Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastmann has developed a new comic book series at Image Comics titled Blood sample. Eastman is collaborating with the writer Davide Avallone (Elvira, Batwheels) and artists Well done Bishop (The ensemble, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin) AND Troy Piccolo (Rick and Morty, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) to develop the series of 12 issues.
The comic is described as a “true fictional story” and the story will “follow the jaw-dropping journey of Shane Bookman, a cartoonist whose real life has become more absurd and action-packed than any comic book story he could imagine!” Once upon a time, Bookman co-created Ronin Ragdolls: a gritty and funny indie comic that became a billion-dollar global franchise. Now, years later, the partnership has dissolved, the corporate acquisition has been exhausted, Books is struggling to survive. recover from the hit and run called initial success… and seek the will and joy to create something new again.”
Eastman said in a statement: “The true, completely fictional stories of Shane ‘Books’ Bookman sum it up best. Set squarely in our collective world of comics, part autobiographical, part high tails and legends, I wanted a fictional character that we could really put to the test. Drawing Blood is all that and a basket of kittens…”
Avallone added: “When Kevin told me his idea for the project that became Drawing Blood, I immediately knew three things: it was something that had never been done before in comics, it could be really cool… and that I wanted write”. with him. He graciously hired me as a co-creator and we had a blast turning all the crazy stories of a life in the comics into this fun, funny, heartbreaking saga of survival and redemption in the world of the show.
Bishop said: “Drawing Blood is truly a story unlike any other… It’s not just a behind-the-scenes look at the world of comics and what life might be like decades after co-creating one of the world’s biggest franchises, but a look into the tortured mind of the comic’s creator, as he tries to reconnect with that part of himself that once drew pictures on his bedroom floor with his brother and dreamed of one day creating comics for real. our heart and soul into this book and it is so incredibly special to each of us. I know people will be able to feel it as they read. Get ready…”
Little shared: “The Mirage Studios Turtles had a huge impact on my desire to become a comics creator, so it will come full circle for me with Drawing Blood and the Ragdolls. Being able to collaborate with this team to create and expand a meta -fiction where I get to draw cats with ninja weapons based on a hit property that never existed, creating some sort of Mandela effect… I mean, you all remember the 90s cartoon series, right? Those cats were tough!”
Blood sample #1 will be available in comic shops on Wednesday, April 24th. It will also be available on digital platforms.
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by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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