Tales of the TMNT #64

[Cipher]

Originally Posted by TristanHuwJones

I've been contemplating contacting Kevin/Heavy Metal about continuing it, finishing the whole thing off in a graphic novel format. Thoughts?

Man, I always forget about Heavy Metal as a Turtles outlet. I'm always down for a story line being finished (still going to read #64 later today). I'd buy.

Anyway Heavy Metal could also reprint the existing issues of the story?

The Apprentice was a character I was lining up for a Savanti Romero story. Basic idea was that Romero had an apprentice in the dark ages who managed to cross time and space the way his master couldn't. He'd managed to replicate the Time Scepter. The mob guy wasn't a Puzzorelli, but there were connections, and the aide was my favorite character not to get any attention. She's the Hand to my Osborn

Le sigh. Savanti would get worked into a longer plot. Complete Carnage never had his fair shake, I tell ya!

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by TristanHuwJones

I've been contemplating contacting Kevin/Heavy Metal about continuing it, finishing the whole thing off in a graphic novel format. Thoughts?

Wow, that would be aweomse. Harmon on pencils?

[CyberCubed]

Finish it off, this time with no loose ends.

[Cipher]

Okay, read it. Loved it.

I thought it had to have been over-hyped. I've found that Tristan's issues have always been, no offense, a little too revered among the fans. But, boy, was I wrong. This one was that good. This is absolutely one of the highlights of the entire volume.

And Mike's character? More spot on than I imagined it would be. You know what Tales could've used more of? Swearing. Not in an "OMG SO HARDCORE" kind of way, but in the way it was used here. Mike sounded like a real teenager, and a fairly witty one at that. Perfect.

Lawson's art was oh-so-good with this script.

And, finally, the nose-glasses gag was one of the first times I've genuinely laughed at the comic in a while.

[odupianist]

Tristan, IF you managed to get Kevin/Heavy Metal to do it (which I would totally buy in a hard cover, just saying), would you try to do maybe a TPB with the other issues that have already been run in Tales Vol 2 included? That way, we have the full conclusive story in our hands. Either way, I love the idea of Heavy Metal helping you finish this story. Make it happen lol

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by Cipher Classic

And, finally, the nose-glasses gag was one of the first times I've genuinely laughed at the comic in a while.

I crack up every time I read the Foot Mystic stick-figure say "Fu*k you!" to Leo

[TristanHuwJones]

Originally Posted by odupianist

Tristan, IF you managed to get Kevin/Heavy Metal to do it (which I would totally buy in a hard cover, just saying), would you try to do maybe a TPB with the other issues that have already been run in Tales Vol 2 included? That way, we have the full conclusive story in our hands. Either way, I love the idea of Heavy Metal helping you finish this story. Make it happen lol

That's up to Heavy Metal I guess. I'm not sure what the deal would be reprint wise. As I said, it's an idea I'm tossing around...

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

I crack up every time I read the Foot Mystic stick-figure say "Fu*k you!" to Leo

I just reread it yesterday... I would say it's a tie between that and the nose glasses.

[Sharman]

Originally Posted by TristanHuwJones

If you hit my blog, you can see what was going to come after this issue.

A decade later. What happened to the blog?

I still hold out a hope that one day IDW will return to reprinting Volume II of Tales (not necessarily colored) and even finish off the necessary plots - none deserve it more so than this!