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“In 2003 Coloralot Books produced a series of coloring books with paper doll turtles on the back cover.
The figures were penciled by Peter Laird, inked by Ryan Brown and colored by Steve Lavigne “
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“A few months ago, Steve Murphy had the cool idea of getting me and Kevin Eastman to work together on a drawing (something we had not done in many years) which would then be used as the basis for a print, the proceeds from sales of which would go towards helping our friend Jake Black out with his medical expenses. (Readers of this blog may recall the other Jake Black Benefit print that me and the other Mirage artists produced (http://plairdblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/jake-black-benefit-print-at-fcbd.html and sold at “Free Comic Book Day” in New Hampshire.) Murph managed to convince Kevin to pencil up this drawing…
… which I proceeded to ink…
… and then that version was zapped off to Steve Lavigne so that he could do his digital color magic on it, as you see here in the finished 11 by 17 print.
(Please note that this is a somewhat poor quality digital photo of one of the prints — the colors are much more vibrant in the actual copies.)
And here, direct from Murph, are a few more details about the print, which will be premiered at this years’s San Diego Comicon:
“There are only 100 of them, each is signed by Peter Laird. This group of 100 is SDCC exclusive and will cost $25 each. All proceeds to benefit Jake. In addition, since Kevin is attending the con, people will have the chance to get Kevin to sign it as well.
We will also be selling the “Mirage group jam” prints at SDCC, for $20/each, also benefiting Jake.”
(Note: Steve Lavigne will also be attending the SDCC, so buyers of this print can get Steve’s signature on it, too.)
— PL
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“Coloralot Books, a company founded by Steve Lavigne and Ryan Brown, produced a line of coloring books based on the 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series.
For the 2005 holiday season Coloralot Books released two different TMNT titles. One jumbo size coloring book with 192 pages and a smaller 32 page edition. The two holiday titles were only published for one season.”
“Monster Island” – immediately following the events of “Tales of the TMNT” #50, billionaire munitions master Mr. Marlin escapes death (once again) and renews his hunt for the TMNT and Leatherhead. Marlin appears to be unstoppable – can our heroes hope to escape both him and the monsters that dwell on the deadly island?!”
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For those of you who talk to me on a regular basis, you’ll know that I have been kicking around the idea of doing T-Shirts for the blog (at the very least for my writing staff). Well, after much deliberation as to what I wanted for a design, and who was going to draw it, I decided to approach Steve Lavigne. Steve did NOT disappoint. Providing me with my exact vision in my head for the piece on paper.
This is obviously a parody of this image:
So what do you guys think? Did Steve knock this one out of the park or what? So…who would want a shirt?