TMNT Flashback: Albedo #3 Ad

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One of the most sought-after (and expensive) independent comics around is Albedo #2, because it features the first ever appearance of Usagi Yojimbo. Imagine flipping through a box of $.10 comics at a convention and finding Albedo #3 and #4, hoping that maybe, just maybe, there's a #2 stuck somewhere in the box, too. I never did find a #2 in there, but I purchased #s 3 & 4 with the hope that maybe their value would be a decent fraction of #2. Unfortunately, they're really not. But it worked out because I still got some cool Usagi content and, big bonus, an old ad for the original Eastman and Laird comics. Not too shabby for $.10.

TMNT Flashback: New Age Comics #1 Ad

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This is a new feature of the blog: TMNT Flashback. Hopefully on a semi-regular basis I will be posting scans of TMNT items of old, with the expectation that there are a lot of people who may not have seen these before and those who have might not have seen them in a long while.

This first submission is from New Age Comics #1 (1985) and is an ad for the original Eastman and Laird comic books.

New Comic Book Day

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Tales of the TMNT #39, featuring art by Andy Tong and a story by Dan Berger, is now available in comic shops and directly from Mirage Studios at NinjaTurtles.com.

Tales of the TMNT #38 - Cover Sketches & Greytones

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Dario Brizuela has posted some art from Tales of the TMNT #38 on his blog.

You can checkout the making of the cover and some sample grey-tone pages.

Tales of the TMNT #38 is currently available in comic shops, or directly from Mirage Studios at NinjaTurtles.com.

Tales of the TMNT: Collected Book 5

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From NinjaTurtles.com:

Tales of the TMNT The Collected Books Volume Five
Ship Date: February, 2008
Format: 152 B&W pages, full color cover, standard size comic
Retail Price: $13

Cover art by Diego Jourdan and Eric Talbot; stories by Jim Lawson and Murphy
Volume Five collects "Tales of the TMNT" issues 2, 9, 15, 17 and 25. Mystic battles, the fate of Klunk the cat, hot-rodding ghosts from the desert of doom, giant bugs of the apocalypse, a battle royale with the Foot Clan and more await you in this classic tome from Mirage Studios' monster creators, Jim Lawson and Murphy!

Tales of the TMNT #43

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From NinjaTurtles.com:

Tales of the TMNT #43
Ship Date: February, 2008
Format: 32 B&W pages, full color cover, standard size comic
Retail Price: $3.25 US $3.95 Canada

Cover art by Jim Lawson and Steve Lavigne; plot by Peter Laird, script by Dan Berger, art by Jim Lawson
“The Proposal” - Love is in the air with this special Valentine's Day issue that features the story of how April O'Neil and Casey Jones become engaged! Unfortunately for our heroes, it's not all romance when Casey's no-good cousin Sid (from Tales of the TMNT Vol. 1 #1) turns up with the Foot Clan to spoil the fun and break a few hearts along the way! !

Tales of the TMNT Collected Book #4 Bookplate

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Here's a look at the bookplate you'll receive if you purchase Tales of the TMNT the Collected Books Volume 4 from PanelToPanel.net.

New Comic Book Day

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It's new comic book day and today in shops you can find Tales of the TMNT #38, Raphael: Bad Moon Rising #3, and Tales of the TMNT: The Collected Books Volume 4.

If your shop doesn't carry these titles, all three are available from NinjaTurtles.com. And don't forget that you can get Tales of the TMNT: The Collected Books Volume 4 with an exclusive bookplate drawn by Jim Lawson and signed by the Mirage staff at PanelToPanel.net.

Tales of the TMNT Collected Book #4 Now Available For Pre-Sale

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Tales of the TMNT Collected Book Volume 4 is now available for pre-sale at PanelToPanel.net.

All copies of this book sold through Panel To Panel feature an exclusive bookplate with a new image of Raphael drawn by Jim Lawson and signed by Peter Laird, Jim Lawson, Steve Murphy, Dan Berger and Eric Talbot.

The book is due to ship in mid-October.

Tales of the TMNT #40 Preview Pages

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Tales of the TMNT #42

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From NinjaTurtles.com:

Tales of the TMNT #42
Ship Date: January, 2008
Format: 32 B&W pages, full color cover, standard size comic
Retail Price: $3.25 US $3.95 Canada

Cover art by Dan Berger; story by Dan Berger, art by Jim Lawson
“The Curious Case of Mr. Jones” - Casey Jones is interrogated by "Men in Black" after he and Raphael battled an alien robot that crash landed on Earth. Will Casey reveal who Raphael is to the secret agents? How was the mechanical menace from the stars defeated? And just who are these men of mystery asking all of these questions? All this will be solved and more in Tales of the TMNT #42!

TMNT Volume 4 to Return - Sorta

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NinjaTurtles.com delivered this message from Peter Laird today addressing the return of Volume 4 of the TMNT comic book:

Welcome back to TMNT Volume 4!

Well, not quite yet... but soon. Volume 4 is going to return this year, but in a slightly different form -- or forms, to be more precise. There will be an inexpensive -- or possibly free -- online form, as well as a more expensive limited edition collectible printed version.

There are a few reasons for this new approach, mostly related to my work habits. For quite some time, before I took most of the last year off from doing the Vol. 4 comics, I had been getting more and more
frustrated by what was required of me, with every issue, to meet the requirements of Diamond Comics, the major comics distributor. This included preparing solicitation material three months in advance for the "Diamond Previews" catalog, along with ads and such. For whatever reason, preparing these materials on this schedule, along with actually getting the book ready to go to the printer by a set deadline, was just really starting to get to me. (Don't get me wrong -- Diamond's system is a fine, reasonable, businesslike approach to distributing comics, and works very well. I just can't deal with it anymore.)

I was also getting frustrated with the time lag between finishing the book and actually seeing it appear before the eyes of the fans, on comic store shelves. It would very often be up to four or five weeks from the time we sent the materials to our printer. Again, not uncommon and completely reasonable -- it takes time to print, bind, trim and ship a comic book.

So, while I was on hiatus, I started thinking about it, and came up with a new scheme. It may turn out to be harebrained, or it might be really good... or maybe just okay. We'll see.

Here's the plan:

1.) Digital Distribution: Each issue will be posted online at the ninjaturtles.com official TMNT website, within a few days (or maybe even hours) of being completed. Access to each issue will very likely be free to anyone with an internet connection and a decent browser, though I am looking into possibly charging a small fee... haven't figured that one out quite yet.

In addition, if feasible technically, I may try something new for TMNT -- a somewhat interactive online letters page. I'm not completely sure how or even if this will work, but I'm mulling it over.

2.) Limited-Edition Printed Distribution: Each issue will also be printed in a "collectible" limited edition, very likely somewhere between 1000 and 3000 copies. These will be available via mail order from Mirage, and will probably cost $10.00 each, shipping included. The first hundred books ordered per issue will have an original black and white TMNT head sketch drawn and signed by me on the inside front or back cover.

These print versions will almost certainly not appear at the same time that the online version is posted, but probably several weeks later.

I'm hoping that these changes will work, and will allow me to continue doing Volume 4 with the same sense of fun which has sustained the book from its inception in 2001 up until the beginning of my hiatus in June of 2006. I think it's worth a shot... and I hope you do too!

-- Peter Laird

Tales of the TMNT #38 - Preview Pages

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Artist Dario Brizuela has posted some preview pages from the upcoming Tales of the TMNT #38 to his blog.

You can check out all of the pages here, here, and here.

Tales of the TMNT #38 will be in stores later this month.

Raphael: Bad Moon Rising #2

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Raphael: Bad Moon Rising #2 is now in comic shops.

Go get it!

Tales of the TMNT #41

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From NinjaTurtles.com:

Tales of the TMNT #41
Ship Date: December, 2007
Format: 32 B&W pages, full color cover, standard size comic
Retail Price: $3.25 US $3.95 Canada

Cover art by Steph Dumais; story by Murphy, art by Steph Dumais
“The Sword.” In the far-flung future an aging Leonardo battles a familiar foe from the past… one final blood-soaked time. Picking up a plot thread from Tales #13, this issue features the wild art of Zombie Commandoes from Hell creator Steph Dumais! With a frontispiece by alphagodz.com!

Tales of the TMNT #37 Now Available

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Tales of the TMNT #37, "Casey in Point," is now available at comic shops. If your shop doesn't have it, pester them to order it for you. If they tell you they can't, they're lying.

Tales of the TMNT #40, Pages 14-15

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The 5th Turtle has posted this preview of pages 14 & 15 from Tales of the TMNT #40.

Tales of the TMNT #41, Cover

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The 5th Turtle has a preview of December's Tales of the TMNT issue.

New Comic Book Day

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Both "Tales of the TMNT" #36 and "Raphael: Bad Moon Rising" #1 are available in comic shops today. Go check them out!

Press Release: Upcoming Tales of the TMNT

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Comic Book Resources has published a press release from Mirage Publishing that features previews of several upcoming Tales of the TMNT issues.

Click to read.

Thanks to Tristan for the link.