More ’80s Mirage Memories

Kevin Eastman @ TMNT  comic book store Summer signing (( 1987 ))
Kevin Eastman @ TMNT comic book store Summer signing (( 1987 ))
Mirage Studio Boys get wacky in Mirage Florence studio (( 198x ))
Mirage Studio Boys get wacky in Mirage Florence studio (( 198x ))
Mirage on the trax (( 198x ))
Mirage on the trax (( 198x ))
Steve Lavigne in TMNT Costume { You won't like him when he's angry } (( 1988 ))
Steve Lavigne in TMNT Costume { You won’t like him when he’s angry } (( 1988 ))
Ryan Brown @ TMNT  comic book store Summer signing  (( 1987 ))
Ryan Brown @ TMNT comic book store Summer signing (( 1987 ))
Ryan Brown again  & Muppet puppeteer Tony Basilicato 's TMNT puppet in old NoHo Mirage office (( 1987 ))
Ryan Brown again & Muppet puppeteer Tony Basilicato ‘s TMNT puppet in old NoHo Mirage office (( 1987 ))
Ryan Brown in Mirage Stuidos Office reading TMNT v.1 #2 (( 1986 ))
Ryan Brown in Mirage Stuidos Office reading TMNT v.1 #2 (( 1986 ))

Eric Talbot’s Art Exhibit at Dream In Plastic!

OctoberInk01

Do you love Eric Talbot as much as we do? Probably not! Because we love him a lot (it’s almost inappropriate)! Which is why we were so broken up about not being able to see Eric’s exhibit at Dream In Plastic of New York in person! But fear not fellow Talbites (see what I did there?)! GoGreenMachine contacted Jenny at Dream In Plastic and she was wonderful enough to take pictures for us and send them over! THANKS JENNY! If you want to see Eric’s exhibit in person, you can check out Dream in Plastic @ 177 Main Street — Beacon, NY 12508 from now until the 10th of November! Buy some Vinyl toys while you’re there, cause I know you don’t have enough!

For all of us that can’t make it out, Click the Pic above to for right to the album. Thanks Again Jenny, and Congrats Eric!

Tales of the TMNT v.2 #63 peek // LOVELAND FROGMAN peers.. pencils Lawson, Inks by Lavigne (( October 2009 ))

Tales of the TMNT v.2 #63 peek // LOVELAND FROGMAN peers.. pencils Lawson, Inks by Talbot (( October 2009 ))

” The first sighting of the Loveland frogman was in May 1955 by a local businessman. While driving home for the evening he saw three, four foot tall frog-faced creatures squatting near a bridge. One of the creatures held what seemed to be a metal rod in it’s hand that threw sparks at it’s tip. He immediately drove away to report what he had seen.

Then again in 1972, a Loveland, Ohio police officer was patrolling at dawn and reported seeing something in the middle of the road. As he neared , a creature lept up and jumped over a guardrail, fleeing down an embankment it dove into the Miami River. The officer described the creature as being 3 or 4 feet tall, with wet, clammy skin and a face like a frog. He and another officer returned later that day but all they found were scrape marks going down the hill and into the river.

The second sighting occurred two weeks later when another police officer was driving into Loveland and saw a creature in the road. As he approached, it suddenly stood up on two legs. The officer, shocked at the creature’s appearance, pulled his gun and fired at it but the frog man escaped over a guardrail and vanished into a marshy area.

The policeman’s description matched that of the first officer.

Later that year a farmer reported sighting 4 strange creatures in his field by a river. He came upon them while inspecting his crops. He noted their wide mouths filled with sharp teeth, big round eyes and pale greenish grey skin. As he turned to run he said the 4 foot tall creatures jumped into the river and disappeared.”

X

☠ ☠

Previews for Tales of the TMNT #60 and #61

Tales of the TMNT #60 hits stores THIS WEDNESDAY!! Make sure you get out there and pick it up, and while you’re out there, make sure you’re down for #61! Both issues are doozeys!

Tales of the TMNT #60

Available for pre-order in Diamond Comic Distributors’ May catalog, “Previews” V19 #248

Ship Date: July 21, 2009

Format: 32 B&W pages, full color cover, standard size comic

Retail Price: $3.25

Cover art by Jim Lawson and Steve Lavigne; script by Dan Berger, art by Jim Lawson

“Nobody Does It Better” – This action-packed issue features the shocking return of Nobody, the crime-fighting vigilante thought to be slain in “TMNT” volume two #12! We discover the fate of the not-so-fallen hero while Raphael and Casey Jones encounter a new villain with super-human (and extraterrestrial) powers!

Tales of the TMNT 60 press file-8
Tales of the TMNT 60 press file-9
Tales of the TMNT 60 press file-11


Tales of the TMNT #61

Available for pre-order in Diamond Comic Distributors’ June catalog, “Previews” V19 #249

Ship Date: August 24, 2009

Format: 32 B&W pages, full color cover, standard size comic

Retail Price: $3.25

Cover art by Andres Ponce & Steve Lavigne; script by Tristan Jones, art by Andres Ponce

“Sometimes They Come Back” – Rising talent Andres Ponce (Firebirds, Noble Causes) and acclaimed writer Tristan Jones team together to bring you one of the most action packed comics of the year! Continuing on from the critically acclaimed “Tales of the TMNT” #56 and #59, the Turtles battle an enemy they never dreamed could create the chaos you’ll find within this book! Gangs, robots, road rage, crazy Australian mercenaries, and as if that weren’t enough… the long-awaited return of the malevolent MOUSERS! NOT. TO. BE. MISSED.

tales_of_the_TMNT_61_press-10
tales_of_the_TMNT_61_press-16
tales_of_the_TMNT_61_press-24
tales_of_the_TMNT_61_press-29

TMNT 30 HITS !! !!

TMNT: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES Volume 4 # 30 ..cover final (( MAY 2009 )) [[ Courtsy of PL ]]

–>> K’ crew, check your mailboxes ..
** TMNT v.2 #30 ** should be showing up very soon ( if not already ) at your house !!

Yeah yeah, 10 bucks is allotta cash for a comic book.. but you got to look at the fact that it includes a unique , one-of-a kind mini- Turtle masterpiece special to that book !!

I mean there’s a zillion reasons why the freekin’ MIRAGE artists ROCK !!

Here’s just two of those reasons ::

TMNT v.2 #30 is here !! !!

TMNT: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES Volume 4 # 30 // ..tOkKa's back cover TMNT head sketch by Dan Berger (( MAY 2009 ))

TMNT: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES Volume 4 # 30 // ..tOkKa's back cover TMNT head sketch by Eric Talbot (( MAY 2009 ))

..and well a little off topic ..

here’s one more masterpiece that’s unique and special for TOKKA :

All the Snappers snap their clawz , LAWSON RAWKS .. L O LoL lawlzz

☠ ☠

"Tokka"  // FINAL ..  by Jim Lawson  (( 2009 ))

~ t