–>> While in NEW YORK CITY earlier this month, Tokka and his pals picked up a hitchhiker en route to Steve Lavigne’s **SHELLBACK ARTWORKS in Wells,Maine !!
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In Wells, Tokka immediately put Steve to work sketching out a portrait of his new buddy Xever, a.k.a, FISHFACE from the new Nick Turtles show!!
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Eastman’ & Laird’s ol’ Buddy was the first real artist they went to back in the day when TMNT really started branching out in popularity just before the Teens’ phenomenal “CARTOON BOOM”.
As one the Mirage Alumni’s longest illustrators, colorists, inkers, letterers & creators .. Steve’s contribution to TMNT as well as the arts is almost infinitesimal.
Even a good majority of the classic style guide on so-called “RETRO” branded TMNT merchandise from T-shirts to shot glasses to boxer shorts seen to this very day are responsible from this man ( the powerful team of BROWN / LAVIGNE ).
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