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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Complete Story Grimjack #26, Page 4 (TMNT) 1986

Artists: Kevin Eastman - 1986 (All) , Peter Laird - 1986 (All) , Steve Lavigne - 1986 (Letterer)

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Title:	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Complete Story Grimjack #26, Page 4 (TMNT) 1986
Artist:	Kevin Eastman - 1986 (All)
Artist:	Peter Laird - 1986 (All)
Artist:	Steve Lavigne - 1986 (Letterer)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	1,007
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Added to Site:	1/19/2009
Comic Art Archive:	Grimjack Issue: 26 Page: 27 View

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Eastman & Laird created this short story to address a rising voice in TMNT fandom: to see the turtles in color. So in cooperation with First Publishing, E & L drew out this 8 page story to become the first story ever where the Turtles would be seen in color. Finally, the world would see what colors those bandanas were (SPOILER: RED!)

A fun fact is that the entire 8 page bar scene chronologically takes place during TMNT issue #5, pages 13 & 14. Eastman and Laird were HUGE Star Wars fans and wanted to give their take on the classic "Cantina Scene." It was originally published in Grimjack #26 and predates TMNT #7 where Kevin painted a short Corben-drawn story for an insert. On top of that, instead of the usual small Duo-tone artboards that Mirage Studios used back then, these pages were drawn on 11 X 17 artboards that First provided, thus making these some of the largest of the early TMNT interior pages out there. The story would be reprinted a number of times through the decades well.

Kevin Eastman, in his book "Artobiography", said that this story is "By far one of the best drawn Eastman & Laird short stories." Cool. An amazing piece of TMNT history.

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