Ask a Question: IDW's TMNT Editor Thread

[Bobby Curnow]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Something else I'm curious about, what happened to Traag and Granitor after the attack on Burnow Island? The last we see of them on panel is them walking away after their fight with Koya/Bludgeon, but we don't see them teleport or anything...just walk off. That was back in issue...37 or so? Its been a while.

Obviously with Krang under custody of the Neutrinos, Burnow Island now home to the Utroms under stasis, and where Fugitoid and Leatherhead worked on fixing Don's shell together, they can't still be there either. Or else they'd be causing trouble.

Did they teleport back to Dimension X off-screen or something?

Yes, we last saw them at the end of "Attack on Technodrome" in TMNT #44 I think.

I think declaring them "villains" in an upcoming story line is making some pretty major assumptions.

[ProphetofGanja]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Was this the first script where they planned for the Turtles to be aliens in the movie, and Shredder was intended to be Eric Sachs rather than Oroku Saki? The whole movie had hasty re-writes (which is why the film turned out to be so lackluster, worst TMNT movie ever), and the original Blue Door script was posted online where the Turtles were in fact...written as aliens and Shredder was Eric Sachs and turned out to be an alien too.

I'm glad there isn't any movie tie-in comic especially if that means we lose a mini in the IDW universe.

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I've been re-reading the first year of IDW lately, and I know this has come up in the past, but has there been any talk about revisiting the human lives of the Turtles in Feudal Japan in a flashback issue? A lot of people are still curious what the Turtles human Japanese names were, something that still hasn't been revealed after all this time.

It also would be interesting to see how Yoshi and his sons survived in the mountains for a while before Saki eventually caught up to them and killed them. As I said I just re-read issue 5 so I'm just reminded how much I liked the reincarnation bit and am curious to see if their human lives will be revisited.

Originally Posted by Bobby Curnow

No plans at this time.

can we expect an annual this year? they seem to come out in even-numbered years

[Bobby Curnow]

Originally Posted by ProphetofGanja

can we expect an annual this year? they seem to come out in even-numbered years

Ha, no. None planned in the near term. Kevin is working hard on some new creator-owned stuff.

[Xav]

Can you legally use Zanramon and Traximus? I ask because for some reason both of those characters were renamed in the 2012 cartoon.

[Bobby Curnow]

Originally Posted by Xav

Can you legally use Zanramon and Traximus? I ask because for some reason both of those characters were renamed in the 2012 cartoon.

I don't know offhand-- I'd have to check the list, and i'm out of the office today.

[Kingoji]

When the IDW Collection reaches that point, will the Ghostbusters crossover be... ahem... contained ?

[neatoman]

So in the near future, can we expect more orginal characters, more classic characters or more focus on already introduced characters?

[Bobby Curnow]

Originally Posted by Kingoji

When the IDW Collection reaches that point, will the Ghostbusters crossover be... ahem... contained ?

That's a good question. I would guess not, as that would mean we'd need to split the revenue again. Not sure though.

[Bobby Curnow]

Originally Posted by neatoman

So in the near future, can we expect more orginal characters, more classic characters or more focus on already introduced characters?

All three, fairly evenly distributed, I think.

[Kingoji]

Thanks, Bobby!

[CyberCubed]

Are Sally and Man Ray mutated from animals, or were they humans prior to mutation like Bebop/Rocksteady? I only ask because Man Ray is...well called, "Man Ray" and in the Archie comics he was a human who worked at an aquarium before mutation.

Hob didn't let Bebop/Rocksteady join the Mutanimals when he found out they were humans, but he doesn't know anything about Sally or Ray's past so I'm wondering that myself.

[Panda_Kahn_fan]

Spoiler:

HEY BOBBY, JUST FOR CONFIRMATION OF SOMETHING WE'VE ALREADY JUST SEEN THIS NEWEST ISSUE; Is a certain character the head of Dark Water, or just working with their organization?

[Powder]

Use spoiler tags, it's what we've got 'em for.

[myconius]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Are Sally and Man Ray mutated from animals, or were they humans prior to mutation like Bebop/Rocksteady? I only ask because Man Ray is...well called, "Man Ray" and in the Archie comics he was a human who worked at an aquarium before mutation.

Hob didn't let Bebop/Rocksteady join the Mutanimals when he found out they were humans, but he doesn't know anything about Sally or Ray's past so I'm wondering that myself.

i would guess they were Animal mutations.
wasn't the organization making them (in the Mutanimals mini-series) trying to evolve the perfect worker so they wouldn't have to send humans to do dangerous jobs.
and since they weren't human they wouldn't have any rights, and essentially be slaves?

at least that's what i gathered from the story?

[Bobby Curnow]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Are Sally and Man Ray mutated from animals, or were they humans prior to mutation like Bebop/Rocksteady? I only ask because Man Ray is...well called, "Man Ray" and in the Archie comics he was a human who worked at an aquarium before mutation.

Hob didn't let Bebop/Rocksteady join the Mutanimals when he found out they were humans, but he doesn't know anything about Sally or Ray's past so I'm wondering that myself.

Mutated from animals.

[Bobby Curnow]

Originally Posted by Panda_Kahn_fan

Spoiler:

HEY BOBBY, JUST FOR CONFIRMATION OF SOMETHING WE'VE ALREADY JUST SEEN THIS NEWEST ISSUE; Is a certain character the head of Dark Water, or just working with their organization?

We'll have to wait and see!

[neatoman]

Speaking of the Null mutants, it was mentioned that they were working on hybrids. Are Ray and Sally hybrids? Can we expect hybrids in the future?

[Bobby Curnow]

No, as far as we know Ray and Sally are not hybrids. Can't speak to possible future plot points.

[AquaParade]

Bobby, if you get time - What's your favorite Mirage studios story?

I'm personally a big fan of City at War and volume 2.
Volume 3 is definitely a highlight, but no specific story comes to mind.

[Cryomancer]

Another dumb "can you use this" question, how about the Japanese media stuff?

Stuff like mutastones, Krys-mu (however you wanna spell her name), Dark Mu, Super Mutations / Turtle Saint, that kind of stuff?

I imagine Aska is in a particularly "fun" circle of rights hell too. I'm always curious if big company acquisitions even know about fringe stuff like this.