TMNT Original Color evaluation? 0

[Troubledpanda]

Hi guys,

 

I don't really collect comics but came across a cool piece the other day from Eastman and Laird's studio. Original color for issue #39, which was published in '91. I don't plan on letting it go since it's one of those one-of-a-kind things you don't find every day and my kids will probably love it some day. Still curious what you all think.

[NelsonAI]

As long as you and your kids like it, that's all that matters.

[Michael Browning]

That's pretty cool. I have a Swamp Thing splash 3M color separation that I bought when I first started collecting hardcore back in 1999.

[Blastaar]

Are these things one of a kind or was this something sent where multiple were sent out during production. 

[spracknetch23]

Looks to me like the color is original watercolor with an acetate overlay reproduction of the linework. I have a couple of original color pages from graphic novels done with a similar method. Cool stuff!

[Bronty]

Cool piece!

[Troubledpanda]

Thanks! I honestly don't know if multiples were done, but I checked the tones in the watercolor against the images of the cover I could find online and it's a spot-on match, I'd be super impressed if there was more than one of these things! It even has all the rough strokes on the back of the board where the artist was testing the brushes or laying out the palette... which is just a total trip to see. The acetate overlays have the line work on one layer, and then the date and prices on another, with tracing paper over that to make final edits. Not having much exposure to pre-digital commercial printing, this was a side of the comics I'd never got to enjoy before.

 

That swamp thing separation sounds awesome, love to see a picture sometime.

Edited November 20, 2020 by Troubledpanda