The previous post on Mirage's unique postage meter stamp brought up a conversation in the comments about the postcards Mirage would send in response to fan mail and/or fan art. Tonight I dug out the postcard I received in response to some fan art I apparently sent (I clearly recall receiving this postcard, but I can't for the life of me recall the art I sent).
The front of the card shows the line art from the cover of TMNT Adventures #18. If you look closely on the back you'll see that same Raphael postage meter stamp (all the blots are from the residue of poster putty I used to hang the postcard on my bedroom door for years). The postmark date is September 17, 1991. Man, that was forever ago!
Did you ever receive this or a similar postcard? Still have it? Send me a scan!
Ryan Brown adds: We gave Murph's girlfriend at the time the task of answering all the TMNTA fan mail. She did a phenomenal job!! We'd print up the postcards using different TMNTA cover art at a local printer and then give them to her to mail out. Murph and I wanted to send something special to the kids who took the time to write in. I'm not sure how many different covers we used for the postcards but I believe we utilized quite a few.
And:
Murph and I loved to read the fan mail. We personally signed and sent the first few but suddenly the amount of mail increased so much that we had to pass it along to someone full time and that dude was a newly arrived Dan Berger. As Dan's workload increased Murph's girl friend stepped in.
-->> .. i'll find those Postcards and that Letter for the life of me.
ReplyDeleteI really bet it was Mary who signed that card for you.
but i've been wrong before.
>v<
We gave Murph's girlfriend at the time the task of answering all the TMNTA fan mail. She did a phenomenal job!! We'd print up the postcards using different TMNTA cover art at a local printer and then give them to her to mail out. Murph and I wanted to send something special to the kids who took the time to write in. I'm not sure how many different covers we used for the postcards but I believe we utilized quite a few.
ReplyDeleteShould be a challenge to "collect them all!"
Should be a challenge to "collect them all!"
ReplyDeleteYou ain't kidding about that! I don't think I've ever seen any on the secondary market.
Murph and I loved to read the fan mail. We personally signed and sent the first few but suddenly the amount of mail increased so much that we had to pass it along to someone full time and that dude was a newly arrived Dan Berger. As Dan's workload increased Murph's girl friend stepped in.
ReplyDeleteDan reports that he remembers at least five different ones.
ReplyDeleteI think it's awesome you guys did that. I know I never expected a response and getting surprise TMNT mail totally made my day.
ReplyDeleteWe think it's awesome you wrote in and that you saved your postcard!
ReplyDeleteHmmm, might be cool to reprint these or do a "2nd series" to give away at shows...
I got one with the cover of TMNTA 32 (the Tattoo one). I wonder if I can find it...
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