Rise April and Edsel from "Mage"

serpentnight · 08-13-2022, 10:19 PM

What's the saying: "If you want to make a completely original idea you must first reinvent the universe."

*neatoman* · 08-14-2022, 05:59 AM

Never knew about this comic. If it's intentional then the answer is pretty simple, they had the rights to April but not Edsel.

*CyberCubed* · 08-14-2022, 10:00 AM

To be fair, "black girl holding a baseball bat" is probably something you can find in hundreds of shows, books, movies, etc.

*IndigoErth* · 08-14-2022, 10:50 AM

Sure, though a magical glowing green bat... now that's an interesting coincidence if that's all it is.

*Powder* · 08-14-2022, 02:27 PM

It's almost like people pay homage to the stuff that inspires them. TMNT is pretty much known for concept recycling.

serpentnight · 08-14-2022, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Powder

It's almost like people pay homage to the stuff that inspires them. TMNT is pretty much known for concept recycling.

Perfectly fair. The original concept of TMNT followed the example of Cerberus the Aardvark and similar indy comic anthropomorphs, pay homage to the works of Frank Miller like Ronin and Daredevil and poke fun and Teen Titans and kiddie super hero teams in general.

08-14-2022, 02:27 PM	#5
Powder So tired of this place Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell Ri La Posts: 26,809	It's almost like people pay homage to the stuff that inspires them. TMNT is pretty much known for concept recycling. __________________ I'm convinced that none of you have ever experienced joy

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CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 41,050	To be fair, "black girl holding a baseball bat" is probably something you can find in hundreds of shows, books, movies, etc.

08-14-2022, 10:50 AM	#4
IndigoErth Team Blue Boy Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: U.S., East Coast Posts: 15,242	Sure, though a magical glowing green bat... now that's an interesting coincidence if that's all it is.