Every picture has a story...

[oldmanwinters]

This isn't so much about this ebay auction for this interesting piece of Don Simpson art:
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It's about the story behind the picture, as recounted by Steve Murphy:

Spoiler:

They say that every picture tells a story... so here's the story behind this one. Way back in the day, in 1985, artist Donald Simpson (of "Megaton Man" fame) painted this portrait of the fictitious ninja turtle "Mantegna" and mailed it to Peter Laird as a gift. Laird, for reasons I now forget, got pissed off at Simpson and so one day took this off the wall of his office and placed it on the floor as a door mat. I kid you not. When I one day saw Laird wipe his wet shoes on it I intervened and gave him sh** for it... so he picked it up and gave it to me. Since this painting was done in water color you can just see where some of the colors ran a bit in the lower center-right section from that shoe wiping. Still, it's a great piece and I'm still not sure if I want to part with it. At any rate, it measures 11" by 17" and is on standard interior comic book page stock.

Wow. Just, wow.