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Sofistocat's collection
This will be my thread for TMNT OA/ production art/ prints and TMNT artist's other work. My main focus is to have a minimum of one page from as many volume one issues as possible. Understandably, I accept I may never reach 100% completion for various reasons and I have not go to the point of spending $1000's on a single page and probably never will. That said, I am at 45% completion as of this update. Not too bad... Enjoy and thanks for looking!
Round 1: Mirage TMNT Vol. 1 TMNT #7 pg 29 https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8753/1...44c2f65c_h.jpg TMNT #14 pg 36 I love how the agent knows something is up and chalks it up to the "unmentionables" https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/659/22...92ac9f83_o.jpg TMNT 15 pg 31 https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7625/1...9ac2d7ec_h.jpg TMNT #16 pg 17 / 18 / 19/ 20/ 21 https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5700/2...e269435d_o.jpg TMNT #18 pg 11 https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5539/1...e48339f4_h.jpg TMNT #20 pg 27 (signed by all Mirage staff who worked on RTNY story) / pg 28--> see also Pride and Joy https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/736/23...d69fb9a8_o.jpg TMNT #22 pg 19 https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2813/1...93f0e60c_h.jpg TMNT #23 pg 16/ pg 33/ pg 34 - I dig this bc it was the last page Martin did for TMNT volume 1 before bowing out... https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/711/23...b862927c_o.jpg RESERVED https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5659/2...2d203a1d_o.jpg TMNT #30 page 36 https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3847/1...43751872_h.jpg |
Round 2: Mirage TMNT Volume 1 Continued
TMNT #32 page 15 https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7303/1...217fe837_h.jpg TMNT #34 pages 24/25(double page splash) /29 [img][/img] TMNT #37 page 22 https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/600/21...4c3086a1_h.jpg TMNT #38 pages 8 / 9 / 12 https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/724/22...879e06a6_o.jpg TMNT #39 pages 19 / 27 Kevin has brass knuckles and Peter has a blackjack, battle for all of mankind... https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/669/22...e02c5424_o.jpg TMNT #48 page 2 https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/578/21...3739952e_h.jpg |
Round 3:
CITY AT WAR City at War is and has always been one of my favorite story arcs. It portrays the public and private sides of each character, many of which are coalesced into one flowing narrative. CAW OA is one of my main collecting focus'. Though Eastman and Laird wrote and did pre-lim art, they only did the art for issue 50. The OA pages for the remaining issues pit artists Lawson(penciler) and Aiken(inker) together, with Talbot on tones and Kelleher on lettering. Matt Banning(issue 53 inks) and Jason Temujin Minor(issue 58 and 61 inks) also assisted for a breif period. I very much dig the transitional look from the turtles of ole(Classic E&L) into what was to become their look for the remaining comics Mirage was to produce. The respective goal for my CAW collection is to tell an abridged story of the events within the thirteen issues published. Though I may not have many pages with huge action sequences, the pages I do have are beginning to encompass just what the hell was going on with everybody's personal lives and how they were all tied together. I am always on the lookout to purchase CAW pages. Enjoy :D TMNT #50 page 9 OA / OA with lettering acetate overlaid. I start my CAW collection with Nathaniel Buscheyev, keep going... https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/565/23...daca1a08_o.jpg TMNT #51 Jim Lawson's/ Keith Aiken's first CAW page. Woot! https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5665/2...2363d982_o.jpg TMNT #52 pg 15 Karai's first appearance(top) / 20,21(bottom) Lawson's/ Aiken's first CAW DPS https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5778/2...30f6c608_o.jpg TMNT #53 page 23 https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/579/22...d1803627_o.jpg TMNT #54 pg 8 (top)/ 16(middle) Might as well put a name with the face... /20 (bottom) https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5763/2...0712035a_o.jpg TMNT #55 TMNT #56 pg 15 BELOW [img][/img] TMNT #58 pg 18 BELOW https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5668/2...898a6340_o.jpg TMNT #59 pg 12 ABOVE TMNT #60 TMNT #61 page 19 https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8727/1...f51d9f4c_h.jpg TMNT #62 page 4 (top)/ page 14(middle)/ page 20 (bottom) I end my City At War collection with Nathaniel Buscheyev [img][/img] |
Very nice art!
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Awesome collection! Quite a few I wish I had! Thanks for sharing!!!
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lotsa great stuff you got there man :) it's rare to find steve bissette sketches in the fandom.
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Wow this is a jaw dropping collection
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Round 4: Various "Tales" published pages
Tales of Leonardo Issue 1 page 3 https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/569/22...22999248_h.jpg TMNT Tales Vol.2 Issue 9 page 29 https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/715/22...dfd6393a_h.jpg TMNT Tales Vol. 2 Issue 14 backup story "First Mud" page 2 https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3845/1...08ec4836_h.jpg TMNT Tales Vol.2 Issue 17 page https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5673/2...bbc565d2_h.jpg TMNT Tales Vol.2 Issue 38 "Triptyche" pg 3/10 https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/577/23...60cc57f9_o.jpg Tales v.2 #70 pg 26 https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8701/1...045e5a15_h.jpg |
Love the cover proofs. Wow.
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Round 5: Various Mirage / Archie / IDW / misc. published work
Bade Biker and Orson Issue 2 page 12 / page 18/ Issue 3 page 15/ TPB with sketch on rear cover. If you've never read this early work from Lawson, it's recommended. https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8632/2...c369b62b_o.jpg Grunts: The Lesson pg 8 https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8362/2...508bc121_h.jpg Cover art for "I Cover the War", a local independent newspaper from Birmingham AL. https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7460/2...ecf27b2f_o.jpg TMNT v.2 #8 p 19/20 #12 pg 10 https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8134/2...31f4063a_o.jpg And I can now say I own an Archie page... I was never into the Archie stuff, but love the Mirage watermarks and the spaciness of the splash. Merdude #3 page 4 https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7153/1...6983ee0c_h.jpg TMNT and Flaming Carrot Issue 4 page 9 https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2851/1...817c5b7c_h.jpg Michaelangelo the Third Kind Issue 1 page 1/4 https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5826/2...df64d1bb_o.jpg Ubi Soft TMNT Smash Up videogame comic page 2 OA/toning page/comic signed by Lawson, Lavigne and Talbot https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/740/22...5b5cf1c8_h.jpg IDW TMNT Vol 5 Issue 6 pg 22 / Issue 7 pg 2 https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/685/23...8b418f4c_o.jpg TMNT New Animated Adventures #4 (IDW) Regular Cover pencils (measures 11" x 17")/ CGC SS 9.6 issue signed by Dario Brizuela https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5660/2...9b98f42a_o.jpg |
Round 6: First Publishing TPB blueline color guides
So here's the books(all 1st prints in VF+ to NM condition signed by everubody except Ryan Brown): https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2919/...41240357_b.jpg And here's the pages: TMNT Book II pg 74 https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7418/2...f0d76f85_h.jpg TMNT Book II pg 75 https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8359/2...ef04cdcf_o.jpg TMNT Book II page 118 https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7316/1...3fbca279_h.jpg TMNT Book III page 9 https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7384/1...f72f5949_o.jpg TMNT Book III page 18 https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7434/1...12b8554b_o.jpg TMNT Book III pg 105 https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7237/2...e8e276e4_h.jpg TMNT Book IV pg 87 https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7334/2...d86fae6c_h.jpg |
Round 7: Sketches and Commissions
Jim Lawson penciled his take on Peter Laird's cover for the original TPB(the B&W wraparound cover) on a big sheet of DuoShade paper(measures 22" x 15"). Eric Talbot inked and toned it with much love. He kept giving me little updates stating how much he was enjoying it. The original pencils were a thought to have a commemorative piece for my daughter's birth(this one's for me...). Eric was kind enough to ink in a Easter egg for my daughter... I also put the pencils onto a 11" x 17" piece of smooth bristol and Steve Lavigne inked and colored that. I very much appreciate the contrast!!!! Thanks guys!!! The middle pic is of both of them holding a partially finished page. The outer pics are of each of them holding the finished product. https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5646/2...21bcb789_o.jpg Jim Lawson 30th Anniversary commission/pre-lim https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2846/1...084e9aa7_h.jpg Jim Lawson / Gerhard role reversal sketch https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7470/2...b3847768_b.jpg Lawson / Bissette Bing Con 2015 Jam Sketch 11" x 17"(Lawson Zog Triceraton / Bissette Leatherhead). This is now going to be a yearly ritual. How do we top this one??? https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/589/22...e6f27cb7_h.jpg Dan Berger Splinter Sketch https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3793/1...a74b9bdc_b.jpg Dan Berger 1991 con sketch https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8626/2...95ff2ece_b.jpg I ordered some books from Mirage recently and Dan was kind enough to sketch Leo in the back of a TMNT vol. 4 #30. I love this and it's my first piece directly from him. I appreciate getting art first hand much more than second hand. https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2894/1...33b0ad96_h.jpg Steve Lavigne Flaming Carrot/ Krang/ Foot Soldier https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7621/2...ee19a774_o.jpg Eric Talbot Sketches https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7730/2...f2d52278_o.jpg |
Round 8: Sketches and Commissions II
I had a few Stan Sakai OA pieces and really love how big his heart is. He's constantly vouching for benefit and fundraising groups. I love the "Art of Usagi Yojimbo" book the DHP published a few years back. With some finesse and some gab, he was kind enough to start a jam page on one of the blank interior pages of that book. I love his "updated" self portrait with the beard. He also drew Myamoto, Tomoe and Spot. I can know bring this great book to any con he's at and have a reason to happily wait in his line... Also, another quickie sketch in the Sakai Project book. I'm pretty psyched they published one of my auction donations. I'm starting to bring this awesome book to cons and collect signatures from all the published collaborators. Every single person has had the greatest things to say about Stan and Sharon(RIP). Bless them both! https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5634/2...990b8f0b_o.jpg Mark Bode sketch from SAC-CON 2014 Thanks Chris! https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3647/1...2b702392_h.jpg Rick Arthur sketch and pre-lims https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5814/2...62f60361_o.jpg Khary Randolph Triceraton sketch https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5571/1...9e86e047_h.jpg Steve Bissette Snapper sketch https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7379/1...43d56787_b.jpg Steve Bissette / Jim Lawson Bing Con 2014 Jam sketch 11" x 17" It's a mommy and daughter dino sketch that commemorates my daughter's birth. She was three days old when this as done. Both Jim and Steve are some of the nicest people in the biz. Bing Con is a great little show in Springfield MA. It's very much worth making the drive from NJ... nuff said https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7572/1...965b214d_k.jpg Gerhard sketch for the WW Philly 2016 show. The caption was fitting since it was my birthday and I went out drinking after the show. https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7629/2...4ee4139f_b.jpg |
Great photos makes me want to start collecting something like this!
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Round 9: Sketches and Commissions III / Graded books(COVERS)
Dario Brizuela Leonardo and Splinter sketch https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8594/2...3ee41185_o.jpg Rich Woodall double TMNT #22 (pencil sketch /hyper green Jetpack RE's) blank sketch https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3740/1...160179d7_b.jpg Cory Smith TMNT Full Cover Mixed Media (He is one cool cat and has major talent IMO!!!) I actually dismantled the comic to get a good scan of the cover. Prob gonna leave it off. https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2888/1...3a2c5465_b.jpg Kevin Eastman Raphael sketch on the IDW Limited Blue Label 25th Anniversary HC with a Peter Laird headsketch on the back cover / Signed by Eastman, Talbot, Lavigne and Lawson https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7096/2...8fcc3615_b.jpg Kevin Eastman Casey Jones Sketch CGC SS 9.8 https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5566/1...6f087125_h.jpg Michael Dooney April O'neil sketch on a TMNT blank CGC SS 9.8 https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7297/1...3c9d2a7f_h.jpg Jim Lawson commission. I asked for a Shredder elite guard. He nailed it and I couldn't be happier. Thanks Glenn for the hook up! 9.6 https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8112/2...35d07345_o.jpg Jim Lawson cutesy Space Giraffe sketch. Jim drew this for my daughter. I asked for a space giraffe in the style that the playmates toys pre-lims were drawn. It includes all the weaponry that would've been included the packaging. https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/677/21...4db30327_h.jpg Eric Talbot wrap around sketch CGC SS 9.8 https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7766/2...48a910ae_b.jpg |
ah, you scored the full bodied color Raph...NICE!
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Wow so much great art pieces
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Your art pages are simply incredible. Really blown away of what you own right now!
A little of everything from old to new. |
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