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[playmate]

Gak! Apologies for the double post; I think this question is a better fit in this thread:

Laird references the 2009 Jake Black art
Can a Turtlemaniac confirm that this print was available EXCLUSIVELY at SDCC in 2009?

Prior to that single image, the final 'Eastman AND Laird' art was the Vol 2 Covers, for Issue #2 (Jan 1994) - Issue 13 (Oct 1995). Can a Comics completist please confirm this?
If I'm right, this 30th Anniversary Cover will be the first 'Eastman AND Laird' image in 18 years and 7 months...RADICAL!!

[Mayhem]

I believe all the Jake Black prints sold out at SDCC 2009, and to my knowledge, not sold again. I can't remember how many there were, and I've barely seen it resold since.

[playmate]

Thanks Mayhem; can a fellow 'Dromer please answer my Vol 2 related question?

[TheCanadiandrome]

Do we have pics of the Technodrome as shown in the comics?

[Warhorse]

I have a question, it's more behind the scenes then whats on the comics pages.

Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman are the creators of the TMNT, correct?

Donatello is Laird's favorite Turtle, right?

Raphael is Eastman's favorite Turtle, correct?

But in the comics, when it came to the big baddies being defeated, it was usually written that either Donatello or Leonardo were the victors. How come Eastman never wrote Raphael to have a major victory that stood out, if he was his favorite? Any thoughts?

[Cipher]

Originally Posted by Warhorse

I have a question, it's more behind the scenes then whats on the comics pages.

Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman are the creators of the TMNT, correct?

Donatello is Laird's favorite Turtle, right?

Raphael is Eastman's favorite Turtle, correct?

But in the comics, when it came to the big baddies being defeated, it was usually written that either Donatello or Leonardo were the victors. How come Eastman never wrote Raphael to have a major victory that stood out, if he was his favorite? Any thoughts?

1. Yes.

2. I believe he's stated so, yes.

3. I'm not sure there's a recorded quote backing that up, but it certainly seems so from the stories he's spearheaded, and in general he's a fan of pulpy action stories, which obviously favor Raph and Casey.

4. I don't know. Character integrity? Eastman has had fun with Raph in solo stories, but most of the major events in the series kind of require Raph's solo-cowboy antics get put down. There really aren't that many "big bad" defeats in Mirage, by the nature of the type of book it is. There's Shredder in the first issue and "Return to New York," and the Foot Elite in "City at War," and that's kind of it. He does spearhead the Turtles going back to take on Shredder in "Return of New York," though, and shakes Leonardo out of a year-long malaise. Later, under Laird and the remaining Mirage staff, Raph becomes a pretty important character in stories set in the future of the Mirage timeline as well.

[Warhorse]

Did they ever make novels of the comics? And do they print out whole books of the comics (it's easier to keep one big book on the shelf instead of the countless comics that exist. I ask this because I have seen some X-Men comics that were all combined into one massive book, and I really liked how it turned out.)

[Powder]

Originally Posted by Warhorse

But in the comics, when it came to the big baddies being defeated, it was usually written that either Donatello or Leonardo were the victors. How come Eastman never wrote Raphael to have a major victory that stood out, if he was his favorite? Any thoughts?

Leonardo & Donnie are the most focused & calculated. Raph is a brawler whose emotions get in the way, and Mikey is a bit too loose/carefree. Makes perfect sense.

[Cipher]

Originally Posted by Warhorse

Did they ever make novels of the comics? And do they print out whole books of the comics (it's easier to keep one big book on the shelf instead of the countless comics that exist. I ask this because I have seen some X-Men comics that were all combined into one massive book, and I really liked how it turned out.)

No novelizations that I'm aware of, if that's what you're asking.

For collected editions, IDW, the current comics licensee, is releasing the whole series in various collected books. The Mirage content is split up among the hardcover "Ultimate" collections, the soft-cover "Classic Collections," and soft-cover collections of the two Tales of the TMNT series.

[Dawnatello Turtle Chick]

Originally Posted by Warhorse

Raphael is Eastman's favorite Turtle, correct?

At the recent Q&A after the screening of TMNT II in Dallas, TX at the Jared's Epic Party thing, Eastman was asked what his favorite turtle was and he stated it was Michelangelo because that was the first turtle he ever drew.

[DrSpengler]

I'd say Raphael is Eastman's signature Turtle, given his preference for writing stories involving him, but that isn't necessarily the same thing as his favorite Turtle.

[CyberCubed]

Eastman said a few times Raph and Casey are his favorite characters, so logic dictates Raph is his favorite turtle.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Do we have pics of the Technodrome as shown in the comics? i've read a few and maybe i missed it. i've been mostly collecting the TPBs as oppossed to individual issues

[DrSpengler]

Originally Posted by TheCanadiandrome

Do we have pics of the Technodrome as shown in the comics? i've read a few and maybe i missed it. i've been mostly collecting the TPBs as oppossed to individual issues

The only one I have on hand is this one from TMNT Adventures #1, sorry:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8tv2laMEB...dlyDrawn01.jpg

[Newman]

Looking for a certain comic I had in 91/92
In the winter 1991/1992 I bought some comic of TMNT that was not the regular Archie comic. This was one number and my impression was that it was darker and quite different from both the Archie comics and the Murakami cartoon tv series. I didn't like it that much so therefore I didn't save it.

Now, what I remember from it is this:

-it was all in color, that's said not black-and-white like most Mirage TMNT comics. and it was in usual comic-format, that's said squares you know.
-since this was late 1991 or early 1992 in Sweden the original english-speaking version of it could have been released either then or earlier.

-in the beginning, or at least on one of the pages, Splinter tells the readers about the four Turtles, and he describes Don, Leo and Raph as good fighters or fearsome warriors or something like that (my impression) while he describes Michelangelo as kind of like a childish funny non-serious misplaced turtle. That's said the difference between Mich and the other less party-liking Turtles was more described here than in any of the Archie comics I've read.

-the story was about some ghosts or living dead related to a river or a swamp. It could have been two stories in this comic book but I think the living dead/ghost-story was the same as the ones where Splinter tells about his pupils as I described above. I think - though I might be wrong in the details - that Turtles went from the sewers through some tunnel and came to the outdoor swamp or river where these ghosts or zombies whatever hanged out.

-The drawer was not Ken Mitchroney.

I have looked through Mirage comics on the net, as I thought it could have been those - because of the darker style, but they were almost all black and white.

Could it have been the Ninja Turtles magazine?

I come to think about this comic I briefly had recently so I haven't done too much reaserch on it, and it is difficult anyways, as whole comics are not posted on the net.

I would appreciate tips if anyone knows what I talk about!

[TheCanadiandrome]

Originally Posted by DrSpengler

The only one I have on hand is this one from TMNT Adventures #1, sorry:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8tv2laMEB...dlyDrawn01.jpg

well i was meanin in the more recent IDW stuff

[RTMNT]

Hey, guys, do you know, where can I find scans of TMNT Archie Comics #6 of a higher quality than that is free on-line now? Perhaps, someone could kindly upload scans of that issue? Thanks in advance!

[The Cheese Phone]

I have volumes 1, 2, and 4 available in digital format. I had a bunch of Archie's, too. Not sure if I still do have those. I'll have to check.

[Redrumh2o]

Quick question.......does the PBBZ #1 reprint have a wraparound cover?? Can someone post a pic of the back of one for me?? Thanks!!

[RTMNT]

Black Suit Raph, thanks for the reply! It would be awesome if You could find Archie Comics #6.