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“Back in the mid 90’s the agency that I was employed by got me quite a bit of Disney work. I had a lot of fun penciling and inking such properties as The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, Lady and the Tramp, and Winnie the Pooh. I also worked on such classic characters as Mickey, Donald, and Goofy, amongst many.” — Ryan Brown
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..umm , Ryan ..
.. wrong ears , dude !!
~ t
Ok…this is going to be a touchy one for some people. So let me start out by saying that we are in no way, shape, or form, supporters of the Nazi party. Infact, the only reason I decided to use this in a Treasures post is because of our dedication to bring you the rarest of TMNT items with the treasures posts…and this is definitely a rare one.
In 1987, Random House released a line of TMNT puzzles marketed toward children (each puzzle was 100 pieces). This line of puzzles included this one:
After a small number of these puzzle were produced, and on the shelves, observant parents noticed something very wrong about this particular puzzle. It contains a small pink german cross (or swastika) on the wall of the alley. This may have gone unnoticed for much longer if the symbol wasn’t placed smack dab in the middle of the puzzle.
I am sure a number of you are scratching your heads saying, “where is it? I don’t see it!”, well, here you go:
After this discovery, the puzzle was recalled and retooled without the offensive symbol. However, obviously some of them remained intact, as we were able to acquire one.
Now before any of you go flying off the hinge about this at Mirage, let me clarify that this was not a Mirage driven project. This puzzle was completely designed and produced by Random House, using a contracted Random House selected artist. Here is a snippet from a 1990 article in which Peter talks about the puzzle:
Hard Copy, a tabloid TV newsmagazine, suggested that a Random House Turtle puzzle — now recalled — was anti-Semitic, citing a swastika in its design. ”It’s a city scene and an artist, hired by Random House, drew all this graffiti on a wall,” says Laird. ”The swastika is about 3/8-inch big.”
So if you want to write a letter to someone about a 22 year old puzzle, please direct them to Radom House for their poor selection of artists.
Hey guys,
I had my copies of GobbledyGook 1 and 2 out of their display so I could clean it. Since they were out, I thought I would take some pictures.
For our readers who are not intimately familiar with what these books are, the first print of GobbledyGook 1 and 2 are the first books that Kevin and Peter did together. They are both self-published (created using a photocopier) and had a limited print run of 50 of each. GobbledyGook 1 is the first appearance of Fugitoid, as well as a Triceraton. These are by far the rarest of all Mirage books, and because they are photocopied (thus easily reproduced), the only 100% reliable source for these books are from the creators themselves. My copies were acquired directly from Kevin Eastman.
Yes. I realize that most of this material has been reprinted, but I thought some of you might like to see the art in it’s original format. I kept the pictures HUGE so you can sit and read the books if you like.
Also, you’ll probably notice that there are 4 pages in GobbledyGook 1 that appear twice. This is obviously a production error, however, I have yet to confirm as to whether or not this error is in all of the copies or not. I asked Kevin about it when he gave me the books and he said that that was the first time he noticed (leading me to believe that it is just this one copy of the book with the error). I have an email out to Peter right now asking about the error, and I will let you know what he says.
Enjoy!
So here’s my review of TMNT as part of the 25th Anniversary. Apologies to Turtle fans everywhere….:P
This weeks AWESOME LINE OF THE WEEK is a totally throwaway line from the TMNT animated series, but it just goes to show what a great voice over actor like Rob Paulsen can do with even the most ridiculous of lines.