Sign off time, Miss O'Neil!!!

OK, by now you've all heard the news and internet rumors about how bad the script for Michael Bay's upcoming Ninja Turtles movie is. And, because he's Michael Bay, he doesn't give a shit. People are still going to see this movie. But, with the negative backlash being SO bad, he went ahead and did what any filmmaker would do. He cast a super hot girl as the female lead. Hey, it worked for Transformers, right? So, on May 16th, 2014, put the popcorn on your lap, cause you're in for 2 hours of THIS!!

If you ask me, quite a step up from this:

And yes, dudes, I know why you're smiling.

Cowabunga!

WOWabunga!!!

This week IDW Publishing released Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1. When I was younger, I loved the original series, and then I loved the Archie Comics series, but ever since then Turtle comics haven't really grabbed me. I think, honestly, there was too much sci-fi elements in later series. To me, the turtles should always be in the sewers of New York City, not flying around space with human dinosaurs.

-Back to the issue(literally)at hand. To put it bluntly, does anyone have Tom Waltz's address? I wanna buy that man a beer. When I first heard that IDW was bringing Kevin Eastman in to work on the book, I thought "hmm. Interesteing." OK, that's a total lie. The FIRST thing I thought about was "Kevin Eastman? Is he still married to Julie Strain? Man, she had awesome boobs." BACK to TMNT #1. THIS is what a Turtle comic SHOULD be. Everything is here that should be here. The Turtles, April, Casey, Baxter Stockman, pizza and Krang. YEAH. KRANG. This is a GREAT set-up for the series. Everyone is introduced in a manner that is not at all forced, and yet gives you plenty of back story, plot and set-up to get the series moving nicely. I have to be honest, I've never heard of Dan Duncan, but this guy was born to draw this book. He's got a great style that's gritty when it needs to be and smooth and clean when it's called for. IDW & the creative team have really outdone themselves. DO NOT wait for the trade on this one. Go buy it NOW!!!!....and Tom, seriously, you're gettin' that beer when I see you.