Me & Peter Laird

Me & Steve Lavigne

Greetings everyone.  I arrived in New Hampshire late Thursday night and then first thing on Friday I went to visit Ralph at Jetpack Comics.  I toured through the shop and looked around for a while…what an awesome shop !!  After a while I decided to head up to Shellback Artworks in Wells, ME to check things out and visit with Steve Lavigne.  Steve and I visited for a little while and then the shop door opened…and in walked Peter Laird !!  It was truly

Shellback Artworks sign

unbelievable.  Steve, Pete, and I talked for nearly 3 hours and Pete was kind enough to sign my copies of Gobbledygook #1 & #2 along with a few other things.   I also picked up some super-cool and rare stuff from Steve…check the pictures out and see if you recognize any of it.

Tomorrow Free Comic Book Day 2013 is finally here and I’ll be hanging with the Jetpack Comics crew and Kevin Eastman all day.  Ralph informed me that he has a special assignment for me…assisting Kevin at his table all day on Saturday !!

Jetpack Comics Storefront

Over 25 years of collecting TMNT and I’ve never met Peter or Kevin before.   Day 1 of FCBD weekend is over and I’ve now met Peter.  Day 2, I get to hang out all day with Kevin.  Somebody pinch me.

TMNT Color Classics #11 from IDW.  Reprints TMNT Vol. I (Mirage) #11 in full color.  Original IDW solicitation details below.  Available June 12, 2013 June 05, 2013.

1. Regular (Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird) - regular cover

Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird (w & a & c)

Devastated by a traumatic fight with the Foot and the Shredder, the TMNT retreat to Northampton. This issue serves as a poetic coda to the original, astounding run of Eastman & Laird on TMNT.

FC • 38 pages • $3.99
Expected in-store date: 6/12/13

Attention collectors !!  Don’t forget that today is the presale for  TMNT Ultimate Collection, Vol. 2 LIMITED Edition HC (IDW) from IDW Limited.  Just like the previous Limited Editions for Vol. 1 and Change Is Constant Deluxe there are Blue, Black, and Red Label editions available.  However, since these are extremely limited in quantity and are designed for true collectors, Blue and Black Label editions are first being offered to those that previously purchased past Blue or Black Label editions.  This is being done in an attempt to get these in true collector’s hands and not the re-sellers and/or profiteers.

TMNT Villain Micro Series #2 Baxter Stockman from IDW.  Original IDW solicitation details below.  Available May 15, 2013 May 22, 2013.

1. Regular (Tyler Walpole) - regular cover
2. Cover RI (Andy Kuhn) – 10 copy retailer incentive cover

Erik Burnham (w) • Andy Kuhn (a) • Tyler Walpole (c)

Baxter Stockman is busy working for Krang on the Technodrome… or so it appears. Little does Krang know that Baxter has secretly been working on his own project that is both mutant AND machine! But when creation turns on creator, Baxter’s trademark smugness might be in short supply! Will Baxter come up with a plan B in time to save himself… and the world?

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Variant Covers:
Andy Kuhn variant cover!

Bullet points:
• Delves into the back story of one of the Turtles’ most nefarious enemies!

TMNT Color Classics #10 from IDW.  Reprints TMNT Vol. I (Mirage) #10 in full color.  Original IDW solicitation details below.  Available May 01, 2013.

1. Regular (Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird) - regular cover

Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird (w & a & c)

Revisit this TMNT Mirage classic in full glorious color (continued from TMNT Color Classics Micro Series: Leonardo)! As everyone is reacting to Leonardo’s battered body being thrown through April’s apartment window, a cadre of Foot Soldiers crash through in hot pursuit of the fallen Turtle. It’s a desperate fight for survival as the TMNT and their family — with help from Casey Jones — seek an escape from the marauding enemy, who is being led by none other than a resurrected SHREDDER!

FC • 38 pages • $3.99

TMNT Color Classics Micro-Series: Leonardo One Shot from IDW.  Reprints the Leonardo One Shot (Mirage) in full color.  Original IDW solicitation details below.  Available April 03, 2013 April 10, 2013.

1. Regular (Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird) - regular cover

Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird (w & a & c)

Revisit this TMNT Mirage classic in full glorious color! It’s Christmas and Leonardo is on his own as he fights hordes of attacking Foot Clan across the rooftops of NYC! And if the surprise ambush isn’t enough, just wait until Leo finds out who ordered it.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

TMNT Color Classics: The Works, Vol. 1 HC from IDW.  Collects TMNT Vol. I (Mirage) #1-7 + original Raphael Micro-Series in full-color format as they were presented in the TMNT Color Classics (IDW) books.  Full solicitation details below.  Available April 24, 2013 May 22, 2013.

1. Regular (Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird) - regular cover

Peter Laird & Kevin Eastman (w & a & c)

The first seven issues of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series plus the Raphael Micro-Series issue are collected in this hardcover collection, reproduced in full-color!

HC • FC • $49.99 • 308 pages • 9” x 12” • ISBN 978-1-61377-625-4

Bullet points:
• Collecting the original TMNT issues presented in Color Classics!
• Hardcover format makes for a great bookshelf companion to the hugely-successful ULTIMATE COLLECTIONS.

TMNT Color Classics Micro-Series: Donatello One Shot from IDW.  Reprints the Donatello One Shot (Mirage) in full color.  Original IDW solicitation details below.  Available March 06, 2013 March 13, 2013.

1. Regular (Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird) - regular cover

Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird (w & a & c)

A solo story following Donatello on an adventure to remember! Donatello meets a reclusive artist by the name of Kirby in his building’s basement apartment. No ordinary artist, Kirby has a magic pencil that makes his drawings come to life! Before they know it, Donatello and Kirby are in over their heads and stuck in a dangerous dimension of Kirby’s creating!

FC • 38 pages • $3.99

A little over a month ago I picked up a sealed copy of the Ralston cereal TMNT Mini-Comic #1.  Just this past week I picked up a full set of these TMNT Mini-Comics (#1-3) in near-perfect condition.  These things are very difficult to track down and I’ve been wondering if I’d ever be able to get a full set.  It’s great to finally be able to add them to my collection and cross them off my Want List.

TMNT Color Classics #9 from IDW.  Reprints TMNT Vol. I (Mirage) #9 in full color.  Original IDW solicitation details below. Available February 06, 2013.

1. Regular (Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird) - regular cover

Regular

Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Michael Dooley (w & a & c)

A young man wakes screaming from a recurring dream about samurais in battle. Elsewhere, Master Splinter meditates and senses someone… SOMETHING… is searching for him. Find out what it all means in this newly colored reprint of the TMNT classic!

FC • 38 pages • $3.99