Talkin’ About Turtles: Secret History of the Foot Clan, part 2
by Marshall James Last week brought us the second part of the new IDW TMNT limited series “The Secret History of the Foot Clan,” filling in more of the backstory to this latest incarnation of the Turtles’ archenemies. You can find part one here. This issue is action-packed, as a high-speed kidnapping chase occurs in … Continue reading
Talkin’ About Turtles – Secret History of the Foot Clan 1
by Marshall JamesWow. TMNT: Secret History of the Foot Clan #1 came out over the holiday and what a doozy of an issue is it. Helmed almost exclusively by Mateus Santolouco (@Santolouco), this piece is possibly the most solid Turtles book of the IDW series and that’s saying something. It definitely stands alongside Ross Campbell’s Leonardo one-shot and Paul … Continue reading
Talkin’ About Turtles – IDW Issue 17
by Marshall James There was a delay this week with my usual installment of TaT because I knew the hotly anticipated issue 17 of TMNT was arriving. Just in time for the holidays! The most notable change in this month’s ish is the art; as foreshadowed last month, gone is Andy Kuhn and his … … Continue reading
Talkin’ About Turtles: Mirage vol. 1, Tales and Ultimate Edition 3
by Marshall James, follow him on twitter @hoodie_weather and on his blog at MarshallUnfocused.tumblr.com Last week I discussed the Leonard micro and issues 11 & 12 wherein the heroes were on the ropes. They had been ambushed and routed by the reborn Shredder and his Foot Clan and had retreated to North Hampton, Massachusetts, home … Continue reading
Talkin’ About Turtles: IDW Issue 16
by Marshall James Issue 16 of the new IDW TMNT dropped this week picking up on the cliffhanger of the much-too-short previous ish. Slash continues to murderkill the Turtles and they are clearly outmatched but somehow Leonardo manages to hang in there. He must just have some kind of super stamina, exceptional even compared to his … Continue reading
Talkin’ About Turtles: Mirage vol.1 Issues 8-11, plus Micros
By Marshall James Again I delve into the stacks to retrace the original storylines of my favorite fighting foursome. Last time I discussed the first seven issues plus the Raphael one-shot and the Fugitoid book. It took us through their origin story, the rise and fall of the Foot Clan and Baxter Stockman, the alliances forged … Continue reading
Talkin’ About Turtles – IDW’s TMNT Annual 2012
By Marshall James (follow him on twitter @hoodie_weather) Week before last on “Talkin’ About Turtles” I mentioned how my local comic shops had not received the expected TMNT Annual. Luckily for Turtles fans, the 2012 Annual is here and it is a treat. A long, interesting, and decidedly old school story brought to you … Continue reading
Talkin’ About Turtles: IDW issue 15
By Marshall James There will likely be a few Turtles updates this week since I was only able to secure one of the books that came out! Also last week was TMNT Annual #1 written and drawn by Kevin Eastman himself! But it was sold out or didn’t arrive at my local comic shops, so … Continue reading
Talkin’ About Turtles – Mirage vol. 1, Issues 1-7
By Marshall James With my enthusiastic reception of both the new IDW comic series and the Nickelodeon animated program, I’ve been kicking around this notion for a while of power-reading through my entire TMNT comic collection and writing out little summaries of them (to aid my decrepit memory) and also to trace the origins of … Continue reading
Talkin’ About Turtles – Nickelodeon’s TMNT Episode 102 – “Rise of the Turtles Pt. 2”
By Marshall James Welcome back to Talkin’ About Turtles! This time, we are once again talkin’ about the new 2012 Nickelodeon animated series and we pick up from last time. The boys find the mutagen responsible for their very being, hilarity ensues as they argue over what to do with it until the little matter … Continue reading
Planned Banter 