TMNT Guide to New York Comic Con

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New York Comic Con is upon us! Alas, I am not in attendance, so I'm not 100% aware of all the TMNT events happening, but here are a few bullet points that should be of interest to you.

If you're aware of any must-see events or people that are of interest for TMNT fans, please leave a comment and I'll add it to the list!

PANEL

Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Thursday, October 8
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Main Stage 1-D Presented by AT&T

The TMNT team returns to New York Comic Con to reveal exclusive sneak peeks from Season 4 and what action is in store for the four hero brothers. The Panel features executive producers Ciro Nieli and Brandon Auman, along with the talented voice actors Seth Green (Leonardo), Rob Paulsen (Donatello), Greg Cipes (Michelangelo), Eric Bauza (Tiger Claw, Hun), and more special guests! Booyakasha! Moderated by Andre Meadows (aka “@BlackNerd”).

Note: The Main Stage is cleared between Panels. All Main Stage Panels require a wristband.

The TMNT panel will be streamed LIVE on the New York Comic Con website!
If you aren't at the Con, you can tune in to see everything as it happens.

Go here at 2PM EDT: http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/Events/NYCCLive

AUTOGRAPH SIGNINGS

The following autograph signings are scheduled for the IDW booth, #1844.

Thursday, October 8
5:30 – 7:00
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Animated Series – Brandon Auman, Eric Bauza, Greg Cipes, Ciro Nieli, Rob Paulsen (Ticketed signing, see employee for details)

Saturday, October 10
1:00 – 3:00
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Kevin Eastman, Robert Rodriguez (Ticketed signing, see employee for details)

Sunday, October 11
1:00 – 2:00
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Caleb Goellner, Billy Martin, Paul Allor, Cory Smith

ARTIST ALLEY

Eric Talbot
North Pavilion - E4

TMNT Guide to New York Comic Con

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New York Comic Con starts tomorrow and goes through Sunday. If you're there, be sure to check out the Nickelodeon booth throughout the show for various TMNT events. Here's a short guide to key TMNT places to be.

PANEL: 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
When: Friday, 2-3pm
Where: Empire Stage 1-E

Executive Producers Ciro Nieli and Brandon Auman will be joined by voice stars Rob Paulsen (Donatello), Seth Green (Leonardo), Greg Cipes (Michelangelo), and Eric Bauza (Tiger Claw) for exclusive sneak peeks at Season 3 of the television series.

ARTISTS:

Michael Dooney
Location: S5

Eric Talbot
Location: E3

Dario Brizuela
Location: D6

Know of something or someone else people should stop to see? Please leave a comment!

TMNT Guide to New York Comic Con

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New York Comic Con starts TODAY and runs through Sunday! Alas, I'm not there, and being that I'm not as plugged in to the event as I am San Diego Comic-Con, I can't claim that this is everything TMNT-related going on at the show. However, there are some notable events and people that you shouldn't miss if you are there.

PANELS:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
When: Friday, 6:30-7:30pm
Where: Empire Stage 1-E

Go Ninja, Go Ninja, Go! Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Check out Nick’s latest ooze-filled news and get exclusive peeks into a mutation situation that has gone out of control as Executive Producer Ciro Nieli and Story Editor Brandon Auman discuss the season 2 premiere. Guests will include members of the incredible Turtles voice cast. Moderated by Rich Magallanes, Senior Vice President, Current Series, Nickelodeon Animation.

The Other Dead with Kevin Eastman: When Zombie Animals Attack
When: Saturday, 4:15-5:15pm
Where: 1A10

The Zombie Animal invasion is coming to New York! Join Kevin Eastman, Joshua Ortega, Dave Dorman, Digger T Mesch and the rest of The Other Dead creative team to get the latest scoop on IDW's sleeper hit of the fall! Whether you're a fan of zombies, horror or undead animals, you won't want to miss this exclusive NYCC event! Featuring the only convention panel appearance by TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman!

AUTOGRAPHS:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
When: Friday, [time?]
Where: ?

An autograph session with cast and crew from Nickelodeon's TMNT series will be held on Friday. However, you need a ticket to attend and tickets have already been distributed through an online system. I am not aware of any way to acquire a ticket at the show.

ARTISTS:

Kevin Eastman
Location: Y1

Michael Dooney
Location: S5

Eric Talbot
Location: U16

Dario Brizuela
Location: D5

Tristan Jones
Location: W15

And there are are more artists attending the show who have contributed to the TMNT through the years, so browse Artists' Alley with due diligence.

TMNT LEGOs Announced at New York Comic Con

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LEGO has announced that they have acquired the rights to produce Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles LEGO sets, and will be unveiling the first set today at 3pm EST at New York Comic Con.

The first set being announced is pictured above.

Product Info:
The Shellraiser Street Chase - 79104
$59.99
Piece Count: 620
Minifigures: Leonardo, Michelangelo, Dogpound, Foot Soldier, Kraang Droid

And a look at all of the components of this set is below.

This is definitely exciting news for TMNT and LEGO fans! Keep watch for more news and pictures to come out of New York Comic Con!

TMNT Guide to New York Comic Con

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New York Comic Con starts today! Unfortunately Ninja Pizza is not there, so I'll be watching from online to see if any breaking TMNT news happens. However, for the people who are there, there are a few TMNT sights to see.

This is the best compilation of TMNT-related people and events happening at the Con. However, I'm not an expert on this Con so there may be something that I've missed. If you know of something that should be added, please add a comment!

And if anyone is going and snags some extra TMNT swag, e-mail me and I'll trade you for some TMNT swag from San Diego Comic-Con. :D

Panels:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Friday, October 12 - 6:45-7:45pm
Go Green! With the Lean, Mean, Ninja Team – Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Experience Nickelodeon’s FIRST EVER Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle New York Comic-Con panel as Executive Producers Ciro Nieli (Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go!) and Peter Hastings (Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, Catscratch, Animaniacs) discuss the new series, reveal development art and give fans a sneak peek at the series’ next episode. Prepare to be Shell-Shocked!
Location: 1E13

They are not listed, but I *think* Rob Paulsen and/or Sean Astin may also be showing up for the above panel.

IDW Publishing
Saturday, October 13 - 12:30-1:30pm
2012 has been a huge year for IDW. Join Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall, with very special guests Andy Diggle, J.K. Woodward, Fred Van Lente and Mike Johnson for inside information on what else is in the works! Announcements, excitement, gossip, prizes and Q&A!
Location: 1A21

Artists' Alley:

Dario Brizuela
Dario worked on Tales of the TMNT Vol. 2, as well as some of the 2007 TMNT Leonardo prequel comic book. He also does licensing art and comic art for other series. He will be taking commissions, as well as selling an AMAZING print featuring the 2012 Nickelodeon Turtles (pictured right)!
Booth C13

David Petersen
David has done covers for IDW's recent TMNT Mirco-Series comic books. At San Diego Comic-Con, he took limited commissions and had original art for sale (no TMNT art, however).
Booth C18

Erik Larsen
Erik is a co-founder of Image Comics and was behind the publishing of TMNT Vol. 3.
Booth R9

Khary Randolf
Khary worked on the TMNT 4Kids series where he provided a substantial amount of licensing art.
Booth CC2

Michael Dooney
Mike is one of the all-time great TMNT artists. He typically has prints and sketch books for sale, and takes commissions at a range of prices.
Booth S6

Ross Campbell
Ross provided cover art for the old Raphael: Bad Moon Rising comic mini-series, as well as cover and interior art for the recent IDW TMNT Micro-Series #4: Leonardo comic book. He is apparently giving away FREE TMNT prints, in addition to having other stuff for sale. E-mail me if you can snag an extra print!
Booth R8B

NYCC: Sunday 4Kids 25th Anniversary Panel

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Mega fan Neil comes through once again, this time with video of the complete TMNT 4Kids panel that was on Sunday at New York Comic-Con. Hosted by Jake Black, this panel takes a look at 4Kids' TMNT series through the eyes of a table full of people who made it all happen.

Check it out in six parts below.

NYCC: Friday Night Mirage Panel

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Friday night at NYCC there was a panel featuring four long-time TMNT artists: Steve Lavigne, Michael Dooney, Jim Lawson, and Eric Talbot. Moderated by occasional TMNT writer Jake Black, the panel was meant to focus on the artistic evolution of the TMNT. I don't know if they hit that mark exactly, but it was still a good hour-long conversation with these guys who have had so much creative input into the TMNT throughout the years.

Mega TMNT fan (and reliable videographer) Neil came through with video of most of this panel for those of us stuck in parts of the world that are too far from NYC. You can check out the panel, in five parts, below.

NYCC: Playmates' Comic-Based Figures

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New York Comic-Con opened today, somewhat acting as the true kick-off of the TMNT 25th's anniversary "shell-abration." There is a handful of news and pictures being reported around the Interwebs, but I thought I'd start with a look at Playmates' new action figures that are supposedly based on the TMNT comics. Yes, I had to interject a "supposedly" in there.

Since I'm so often accused of being overly negative, let's start with the figure I can say positive things about. Splinter here is really quite nice looking. Does he at all resemble any artistic interpretation of Splinter in any of the comic books? Nope. But that's ok in this case; if the final product looks even a fraction as good as this picture, I'll likely be buying it.

Here's Raphael, who seems to be the only Turtle representing (perhaps Playmates didn't want to deal with any "Why are they all wearing red?" questions?). Again, this is a good looking figure, though not really based on any of the comics.




You'd think it'd be easy enough to get a Foot Soldier right, but this just seems to be a checklist of wrong. What's with the color choices? Why don't his knees bend? And what's with the pig nose? This figure is most unfortunate.






But alas, even more unfortunate is Shredder. I don't even know where to start with this one. Absolutely no part of this figure is proportional with another part, his sword looks like a toy, and that helmet couldn't shred cheese. Oh, and based on the comics? Hell no! Turtle fans need to super glue their fingers crossed that the second wave of NECA figures eventually come out, because, in the ever-wise words of Princess Leia, they're our "only hope."

Here's one more picture from the Playmates booth. I guess this is supposed to be April, but it doesn't take a genius to know that's Uma Thurman's outfit from Kill Bill. Here's a tip: Costume shops may not have generic yellow jumpsuits, but thrift stores do. But at least they have proper TMNT costumes, unlike what we saw at San Diego last summer.

All pictures were stolen from Toy News International. You can visit the link to see more of their pictures from the Playmates booth. I'll be posting more New York Comic-Con news throughout the weekend.

Boxed NECA TMNT + NYCC Exclusive!

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The 5th Turtle today revealed the look of the upcoming boxed set of all four NECA TMNT figures. Not only that, but it was also revealed that there will be a New York Comic-Con exclusive boxed set that will include all of the figure bases and accessories (the regular set only comes with the weapons).

And bonus for those lucky enough to attend NYCC: Both Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird will be at the show (and you'd be a fool not to get 'em both to sign your box)!