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TMNT COLLECTED BOOK VOLUME 1 w/exclusive signed P2P bookplate

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" Volume 1. #1 / 25th anniversary printing // TMNT Volume One collected - ad (( 2009 ))

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The Inked and Toned version of the Donatello Bookplate available with the P2P release ( Courtesy of Pete Laird ) ::

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" Volume 1. #1 / 25th anniversary printing // TMNT Volume One collected - EXCLUSIVE P2P bookplate Donatello plate - inks by Laird (( 2009 )) [[ Courtesy of PL ]]

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" Volume 1. #1 / 25th anniversary printing // TMNT Volume One collected - EXCLUSIVE P2P bookplate Donatello plate - toned by Laird (( 2009 )) [[ Courtesy of PL ]]

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What's (Laird's) Love Got to Do With It?

Kirk

So Peter Laird posted on his blog that he was not a fan of the new Star Trek film. Turtle fans the net over were shocked and dismayed. “Peter Laird may not like a pseudo-reboot of a series he enjoyed since childhood, what could this mean for the pseudo-reboot of the series I enjoyed since my childhood?” Collectively the TMNT fan base wet themselves.

To be honest I don’t see it. I guess there is something to be said of Laird’s distaste for Star Trek. That thing: Peter Laird didn’t like J.J. Abrams’ vision of Star Trek. That’s it. Though I guess the question of whether because Peter Laird didn’t like this changes made to make Star Trek more marketable to the masses, he may be afraid to make necessary changes to the Turtles to make them appeal to the general audiences may be a valid one.

Trek Turtles

But then again, he already has, for the most part. The original series is the prime example. The Turtles were changed to be marketed to kids, as opposed to the teens and young adults audience of the comic series. All in all, some fans would say, Turtles has changed quite a bit from it’s roots. There are fans who feel, like Laird himself, that the changes to the  Turtles have left the franchise almost irredeemable unless it returns to it’s dark roots. Mildly ironic really. Laird as a Trek fan feels Star Trek has abandoned it’s original heart and soul, and Turtle fans see him and his changes to the franchise in a similar light.
So if Laird’s loathing of this newest Trek should make fans wonder anything, it should make us think, “How can he not see that there is a parallel here?”

Free Comic Book Day 2009 – Golden Apple Comics – Los Angeles, CA

Hey guys,
Ashley and I just returned from checking out a couple comic book stores for free comic book day. The first of which was Golden Apple in Los Angeles, where Kevin was signing. So…Bill Shatner was also there…and walking up to the store, you could see his line.

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Kevin’s line they kept internally, it weaved through most of the comic aisles. We got to the store at noonish. Which was was fortunate, because they cut Kevin’s line off two people after us. This is from the back of Kevin’s line.

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We slowly made our way through the store. If you’ve ever been in a line for Kevin you know that it can take a long time even if there arent that many people because (bless his heart) he spends an amazing amount of time with each person.

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While we were in line, we met a guy and his adorable little ginger kid daughter, so was actually one of the animatronic mechanics on the Next Mutation! I wish I has snapped a picture of him…or got his name…I’m a bad person. So we continued to weave out way through the line. Ashley struck a pose while we moved along.

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Getting warm….

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Warmer…

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On a side note, it was just about that time that Shatner showed up and was immediately mobbed by small press. He looked like something had recently tried to eat his face…SORRY BILL!

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So, at long last, we make it to Kevin. Hugs were exchanged, and Ashley was swooning from the cheek kiss she got 😛

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They were kinda trying to keep the line moving, so after making some plans for SDCC we got out of there…thankfully before the Shatner line started to mob into the store…freaky bastids.

Amazingly, we got out of the store without me buying anything (though I came very close to getting this REALLY nice Emma Frost statue). Did we leave there without any phat l00tz? Of course not :-P. I had brought the season 7 DVD that had the segment of Kevin and I in the special features, so he signed that for me.

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I also asked him to sign a few more copies that we could give away here on the site throughout the year. So look for ways to get those from us in the future!

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And that is about it for our Golden Apple coverage of FCBD 09. We sent Ms. Banshee out to Jetpack Comics today as well, where a number of the Mirage crew was signing. You can expect her write up later today 🙂

Thanks for reading!
Go Green Machine!