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[ADAMANTIUM]

[srezvan]

I picked this up from a show recently. I haven't read it yet, but I loved the GI Joe Saturday Morning Adventures. Cover price for the TPB + $5 for the sketch. 

[Turtle]

Really cool!  What show was that from @srezvan?

[srezvan]

On 10/19/2023 at 7:06 PM, Turtle said:

Really cool!  What show was that from @srezvan?

Dragon Con. I'm just very behind in cataloging my new stuff. Erik was very nice. Fun to chat with about the Saturday Morning Adventures concept.

[Turtle]

I went to the Rhode Island comic con today and added a few more signatures to the TMNT Compendium:

[sorrenmj]

On 11/5/2023 at 9:22 PM, Turtle said:

I went to the Rhode Island comic con today and added a few more signatures to the TMNT Compendium:

Very cool @Turtle Peter's signature looks great! Jim Lawson is my favorite! Do you plan to get any more sigs?

[Turtle]

On 11/5/2023 at 7:06 PM, sorrenmj said:

Very cool @Turtle Peter's signature looks great! Jim Lawson is my favorite! Do you plan to get any more sigs?

Thanks!

The cover mentions Dooney, Brown, Talbot, and Bissette as well.  I'm sure I'll get Dooney and Talbot to sign eventually.  The other 2 will be tough.  I've seen Bissette at 1 show, but that was around 11 years ago.  I've never met Ryan Brown.  That one will also be tough.

Just for fun, here's a sketch I got from Steve Bissette at the show.  It was in Cincinnati in 2012:

[sorrenmj]

On 11/6/2023 at 2:03 AM, Turtle said:

Thanks!

The cover mentions Dooney, Brown, Talbot, and Bissette as well.  I'm sure I'll get Dooney and Talbot to sign eventually.  The other 2 will be tough.  I've seen Bissette at 1 show, but that was around 11 years ago.  I've never met Ryan Brown.  That one will also be tough.

Just for fun, here's a sketch I got from Steve Bissette at the show.  It was in Cincinnati in 2012:

A TMNT collectors mission never ends! Good luck completing the sigs! Do show them off when you get them

[ngh81]

I heard this was happening a week or so ago, and should have mentioned it sooner…

Did anyone make it to 28 Union St in Dover NH on Nov 8th for the TMNT birthplace commemorative marker unveiling ceremony?

I would have loved to have been there, and definitely plan to stop by someday.

[Turtle]

On 11/11/2023 at 9:21 PM, ngh81 said:

I heard this was happening a week or so ago, and should have mentioned it sooner…

Did anyone make it to 28 Union St in Dover NH on Nov 8th for the TMNT birthplace commemorative marker unveiling ceremony?

I would have loved to have been there, and definitely plan to stop by someday.

I wish I could have, but it was too far away for a mid-week trip.  However, I have an aunt who lives about 10 minutes from there and she kindly went in my place and took some pictures.  She's great!

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 11/12/2023 at 12:37 PM, Turtle said:

I wish I could have, but it was too far away for a mid-week trip.  However, I have an aunt who lives about 10 minutes from there and she kindly went in my place and took some pictures.  She's great!

[Turtle]

Anyone ever seen these mech-inspired TMNT figures by Heatboys?  I believe so far only Leo and Mikey are out.  Raph is next, then Don.  It kind of looks like we may get a Splinter, Shredder, and April as well.  I don't know that I'll get the whole set, but I may pick one up.  They look really great!

[Ryan.]

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On 11/12/2023 at 1:37 PM, Turtle said:

I wish I could have, but it was too far away for a mid-week trip.  However, I have an aunt who lives about 10 minutes from there and she kindly went in my place and took some pictures.  She's great!

I forgot all about this. Ugh.

[nriccijr]

I actually drove by the exit on the way to the lake for my bachelor party. I briefly thought about stopping but I was late.  Kinda sad Pete didn't go ( he wasn't there as far as I can tell)

[Turtle]

We are close to the end of the year so I figure I'd do a recap of some of the TMNT-related events I took part in this year.  As far as being a TMNT fan is concerned, the first half of the year was pretty slow, but it really ramped up by the end.

First off, I went to the Garden State Comic Fest around June or so.  I did get to talk to Jim Lawson a bit at the show but outside of that, it was my first time meeting Bill Anderson, who did some of the inking on a few of the issues in TMNT volume 1 (Twilight of the Ring and Juliet's Revenge).  Overall, a pretty quiet show that I used as an excuse to catch up with a few collector friends of mine.  I did pick up a TMNT print from Bill, though.  This was an older print of his.  His newer ones are pretty cool.  He prints them 2-sided so he has the black and white version on one side and a colored version on the other. 

Spoiler

After that, there was the TMNT fan event at the Mahoning Drive-In showing the first 2 live-action movies and featuring a guest appearance by artist Chris Allan.  I covered that shortly after the event, but here's the link in case you missed it.

After that, there was a smaller show in NYC called FlameCon in August.  I'd never done that show before, but IDW TMNT artist Michael Dialynas was going to be there.  He lives in Greece and I hadn't seen him since NYCC 2018.  I'm working on a couple of Jam Pieces I wanted to add him to.  I'll show those off when they're complete.  That's the artist for the Mutant Mayhem print I showed off a few months back.  However, I also had the opportunity to speak with James Tynion IV, who wrote the Batman/TMNT series.  He even did a small sketch for me:

Spoiler

After that was Baltimore.  That's always a fun show, though there wasn't a huge TMNT presence.  Always a pleasure to chat with Michael Dooney.  I tend to pick up some prints from him when I see him.  Lately, he leaves a little room on the bottom of some of them so he can do a more involved sketch.  I think these are great:

Spoiler

I also got a chance to meet Sarah Myer, who is working on the TMNT Saturday Morning adventures series.  Relatively speaking, she's new to the professional TMNT scene, but you can tell from her work that she's been a fan of the property for a long time.  If you get a chance to meet her, at least swing by and say Hi.  I did pick up an original I saw in her portfolio that just grabbed me for some reason.  It was clearly from the Donatello one-shot story featuring Kirby, a clear homage to Jack Kirby.  Such a great issue.

Spoiler

She said she planned on finishing it digitally and making the print available at NYCC a few months down the road.

I also stopped by Dave Petersen.  I was able to pick up some truly terrific "roughs".  I put that term in quotes because they look really great for roughs.  They are each of the turtles in the famous pose from the splash page in issue #1:

Spoiler

After that was Granite State Comic Con in September, which is the best show of the year for Turtle fans.  It's basically an unofficial TMNT-con with a few other comic creators mixed in.  It's a good chance to meet newer TMNT artists that live abroad like Mateus Santolouco , Mike Rooth, and Jon Sommariva.  Steve Lavigne was also in attendance and he hosted the impromptu Peter Laird signing at his table, which was great.  While Jim Lawson wasn't there, he did hold a signing during one of the days at a museum in Dover (near the new manhole cover) that had a temporary TMNT exhibit set up.  I'm expecting big things from that show next year for the TMNT 40th anniversary.  Eastman is slated to be there and I'm guessing Lavigne will be there as well.  I'm hoping they can get Talbot and Lawson there like they were in 2022.  Santolouco will be there as well, who is easily one of the best TMNT artists out there right now.  The guy does stellar work!  Anyway, I got a few small sketches and some prints.  Sommariva did the sketch and the print, Rooth (who was the reigning sketch-off champ from last year and cover artist for the show program this year) did Usagi:

Spoiler

In early October, I did NYCC for a day.  It makes for a long day, but it's still a fun show.  I was able to get Nick Pitarra (Bebop and Rocksteady Destroy Everything) to do a great sketch for me.  I've got 2 Rocksteadys in my sketchbook but no Bebops.  He wanted to fix that.  I also got very lucky and was able to catch Rick Remender.  While he has largely moved on to writing duties while running his Giant Generator imprint at Image comics, I mostly know him as an artist from Tales of the TMNT vol. 2.  While he claimed to be rusty, I thought he did a great job and I feel fortunate to get a sketch from him at all.  John Giang always has nice prints, though they are oversized so I don't have a great way to display them.  I'll have to figure that out.  I also stopped by Tyler Walpole.  He hasn't worked on TMNT since the early IDW days, but he did make some prints of those covers.  I'm still hoping he puts out a print of his MC Escher-inspired Baxter Stockman someday.  I also stopped by Sarah Myer again and was able to pick up the finished print of the original I bought in Baltimore.

Spoiler

Finally, I did the Rhode Island Comic Con.  Kevin Eastman, Steve Lavigne, and Jim Lawson were there.  The show jumped the gun and briefly announced a Peter Laird appearance on Twitter in the weeks leading up to the show, but they pulled it less than a day later.  However, they also made some cool looking banners that said that Laird would be there.  Alas, it wasn't to be.  There were a lot of people involved with TMNT media there though.  I got some books done, but I'll show those off when they are back from CGC.  They had the voice actors for the 4 turtles and April from the 80's cartoon, Judith Hoag (Movie 1 April) was there for the first movie, and Ernie Reyes Jr. (Keno) and Paige Turco (Movie 2 and 3 April) were there from the second movie.  I also got Seth Green (Leonardo) and Nolan North (Kraang) to add to my 2012 animated cast-signed book.  The show has very expensive tickets, but there are a lot of good guests there.  I also got to meet up with Simon Bisley and picked up a print from him.

Spoiler

Not sure why this is upside-down.  The CGC boards does this to my images from time to time and I can't seem to fix it. 

Like I mentioned, I'll have some books to show off when they're back from CGC.  2023 has been a good year to be a Turtle fan.  Here's hoping it's even better in 2024 for the 40th anniversary.

Edited November 13, 2023 by Turtle

[sorrenmj]

On 11/13/2023 at 1:48 AM, Turtle said:

We are close to the end of the year so I figure I'd do a recap of some of the TMNT-related events I took part in this year.  As far as being a TMNT fan is concerned, the first half of the year was pretty slow, but it really ramped up by the end.

First off, I went to the Garden State Comic Fest around June or so.  I did get to talk to Jim Lawson a bit at the show but outside of that, it was my first time meeting Bill Anderson, who did some of the inking on a few of the issues in TMNT volume 1 (Twilight of the Ring and Juliet's Revenge).  Overall, a pretty quiet show that I used as an excuse to catch up with a few collector friends of mine.  I did pick up a TMNT print from Bill, though.  This was an older print of his.  His newer ones are pretty cool.  He prints them 2-sided so he has the black and white version on one side and a colored version on the other. 

  Hide contents

After that, there was the TMNT fan event at the Mahoning Drive-In showing the first 2 live-action movies and featuring a guest appearance by artist Chris Allan.  I covered that shortly after the event, but here's the link in case you missed it.

After that, there was a smaller show in NYC called FlameCon in August.  I'd never done that show before, but IDW TMNT artist Michael Dialynas was going to be there.  He lives in Greece and I hadn't seen him since NYCC 2018.  I'm working on a couple of Jam Pieces I wanted to add him to.  I'll show those off when they're complete.  That's the artist for the Mutant Mayhem print I showed off a few months back.  However, I also had the opportunity to speak with James Tynion IV, who wrote the Batman/TMNT series.  He even did a small sketch for me:

  Hide contents

After that was Baltimore.  That's always a fun show, though there wasn't a huge TMNT presence.  Always a pleasure to chat with Michael Dooney.  I tend to pick up some prints from him when I see him.  Lately, he leaves a little room on the bottom of some of them so he can do a more involved sketch.  I think these are great:

  Hide contents

I also got a chance to meet Sarah Myer, who is working on the TMNT Saturday Morning adventures series.  Relatively speaking, she's new to the professional TMNT scene, but you can tell from her work that she's been a fan of the property for a long time.  If you get a chance to meet her, at least swing by and say Hi.  I did pick up an original I saw in her portfolio that just grabbed me for some reason.  It was clearly from the Donatello one-shot story featuring Kirby, a clear homage to Jack Kirby.  Such a great issue.

  Hide contents

She said she planned on finishing it digitally and making the print available at NYCC a few months down the road.

I also stopped by Dave Petersen.  I was able to pick up some truly terrific "roughs".  I put that term in quotes because they look really great for roughs.  They are each of the turtles in the famous pose from the splash page in issue #1:

  Hide contents

After that was Granite State Comic Con in September, which is the best show of the year for Turtle fans.  It's basically an unofficial TMNT-con with a few other comic creators mixed in.  It's a good chance to meet newer TMNT artists that live abroad like Mateus Santolouco , Mike Rooth, and Jon Sommariva.  Steve Lavigne was also in attendance and he hosted the impromptu Peter Laird signing at his table, which was great.  While Jim Lawson wasn't there, he did hold a signing during one of the days at a museum in Dover (near the new manhole cover) that had a temporary TMNT exhibit set up.  I'm expecting big things from that show next year for the TMNT 40th anniversary.  Eastman is slated to be there and I'm guessing Lavigne will be there as well.  I'm hoping they can get Talbot and Lawson there like they were in 2022.  Santolouco will be there as well, who is easily one of the best TMNT artists out there right now.  The guy does stellar work!  Anyway, I got a few small sketches and some prints.  Sommariva did the sketch and the print, Rooth (who was the reigning sketch-off champ from last year and cover artist for the show program this year) did Usagi:

  Hide contents

In early October, I did NYCC for a day.  It makes for a long day, but it's still a fun show.  I was able to get Nick Pitarra (Bebop and Rocksteady Destroy Everything) to do a great sketch for me.  I've got 2 Rocksteadys in my sketchbook but no Bebops.  He wanted to fix that.  I also got very lucky and was able to catch Rick Remender.  While he has largely moved on to writing duties while running his Giant Generator imprint at Image comics, I mostly know him as an artist from Tales of the TMNT vol. 2.  While he claimed to be rusty, I thought he did a great job and I feel fortunate to get a sketch from him at all.  John Giang always has nice prints, though they are oversized so I don't have a great way to display them.  I'll have to figure that out.  I also stopped by Tyler Walpole.  He hasn't worked on TMNT since the early IDW days, but he did make some prints of those covers.  I'm still hoping he puts out a print of his MC Escher-inspired Baxter Stockman someday.  I also stopped by Sarah Myer again and was able to pick up the finished print of the original I bought in Baltimore.

  Hide contents

Finally, I did the Rhode Island Comic Con.  Kevin Eastman, Steve Lavigne, and Jim Lawson were there.  The show jumped the gun and briefly announced a Peter Laird appearance on Twitter in the weeks leading up to the show, but they pulled it less than a day later.  However, they also made some cool looking banners that said that Laird would be there.  Alas, it wasn't to be.  There were a lot of people involved with TMNT media there though.  I got some books done, but I'll show those off when they are back from CGC.  They had the voice actors for the 4 turtles and April from the 80's cartoon, Judith Hoag (Movie 1 April) was there for the first movie, and Ernie Reyes Jr. (Keno) and Paige Turco (Movie 2 and 3 April) were there from the second movie.  I also got Seth Green (Leonardo) and Nolan North (Kraang) to add to my 2012 animated cast-signed book.  The show has very expensive tickets, but there are a lot of good guests there.  I also got to meet up with Simon Bisley and picked up a print from him.

  Hide contents

Not sure why this is upside-down.  The CGC boards does this to my images from time to time and I can't seem to fix it. 

Like I mentioned, I'll have some books to show off when they're back from CGC.  2023 has been a good year to be a Turtle fan.  Here's hoping it's even better in 2024 for the 40th anniversary.

Awesome thanks for sharing your turtle tracks! It’s been a great year! Guess what 2024 means ?? 40 years since #1!

[Turtle]

On 11/12/2023 at 1:37 PM, Turtle said:

I wish I could have, but it was too far away for a mid-week trip.  However, I have an aunt who lives about 10 minutes from there and she kindly went in my place and took some pictures.  She's great!

Mail call!  She didn't have to, but my aunt sent me a box with the goodies she picked up from the manhole ceremony. 

[SpideyFein]

What a great event! I wish I would’ve gone as well. I love those old school prints! I plan to make it to more Granite State next year, and Rhode Island would have been a blast. I’ve still never met my girl Judith Hoag- one day! 
 

I wanted to share my NYCC load. All Eastman goodies. I believe these are the first Gobbledygook Counterfeits graded! Woo Hoo!!!

[spracknetch23]

On 11/13/2023 at 7:36 PM, sorrenmj said:

Awesome thanks for sharing your turtle tracks! It’s been a great year! Guess what 2024 means ?? 40 years since #1!

Wow, 40 years..that's insane. Anyone here been a fan since the beginning? I discovered TMNT in late '88 when I saw the toys filling the shelves of a local department store. The "bursting out of a brick wall" packaging was really eye-catching. 

[Ryan.]

https://www.cgccomics.com/news/article/12119/Lattie-Lavigne-CGC-Signing/