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[cummycrusader]

So I'm reading the original 1984 TMNT comics (colorized by IDW!!) and something I notice is that they often hit this real vibe of contrasting the whole "ninja warrior" v. "I'm just a kid, a lil boy, a wee fella" that is missing from a lot of older portrayals of Robin.

Personally, I think pre-Teen Titans Dick Grayson Robin hits this vibe the best, but it's buried under 50s-isms.

Then editors and writers decided readers didn't like Robin, which... whatever bro, so Robins started acting as if the writers thought they were just shitty stupid punk kids (badly written Jason Todd-Robin). Then the move was to make them as unchildlike and mature as possible (Tim Drake, especially when he was living in a... high school college dorm? what the fuck was that?) This is not to say all Robin comics were like that, obviously, but sooo many bad issues from the 80s and 90s were written with this obvious insecurity and resentment that their dark brooding edgy violent antihero had a cute lil optimistic kid tagging along roundhouse kicking bad men, which led to the creation of a problem that, frankly, TMNT demonstrates did not need to exist: you can just write your teen boy as a badass and a teen boy at the same time, it is absolutely possible and considering the comic here is contemporary to Batman: Year One and The Long Halloween was not alien to the medium. DC just had a lot of bad writers in the Batcave.

I think the course started to correct with Damian Wayne. I haven't read any DC comics published more than maybe a year after the New 52 reboot and am at least 15 years behind, but the weird resentment for writing kids as kids instead of badass warrior ninjas is bleh.

[ggeyser]

donnie can be trusted with nuclear codes!

[getindumdums]

ATTENTION!!! 87 Leonardo fans!!! DYING for 1987 tmnt content? Of course you are! It's '87!

How 'bout angst...?

Le GASP! Not the '87 turtles! YES! THE CUTE '87 TURTLES!

Together with everyone at @tmntzines, we bring you the "Leader In Blue" Turtle-Zine! Where you can find my work! A short story, and spot art, both made by me!

Feb. 13! Is it’s FINAL day! So this is your last chance to see THIS physical!

Taking place right after the Episode, "Splinter No More", the brothers deal with their remaining fears and doubts from the event. I personally used future arcs, quotes, and attitudes in the series, to create a real fleshed out tear jerker.

-Cut Summary-:

Splinter had turned human. Just for a day. But it changed the air of the sewer. Michelangelo made ice cream pizza topped with chocolate syrup for the four of them to eat at the table. Splinter went to eat his sushi, since he never liked the smell of pizza… Their pizza.

[zombiegangster]

2003 Donatello

[dirtyriver]

Turtle Soup #1, September 1987, cover by Stephen Bissette (pencils), Peter Laird (inks), and Kevin Eastman (colors)

Turtle Soup was an anthology where Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman invited various creators to give their take on the Turtles, whether in a pin-up or a short story.

[themarvelproject]

Wolverine #1 MegaCon Exclusive Variant cover by Kevin Eastman with colors by Paul Mounts (2024)

[pinazee]

I love that the origin of TMNT was just one artist trying to make another artist laugh. Its so poetically beautiful

[thecomicsnexus]

TMNT: 40TH ANNIVERSARY COMICS CELEBRATION

July 2024

By Kevin Eastman, Edgar Alan Poe, Jim Lawson, Tristan Jones, Gary Carlson, Chris Allan, Erik Burnham, Lloyd Goldfine, Ciro Nieli, Andy Suriano, Tom Waltz, Ronda Pattison , Tom Napolitano, Steve Lavigne, Paul Harmon, Frank Fosco, Adam Guzowski, Sarah Myer, Luis Antonio Delgado, Shawn Lee, Khary Randolph, Emilio Lopez, Michael Dialynas, Pablo Tunica, Freddie E. Williams II, David Petersen, Ken Mitchroney, Aaron Hazouri, Dan Duncan, Sophie Campbell, Jodi Nishijima, Stan Sakai, and Emi Fujii.

Come and enjoy stories that will remind you of the 40 years of turtle history.

SCORE: 10 *

* Assuming you are familiar with these iterations.

This is a strange read, and curiously, there are three or four highlights for me, and they are not exactly the ones you would imagine.

Spoilers after the break...

The first story by Kevin Eastman is in the Mirage section of the book but... well... I'll leave at that... I wouldn't call it the Mirage we knew.

There is a story by Lawson and Lavigne with the Rat King that... it's fun. But, you know... I wouldn't even try to fit it in canon... the amount of continuity physics you need to bend to place this story is not worth the time. Just enjoy as a new story by these two iconic Mirage artists.

This other story by Tristan H. Jones and Paul Harmon requires more analysis. I'll revisit it on my gang wars video and try to give it more context... but unfortunately... it's just too vague. All I can say for sure is that it happens in the future of that incomplete saga, but the narrator just takes too many artistic choices to be taken at face value.

Also... I believe this is the first official (frontal) appearance of Agent Bishop (unless I got the character wrong, but Jones already tried to introduce him in this saga). I think he is still holding on to it, and I really hope he gets to tell his story. I wouldn't mind a mini-series... just saying!

The Volume 3 story was... not for me. The dialogue alone felt tired.

The Archie adventure was short, eventful, and funny... and it looks amazing too!

In just four pages a new character was introduced and... a new love story was implied! And it's not just a gratuitous cameo... this is a funny sequence.

The Saturday Morning Adventures (the de facto 87 story) looks amazing as usual, but I didn't find the story that interesting. However, it started a theme that would run across most of the stories in this special after this one: Master Splinter.

The 2003 story is a... loose canon?

Hun is Slash, and Shredder is back... so make of that what you want. All I'm going to say is that this felt a lot like watching the beginning of a 2003 episode, with the narration setting the tone.

The 2012 story was one of the least interesting in the previews, but I have to say... it was probably one of the best. It brought back a villain and it technically serves as an excuse to continue the series?

But to me the best thing about the story is the art. I am surprised Ciro Nieli didn't do more comic book work for the Turtles all these years. In fact, if they somehow decided to continue the 2012 universe in 2D in this style... I'm all in. Well, who am I kidding... I would be in anyway... but this looks amazing.

Andy Suriano did probably the most interesting story in the book. Now, I am not sure if his style doesn't translate well to static panels or what the problem is with the comic format... but it doesn't matter... this small story brought in a lot of things that ended on the editing floor after the show's second season was reduced to a few more episodes. There was a rumor about a female turtle, and not only it is here in all its glory, but there is also a brother?

And come on... it's so Lou Jitsu to die with a cliffhanger.

There are two IDW stories. One is another Splinter story, but the other one is perhaps one of the best in this book.

The Ronda Pattison story takes place just before the Armageddon game, and it shows the five turtles in full sibling dynamic (even Jennika). It was refreshing to see these turtles having fun for a change.

There are no stories by the new team, but... well... that's just starting.

[mikyapixie]

22 years ago today Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles premiered on Fox!!!

[lulidragon]

@tmay.nt

@mikasleaf

The fanarts of The gang bases in EZ Style

#ez #90's #apriloneiltmnt #teenagemutantNinjaturtles #teenagemutantninjaturtles #michelangelo #leonardotmnt #michelangelotmnt #rafaeltmnt #donatellotmnt #tmntcomics #tmntfanart #TMayNT

[ginge1962]

Fistful of Blood #3 - December 2015, cover by James Ryman.

[90smovies]

[bringbackwendellvaughn]

[life-set-to-random]

I got the same vibes from these😅 I was like, “It’s the man-boobs meme!” 🤣😜🫣

[omercifulheaves]

Early Dark Horse ad for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle miniatures.

[80smovies]