Future of the Turtles

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Originally Posted by Leo656

Perhaps I misspoke. "Cares more" was too broad, and as you've pointed out, not entirely accurate.

I guess I should have said, "Cares enough to want to remain involved even now." Or, "At one point, Laird cared more, but now it's Eastman, since he still wants to be involved but Laird doesn't."

Laird definitely cared more about "what was right for the brand", sure. At least back then. As I pointed out, Eastman is more of a "rubber-stamp" guy. Anything TMNT, to him, is "awesome"... especially if he gets paid for saying so.

But yeah my previous statement wasn't entirely accurate. In my defense, I've been chatting with Andrew on FB this whole time and he has a smooth-ass narrator's voice so I might be a little distracted. Seriously, though, someone hire this guy to do some books on tape, stat.

No wonder he pulled down so much Drome Trim back in the day. Allegedly. "Back When That Meant Something."

Eastman cares more to stay involved because they pay him AND because the fans (some of you) can be milked out of every dime you have just to get him to sign some random @$$ sh¡t for a fee... And I say that as someone who has been in line wishing I had a few spare dimes to pay him to do a sketch or whatever. One of his handlers at shows even gave me hell on two occasions because she didn't like that I bought items elsewhere & showed up with those items to have him sign... lol. And as of Granite Con 2 years back, he supposedly said he "owes me a beer"... but I had to skip out early cuz I was exhausted & dehydrated... and I don't drink beer. Lol

I'm not saying any of that as a negative either. He knows where he can get paid & doesn't have to do much new to get money... last I was aware, IDW pays him pretty much the same rates as anyone else they employ so he isn't rolling in the cash from doing covers & stuff. I enjoyed conversing with him as much as Laird, Lawson, Lavigne or any of the other Mirage guys... And they're always happy to sign stuff (usually for free, except Eastman)...