Frank Fosco's "TMNT vs. Spawn" mini comic

*Andrew NDB* · 08-31-2010, 11:05 PM

"TMNT vs. Spawn"

You can grab a .PDF of this HERE.

This is a five page comic drawn by Frank Fosco, colored by Sabacooza, and lettered by Adam O. Pruett.

To preface this a little bit... this was what Frank drew in early 1996 to show to Erik Larsen to win the assignment of drawing TMNT Volume 3. He hadn't quite finalized the "look" he wanted to for the TMNT themselves that we would more associate with the Fosco TMNT now.

This isn't a part of the Image TMNT finisher or anything that anyone is really looking to publish (officially or unofficially) in any form... this is just an offering to the fans out there. Basically, when I bought a bunch of Frank's original art pages off of him a while back he was nice enough to include a very early, rough pencilled look at these pages with them that virtually no one had seen before... suffice to say, I saw them and I thought they would definitely be worth bringing to life and showing you guys. So here they are.

*oldmanwinters* · 08-31-2010, 11:11 PM

Wow, this is so awesome to behold! It sure has been an epic day for long lost TMNT comic gems!

*CyberCubed* · 08-31-2010, 11:22 PM

Wow, this is actually pretty cool. Once again I also have to give props on the coloring, that is really well done.

Too bad this isn't canon.

Buffy · 08-31-2010, 11:24 PM

Wow, thank you so much for sharing!

*Powder* · 08-31-2010, 11:37 PM

YES! The long awaited beauty...

Friggin' awsome. Props to Sab, of course.

I would so love for the turtles to be drawn by Fosco forever & ever.

**Venom** · 08-31-2010, 11:38 PM

Bad. ASS!!!!!!!

Man, this should become an officially sanctioned crossover event like the old Batman/Spawn, Spider-Man/Spawn crossovers back in the '90's.

*Andrew NDB* · 08-31-2010, 11:42 PM

It's kind of funny, if you look back in the Vol. 3 lettercol you can find letters from me whining about wanting to see Spawn in the TMNT comics... and yet all along, here was this 5 page mini-story from Frank that did just that.

*Cipher* · 09-01-2010, 12:02 AM

Boss. I love this.

*Eiko* · 09-01-2010, 12:47 AM

Wow this is so cool thanks for sharing.

Mindy · 09-01-2010, 05:19 AM

Absolutely love it!!!

*ToTheNines* · 09-01-2010, 07:39 AM

Cool stuff, man.

Quote:

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Too bad this isn't canon.

The eff's it matter?

*DrSpengler* · 09-01-2010, 09:29 AM

As a Spawn fan from Day One who owns every issue of the comic (and is still, for reasons beyond me, still following it)...

That was great. Five pages just wasn't enough.

Sabacooza deserves some serious credit, too, as those colors are amazing.

*Master Splinter* · 09-01-2010, 10:12 AM

Beautifully breathtaking.

-ms

pl212 · 09-01-2010, 11:29 AM

Pure awesomeness !! now im wanting more

*discordiatookie* · 09-01-2010, 01:52 PM

Wow, that is some great stuff! And them colours - sheesh Sabacooza, you friggin' rock. Am I the only one that is reminded of Jack Kirby's TMNT sketch when I see this? (Well, pages two and four.) Thanks for sharing this - to you, Andrew, and to Frank Fosco also. Any chance of seeing the orginal black and white version?

*Sabacooza* · 09-01-2010, 03:24 PM

Thanks goes to Andrew for posting it and thanks to all for the comments.

Oddly enough Just as Frank sent over these pages for me to color, I received a script for a TMNT Spawn comic book written by two friends of mine. The timing was pretty strange. The script was actually pretty good and I sent it off to Frank to have a look at it when he's able to.

BoggleKng · 09-01-2010, 06:49 PM

very cool indeed, it would be nice to the see the "to be continued"?!!

OA · 09-01-2010, 07:55 PM

Very, very cool. Great job to all parties who brought this to life. Thanks for sharing and making the effort to see this brought back to life. I can't imagine it was easy.

*Samhain* · 09-01-2010, 08:04 PM

Sick! Thanks for sharing this!

*CyberCubed* · 09-01-2010, 09:05 PM

While I know OF Spawn, I've never read a Spawn comic and have no idea what the character is like, aside from knowing the comics are very violent.

If there is a second part, I hope its not Spawn chopping up the Turtles into tiny bits.

08-31-2010, 11:05 PM	#1
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,258	Frank Fosco's "TMNT vs. Spawn" mini comic "TMNT vs. Spawn" You can grab a .PDF of this HERE. This is a five page comic drawn by Frank Fosco, colored by Sabacooza, and lettered by Adam O. Pruett. To preface this a little bit... this was what Frank drew in early 1996 to show to Erik Larsen to win the assignment of drawing TMNT Volume 3. He hadn't quite finalized the "look" he wanted to for the TMNT themselves that we would more associate with the Fosco TMNT now. This isn't a part of the Image TMNT finisher or anything that anyone is really looking to publish (officially or unofficially) in any form... this is just an offering to the fans out there. Basically, when I bought a bunch of Frank's original art pages off of him a while back he was nice enough to include a very early, rough pencilled look at these pages with them that virtually no one had seen before... suffice to say, I saw them and I thought they would definitely be worth bringing to life and showing you guys. So here they are. __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ] Last edited by Andrew NDB; 09-02-2010 at 11:14 PM.

08-31-2010, 11:11 PM	#2
oldmanwinters Overlord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Between yesterday and tomorrow! Posts: 15,456	Wow, this is so awesome to behold! It sure has been an epic day for long lost TMNT comic gems! __________________ Experience the TMNT Fan Commentaries! Check out my TMNT fan comic, "Nothing to Fear"! View my sketch work! I'm selling some of my hard-to-find TMNT items!

08-31-2010, 11:24 PM	#4
Buffy Mad Scientist Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: where am I? Posts: 1,472	Wow, thank you so much for sharing! __________________ Forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza.

08-31-2010, 11:38 PM	#6
Venom Space Knight Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 3,635	Bad. ASS!!!!!!! Man, this should become an officially sanctioned crossover event like the old Batman/Spawn, Spider-Man/Spawn crossovers back in the '90's. __________________

08-31-2010, 11:42 PM	#7
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,258	It's kind of funny, if you look back in the Vol. 3 lettercol you can find letters from me whining about wanting to see Spawn in the TMNT comics... and yet all along, here was this 5 page mini-story from Frank that did just that. __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ]

08-31-2010, 11:22 PM	#3
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,713	Wow, this is actually pretty cool. Once again I also have to give props on the coloring, that is really well done. Too bad this isn't canon.

08-31-2010, 11:37 PM	#5
Powder 40 Years of TMNT Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell-Ri-La Posts: 26,945	YES! The long awaited beauty... Friggin' awsome. Props to Sab, of course. I would so love for the turtles to be drawn by Fosco forever & ever.

09-01-2010, 12:02 AM	#8
Cipher Foot Elite Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 3,454	Boss. I love this.

09-01-2010, 12:47 AM	#9
Eiko Aussie and Proud Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Foot HQ Australia Posts: 1,816	Wow this is so cool thanks for sharing. __________________

09-01-2010, 05:19 AM	#10
Mindy Foot Soldier Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 184	Absolutely love it!!! __________________ TMNT OVA English fandubs ~ completed! TMNT & other fics: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1013080/

09-01-2010, 09:29 AM	#12
DrSpengler Foot Elite Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,842	As a Spawn fan from Day One who owns every issue of the comic (and is still, for reasons beyond me, still following it)... That was great. Five pages just wasn't enough. Sabacooza deserves some serious credit, too, as those colors are amazing.

09-01-2010, 10:12 AM	#13
Master Splinter 幸 - 愛 - 思う Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: St. Louis Posts: 2,824	Beautifully breathtaking. -ms

09-01-2010, 11:29 AM	#14
pl212 Stone Warrior Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NYC Posts: 813	Pure awesomeness !! now im wanting more

09-01-2010, 01:52 PM	#15
discordiatookie facehugger Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Posts: 2,817	Wow, that is some great stuff! And them colours - sheesh Sabacooza, you friggin' rock. Am I the only one that is reminded of Jack Kirby's TMNT sketch when I see this? (Well, pages two and four.) Thanks for sharing this - to you, Andrew, and to Frank Fosco also. Any chance of seeing the orginal black and white version? __________________ Oh Discordia! Charyou Tree! Come, Reap! Don't tell us to grow up and out of it I got my cloak and dagger in a bar room brawl You actually trying to read this tiny text? Damn, you're dedicated! This is all just for effect you know... original TMNT art collection

09-01-2010, 03:24 PM	#16
Sabacooza Mad Scientist Join Date: May 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,994	Thanks goes to Andrew for posting it and thanks to all for the comments. Oddly enough Just as Frank sent over these pages for me to color, I received a script for a TMNT Spawn comic book written by two friends of mine. The timing was pretty strange. The script was actually pretty good and I sent it off to Frank to have a look at it when he's able to.

09-01-2010, 06:49 PM	#17
BoggleKng Mad Scientist Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Boston, Ma Posts: 1,224	very cool indeed, it would be nice to the see the "to be continued"?!! __________________ You guys mind telling me what you're doing to my little green pal over there, hm? -Casey Jones, TMNT movie...

09-01-2010, 07:55 PM	#18
OA Scatter the nuns!! Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,981	Very, very cool. Great job to all parties who brought this to life. Thanks for sharing and making the effort to see this brought back to life. I can't imagine it was easy. __________________

09-01-2010, 08:04 PM	#19
Samhain Dare To Be Stupid! Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: 1313 Mockingbird Lane Posts: 4,752	Sick! Thanks for sharing this!

09-01-2010, 09:05 PM	#20
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,713	While I know OF Spawn, I've never read a Spawn comic and have no idea what the character is like, aside from knowing the comics are very violent. If there is a second part, I hope its not Spawn chopping up the Turtles into tiny bits.