weasel characters we're expected to care about, not because their personalities or character development (they really don't have either by the way) but because they're meant to be "cute".

hypered1 · 12-12-2021, 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Is this a new artist? Resembles some Mirage artist art styles.

The artist is Ken Garing.

*CyberCubed* · 12-12-2021, 10:17 AM

The problem with the Weasels and Lita, is they feel like the cute kid spinoff characters you would find in a cartoon aimed at kids. That's exactly what they feel like, the added sidekick characters when a cartoon feels it needs to lighten up for kids.

But in a comic like this, they just feel like an odd inclusion. IDW was always aimed at adults and they feel like they're aimed to bring kids into reading the comic. The future Lita story is concluded at least for now, so now they're just kinda there. The other problem is they did this Old Hob/Weasels story about 3 times already in this same run, how many times are we going to focus on Old Hob trying to lure them back to his side only for the Turtles/Raph to chase Hob down again? I swear they JUST did this in the last story arc, and two times before.

~~Sumac~~ · 12-12-2021, 12:27 PM

Quality writing from a good author, amirite?

Maybe Campbell should write cartoons and SJW crap, as opposed to adult works?

~~ChosenOne~~ · 12-12-2021, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Sumac

Maybe Campbell should write cartoons and SJW crap, as opposed to adult works?

That's exactly what she's doing, except for some reason people are letting her call it TMNT.

hypered1 · 12-12-2021, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

IDW was always aimed at adults

Nope. The series has always been aimed at a older teen audience, any adult fans they've gained via nostalgia or curiosity or whatever has always been secondary to this.

*frank_one* · 12-12-2021, 12:57 PM

Let's be honest, older fans dropped this series long long time ago.

*Leo656* · 12-12-2021, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by frank_one

Let's be honest, older fans with the gift of foresight dropped this entire franchise a long long time ago.

Touched that one up a bit to make it slightly more accurate.

~~mrmaczaps~~ · 12-12-2021, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ChosenOne

This run has been all about wasting pages.

24 issues now of wasted pages...

~~mrmaczaps~~ · 12-12-2021, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Sumac

Quality writing from a good author, amirite?

Maybe Campbell should write cartoons and SJW crap, as opposed to adult works?

Terrible furries fanfic at best...

*Leo656* · 12-12-2021, 08:23 PM

To be fair, I know I've seen issues of Genus that had stories with better plot than the last two years' worth of IDW TMNT have had.

pingclang · 12-13-2021, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Leo656

To be fair, I know I've seen issues of Genus that had stories with better plot than the last two years' worth of IDW TMNT have had.

I mean, at least that book embraces what it is instead of shoving it into another franchise...

Poor choice of words on my part, there.

*Ninjinister* · 12-13-2021, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by lonewarrior20

https://comic-watch.com/news/sneak-p...-on-sale-12-15

amazing what emotions can be shown without words.

I'd say plotting those are a strength of Sophie's. The opening pages of #101 absolutely wrecked me.

*lonewarrior20* · 12-13-2021, 10:02 AM

If they did make an animated series of this, I think chris slater would be a good choice for old hob for how he was in mr robot and inside job.

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12-11-2021, 06:24 PM	#1
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12-11-2021, 06:43 PM	#2
phillytmnt Thug Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 78	I can’t believe 5 pages are wasted on looking for horrible weasel characters.

12-11-2021, 08:08 PM	#4
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 41,050	Is this a new artist? Resembles some Mirage artist art styles.

12-12-2021, 05:08 AM	#6
~~Sumac~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 6,129	Is it Teenage Mutant Thug Weasels, now?

12-12-2021, 10:17 AM	#9
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 41,050	The problem with the Weasels and Lita, is they feel like the cute kid spinoff characters you would find in a cartoon aimed at kids. That's exactly what they feel like, the added sidekick characters when a cartoon feels it needs to lighten up for kids. But in a comic like this, they just feel like an odd inclusion. IDW was always aimed at adults and they feel like they're aimed to bring kids into reading the comic. The future Lita story is concluded at least for now, so now they're just kinda there. The other problem is they did this Old Hob/Weasels story about 3 times already in this same run, how many times are we going to focus on Old Hob trying to lure them back to his side only for the Turtles/Raph to chase Hob down again? I swear they JUST did this in the last story arc, and two times before.

12-12-2021, 12:27 PM	#10
~~Sumac~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 6,129	Quality writing from a good author, amirite? Maybe Campbell should write cartoons and SJW crap, as opposed to adult works?

12-12-2021, 12:57 PM	#13
frank_one Mad Scientist Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Southern Europe Posts: 1,984	Let's be honest, older fans dropped this series long long time ago.

12-13-2021, 10:02 AM	#20
lonewarrior20 Mad Scientist Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: pekin,IL Posts: 1,691	If they did make an animated series of this, I think chris slater would be a good choice for old hob for how he was in mr robot and inside job.