Monday, June 29, 2009

TMNT #31 cover by Michael Dooney

I got the word today from Michael Dooney that he had finished the cover painting for the next issue of TMNT Volume 4 -- #31 -- and he'd left it on one of the computers at Mirage. So this afternoon, while I was at the office waiting for Eric Talbot to get there so he and Jim Lawson and I could go for a short (but sweet) motorcycle ride, I copied it onto my trusty memory stick and brought it home.

And here it is!



Now that Mike has worked his magic, I think the only thing left to do is put together the letters pages. So if you had been thinking of writing a letter of comment, now would be a good time to finish it up and send it in. -- PL
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17 comments:

  1. Daniel SchwarzJune 29, 2009 at 9:05 PM

    Wow, that looks friggin amazing! Mike did a great job, as always.

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  2. IanJune 29, 2009 at 9:10 PM

    Things are about to take a turn for the (even more) bizarre, aren't they?

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  3. ~ tOkKaJune 30, 2009 at 4:20 AM

    -->> O YEEEEEEEH BABY !!

    Daffy Duck Donatello :: "HA HA! GUARD! TURN! PARRY! DODGE! SPIN! HA! THRUST!" ** WHAAAPPPP ** ** "

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  4. MayhemJune 30, 2009 at 4:37 AM

    Actually this is a buck and a quarter quarterstaff, but I'm not telling him that! :p

    Great cover, though as Ian said, I'm wondering where it's leading...!

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  5. Splinter's IroonnaJune 30, 2009 at 5:56 AM

    Where are his green tights and pointy shoes?

    :D

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  6. David McBrideJune 30, 2009 at 9:03 AM

    Looks great. Mike's covers are some of my favorite.

    Along with great artistic style his compositions are always so cinematic.

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  7. Alex DeligiannisJune 30, 2009 at 11:30 AM

    Who pencilled the image? The turtle looks Dooney, but the hand in the FG looks like a Lawson hand...?

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  8. Demon-AlukardJune 30, 2009 at 1:34 PM

    Alex "Toon" Deligiannis, Jim Lawson doing the pencil version at first, then Mike Dooney made a painted version of the cover.

    You can look here, how it works:
    http://doonboy.deviantart.com/art/Turtle-Hood-125229171

    And it's FRIKKING AMAZING!!
    Can't wait for TMNT #31!

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  9. Poppy RobbieJune 30, 2009 at 3:06 PM

    Little Don of Staffwood Forest!

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  10. Daniel SchwarzJune 30, 2009 at 4:14 PM

    I was thinking...

    IVAN donatell-HOE

    Nah, that's weak.

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  11. Alex DeligiannisJune 30, 2009 at 5:23 PM

    Demon-Alukard, thanks! I know Jim usually pencils before Dooney does his thing; I was just asking because the turtle doesn't look like Jim's normal stuff. I see in that link that it was in fact Jim's, with Dooney switching it up a bit. Thanks for the link!

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  12. Demon-AlukardJune 30, 2009 at 6:03 PM

    Alex "Toon" Deligiannis, you're welcome!

    BTW, I think, it's Leo with bo stuff. As you can see, he's opponent have a bo stuff too, so... probably, it's a challenge ))

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  13. Andrew NDBJune 30, 2009 at 6:09 PM

    What's this I heard rumbled about duo-tones being in this issue? True??? :)

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  14. ~ tOkKaJune 30, 2009 at 9:54 PM

    -->> Gee whizz, look ::

    While Mike and Jim have been have seemingly ( and most famously been working in tandem ) on the TMNT v.4 covers ..


    they have been working together a bit since the early 1990s.

    If not even earlier.

    The prestige format from Archie of TMNT II - Comic adaptation , the cover shows one of their earliest collaborations i can recall.

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  15. Splinter's IroonnaJuly 2, 2009 at 7:33 AM

    Blogger Daniel Schwarz said...

    I was thinking...

    IVAN donatell-HOE

    Nah, that's weak.


    Make it "Ivantello" and it almost works.

    Gad, "Ivanhoe" was probably the most boring book I've ever read, next to "Pilgrim's Progress".

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  16. Michael DooneyJuly 3, 2009 at 7:05 AM

    Just to be clear, Jim pencils all of the TMNT covers and I do color rendering based on those. I honestly make an effort not to change too much of what Jim has put down. Since our drawing styles are so different though, I often need to bend the rules of reality here and there so I can make things work for my brain.

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  17. Sarah The Anime LibrarianJuly 3, 2009 at 9:26 AM

    LOL I was thinking the exact same thing tOkKa!

    All they need is a little Frier Porky in the background.

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