This is a "Blast" from WAY back. I started, but obviously never finished, this ad for the second issue of TMNT Volume 1. Thinking back, this was probably done during that period of about a year when I was living in Connecticut, coordinating all of the printing and shipping activities, while Kevin was still living in Maine, and we were doing the artwork together through the mail. This is clearly something that I started and drew on my own, without Kevin's involvement (I can recognize my drawing style and my bad lettering), and for some reason halfway through gave up on it. Maybe Kevin came up with a better idea for the ad, and we went with that. Who knows?
-- Peter Laird
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Just got back from one of my rare trips to New York City, and a wonderful day. I went with the Mirage crew (Dan, Jim, Eric, Mike, Steve, Jim, Craig, and Gary) to visit the 4Kids production studios. They were very generous with their time and gave us an extensive and fascinating tour. Wonderful people.
Later that day, we attended a special premiere showing of the first episode of the new animated series at a neat place called The Screening Room, a restaurant/bar/movie theatre in NYC. Many of our TMNT licensees and Playmates and 4Kids staffers were invited, along with some press and a few friends. The Mirage crew signed autographs like madmen for about an hour, then we filed into the theatre to watch the show. This was the first time I had seen it completely finished, with full sound and music, and the first time I'd seen any TV animation on a (relatively) big screen. It was very cool. The 4Kids team did a great job on the sound and music, and the show kicks even MORE ass than I thought it did before. All in all, a great experience! (One extra cool thing was that I got to meet -- and get my picture taken with -- all of the voice actors for the Turtles, April, and Splinter... a really nice bunch.)
Woo-Hoo! #5.5
Hot off the digital presses, here's a link to a recent (done last week) interview with yours truly: