Jim Lawson's TMNT #33 "What if?" Cover

funatic · 03-22-2019, 07:58 PM

Lawson just posted this commission he did on facebook (https://www.facebook.com/15549505787...29349063827158), pitch was "if issue 33 came out, what would a possible cover look like."

Fun idea for a commission. Not sure what clues if any it gives to the remaining untold story, but thought I'd share.

Perhaps even more noteworthy is Lawson mentioning "I got a freelance job recently that involved TMNT volume 4" in the post. Is this your Origin project, Andrew, or something else that hasn't been officially announced yet??

*oldmanwinters* · 03-22-2019, 08:07 PM

Just saw this and was thinking of making a thread for it, so thanks for being pro-active!

I'm so glad someone had the vision to commission this, and that Jim was so happy to oblige! Really gets the imaginative juices flowing!

*Andrew NDB* · 03-22-2019, 08:40 PM

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Perhaps even more noteworthy is Lawson mentioning "I got a freelance job recently that involved TMNT volume 4" in the post. Is this your Origin project, Andrew, or something else that hasn't been officially announced yet??

It may be me, since I literally just commissioned one more Origin page this morning (we're near the end and I thought one moment needed to pop more)... though I don't know that Origin "involves volume 4." I mean, it's not far from when Vol. 4 is set, I guess.

There may be talks of this or that. But nothing firm yet. And I think it's still way too early to give up on PL.

Chet · 03-23-2019, 05:09 AM

Ha, $10.00!

*LeotheLateBloomer* · 03-23-2019, 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

And I think it's still way too early to give up on PL.

I hope you're right.

Has he released issue #31 yet or is it still only available to view online?

*CyberCubed* · 03-23-2019, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Chet

Ha, $10.00!

That's what every issue from #29-32 cost. They were $10 each. Paying $10 for a 30 something page comic may be extreme for some people, but some of us were just desperate to see how Vol. 4 would end.

*wpugh2424* · 03-23-2019, 09:38 AM

come on finish the story
I would gladly pay good money to see it finished

Chet · 03-23-2019, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

That's what every issue from #29-32 cost. They were $10 each. Paying $10 for a 30 something page comic may be extreme for some people, but some of us were just desperate to see how Vol. 4 would end.

Oh. Had no idea.

*Andrew NDB* · 03-23-2019, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by LeotheLateBloomer

I hope you're right.

Has he released issue #31 yet or is it still only available to view online?

Yeah, it was released in print officially a couple years ago at this point.

funatic · 03-29-2019, 03:01 PM

he posted another one:

*CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy* · 03-29-2019, 03:22 PM

Holy $hit, I need Jim to do the whole damn series to completion.

*CyberCubed* · 03-29-2019, 03:47 PM

I always thought there was some kind of irony of Don wearing a robot Turtle suit in late Volume 4 after Image turned him into a cyborg and PL complained about that, and then after we had Don/Metalhead for a while in IDW.

*neatoman* · 03-29-2019, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by funatic

Lawson just posted this commission he did on facebook (https://www.facebook.com/15549505787...29349063827158), pitch was "if issue 33 came out, what would a possible cover look like."

http://i63.tinypic.com/2ppwy15.jpg

Fun idea for a commission. Not sure what clues if any it gives to the remaining untold story, but thought I'd share.

Perhaps even more noteworthy is Lawson mentioning "I got a freelance job recently that involved TMNT volume 4" in the post. Is this your Origin project, Andrew, or something else that hasn't been officially announced yet??

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Originally Posted by funatic

he posted another one:

http://i63.tinypic.com/2hwpn2a.jpg

What's actually going on here? Does he have Peter's scripts or does he know what they would contain in some other way?

*Andrew NDB* · 03-29-2019, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by neatoman

What's actually going on here? Does he have Peter's scripts or does he know what they would contain in some other way?

He does not.

funatic · 03-29-2019, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I always thought there was some kind of irony of Don wearing a robot Turtle suit in late Volume 4 after Image turned him into a cyborg and PL complained about that, and then after we had Don/Metalhead for a while in IDW.

Lol yeah I had the same thoughts back when v4 was coming out. Peter Laird, irritated that Image mutilated raph and turned don into a robot... cut to volume 4—

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Originally Posted by neatoman

What's actually going on here? Does he have Peter's scripts or does he know what they would contain in some other way?

On this most recent one Jim stated he was merely having fun. I don't think PL is involved. He did say he had stories in mind for these covers but didn't want to share them. Maybe that suggests something is in the works but I doubt it.

*Andrew NDB* · 03-29-2019, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by funatic

Maybe that suggests something is in the works but I doubt it.

It doesn't and there's not.

*CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy* · 03-29-2019, 04:25 PM

I'll take TwoFace Raph and Cyborg Don over Gameraph and MicroDon any day. But I think Volume 4 had a much better storyline for Donatello, the shrinking stuff notwithstanding.

*Andrew NDB* · 03-29-2019, 04:35 PM

My favorite stuff from both volumes is with Michelangelo, on very different levels.

*CyberCubed* · 03-29-2019, 05:56 PM

The problem is you can't take any of the changes made to the Turtles too seriously because you know they'll go back to normal after a while. Same with the whole Dark Leo and Metalhead Don in IDW. Only difference is in Vol. 4 it went on through most of the run of the book. Hell Raphael was Gamera Raph for more issues than Don was a cyborg in Image.

Imagine being a Raph fan and reading the only current Mirage comic and he's a dinosaur from like issue 14 or whatever it was to 32+.

~~Leo656~~ · 03-29-2019, 10:04 PM

Peter Laird is simply the kind of person who'd insist that his Bad Ideas are automatically superior to other people's Bad Ideas, simply because he created the characters.

He's not altogether wrong, but his ideas were still... not very good. I think Vol. 4 and Vol. 3 were equally Not All That Good from completely different directions.

03-22-2019, 07:58 PM	#1
funatic Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Northampton, MA Posts: 1,226	Jim Lawson's TMNT #33 "What if?" Cover Lawson just posted this commission he did on facebook (https://www.facebook.com/15549505787...29349063827158), pitch was "if issue 33 came out, what would a possible cover look like." Fun idea for a commission. Not sure what clues if any it gives to the remaining untold story, but thought I'd share. Perhaps even more noteworthy is Lawson mentioning "I got a freelance job recently that involved TMNT volume 4" in the post. Is this your Origin project, Andrew, or something else that hasn't been officially announced yet??

03-23-2019, 09:38 AM	#7
wpugh2424 Mad Scientist Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Triceraton Republic Posts: 1,525	come on finish the story I would gladly pay good money to see it finished __________________ "Go! Move it, will ya? Aw, you're letting him blow right by ya! Can you believe this guy? Come on! Don't just...! Ninja-kick the damn rabbit! Do something!"

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03-29-2019, 04:25 PM	#17
CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy Annalist Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 16,435	I'll take TwoFace Raph and Cyborg Don over Gameraph and MicroDon any day. But I think Volume 4 had a much better storyline for Donatello, the shrinking stuff notwithstanding. __________________ *ALL THEIR DAYS ARE NUMBERED*

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03-22-2019, 08:07 PM	#2
oldmanwinters Overlord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Between yesterday and tomorrow! Posts: 15,483	Just saw this and was thinking of making a thread for it, so thanks for being pro-active! I'm so glad someone had the vision to commission this, and that Jim was so happy to oblige! Really gets the imaginative juices flowing! __________________ 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!

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Chet Thug Join Date: Feb 2019 Location: USA Posts: 95	Ha, $10.00!

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funatic Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Northampton, MA Posts: 1,226	he posted another one:

03-29-2019, 03:47 PM	#12
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,831	I always thought there was some kind of irony of Don wearing a robot Turtle suit in late Volume 4 after Image turned him into a cyborg and PL complained about that, and then after we had Don/Metalhead for a while in IDW.

03-29-2019, 05:56 PM	#19
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,831	The problem is you can't take any of the changes made to the Turtles too seriously because you know they'll go back to normal after a while. Same with the whole Dark Leo and Metalhead Don in IDW. Only difference is in Vol. 4 it went on through most of the run of the book. Hell Raphael was Gamera Raph for more issues than Don was a cyborg in Image. Imagine being a Raph fan and reading the only current Mirage comic and he's a dinosaur from like issue 14 or whatever it was to 32+.

03-29-2019, 10:04 PM	#20
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Peter Laird is simply the kind of person who'd insist that his Bad Ideas are automatically superior to other people's Bad Ideas, simply because he created the characters. He's not altogether wrong, but his ideas were still... not very good. I think Vol. 4 and Vol. 3 were equally Not All That Good from completely different directions.