TMNT Inspired Jhonen Vasquez (JTHM, Invader ZIM)

JonesyKitty · 05-05-2012, 01:04 PM

So I don't know if anyone has already posted about this in the past (i tried looking a bit first tho), But apparently Jhonen Vasquez, the creator of Johnny the Homicidal Maniac and Invader ZIM was a big fan of and inspired by the mirage TMNT. I remember reading this somewhere but when i came across it this time it was on wikipedia. Heres what it said:

While Vasquez read his older brother's superhero comics as a child, he first became interested in the medium through the original independent Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman.

It wasn't until he started collecting "Ninja Turtles" comics that something switched over in my head. "To me, there was something just so different about those books that I did start to obsess over them — the way the books felt dirtier in my hands, the filthy artwork and hero characters that never seemed healed over from their last battles. There was a sense of person just behind the printed page that I had never felt before, a thinner separation from production to my hands and eyes that just fired hooks out into me... It felt unsafe, ya know? It's like, the book itself was less removed from the initial moment a creator is excited about having just come up with some great idea to when they finally finish a thing, nice and polished and just a little dulled from before the thing was just another book. To me, anyhow. It's just what I interpreted the experience like, and I'm sure to a lot of people it was just a book about big mutant turtles." - JV

Also he mentions his art style looking like a deformed TMNT in the JTHM Directors Cut book. This really was cool to me because the 2 things that got me really wanting to be an artist were TMNT and Jhonen. I'm a huge fan of JV so I figured maybe there were someother members who are that didnt know this. If this has already been posted by someone a mod could delete it if needed. anyways

*TurtleTitan97* · 05-05-2012, 01:08 PM

That's awesome! I love Invader Zim!

*Kendamu* · 05-05-2012, 01:41 PM

That's really cool!

One personal fanon I've had for awhile is that Zim and the FW TMNT series take place in the same universe due to how dumb the general human population is.

JonesyKitty · 05-05-2012, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Goongasnootch

That's really cool!

One personal fanon I've had for awhile is that Zim and the FW TMNT series take place in the same universe due to how dumb the general human population is.

haha dude thats a good theory! mind if i draw something up like that? not to mention all the aliens

*Kendamu* · 05-06-2012, 12:51 AM

Go for it!

05-05-2012, 01:04 PM	#1
JonesyKitty Mad Scientist Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,063	TMNT Inspired Jhonen Vasquez (JTHM, Invader ZIM) So I don't know if anyone has already posted about this in the past (i tried looking a bit first tho), But apparently Jhonen Vasquez, the creator of Johnny the Homicidal Maniac and Invader ZIM was a big fan of and inspired by the mirage TMNT. I remember reading this somewhere but when i came across it this time it was on wikipedia. Heres what it said: While Vasquez read his older brother's superhero comics as a child, he first became interested in the medium through the original independent Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman. It wasn't until he started collecting "Ninja Turtles" comics that something switched over in my head. "To me, there was something just so different about those books that I did start to obsess over them — the way the books felt dirtier in my hands, the filthy artwork and hero characters that never seemed healed over from their last battles. There was a sense of person just behind the printed page that I had never felt before, a thinner separation from production to my hands and eyes that just fired hooks out into me... It felt unsafe, ya know? It's like, the book itself was less removed from the initial moment a creator is excited about having just come up with some great idea to when they finally finish a thing, nice and polished and just a little dulled from before the thing was just another book. To me, anyhow. It's just what I interpreted the experience like, and I'm sure to a lot of people it was just a book about big mutant turtles." - JV Also he mentions his art style looking like a deformed TMNT in the JTHM Directors Cut book. This really was cool to me because the 2 things that got me really wanting to be an artist were TMNT and Jhonen. I'm a huge fan of JV so I figured maybe there were someother members who are that didnt know this. If this has already been posted by someone a mod could delete it if needed. anyways __________________

05-05-2012, 01:08 PM	#2
TurtleTitan97 Space Cowboy Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Speed Force Posts: 7,043	That's awesome! I love Invader Zim! __________________

05-05-2012, 01:41 PM	#3
Kendamu Sewerhead Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 2,890	That's really cool! One personal fanon I've had for awhile is that Zim and the FW TMNT series take place in the same universe due to how dumb the general human population is.

05-06-2012, 12:51 AM	#5
Kendamu Sewerhead Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 2,890	Go for it!