Tales of the TMNT #40
 

From Murphy's Blog:

http://bp0.blogger.com/_gb-JVVPbQkU/...0/T40cover.jpg

Ok, this looks to be WAY awesome! And look! Raph has the eye patch!

Middle aged??? As in middle aged in human terms or middle aged in reptile terms (IE 100+)??

Either way this will be the 2nd time in a Mirage book that Raph has the eye patch. Why is it he only has one in christmas related ones??? :lol:

Looks like he has a little Asian girl in his arms. Love the bomber jacket he's wearing.

man that pic looks awsome! looks like those could be foot soldiers!

Wow, this is gonna be really, really cool. Plus, silent comics = teh awesomeness. I can't wait to "read" this. But how the heck does Raph lose that dang eye?! I wanna read that story. :( :D

Wearing an eyepatch does not automatically mean that he lost an eye. It could be a temporary eye injury. Or for protection after a surgery. Conversely, he could get an artificial eye if he had lost his original eye.

While all of that is true, it's pretty much accepted fact that Raph loses his eye at some point.

Where is this shown exactly?

I don't believe it was shown in mirage which is odd they really do need to do more future old turtle storys.
And it was shown in the archie future tmnt world.
Raphael is always shown wearing a black eye patch in every future image of him.

Howdy!

That's the 'Tales' comic i currently find myself illustrating!

It also happens to be a very significant story for me on a personal level: this particular future Raph version was featured in the pages of Archie's TMNT Adventures #42...the very first TMNT comic i bought (wish i still had it :( )
Funny thing is, i was was scheduled for minor surgery the very next day so i ended reading it in the HOSPITAL bed (bout 100 times for sure) :D

http://www.ninjaturtles.com/comics/archie/42/42.htm

http://www.ninjaturtles.com/comics/archie/42/3.jpg

As for the bomber jacket, that's actually my jacket (no BS) ! It's COTTON, as the environmentally aware me won't wear leather products.

http://bennieswestern.com/shop/image.../FRJ134BLG.jpg

Which reminds me, were old Archie TMNT comics printed on recycled paper and using environmentally friendly inks?

Talk about history (and i wasn't allowed to post the cover illo in my blog ...:ohwell: )!

Diego.

So wait does the story take place in archie comics tmnt world or mirage?
And its beautiful great job on the art!
And thats cool I used to have that jacket as well when I was a teen hehe.
And about archies printing yes you are correct.
I'm sure it wa sonly posted in his blog because he's the big cheese!
And I'm quite sure some one could hook you up with that issue perhaps for some art or something ;)

Thanks for dropping in, Diego! This issue looks to be fantastic!!

Archie #42 is one of my all-time favorite TMNT comics, period. And it totally brought me back into the Archie game after straying for about 15 issues. Inspiration taken from those stories is nothing but a good thing!!

Generally he looses it in explosions. That's what happened in Archie and Image.

Diego:

So this is set in the Archie Future Turtles timeline?! SW33T!!

****, where they ever separate?:lol:

Thanks!

HA! I actually wear it nowadays 8)

Sweetness!

Not at all, Steve rocks! I think it's a Mirage thing...

Oh, i'm sure if Tokka reads this, he'll get the idea :D

Well, Raph does have a temper, and using those frikkin' sais of his to eat his cereal every morning instead of a regular spoon sure didn't help :lol:

Yeah It's been said by Murphy that Peter Dislikes the Archie comics...I don't see how he could though since he as well had a hand in creating allot of the characters as well as cover art.
I know he does and it usually is a mirage thing those basterds! haha j/k
I was thinking more along the lnes of myself Tokka tells me watcha do haha

Raph with an eye patch
 

I'm suprised no one has mentioned that Raph with an eye patch really did start with Mirage in the back up story for Michaelangelo Christmas Special. It's a homage to "A Christmas Carol" and the ghost of Christmas future takes Raph to see his older self that's alone living in a swamp, his mind has degenerated so much he can't even talk.

some one did.

Talbot also did a beautiful painting of Future Mirage Raph where, like in the Mike special, he has the eyepatch and lives on the bayou.

Even Peter Laird himself did a sketch. Think it's in his Blast from the Past archive.

This issue should be fascinating. I've always wondered if we might get some breadcrumbs that might hint what leads Raph to this path.

Just something I thought might be worth noting.... In that backup story from the Mike Micro, Raph sees himself in the future if he continued down the path he was going. I think the point of that whole backup story, though, was to help keep Raph from going down that path to begin with. So while this new story leads us to believe that Raph still has his eye damaged or lost, it is not necessary that Raph goes all primitive and lives in the swamp like that backup story showed. I know this is rather off topic, and I don't know if anyone was really even suggesting that he would still live in the swamp someday, but I thought this was worth noting just as FYI.

I don't think it is necessarily off topic.

And it would ROCK if NinjaTurtles.com would upload the Raphael story from the Michelangelo reprint. That's a rather hard comic to find. Gotta check where the story fits in the canon.