That April O'Neil cover

[Andrew NDB]

Y'all dig?



Also, Ethan Van Sciver just talked about it a little bit. Skip to about 8:50.

[Cowabung-Gal]

Ew. No. Modern comic artists really hate feminine beauty, don’t they?

[Bahamut810]

I mean...its the same art as the rest of the "best of" series so I cant get mad

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Bahamut810

I mean...its the same art as the rest of the "best of" series so I cant get mad

There's more covers like that?

[Bahamut810]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

There's more covers like that?

All of the best of series have that simple art sort of cover. There are 8 or so of them out?

Here is the sales page

I like some of them and I dont like some of them depending on the character. They are usually a Mirage, a Archie and a IDW comic (if possible) that has the character somewhat importantly displayed in that issue. I mostly pick them up just to get the feel for the older comics as I just came in on the IDW comics.

Jennikas was complete BS that I didnt pick up because she does not have the history in the series to justify her having an issue.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

She looks like she is ready to ask for the manager.

[Cowabung-Gal]

Originally Posted by FredWolfLeonardo

She looks like she is ready to ask for the manager.

[neatoman]

I thought it was going to be about the "Arpil" typo.

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by neatoman

I thought it was going to be about the "Arpil" typo.

Ha, I still remember that!

[TheLabRat]

Originally Posted by Cowabung-Gal

Ew. No. Modern comic artists really hate feminine beauty, don’t they?

Remind me of Campbell always give Karai a giant honkin’ nose.

[Monty Mole]

These "best of" comics sucked

[hypered1]

Originally Posted by Bahamut810

All of the best of series have that simple art sort of cover. There are 8 or so of them out?

July's 'Best of Karai' will be the 14th edition.

Also worth pointing out that the collected editions have slightly different artwork on the covers and April does look better there.

[Sumac]

Originally Posted by TheLabRat

Remind me of Campbell always give Karai a giant honkin’ nose.

Isn't Campbell the one who wanted to make April to look like a greasy fat ugly hipster?

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by Monty Mole

These "best of" comics sucked

Yeah, I mean seriously, what do they consist of? Best of April alone is:

1. Mirage #2
2. Micro
3. IDW #118

I mean seriously, I get #2 and the Micro (first appearance and a dedicated solo story) even if they aren't necessarily "the best" in a traditional sense, but IDW #118? A Mutant Town issue about her getting chased by eels and isn't really about her other than technically being on more pages than the other characters? There wasn't a single dedicated Tales issue or something they could have picked? Or if they had to pick a story that wasn't mostly about her, could they at least have picked something... Memorable?

As for the Rest...
Leonardo:

1. Mirage Micro
2. IDW Micro
3. Macro

Donatello:

1. Mirage Micro
2. IDW Micro
3. Macro

Michelangelo:

1. Mirage Micro
2. IDW Micro
3. Macro

Raphael:

1. Mirage Micro
2. IDW Micro
3. Macro

Which, again, not necessarily the best in a strict sense but at least clearly dedicated to them. Still, no Tales issues which would be better?

Then...
Splinter:

1. Archie #45
2. Tales V2 #2
3. IDW #5
4. Micro

Which is better but I'd probably just omit Archie's attempt to combine the Mirage and FW origins and just replace it with some Tales issue or the origin pages from Mirage #1.

Shredder:

1. Mirage #1
2. Micro
3. In Hell #1

Which... Sure but once again, not strictly "the best", just his initial appearance and two dedicated issues to him. Not to mention how In Hell #1 does not work as a standalone story.

Casey Jones:

1. Mirage #14
2. Mirage #48
3. Micro

Which is likely the one best collection as to what may be considered the best rather than just "whatever the hell happens to be dedicated to him". Don't personally like #14 but plenty of people do.

Leatherhead:

1. Tales #6
2. Mirage #45
3. IDW #56

More problems like the others. A first appearance, literally the second time he was in Mirage at all I think and the first time he was in IDW properly, the last one there also make no sense as a standalone story. Sad thing is that IDW has reprinted enough Mirage Leatherhead material to make a complete enough storyline...

Then there is Krang but... Ugh... Krang sucks and the better Krang focused comics are from IDW themselves. But even with the general lack of decent comics about this terrible character, what the hell did they pick? The conclusion to a (ught) David Wise story, the Micro, another IDW issue which doesn't really function as a standalone story and... A bonus story from a 2012 cartoon tie-in, you know, the cartoon in which Krang is changed to be a faction of the Utroms rather than a character in his own right?

Then I am aware of what's in the Jennika collection but let's be honest, does anyone care what the "best" Jennika issues are? In case you have to know, one is from an issue from when she was still human but the story isn't really about her, the second is a collection of the Universe back-ups in which she was still human, the third is the first issue of her second mini which does not work as a standalone story, the fourth is #114 which also does not work as a standalone story and the fifth (yes, really, fifth) is another one about when she was still human. I don't know why they even bothered, the collection almost admits the character (as boring as she always were) still worked better as a human being...

I don't quite know what the contents of Baxter and Rat King are, but I know the Baxter one has an issue of the Dreamwave book in there and... That's regarded as being one of the worst TMNT books ever.

[oldmanwinters]

Back when the contents got revealed, I made my breakdown of better candidates for a Best of Arpil… er, April collection:
https://forums.thetechnodrome.com/sh...postcount=1359

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by neatoman

Yeah, I mean seriously, what do they consist of? Best of April alone is:

1. Mirage #2
2. Micro
3. IDW #118

Frankly for the third story I would have put in that one Tales Vol 2 issue about her trying to find herself after dealing with the fact that she's a drawing. It featured the return to one of the Archie artists for her design and Splnter's.

[Monty Mole]

Originally Posted by neatoman

Yeah, I mean seriously, what do they consist of? Best of April alone is:

1. Mirage #2
2. Micro
3. IDW #118

I mean seriously, I get #2 and the Micro (first appearence and a dedicated solo story) even if they aren't necessarily "the best" in a tradition sense, but IDW #118? A Mutant Town issue about her getting chased by eels and isn't really about her other than technically being on more pages than the other character? There wasn't a single dedicated Tales issue or something they could have picked? Or if they had to pick a story that wasn't mostly about her, could they at least have picked something... Memorable?

As for the Rest...
Leonardo:

1. Mirage Micro
2. IDW Micro
3. Macro

Donatello:

1. Mirage Micro
2. IDW Micro
3. Macro

Michelangelo

1. Mirage Micro
2. IDW Micro
3. Macro

Raphael:

1. Mirage Micro
2. IDW Micro
3. Macro

Which, again, not necessarily the best in a strict sense but at least clearly dedicated to them. Still, no Tales issues which would be better?

Then...

1. Splinter:
2. Archie #45
3. Tales V2 #2
4. IDW #5
5. Micro

Which is better but I'd probably just omit Archie's attempt to combine the Mirage and FW origins and just replace it with some Tales issue or the origin pages from Mirage #1.

Shredder:

1. Mirage #1
2. Micro
3. In Hell #1

Which... Sure but once again, not strictly "the best", just his initial appearance and two dedicated issues to him. Not to mention how In Hell #1 does not work as a standalone story.

Casey Jones:

1. Mirage #14
2. Mirage #48
3. Micro

Which is likely the one best collection as to what may be considered the best rather than just "whatever the hell happens to be dedicated to him". Don't personally like #14 but plenty of people do.

Leatherhead:

1. Tales #6
2. Mirage #45
3. IDW #56

More problems like the others. A first appearance, literally the second time he was in Mirage at all I think and the first time he was in IDW properly, the last one there also make no sense as a standalone story. Sad thing is that IDW has reprinted enough Mirage Leatherhead material to make a complete enough storyline...

Then there is Krang but... Ugh... Krang sucks and the better Krang focused comics are from IDW themselves. But even with the general lack of decent comics about this terrible character, what the hell did they pick? The conclusion to a (ught) David Wise story, the Micro, another IDW issue which doesn't really function as a standalone story and... A bonus story from a 2012 cartoon tie-in, you know, the cartoon in which Krang is changed to be a faction of the Utroms rather than a character in his own right?

Then I am aware of what's in the Jennika collection but let's be honest, does anyone care what the "best" Jennika issues are? In case you have to know, one is from an issue from when she was still human but the story isn't really about her, the second is a collection of the Universe back-ups in which she was still human, the third is the first issue of her second mini which does not work as a standalone story, the fourth is #114 which also does not work as a standalone story and the fifth (yes, really, fifth) is another one about when she was still human. I don't know why they even bothered, the collection almost admits the character (as boring as she always were) still worked better as a human being...

I don't quite know what the contents of Baxter and Rat King are, but I know the Baxter one has an issue of the Dreamwave book in there and... That's regarded as being one of the worst TMNT books ever.

It makes you wonder who's job this was, because they put no effort into this whatsoever. Just the bear ****ing minimum. I'm also not sure why they used the Color Classic version for the Mirage issues.

[CyberCubed]

It's a real shame they wasted making those trades which was just redundant material instead of making Vol. 4 trades or continuing the Tales V. 2 trades where they left off (I think they only collected about 25 issues of that before they stopped).

[Cowabung-Gal]

You know IDW is in financial trouble if they resort to reprinting old issues in hopes of making sales.

[CyberCubed]

They've re-printing the Vol. 1 issues for the umpteenth time in new collections again.