I just clicked on this "Turtle Turncoat" link out of curiousity and....WOW!
Thanks so much Tony Day for your web comic on TMNT!
I especially enjoy how you based the comic on the 80s cartoon version, but you have added a type grownup/darker/adult tone to the comic which is EVEN MORE appealing since it joins the reader in maturity. A deep thanks to you Tony Day
for focusing on the 80s cartoon and making it darker/mature since they are SO many fanworks that don't even bother touching this feat with a 20 foot stick. (Yes there is Archie comics, but that still comes off as "cartoonish" though.) And for doing so and sticking with this for 12 YEARS!!!
Your work deserves A TON more recognition! Typically if TMNT fans focus on gritty/dark TMNT work they use Mirage or 2K3 Turtles sources.
Your artwork and plots are AMAZING!
There aren't enough compliments for your work! I found the references to the video game companies "Capcom" and "Konami", April's more cleavage revealing jump suit, and lines from the arcade with Mikey saying "Duh, who turned the lights out?" and "They aren't getting any prettier."...hilarious.
(I have only finished part three.) I also noticed how you referred to the span of the OT series, with Leonardo remarking to the humans that they fought off the Technodrome for "10 years". Nice!
The only thing that is a bit off is Raphael's character is his extreme hot-headed behavior that the slightest criticism makes him go off in fighting, but Raphael has always had range of depictions from being a laid-back wisecrack in the OT to blinding rage during fights in Mirage. But its your comic, I'm not trying to be critical or anything.
For me at least, I think that since the 80s cartoon never had a proper ending, it never gave the series a sense of closure about the characters that we, as kids, all fell in love with. It created a natural curiosity of numerous "what if?" or "what do you think would happen?" questions. Thank you for answering some of these questions.
