Kevin Eastman is going to give an AMA on Reddit today.

[Lou 500]

Announcement here (http://www.reddit.com/r/TMNT/comments/2dchft/kevin_eastman_ama_814_3pm_est_friendly_reminder/)

On the 14/8/14 at 3:00 PM est. Just letting you guys know. It's also going to be in the general AMA sub (http://www.reddit.com/r/AMA/), not the TMNT sub.

[Netkeeper]

Oooh. This'll be interesting. Thanks for the heads up.

[Powder]

Ugh. Reddit. Can't wait to read 100 people asking him sh*t we've known since the 90's, as well as hostile & misinformed folks who still think the turtles are supposed to be aliens in the new movie.

[Midnight Mutant]

Ugh. Reddit. Can't wait to read 100 people asking him sh*t we've known since the 90's, as well as hostile & misinformed folks who still think the turtles are supposed to be aliens in the new movie.
Eastman is a brave soul.

[pennydreadful]

Ugh. Reddit. Can't wait to read 100 people asking him sh*t we've known since the 90's, as well as hostile & misinformed folks who still think the turtles are supposed to be aliens in the new movie.

Agreed - you will never find a more wretched online hive of scum and villainy! ;)

[Nameless]

Agreed - you will never find a more wretched online hive of scum and villainy! ;)

haha agreed...

i got to ask Kevin my question about the soft head turtles at Calgary expo... and he pretty much answered any other question i had at his panel...

[Cipher]

Someone get a lock on this Fichtner/Shredder thing, please.

[CyberCubed]

Someone tell him to stop hyping up things that are going to suck, like the new movie.

[Netkeeper]

I've got an account and I'll ask questions on peoples' behalf if they want me to. Just let me know precisely what to ask, and don't flood me with **** you know someone else is gonna ask.

[TigerClaw]

Kevin Eastman posted a Pic
https://twitter.com/kevineastman86/status/499733927943086081

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bu9pW_OCcAE4t9R.jpg:large

[RaphaelinSTL]

So does anyone know the actual thread we'll be posting questions to? I don't go on Reddit often, so I'm unsure of the page set ups work. I take it there will be a page set up eventually?

[Netkeeper]

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2dkbtl/kevin_eastman_here_cocreator_of_teenage_mutant/

GO GO GO he's only got an hour!

[TigerClaw]

Already asked my one question. :)

[RaphaelinSTL]

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2dkbtl/kevin_eastman_here_cocreator_of_teenage_mutant/

GO GO GO he's only got an hour!

WTF. I thought it started at 3 CST. Whoops.

[TigerClaw]

WTF. I thought it started at 3 CST. Whoops.
It started around 3PM EST.

[Lou 500]

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2dkbtl/kevin_eastman_here_cocreator_of_teenage_mutant/cjqaqvt

Donatello is the oldest. IT IS NOW CANON.

[TigerClaw]

He answered one of my AMA Questions. :D

Me
What were the inspirations behind the creation of The Shredder?
Kevin Eastman
Peter & I were doing dishes one night. I was drying off a metal cheese grater and I turned to Pete and said, "Man, can you image a bad guy with one of these on his arm. He'd shred your arm off. We could call him the Grater." Peter suggested The Shredder. Absurd ideas can come from anywhere when you're dealing with TMNT.

[Powder]

As expected, nobody asked anything good. Just a buncha casuals.

[TigerClaw]

As expected, nobody asked anything good. Just a buncha casuals.
My question was good, We find out how they came up with The Shredder. :)

[Netkeeper]

IIRC, Peter Laird told that story on his blog somewhere already.

[Jester]

My question was good, We find out how they came up with The Shredder. :)

IIRC, Peter Laird told that story on his blog somewhere already.
Indeed. That story's fairly common knowledge.

[The Fifth Turtle]

It's in the ultimate visual history fo sure. Sorry dude.

[Powder]

My question was good, We find out how they came up with The Shredder. :)

You are also a casual, then. :P

It's in the ultimate visual history fo sure. Sorry dude.

Common knowledge since long before then, though!

[turtlefanforever]

As expected, nobody asked anything good. Just a buncha casuals.

Cause your fountain of intellectual cutting edge questions were so great right? :trolleye:

[Bravesfanjd]

I enjoyed th ama it's cool to get insight from people like Kevin. I hope he does another one soon.

[RaphaelinSTL]

Shoot. He didn't get to my question about the John Fusco TMNT movie script. Oh well. Maybe next time.

[Netkeeper]

Shoot. He didn't get to my question about the John Fusco TMNT movie script. Oh well. Maybe next time.
I get the impression he wouldn't have answered that anyway. Kevin Eastman doesn't seem to be as elaborate in his answers as Peter Laird was.

Also he spelled things wrong too.

[John Pannozzi]

Indeed. That story's fairly common knowledge.

Yes, ever since it was mentioned in the Behind the Shells video 23 YEARS AGO.

[Cryomancer]

So is Eastman drunk here or what? He seems to think that he / Playmates invented Usagi and he can't even spell it.

[Warhorse]

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2dkbtl/kevin_eastman_here_cocreator_of_teenage_mutant/cjqaqvt

Donatello is the oldest. IT IS NOW CANON.

That's not canon. He's giving me the impression that he wasn't sure himself. Didn't he also say Karai was Shredder's daughter in the Mirage comic books when that would have been physically impossible considering her age?

[Purse Grabbin Puke]

I saw he spelled Krang "Crang" so I'm assuming he had someone typing for him. A lot of people who do AMA's have someone type.

[Powder]

Nah, that was definitely him. He even admits himself he's got terrible spelling issues, & the scripts I've seen prove that. :trazz:

[The Fifth Turtle]

You are also a casual, then. :P



Common knowledge since long before then, though!

For sure, just giving an example.

[Candy Kappa]

For sure, just giving an example.

already an example from John.

Yes, ever since it was mentioned in the Behind the Shells video 23 YEARS AGO.

And it was a big article including the making of Shredder on the old official ninja turtles website.

[The Fifth Turtle]

already an example from John.



And it was a big article including the making of Shredder on the old official ninja turtles website.

Well....I was giving another one.

[Candy Kappa]

woops, sorry. I totally read your post as demanding an example.

[The Fifth Turtle]

woops, sorry. I totally read your post as demanding an example.

No problem :P

[Cipher]

I don't think everyone needs to gang up on the guy, but yeah ...

It's really a good idea/general courtesy to do a little research before these things to make sure you don't end up asking something that's already on record.

[Netkeeper]

To be honest, I went in there knowing he wouldn't answer anything all that interesting anyway. I liked the sillier questions more just because of that. Peter Laird is the one that'll answer the more interesting questions, he appears to be more opinionated.

[Warhorse]

To be honest, I went in there knowing he wouldn't answer anything all that interesting anyway. I liked the sillier questions more just because of that. Peter Laird is the one that'll answer the more interesting questions, he appears to be more opinionated.

Did anyone ask him who his favorite Turtle is? I always thought it was eluded but never actually confirmed by Eastman himself that it was Raphael.

[Slade]

Did anyone ask him who his favorite Turtle is? I always thought it was eluded but never actually confirmed by Eastman himself that it was Raphael.

I thought that was confirmed.

[turtlefanforever]

I thought that was confirmed.

It was asked a bunch of times on there, He said Mikey was..

[Warhorse]

I thought that was confirmed.

I thought so too, but whenever I brought it up in the past, many of the technodrome old timers tell me it's never been confirmed. I know Laird has been specific with Donny being his favorite, but nothing concrete from Eastman.

It was asked a bunch of times on there, He said Mikey was..

Out of the entire franchise, or just the movie? The reason people are speculating Raph, was because I am assuming when Eastman did a comic all his own, it was mostly on Raphael.

Well, I read the interview, and I guess it's now confirmed. Laird's favorite is Donatello and Eastman's favorite is Michelangelo.

But then again, in this interview, he says Raphael is his favorite. Or, at least is favorite to write and the one he most relates to. http://www.webcomicalliance.com/webcomic-news/interview-with-kevin-eastma/

[Casey]

Did anyone ask him who his favorite Turtle is? I always thought it was eluded but never actually confirmed by Eastman himself that it was Raphael.

Several times. He kept saying Mikey.

That was a pretty useless advertisement for the new film. He didn't really have anything new to say and much of what he did say was misinformed or downright ignorant. "I'd like to see a comic with the turtles in their 30's" I'm misquoting and paraphrasing, but sheesh. Research your co-creators and ol partner's most recent work on the franchise for Christ's sake.

[Warhorse]

Several times. He kept saying Mikey.

That was a pretty useless advertisement for the new film. He didn't really have anything new to say and much of what he did say was misinformed or downright ignorant. "I'd like to see a comic with the turtles in their 30's" I'm misquoting and paraphrasing, but sheesh. Research your co-creators and ol partner's most recent work on the franchise for Christ's sake.

Yeah, I'm not buying his "Mikey is my favorite" considering the past, with comics like Body Count, and him even confirming that Raph is the one he relates to the most and is his favorite to write. I think he was just saying that because Mikey is Megan Fox's favorite Turtle.

[Netkeeper]

Yeah, I thought that was really odd myself. I honestly thought it might have just been a switch in favourites over the years, since that can very well happen. He did mention how much he liked 2k12's take on Mikey, which may have something to do with it.

Though of course it's still totally possible he's saying it for Megan Fox or the new movie, too.

[Powder]

Eastman has always said that Mikey is his favorite turtle period & Raphael is his favorite to write/draw. So there ya go. :)

[Warhorse]

Eastman has always said that Mikey is his favorite turtle period & Raphael is his favorite to write/draw. So there ya go. :)

Got links that go back further than 3 years to back that up?

[Powder]

Pretty sure he said it in his artobiography from 2009, at the very least.

[d_osborn]

Shoot. He didn't get to my question about the John Fusco TMNT movie script. Oh well. Maybe next time.
I was hoping this would get answered.

[Cryomancer]

I though I remembered Eastman saying Raphael in the past too, but I think I was just thinking of him being a fan of Casey maybe?

[PizzaPower]

You are also a casual, then. :P



Common knowledge since long before then, though!
there should be a like button

[Andrew NDB]

Just read his answers. Seems to be cherry season...

[Xav]

And it was a big article including the making of Shredder on the old official ninja turtles website.Really? I don't recall ever reading that on the official site.

[Rooish]

Pretty sure he said it in his artobiography from 2009, at the very least.

No. He said Raph in the artobiography.