01-23-2023, 06:09 PM | #21 |
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Volumes of mirage (edit: including Last Ronin) are the only comics I really have for the most part, but if he DOES actually work on more, well those are a must have. I feel like that would kill my hands now at this age, so props to him if he can still make it happen at nearing 70.
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01-25-2023, 05:51 PM | #22 |
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Here's Peter going through Issue 1.
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01-25-2023, 05:57 PM | #23 |
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I'm surprised it's not the PBBZ version.
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01-25-2023, 06:38 PM | #24 |
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These videos are great!
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01-27-2023, 09:41 AM | #25 |
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Never thought I’d see more interviews like this with Laird. Truly great to hear him muse about the history of the property for two hours. Some neat tidbits of info in there too. Like he could have purchased the entire #1 original art from Eastman for $200k. If memory serves it didn’t go much higher than that at auction. With the recent sale of the #8 cover for $78k, I can only imagine what that #1 OA would fetch today.
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Regardless, I’d still like to meet him and have him sign one of my posters.
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01-27-2023, 10:37 AM | #27 |
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Honestly, we largely don't know. Only a select few have even met him. He doesn't really travel far.
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01-27-2023, 10:55 AM | #28 |
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Heh, it's a pretty old controversy these days, but the reference still amuses me, what with how upset the fanbase got with the idea the original issue was going to be replaced with Laird's digitally remastered special edition.
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01-27-2023, 11:28 AM | #29 |
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It was the tones replaced with the cheapy ones plus Laird actually going through and changing little bits of dialogue, like the Turtles' first words.
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01-27-2023, 02:51 PM | #30 |
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All things considered, I regret not picking up a copy back when it was readily available at reasonable price via the official Mirage website.
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01-27-2023, 03:49 PM | #31 |
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Mirage studios is dissolved as a business so how can he even create a new comic if he wanted? Wouldn't IDW be publishing it if he could? It's not like he can self publish through Mirage anymore.
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01-27-2023, 04:26 PM | #32 |
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Easy. The same way I can, or anyone can: you have a company print it for you. I'm not even sure Mirage Publishing was actually printing their own comics in house at all.
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I remember him responding to you on the comment section of his blog about him having to be "heavily involved" but he couldn't recall precisely what that meant. It would be interesting to find out would he have to write and/or illustrate the book or would being an editor (certainly an important role) be enough to satisfy their requirements. Quote:
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01-27-2023, 05:17 PM | #34 |
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I met him in '93 along with the rest of the Mirage crew. Granted it was 30 years ago, but he seemed excited to talk Turtles with fans at that point.
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01-27-2023, 06:33 PM | #35 |
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01-27-2023, 06:56 PM | #36 |
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I mean, 1993 was less than a decade after TMNT debuted in 1984, and he was a lot younger back then. Of course he'd be a lot different back then than people who met him from a decade or two after
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01-29-2023, 09:34 AM | #38 |
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Someone mentioned that Peter Laird was in disbelief that TLR made the New York Times Best Seller list, when he was told, until he saw it for himself.
Can’t remember if it was here or in the YouTube comments but it’s pretty wild. Could very well have been part of what rekindled his interest - the idea that people are into, essentially, his version of TMNT. I think he became disillusioned because he felt like the public was more interested in the Fred Wolf’isms than what he brought to the table, but I obviously can’t speak for him. |
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To some degree, I like to think fan websites like Tmnt Entity and Turtlepedia helped serve as entry portals into the history of Turtles print media.
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02-01-2023, 09:04 PM | #40 |
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I'm holding out hope that Peter will return to TMNT one day because I've always loved how he handled the property. It doesn't feel the same without. I hope it's been long enough where he's willing to come back to it. I know it's wishful thinking but I would love for him to buy it back from Paramount.
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