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ComicsReview #62 :: ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ { newspaper strip } 0402-04051991, ” The Last Gaea Tree” pg.47 (( 1991 ))

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Usagi Yojimbo: Yokai [Hardcover] (( 2009 )) { Kappa 4 a Kappa }

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“Yokai are the monsters, demons, and spirits of Japanese folklore, such as the shape-changing kitsune, the obakeneko demon cats, and the evil oni ogres. Usagi faces all these and more when a desperate woman begs for his help in finding her kidnapped daughter. Tracing the abducted girl deep into the forest, Usagi finds it haunted by creatures of Japanese legend and discovers that they are amassing for a great raid on the countryside! Fortunately, Usagi is joined by Sasuke the Demon Queller, who is also fighting to prevent the invasion, but things aren’t always as they seem, especially when dealing with the supernatural! “

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Kevin Eastman’s “TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES” Artobiography :: Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation ..”Venus”, “Silver the Gorilla” concept art (( 1996, 1997 ))

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MIRAGE STUDIOS PRESENTS “Gobbledygook” #1 // Cover art (( 1984 )) [[ Courtesy of Heritage Auction Galleries ]]

** Auction for this item on HA is here.

–>> Yeh, you might wana cut back on the pizza & start stavin’ that savings n’ starve for this beauty !! $_$ **

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Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird Gobbledygook #1 Cover Original Art (Mirage Studios, 1984). Gobbledygook is famous for its scarcity, and significant for heralding the arrival of the most successful independent comics creators and characters of the 1980s. The issue was the first publication of Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird’s Mirage Studios (see a copy of the rare comic as well as issue #2 offered elsewhere in this catalog).

As the accompanying letter documents, the art was purchased from the creators by our consignor Paul Wagner in 1985, to be used in a fanzine that alas never saw print.

The character shown here is Fugitoid, making his first appearance. The man trapped in a robot’s body starred in this issue and became a supporting character in the “Turtles” universe. He has even enjoyed merchandising success of his own, having been made into an action figure.

The 2007 sale of the complete original art from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 for a reported $250,000 underscores the tremendous interest in Eastman and Laird’s earliest work.

The art is rendered in marker on vellum and mounted to heavy illustration board, with an image area of 7.75″ x 8″. The lot also includes a red marker on vellum overlay by the artists (done for the planned fanzine publication), used to indicate tone for the printer. Also included with this lot is Kevin Eastman’s cover letter to Paul Wagner. The overlay image has been merged with the marker art to show how Eastman and Laird intended this to look. It’s being published here online for the first time.