More Kevin art!? Possibly doing issue #21. - Page 2

Toby Barrett · 10-24-2012, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by dkram230

That would be awesome! Hope it pans out. Hell, forget giving "new artists a chance." I would love to see Eastman at the helm full time for the art to give us a true Eastman and Waltz series. I'm sure it's wishful thinking, but it would be amazing if it happened!

Ehhh, I wouldn't mind an issue or an arc, but I wouldn't care for April, Casey, pretty much every human character being hideous for the rest of the comics' run. =p

marcelangelo · 10-24-2012, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Plasticplayhouse

i'm always down for more of kevin's art. though, i do hope that IDW doesnt burn him out.
keep him involved - yes
keep him gainfully employed - yes

he does a cover for every issue (which i love by the way), but that seems like it could be taxing over a long period. honestly, i'd rather have him do only a few variant covers and spend the other work time drawing stand alone stories that consist of only of his art.

point is, i dont want him getting burned out again. he seems to bring a lot of energy, energy that the series needs and i'd like to see that go the long haul. if a candle burns brightly than there is no need to burn it at both ends.

oh and a quadripple ****ing yahoos to an all kevin issue!!!booyakashaaa!

I wanted to remind you guys:it was peter who got burned out, kevin sold his share of the turtles a long time agon and didn't work on any turtles comic project since bodycount.I never heard or read him say anything about having been burned out.
and another thing to keep in mind about this brain project here

is:peter didn't get burned out from drawing and writing his comic book series for 29 years, he and kevin for many years was leading their co-created baby on a WORLD WIDE LEVEL and with never before seen succes at that over the majority of that time.I think even after reading the very insightfull interview with kevin eastman in the comics journal from a few years back NONE of us can ever imagine just what a HUGE(H U G E) amount of work this is...and this is just destined to cause stress problems on your health after time...
if tmnt had just remained a great wonderful comic book for all this time then they would have certainly had written and drawn more issues by now and probably(if sales were allright) would still continue to do that with the greatest of joys...t get back on topic here:I don't see doing a lot of ART WORK bring kevin in a burned out state now

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dkram230 · 10-24-2012, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Toby Barrett

Ehhh, I wouldn't mind an issue or an arc, but I wouldn't care for April, Casey, pretty much every human character being hideous for the rest of the comics' run. =p

I've always loved his gritty look for the humans. Though I can understand how some may not enjoy it as much.

*frank_one* · 10-24-2012, 11:38 AM

You know what they say, "When the cat's away, the mice will play." Now that Pete is out of Turtletown Kevin seems to enjoy some more time with his green little friends. Would I love to see them back together! Well, as long as one of the two is in the game, I'm happy.

*CyberCubed* · 10-24-2012, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by frank_one

You know what they say, "When the cat's away, the mice will play." Now that Pete is out of Turtletown Kevin seems to enjoy some more time with his green little friends. Would I love to see them back together! Well, as long as one of the two is in the game, I'm happy.

I am sure Kevin could have done some Tales of the TMNT issues if he wanted to. He simply abandoned the TMNT franchise after the failure of both Next Mutation and his Bodycount mini-series in 1997/1998.

And if I recall correctly, it was IDW who came to Kevin first.

Matches Malone · 10-24-2012, 04:01 PM

I think Marcelangelo's got it right. I'm sure things are vastly different now that Kevin doesn't have to draw/write turtles while managing the overwhelming business aspect. He still probably has to compromise a bit since he isn't the owner of the turtles, but perhaps Waltz and Curnow are easier for him to work with personality-wise than Mr. Laird.

*Andrew NDB* · 10-24-2012, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

He simply abandoned the TMNT franchise after the failure of both Next Mutation and his Bodycount mini-series in 1997/1998.

lol, the failure of Bodycount? Bodycount's sales -- which were strong (it's even been reprinted at least a couple times now), and he had a great time working on it -- have absolutely, positively nothing to do in any way, shape or form with Kevin walking away from the Turtles.

*Plasticplayhouse* · 10-24-2012, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by dkram230

Aren't we getting that with the Annual released next week?

According to the release dates posted in this forum, it was supposed to come out today 10/24.

dkram230 · 10-24-2012, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Plasticplayhouse

According to the release dates posted in this forum, it was supposed to come out today 10/24.

That thread on this forum has been out of date for a couple weeks now. We don't get #15 nor Annual #1 until next week. It'll be a very happy Halloween!!!!

*Plasticplayhouse* · 10-24-2012, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by dkram230

That thread on this forum has been out of date for a couple weeks now. We don't get #15 nor Annual #1 until next week. It'll be a very happy Halloween!!!!

Ah, ok. Thanks. For a minute I thought I missed out on the issue. I went to the comic shop and no turtles. Now I know why. Can't wait till next week. It'll be a get happy Halloween indeed.

marcelangelo · 10-25-2012, 04:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Matches Malone

I think Marcelangelo's got it right. I'm sure things are vastly different now that Kevin doesn't have to draw/write turtles while managing the overwhelming business aspect. He still probably has to compromise a bit since he isn't the owner of the turtles, but perhaps Waltz and Curnow are easier for him to work with personality-wise than Mr. Laird.

hey thanks matches!

by the way, did we get another sneek peak at the annual art work so far?I only witnessed these excerpts with his caes jones somewhere...

Metropoliskid41 · 10-25-2012, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

He simply abandoned the TMNT franchise after the failure of both Next Mutation and his Bodycount mini-series in 1997/1998.

Yeah I'm gonna have to disagree with you there, I think Bodycount remains to be pretty popular today and is still pretty sought after by fans on the secondary market. Next Mutation's failure maybe, but I certainly wouldn't lump Bodycount in there with that.

*CyberCubed* · 10-25-2012, 01:56 PM

Did the original Bodycount series sell well? I remember Mirage published the first issue under, "Casey Jones and Raphael" and then dropped it so Image had to publish the rest.

*frank_one* · 10-26-2012, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I am sure Kevin could have done some Tales of the TMNT issues if he wanted to.

With Laird still in charge? Hard to believe he simply didn't want to because he was tired of the Turtles. Peter Laird has always said that he would be (or would have been) open to a new collaboration but we don't know how Kevin is feeling about that.

Turns · 11-23-2012, 01:36 PM

It would be nice if Kevin and Peter ended up doing another collaboration or two, but what I would like even more is if Peter finally finished vol. 4

marcelangelo · 11-23-2012, 01:54 PM

just wanted to throw in that in the recent audio interview with kevin eastman, that I found here in some thread(sorry, dont remember which one at the momtaling about the experiment of doin the annual nearly all on his own again ) and too tired to look it up) he said towards the end of the interview that who knows maybe next time peter will come back and do a little something..or maybe THEY BOTH do a litlle something...
dont wanna mislead you, he just referred to what you are all martering your heads about over here

..)

*frank_one* · 11-23-2012, 07:37 PM

Kevin is always optimistic, he is famous for that.

Lampy · 11-25-2012, 09:37 PM

I do hope that peter does an issue or two. If I remember correctly... Pete would only agree if kevin himself invites him to collaborate. Not for the fans... but just because kevin asked.

*Jephael* · 11-26-2012, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Lampy

I do hope that peter does an issue or two. If I remember correctly... Pete would only agree if kevin himself invites him to collaborate. Not for the fans... but just because kevin asked.

As it's been discussed before, there's always the possibility we'll get a final Eastman and Laird collaboration some point down the road, though it might not be for a while. They'd really need to mend the fences first.

*frank_one* · 11-26-2012, 12:17 PM

If the two do something together again I hope Peter will publish it through Mirage. Obviously it must be set in the Mirage universe.

10-24-2012, 04:01 PM	#26
Matches Malone Stone Warrior Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: California Posts: 954	I think Marcelangelo's got it right. I'm sure things are vastly different now that Kevin doesn't have to draw/write turtles while managing the overwhelming business aspect. He still probably has to compromise a bit since he isn't the owner of the turtles, but perhaps Waltz and Curnow are easier for him to work with personality-wise than Mr. Laird. __________________ "Baxter, you slime puppy!"

11-23-2012, 01:36 PM	#35
Turns Thug Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Ottawa Posts: 75	It would be nice if Kevin and Peter ended up doing another collaboration or two, but what I would like even more is if Peter finally finished vol. 4 __________________ T-U-R-T-L-E Power!

11-23-2012, 01:54 PM	#36
marcelangelo Mad Scientist Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 1,471	just wanted to throw in that in the recent audio interview with kevin eastman, that I found here in some thread(sorry, dont remember which one at the momtaling about the experiment of doin the annual nearly all on his own again ) and too tired to look it up) he said towards the end of the interview that who knows maybe next time peter will come back and do a little something..or maybe THEY BOTH do a litlle something... dont wanna mislead you, he just referred to what you are all martering your heads about over here..)

10-24-2012, 11:38 AM	#24
frank_one Mad Scientist Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Southern Europe Posts: 2,240	You know what they say, "When the cat's away, the mice will play." Now that Pete is out of Turtletown Kevin seems to enjoy some more time with his green little friends. Would I love to see them back together! Well, as long as one of the two is in the game, I'm happy.

10-25-2012, 01:56 PM	#33
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,823	Did the original Bodycount series sell well? I remember Mirage published the first issue under, "Casey Jones and Raphael" and then dropped it so Image had to publish the rest.

11-23-2012, 07:37 PM	#37
frank_one Mad Scientist Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Southern Europe Posts: 2,240	Kevin is always optimistic, he is famous for that.

11-25-2012, 09:37 PM	#38
Lampy Stone Warrior Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 748	I do hope that peter does an issue or two. If I remember correctly... Pete would only agree if kevin himself invites him to collaborate. Not for the fans... but just because kevin asked.

11-26-2012, 12:17 PM	#40
frank_one Mad Scientist Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Southern Europe Posts: 2,240	If the two do something together again I hope Peter will publish it through Mirage. Obviously it must be set in the Mirage universe.