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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Artobiography
TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman guides you through a dazzlingly, in-depth look at the creation of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. From the modest beginnings to the merchandising, pop culture juggernaut, this collection of concept art, comics pages, and insider-behind-the-scenes notes-has been "sold out" and hard to find for years. But now it's back in print for a new generation of fans to enjoy.
296 pages, Hardcover
First published July 1, 2002
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Kevin Eastman
1,107 books352 followersKevin B. Eastman is an American comic book artist, co-creator of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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March 7, 2019
I’ve never really read an “artobiography” before. Does one ‘read’ an artobiography? I’ve never really picked up and looked in an artobigraphy before, and so I wasn’t quite sure how to go about writing this review.
I am in no way an artist. Final inks, thumbnails, spreads, the use of frames vs. borders and the like haven’t really ever factored much into my reading or enjoyment of comic books (at least not overtly).
I was also part of that “adolescent crowd”; too young to consume the original books, but living and breathing through the TV-series (and one of the movies. One of them). I wouldn’t even know what an Eastman or a Laird was at that time, even less what they’d done.
It wasn’t until later that I was able to read and really appreciate the origin of my childhood heroes in a half-shell. Even then the names of the artists didn’t really mean much to me then, other than the fact that they were printed on the cover.
I got this book as a gift on account of my love for the ravaging reptilians, and I absolutely appreciate this peek into the portfolio of Kevin Eastman, and reading his account of the humble beginnings turned meteoric rise of his creation.
Seeing initial concept art as well as storyboard-like sketches of the comics that would eventually turn into what would take up so much of my time, and garner so much adoration from my young self, was interesting, and I feel like I’ve gained a new understanding of the entire pop-culture phenomenon that is the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Depending on your proclivity to stop, study, and analyse every panel, it is a short straight read, and an enjoyable one if your childhood revolved around the same four heroic reptiles as mine did.
I read it, I enjoyed the artwork, and I learned something new. What more could you ask of a book?
I am in no way an artist. Final inks, thumbnails, spreads, the use of frames vs. borders and the like haven’t really ever factored much into my reading or enjoyment of comic books (at least not overtly).
I was also part of that “adolescent crowd”; too young to consume the original books, but living and breathing through the TV-series (and one of the movies. One of them). I wouldn’t even know what an Eastman or a Laird was at that time, even less what they’d done.
It wasn’t until later that I was able to read and really appreciate the origin of my childhood heroes in a half-shell. Even then the names of the artists didn’t really mean much to me then, other than the fact that they were printed on the cover.
I got this book as a gift on account of my love for the ravaging reptilians, and I absolutely appreciate this peek into the portfolio of Kevin Eastman, and reading his account of the humble beginnings turned meteoric rise of his creation.
Seeing initial concept art as well as storyboard-like sketches of the comics that would eventually turn into what would take up so much of my time, and garner so much adoration from my young self, was interesting, and I feel like I’ve gained a new understanding of the entire pop-culture phenomenon that is the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Depending on your proclivity to stop, study, and analyse every panel, it is a short straight read, and an enjoyable one if your childhood revolved around the same four heroic reptiles as mine did.
I read it, I enjoyed the artwork, and I learned something new. What more could you ask of a book?
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