TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

30TH AN

NIVERSARY SPECIAL

Regular CoverArt by Kevin Eastman

& Peter LairdColors by Ronda Pattison

Cover RIArt by Kevin Eastman Inks by Simon Bisley Colors by Ryan Brown

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TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 30th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL. MAY 2014. FIRST PRINTING. © 2014 Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved. Nickelodeon, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, and all related titles,logos and characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc. © 2014 Viacom Overseas Holdings C.V. All Rights Reserved. Nickelodeon, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, and all related titles, logos and characters aretrademarks of Viacom Overseas Holdings C.V. Based on characters created by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman.© 2014 Idea and Design Works, LLC. IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Editorial offices: 5080Santa Fe Street, San Diego CA 92109. The IDW logo is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Any similarities to persons living or dead are purely coincidental. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes,none of the contents of this publication may be reprinted without the permission of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Printed in the Korea. IDW Publishing does not read or accept unsolicited submissions of ideas, stories, or artwork.

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EDITED BY BOBBY CURNOWPRODUCTION ASSISTANCE BY SHAWN LEE

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It all started with a small print run of aself-published comic that debuted inMay 1984.

Back then, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird shared a workspace theydubbed “Mirage Studios.” The namealluded to the fact that there was noactual studio, just a shared area theyused to draw in. One night, in an effortto one-up each other creatingridiculous ideas, the two stumbled upon the concept of “Teenage MutantNinja Turtles.”

From those unlikely beginnings spranga pop-culture phenomenon that quicklyrose to worldwide fame. Now, thirtyyears after the Turtles first emergedfrom the sewers, Turtlemania is stillgoing strong. We can’t think of a betterway to celebrate this momentousanniversary than by revisiting some ofthe Turtle universes, and the artisticteams behind them, that have sogreatly contributed to the phenomenon.

THE BEGINNING

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Ad for the first issue, 1984.

Original clip/poster artthat was included in thefirst 1984 press release.

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Top, left: The original ad from the inside back cover ofTMNT #1 for the pre-turtle book “Gobbledygook.”

Top, right: The original book #1 press release from 1984.

Above: The original four-turtle group shot that started it allfrom 1983.

Right: The original ad for the Portsmouth, New HampshireConvention where TMNT #1 premiered.

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The first TMNT comic series, laterdubbed “Volume 1,” lasted sixty-twoissues from 1984 to 1993. For the firstyears, Kevin and Peter did the lion’sshare of the work, writing, penciling,and inking the series together.

As the book‘s popularity exploded,they brought on fellow artists andwriters to help tell new stories in adazzling variety of styles. But thefundamental look and spirit of thebook was anchored by Eastman andLaird’s art.

Their dedication to helping othercomics creators was also a majordriving force, from Laird’s 1992founding of the Xeric Foundation tothis story by Eastman in the 2012edition of Hero Comics, a publicationof the Hero Initiative, which helpscomics creators in need.

In “Ready, Set, Go,” Eastman harkensback to the “duotone” shading processthat was a hallmark of many earlyMirage Comics.

READY SET GOStory and Art by Kevin Eastman

EARLY MIRAGE(1984–1993)Cover by Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird

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Story and Art by Kevin Eastman

Pin-up Pencils and Colors by Steve Lavigne • Inks by Peter Laird