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  • 34 – Master Splinter

    34 – Master Splinter

    To say Jason Aaron’s current run on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is successful would be a gross understatement. It is one of the most popular books leaving expatNERD today and I think it must be IDW’s most popular series at the moment. And as a TMNT fan, I can declare everything from the above to be correct and good.

    However, what separates me from other lovers of this series is restraint and not taking things literally. When Donatello convinces his brothers that the dead rat on his shoulder is their dead father it is because the fate of New York City is on the line.

    When Curt does it, it is something else entirely.

    But hey! This is why comics are so great. Something can resonate so well with someone that they instantly become loyal and will shout it from the rooftops.

    I do hope in the future that Curt will leave the roadkill alone or call the proper authorities to come collect it.

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    -Marv

  • Shellshocked

    I guess this is an IDW Publishing week. When I look around and see what is selling, it is definitely Jason Aaron’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The concept is cool because not only is Aaron an incredible writer, but each new issue in this series has a new artist.

    Issue #6 arrived yesterday and it was gobbled up quite quickly, and I even had people show up on the day to pick it up. If that does not tell you that IDW has a winner on its hands I don’t know what will.

    I have flipped through these and I also have to say I can recommend them. There is a lot of tragedy in these, and as each issue before focused on what a specific Turtle has been up to, we have arrived at Donatello. Issue #5 was incredibly powerful, and if you are a Turtles fan (which I am), it was also gut wrenching to read. Thankfully, issue #6 seems to pick up where we left off last time, so I do hope Aaron does not make us squirm too much. The artist this time around is Juan Ferreyra, and if you read the solicits from IDW a couple of months ago, it was revealed that he is the new ongoing artist. And that is exciting because those interiors sure are beautiful.

    I will link to a Bleeding Cool article that has the synopsis as well as more than few snaps of the interior art, which just proves how great Ferreryra really is. Though be warned, there are quite a few spoilers if you have not read up to this point.