New interview up: Jim Lawson
 

Hi all,

Had my interview with Jim Lawson today. It was pretty deep :D
Let me know what you think of it:

http://members.ziggo.nl/rutgergret/l...interview.html

Also.. Khary Randolph emailed me (he's the DVD cover designer for the 4Kids TMNT DVD's.
He told me that today all the crew left the 4Kids studios. And was able to get me all there autographs in time! I'll be receiving those soon!

Very nice interview. Jim Lawson is one cool dude.

Wow, that looks like a good interview.

Very good interview. Lawson seems very cool.

Nice work with the interview...Jim seems like a pretty cool dude and the franchise won't be the same without him.

Great interview Rutgers. I do like the sentence though where he said PL wanted an altered Raph. I wonder why he wanted to alter Raph....

Great interview, Rutger. Thanks for posting it. Jim's art is what I visually associate with with the TMNT the most at this point, and I wanted to hear more of his POV on the whole situation. He's been a key part of the Mirage series for 20 years now, and I'm glad to hear the final issue (at least for the time being) will be drawn by him and Eric Talbot - and on duo-tone paper, no less!

I have something I wanted to share as well, and this seems like as good a place as any: about four years ago, I met Jim at a comic convention in Toronto, where he had a book full of sketches for sale (only $10 each, if I recall correctly - a damn good deal!). We chatted for a few minutes - he was a super nice guy, and was quite patient to put up with me hanging around the table probably a good few minutes too long. ;)

I finally decided on this awesome sketch of Raphael, which has been framed over my drawing table ever since (along with a head sketch by Peter Laird):

http://pics.livejournal.com/goldeneyed/pic/000dt22h

Hopefully Jim finds another great project sooner than later - I want to see more of his artwork somewhere!

That sketch is amazing.

Anyway, not a whole lot of new information in this interview (aside from the fact that he designed mutated Raph and his hand in the creation of a few other characters), but it's always nice to hear from him. His art has really grown on me, and his writing has always been some of the best to grace the comic.

I also really like his work. I always appreciate any interviews that they are willing to give.

Hey Rutger, you oughtta get an interview with Lloyd Goldfine (Head dude behind the NT), that would be awesome!

very cool interview

I think he got the idea from an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.