25th Anniversary News!
 

Fresh from Murphy's Blog!

http://the-5th-turtle.blogspot.com/2...ws-briefs.html

Dec 2008 - "Mirage Universe" TPB source book of the canon TMNT characters

May 2009 - Expanded reprint of TMNT Vol. 1 #1

June 2009 - TMNT Vol. 1 reprint TPB (first TPB reprinted with Laird's remastered issues, if it's like the classic this will be #1-11 plus the 4 specials)

July 2009 - TPB of selected TMNT Adventures

Aug-Dec 2009 - TMNT Adventures: The Forever War (5 issues, published monthly)

Sounds like it should be a good year!

Could be interesting.

I have enough copies of #1. And one too many of the "reprint" with the cheap-o Photoshop "tones."

And what do they mean "expanded"? Like, more pages or something? A Jim Lawson backup story?

Will get it, but read with something to bite down on as I do. I liked the effing tones the way they were.

In glorious black and white?

Oh, well that's interesting. I guess I was thinking what we were going to get would be like a TPB wrap-up for it. Cool, I think... would be particularly nostalgic of them if they went ahead and just continued the numbering scheme of the Archies again in the #70s.

Guess my Mirage Timeline is about to be rendered obsolete.

Oh the wasted years!

Or maybe supplemented.

How much will the issues be changed? Will it just be some of the tones, or are there going to be pretty big changes to the stories? I hope the 4 "micro series" issues aren't changed much, because three of those weren't collected in those four colorized trades I found a while back.

Other than that, the schedule sounds awesome. I wonder which Archie issues will be collected, and if they sell well will they do more?

Also, I didn't know that Tales of the TMNT might be ending. That's a bummer, because I just started reading them.

Same here. I've only been following the series for about a year. I thought it was only Vol. 4 that was on the brink. :( But, there's still hope.

Well in the newer comments Murphy says it will be original art with extras, so at least you won't need to bite on anything if you get this issue ;)

Wouldn't worry about your timeline DrS, Murphy's only mentioned it being a character source book so far.

There are also comments about TMNT Adventures continuing after The Forever War, but it sounds very up in the air and depends on how well TFW does.

Murphy's also said that it is now possible Tales will continue next year, 2 weeks ago it was planned to end this year.

It would be nice if that single issue was the beginning of the "remastered" comics, and then the trade was all the original stuff.:) The old volume one trade is really hard to find.

Still, I guess any new edition of Volume 1 is better than none at all. But I'm not sure about that new version of issue 8, even though Dave Sim says it's okay to reprint the Cerebus comic.

The only things I care about in those is the sourcebook and the Forever War. I like the Archie Sourcebok. I don't want them changing that. Now, a Mirage Sourcebook would be good, but don't change Archie's.

I'll like a source book with good art in it, meaning Lawson doesn't do it but I won't hold my breath on that.

Oh come on, You know he's going to be doing most of it.:P

*hugs his Archie Source Book* it'll be okay I still have you.

:lol::lol::lol:

That's priceless.

I wish i had it myself. Lucky.

I used to have the Archie sourcebook. Another one of the things I lost because I didn't take care of my comics as a kid.:x

I guess I don't have much of a problem with Lawson's art. Then again for me art has to be really really bad for me to have a problem with it. Like sometimes Liefeld's art is blatantly bad and I catch on to it, sometimes I need things pointed out to me about Liefeld's art otherwise I kind of glance over it and think "doesn't seem so bad".

I'm just happy to be getting 25th anniversary news. I'm really excited for any secret stuff they might have in store for us. I keep hoping for some kind of dtv dvd...I dont know why, but it has a lot of potential, thats for sure. Here's hoping that the vol 1 tpb sells well so they can keep going with it.

Yes, tell all your comic geek friends everyone!:D Sick of Spider-Man's Brand New Day? How about a blast from the past which might help you fulfill your desire for nostalgia? Sure it'll be a modified blast from the past, but a blast from the past none the less.

Modified by a drunken monkey with dyslexia and a crayon

Still sounds better than what they did to Spider-Man. Five year olds could probably put together a more classic tale about the Amazing Spider-Man.

God don't remind me. I seriously just gave up on Spider-man all together. But at least their not going back and re-inking the old comics, making them look worse. Though in Spider-man's case it couldn't hurt since the art in them isn't that great to begin with.

With turtles I just think the artwork and inking is breathtaking, which is why I'm so angry. But you knew that already.