As a rule, I'm not doing sketches in copies of TMNT #32, but...

... I decided to bend the rule a bit this week.

Katie had left me almost a whole box of copies of TMNT #32 to autograph for fans who had ordered them online (thanks, everybody!), and I spent about half an hour signing the covers. I was just about to leave when I got the idea to do a sketch in the back of one of these copies, and just insert it randomly in the pile of comics, so someone -- I have no idea who -- might get a kick out of opening their mail-order copy of the book and finding this on the inside back cover...





... a freehand green Sharpie marker drawing of Leonardo. -- PL

Blast from the Past #199: Biker gorilla

This is another one of the sketches I did back in the late 1980's when Kevin and I were trying to come up with concepts to help Playmates flesh out the rapidly-expanding TMNT toy line.



This one was meant to be in keeping with the "mutant animal" approach which Playmates found so successful. -- PL

Blast from the Past #198: Robot Foot Soldier designs

These three drawings are not dated or well-annotated, so it's a little hard for me to remember exactly when they are from and for what reason they were created. But I probably did them in the first decade of TMNT.







I wish I could remember if I did these with the intent of using the concepts and designs in the comics, or if they were something I did for Playmates Toys. I don't recall ever planning any humanoid robot Foot ninja for the comics, but they were a common sight in the first animated series. It's even possible that these sketches came before the designs were settled on for the way the Foot soldiers appeared in that show... but don't quote me. -- PL

Blast from the Past #171: another sketch for the cover of TMNT #4, Volume 1

This is an oddity I found in a drawer with some other stuff -- it's yet another preliminary sketch for my cover for issue #4 of the original Volume 1 TMNT comics. I have already posted one of these preliminary drawings (Friday, February 13, 2009: Blast from the Past #150).



This one is kind of strange in that I drew it on illustration board instead of the Bristol board I typically used. I'm not sure why. -- PL

Blast from the Past #78 repost: TMNT drawing on tablecloth scrap

Sometimes when you do a signing or a convention, you get a little bored or punchy near the end of the day. I think I was a little of both a few years ago when I doodled this group shot with a Sharpie® marker on a scrap piece of the vinyl tablecloth in front of me.



I guess I liked it enough to cut it out and take it home with me. -- PL

TMNT sketch for sale

Remember that Donatello sketch I did at this year's NYCC to benefit the Inkwell Awards (I blogged about it a few days ago)?



Mike Dooney just alerted me to the fact that it is currently listed on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170301998104

Check it out! -- PL

UPDATE 02-21-09: Apparently, this piece went for $189.50. Not bad! -- PL