“Splinter Forever” by Lloyd Goldfine

[ToTheNines]

We finally have a title for the upcoming 8-page comic book story set in the 2003 universe.

Here’s a link to a podcast where Goldfine and the two artists discuss the project: https://m.soundcloud.com/turtletrack...ersary-special

TMNT 40th Anniversary comic is out July 10th.

[nidza_maj2000]

So it will be interesting to read this story

[ToTheNines]

This was incredible. The layouts and the colors were awesome. The 2k3 turtles never looked better. So cool seeing these characters again.

My other two favorite stories were “Gang Wars” and “Kraang Among Us”, but those had the disadvantage of being little preludes to a larger story that may never happen. This was just a nice little snapshot of the main characters doing their thing.

Would love to see this creative team make more comics.

[Anarchistguy]

Ohhhhh it felt so good to read and see this version explored again. Damn I missed them...

The art style in this story reminds me of LeSean Thomas' style.

[neatoman]

So how exactly did Shredder come back?

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by Anarchistguy

Ohhhhh it felt so good to read and see this version explored again. Damn I missed them...

The art style in this story reminds me of LeSean Thomas' style.

Yeah, definitely did kinda look like amped up LeSean.

Originally Posted by neatoman

So how exactly did Shredder come back?

They don’t say. The story begins in media res.

I don’t really consider this canon at all, which does not detract from how great it was. Ch’rell was so definitively annihilated on screen in Turtles Forever after nearly wiping out countless universes. He’s not gonna follow that up with “kidnap Splinter”. And then he’s just dispatched rather easily and unceremoniously.

It was just an effective way to showcase all of the major players of the show. I guess all confusion could have been eliminated by getting rid of Turtle Hun, but he was fun to see too.