Tag: Jim Lawson

Jim Lawson’s Follow Up

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In the comment section of his post about the sale on Jim’s Blog, he made the following statement which I felt needed sharing:

I don’t want to come across as too sad… Melancholy is the stage I’m at right now in my emotional progression through this event. I guess that’s really coming through…

I’m excited though for what comes next. Nervous yeah, maybe a little scared but I’m pretty sure things are going to work out.

As for Pete- I hope that nobody is mad at him for this. He’s actually been great and has gone out of his way to provide for everybody. I think that he’s a guy, struggling to refind the artist that he once was. To what degree that influenced the sale of the property, I’m not entirely certain- but I think Pete has addressed this very issue on his blog. I don’t begrudge him the decision that he made at all, and I’ve never felt an ounce of anger over the way it all worked out. I honestly think he did the right thing.

I guess maybe instead of thinking about what’s being denied, we all have to look back and remember what has been given. That’s kinda where my head’s at the days. Thanks everyone, for the many years of fun. I’m a lucky guy.

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.”

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Jim Lawson’s PALEO in Русский & Arseniy’s dark TMNT – S.A.I.N.W. comic

PALEO : Loner_Panel A by Lawson (( 2009 )) [[ Courtesy of JL ]]

“I’ve been corresponding with a fan named Arseniy Dubakov for a few years now. I think that I’m correct in saying that he is really into the Turtles and even self-publishes his own Turtle comic. This comic, I don’t know if you’d call it a alternate take of the Turts or just a re-imagining of the Turtle universe but it’s a very gritty/sexy world his version of the Mirage characters operate in. His comic is called SaiNW and issue number 3 is due out September 9. Arseniy’s work has been featured here on Boxburning before- he sent me a birthday card that I posted here last February. Very cool stuff.

Arseniy approached me and asked if I wouldn’t mind if he could translate and post issues from my old Paleo series, and naturally this is the cover from the first one. It just looked so cool, and he did such a nice job that I had to give him credit here for all his hard work. The comic (Paleo #1) is on Rapidshare and available for download **here.” — Jim Lawson

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*** You can also get some broody visuals and eye candy from Arseniy’s unique take on the Turtle’s twisted “SAME AS IT NEVER WAS UNIVERSE” – here in both Russian and English !! !!

Tales of the TMNT Review #60

Greetings all!

Today I present to you a review of our upcoming issue of Tales of the TMNT, #60 “Nobody Does it Better”

The first thing I gratefully mention is the Recap at the start of the issue. This was a big reminder of how tightly intertwined the people and events are throughout the Mirage comic’s universe – Whether the events happened fourteen issues ago or fourteen years ago. The Frontispiece, by Michael Dooney, gives us a few questions to ponder about existence and one’s purpose in life. Very nicely done, writing-wise and artistically.


As always, if you want to avoid anything spoiling in nature, just skip the next four paragraphs.

Our story opens in the early hours of morning, going back and forth between a government bunker in Nevada and the rooftop of a pizzaria in New York City.

In Nevada, The military is checking in on an old alien ambassador after a fourteen year coma. The alien is awakening, and top brass is preparing for  any possible threat. Things get chaotic, and something get shot out of the alien and into the atmosphere.

With Raphael and Casey, only a few days have past since April’s departure for some seriously needed soul searching. Casey is trying to drown his sorrows away, leaving Raph to put up with his rapidly deteriorating temper.

Nobody appears, much to their surprise. It turns out he was the projectile shot out of the Alien. Armed with new abilities, he also has a new purpose – to protect the ambassador at all costs. The guys end up getting a taste of what Nobody’s new life will involve, and the issue ends with them parting ways. For now.

Okay, you’re safe now…

In all, I did enjoy reading this issue. Given the amount of background information needed to understand the story, this would seem more appropriate as a regular TMNT issue. For a regular joe to pick this comic up in a store and glance through it, there’s a lot to swallow in one sitting.

With this new situation of the Alien Ambassador and the new alien threat, we’re bound to see Nobody again in the near future. Nobody’s character is an interesting one. As a simple disguised cop-turned-vigilante, he probably could never have predicted his new purpose in life being that of a protector of an intergalactic diplomat. Who could really look at their life now and say for certain what it would be in ten, twenty years?


As for the Artwork… While I’ve always been a fan of B&W, this issue proved to be a bit difficult to understand some pictures. I think it would actually be easier to comprehend if it was colored, like the cover. Which, oddly enough, has Raph shown as a normal turtle. Why this is, I do not know.

As always, Jim’s use of texture and lighting help to bring an image off the page, whether it’s a sandblown army hummer or the scaly, dinosaurid body of Raphael. Raphael’s current state is one of the things I really enjoyed about the issue. I don’t see TMNT as much as I should, but this look of Raph’s reminds me of Jim’s Paleo: Tales of the Cretaceous comic. If you get a chance, be sure to check out Jim Lawson’s blog. He’s always posting great artwork, both TMNT and Non-TMNT – He’s in our list of links, stop in and say hi…

Overall, it’s a three out of five stars. Not a bad read at all…

Machias

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!

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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.

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