What are your top 3 favorite renditions of the turtles

[Powder]

It's always fun to have artists do other characters.
Dooney did a Ninja Fugitoid for me once, Berger I had do Bebop, Rocksteady & Krang, Eastman I got a Shredder/Splinter from.
Got a Casey Jones from Lawson, too.

[AleXviD]

Paul Harmon, hands down. And, I suppose, Michael Dooney and Chris Allan.

[Fugitoid Jones]

Originally Posted by Plasticplayhouse

who are your top three favorite turtle renditions (NOT including work from Eastman &/or Laird)

And yet, like 5 or 6 people list Eastman and/or Laird. I'm glad people are paying attention




As for me, I would have to say Chris Allan, Mark Bode, and AC Farley, with Michael Dooney just barely outside the top 3.

[Donnie]

I forgot that David Peterson counts, his covers are amazing...

[Plasticplayhouse]

Originally Posted by AleXviD

Paul Harmon, hands down. And, I suppose, Michael Dooney and Chris Allan.

I wasn't familiar with harmon, but man, after taking a look back, his stuff is off the charts!

Originally Posted by Fugitoid Jones

And yet, like 5 or 6 people list Eastman and/or Laird. I'm glad people are paying attention




As for me, I would have to say Chris Allan, Mark Bode, and AC Farley, with Michael Dooney just barely outside the top 3.

lol, I figured we would still get several E&L's in there. Bode is a good one. He has a very fun style.

[Jephael]

I have to go with Dan Berger. He's done two drawings for me! Someday I might ask him to do a third.

[pannoni1]

Jim Lawson
Michael Dooney (including those great magazine covers/posters)
Tom Waltz (a great start to the IDW era)

[Venom]

Originally Posted by pannoni1

Jim Lawson
Michael Dooney (including those great magazine covers/posters)
Tom Waltz (a great start to the IDW era)

Do you mean Dan Duncan? Tom's the writer...

[Whatswiththeheadbands?]

stan sakai
ross cambell
jim lawson

[Lord Nightwalker]

Plastic, I can not pick just three. It's impossible. The quality has been exceptionaly good over the years.

[Lordmylar06]

A.C. Farley(Archie pinups style was my favorite)
Chris Allan (His style toward the end of the Archie series improved greatly from what it was when he started)
Valerio Schiti (I know that Schiti only did the one micro and a variant cover, but I wanted to see that guy on the IDW comic more than anything.)
It's tough picking the top 3 favorite renditions. I have so many favorite artists and they do have varying styles when drawing the TMNT.

[Raphaeline]

I love Mateus Santolouco's style, he's doing a great job on the TMNT IDW comics.

[funatic]

Berger - favorite of the Mirage old guard, even moreso than E/L :0
Campbell - favorite of the new IDW crew, his turtles actually look teenage
Zulli - most original (& realistic) spin on the turtles

[Cipher]

Oof, only three? That's tough, but I think I can narrow it down to:

1) Jim Lawson ("City at War"/Volume 2 era, followed by his current style) -
Shouldn't be any surprise. He really gave the Mirage book its identity, especially in its quieter eras. As much as I sometimes lamented the fact that his isn't a style set to move action books off shelves (as if that's what the Mirage issues even were), I find myself missing the tone it gave the book.

2) Dan Duncan -
In the same way Lawson defined Mirage, Duncan gave the IDW series its identity, and I find myself enjoying that world less now that he's gone. And like Lawson, it's also an idiosyncratic style that I think works better for its deviations from the norm.

On a purely technical level, holy sh*t can that guy draw an action scene. His twelve-issue run has some of the most fluid displays of movement I've ever seen in an American comic, and it's no wonder he left that world to primarily go into storyboarding.

3) Craig "A.C." Farley -
Like no sh*t, right? His bulky, wide-eyed Turtles and incredibly detailed world are capable of portraying both a sense of horror and sadness, often at the same time. A perfect fit for the Mirage series, even if most of his work consisted of covers.

Honorable mention: Mike Zulli's nightmarish, hyper-realistic Turtles.

On a side note, these aren't just my choices having to exclude Eastman and Laird. These are my top four period.

[liugeaux]

Top three, not including E&L? Probably...

Chris Allen - When I think "Turtles Comics" from when I was a kid, Allen's art comes to mind. It was probably due to the fondness I had for the stories he drew, but its so ingrained in my mind, he has to be my top choice.

Michael Dooney - Dude has range and when he draws covers the art just punches you in the face. He has a talent for drawing the turtles as badasses without it being ridiculous.

Ben Bates - Of the IDW run, Bates' art is my favorite. It has a festive feel to it, and some of the best action scenes in any TMNT comics ever. Oh and his covers are astonishingly rad. I know he's doing the B&R micro, and I hope they keep tapping him for stuff.

Honorable Mention goes to Ross Campbell, and Dan Berger.

[Chris]

Tough question!

I guess if I had to narrow it down to 3 it would be Michael Dooney, Dan Berger and Ben Bates. But very close behind them is Jim Lawson, Chris Allen and Mateus Santolouco (and a whole host of other greats close behind them as well, TMNT has been blessed with some great artists).

[The Fifth Turtle]

E&L
Duncan
Lawson

[pingclang]

1: Eastman and Laird, goes without saying.
2: Dooney, similar to Eastman/Laird yet so different. Really nice touches.
3: Dan Duncan, awesome style that fit so well.

Honorable Mention: I actually like Mitchrooney`s weird cartoon style in the Adventures comics. It looked really cool for some reason.

[CyberCubed]

Dooney and Dan Berger were my favorite artists of Mirage after Kevin/Peter.