oakman29 Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Picked this up this weekend at Comic Art Con. TMNT vol 1 Issue 37 This Laird cover was there as well Damn that is f-ing awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump24601 Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Oh me likey very much! Great addition to the collection there Side note: my wife would kill me if I flew over to the US just to get a sig from Peter. She'd want to tag along too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nriccijr Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 I don't usually collect modern books (Just celebs & Mirage TMNT)...but I absolutly LOVE this cover. I had some eBay Bucks and the price was great already, especially triple signed by TMNT legends so I pulled the trigger. I am VERY happy about this book!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Great book! I like the cover as well and I really appreciate the signature placement of all 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nriccijr Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Me too!!! I am so picky with sigs...but these are perfect to me! They are there, and easily seen, but don't take away from the art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump24601 Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 That's a great looking book there - I too love the sig placement (I don't think it detracts from it at all) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM8 Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Did anyone see Kevin Eastman on Storage Wars the other night? It appears to have been a new episode with Darrel and his son finding some comics, among them the first 4 Mirage books. I was all excited to see if a #1 first print was found. I won't spoil it here. It seems Eastman sold his interest in the ownership of the Turtles to Laird sometime ago, then in 2009 Laird sold rights to Nickelodeon for $60 Million. Apparently Laird can do a limit of 18 Turtles comics per year per the agreement. Hmmm....so my question is what are the limits on Eastman's involvement with the title? He clearly still draws them. And how much did he sell his rights to Laird for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybuck43 Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Laird bought most of the rights in 2000 and the remaining rights (I think he just owned some revenue stream at that point) in 2008. The price is not known. He can do 18 comics a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nriccijr Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Eastman is employed by IDW when it comes to current TMNT stuff, He has no ownership of the license. Nickelodeon has full ownership, IDW pays Nick for the license to make the comics, and IDW pays Eastman for his involvement. PL can do what he likes with those issues he has a rights to, but it is highly unlikely that it will happen any time soon....or ever Not sure what PL purchased KE's rights for. I have some numbers in my head, but I can't remember where I got them from or how accurate they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Ask him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM8 Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Thanks for the link but PL most likely isn't going to answer money questions. You can see from his answers how guarded he is about the most vague details, I would be too I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM8 Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Eastman is employed by IDW when it comes to current TMNT stuff, He has no ownership of the license. Nickelodeon has full ownership, IDW pays Nick for the license to make the comics, and IDW pays Eastman for his involvement. PL can do what he likes with those issues he has a rights to, but it is highly unlikely that it will happen any time soon....or ever Not sure what PL purchased KE's rights for. I have some numbers in my head, but I can't remember where I got them from or how accurate they are. Ok thanks. That makes sense. It sounds like Eastman needed the cash in the 2000's and PL bought him out, then PL sold for $60M to Nick right around the recession. Not a bad payday. I bet he has lots of cushion to do his pottery now! It would be great to see him team up with KE for a one-shot or something. Speaking of which, when was the last full Eastman/Laird collaboration on TMNT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icculus308win Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Someone will know factually their last "full" collaboration on a book here. (Surprised no answer yet) In the meantime, the 30th anniversary special in May of 14 was an official collaboration between the two after many moons apart. How many moons, I have no clue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real Elijah Snow Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Has anyone ever seen one of these? Program book. It has a ton of other little sketches/sigs inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich_TMNT Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 I've not been able to find one of those to date but I was aware of it and have seen a couple copies over the years. There was an ad for Zebra Con '87 in CBG 698. Do you have a copy of that Zebra Con '87 book? If so, are you interested in selling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real Elijah Snow Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 This is what that is. The guy I had bought this from had folded it where the Turtles page was visible in the bag. I folded it back over. Not sure about selling, but maybe. PM me if you want to make an offer. I've got pretty much everything Turtles (outside of an original Gobbledygook) I just didn't know this existed until yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitelanthawkeye Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Peter Laird will be signing at Shellback Artworks this upcoming Free Comic Book Day. I know that he isn't the biggest fan of the original cartoon but I have two cel's from the show that I have signed by Eastman and all the turtles in each cel. Has anyone been to this an seen him sign cel's or do you think he'd outright reject them? I figure I should get some information before I make the 9 hour drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich_TMNT Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 (edited) Peter Laird will be signing at Shellback Artworks this upcoming Free Comic Book Day. I know that he isn't the biggest fan of the original cartoon but I have two cel's from the show that I have signed by Eastman and all the turtles in each cel. Has anyone been to this an seen him sign cel's or do you think he'd outright reject them? I figure I should get some information before I make the 9 hour drive. I haven't seen him signing animation cells before but I doubt he'd refuse to sign them, even if they're not his favorite items. I've seen him signing all sorts of things...t-shirts, toys, etc. A few years back I brought my copy of the ultra-rare TMNT Adult Comic to have Peter, Kevin, and Steve sign it. Initially, Peter said he wouldn't sign it because he hated the existence of it (and, quite honestly, it IS really nasty). But, shortly after he said no, he offered to sign it since I had come all that way. So, that was cool of him...since he wasn't involved in its creation anyway. So, if he signed this comic (rated XXX) then I can't see why he wouldn't sign an animation cell....which is rated G (regardless of his thoughts about the cartoon). Edited April 18, 2016 by rwhorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitelanthawkeye Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Peter Laird will be signing at Shellback Artworks this upcoming Free Comic Book Day. I know that he isn't the biggest fan of the original cartoon but I have two cel's from the show that I have signed by Eastman and all the turtles in each cel. Has anyone been to this an seen him sign cel's or do you think he'd outright reject them? I figure I should get some information before I make the 9 hour drive. I haven't seen him signing animation cells before but I doubt he'd refuse to sign them, even if they're not his favorite items. I've seen him signing all sorts of things...t-shirts, toys, etc. A few years back I brought my copy of the ultra-rare TMNT Adult Comic to have Peter, Kevin, and Steve sign it. Initially, Peter said he wouldn't sign it because he hated the existence of it (and, quite honestly, it IS really nasty). But, shortly after he said no, he offered to sign it since I had come all that way. So, that was cool of him...since he wasn't involved in its creation anyway. So, if he signed this comic (rated XXX) then I can't see why he wouldn't sign an animation cell....which is rated G (regardless of his thoughts about the cartoon). Thanks, yeah I figured he probably would because I know in recent years he has expressed at least gratitude for what it did for ninja turtles as a whole. I Just don't want to go all that way to be turned down, it'd be heartbreaking. I also posted it as a question on the Shellback page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 He'll sign them. I say that with 99% confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
