SubscribeNote: Don’t get in the way of Ross Campbell when he’s creating. After killing it in Glory and numerous fan-art postings, this friend of the site recently posted character designs for an ambitious fan-comic retelling of the second Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, Secrets of the Ooze. Campbell’s providing his own spin and not limiting it to redesigns, but adding new characters, new style and a deeper story. Look for more in the coming months! – Chris A.
mordicai
/ October 25, 2012I ADORE THIS. I do wish April wasn’t white, though.
Edwin
/ October 25, 2012Finally, someone who understands that mutant turtles living in a sewer aren’t going to have weapons professionals make (that sounds so ludicrous when I actually type it out). The new turtle is a big step up from the girl from the 90′s live action series.
Not sure how I feel about April and Casey’s look, but I’ll let it slide as the villain side is inspired. I can imagine this Shredder as being so desperate for his body that he ingests a huge amount of mutagen to get back at these turtles. Aces all around
Vanni LoRiggio
/ October 25, 2012I love this so much, which leaves me conflicted since the new TMNT is actually quite good.
I would read this comic and never look back, though.
Joe
/ October 25, 2012Sorry, excuse my ignorance but who is the tall turtle with the yellow mask?
These are excellent though…
Chris A.
/ October 25, 2012A new female turtle Ross is introducing.
Edwin
/ October 25, 2012You can love the new Turtles and still like this. They’re different enough that I don’t see overlap
Dedpool
/ October 25, 2012Love the look and design of everyone except April, Casey, and Kino. The 80′s look is just ugh! But otherwise good stuff all around. I think the face decorations are a nice touch but are to even and symetrical for natural coloring. Now face paint I can see.
David Atchison
/ October 25, 2012Said it before and I’ll say it again: Ross Campbell is my fave TMNT artist of all time. I like his versions of the characters and his renditions of the Traditional Turtles. He’s got some inspired stuff and he captures what made me love the turtles as a kid while adding his own logical extension of their previous characterization. If IDW gave this guy his own series, I’d be reading a TMNT comic again.
SilverHammerMan
/ October 25, 2012I like this a lot.
I only have two gripes/concerns:
One, I kind of prefer the old school ninja masks, they’re “iconic” and can also help to give a sense of motion when they’re trailing behind the turtles during acrobatics.
Two, I’m curious as the where the new turtle would fit into the team dynamic since the core four have a very well defined and archetypal set of roles. Michelangelo is the funny one, Raphael is the rebel/loner, Leonardo is the upright leader, and Donatello is the smart one. Between the four of them they’ve pretty much got all the character bases covered. Mostly I just want to avoid another Venus de Milo-style travesty.
I love everything else though, it really captures the idea of these characters being involved in this weird sewer-bound underworld in a way that’s unique, cool, and just makes sense.
ActualButt
/ October 26, 2012Where’s Ice?
Alejandro
/ October 26, 2012I LOVE these. And the very idea of retelling a…”classic” story as a fan comic is brilliant. If I had the time I’d pull that shit on Green Lantern’s War of Light.
Christopher
/ October 27, 2012SilverHammerMan, according to his website:
“She’s the shy worrywart Turtle and her weapon is the bow-and-arrow (i always felt like each Turtle’s weapon was a metaphor for their personality, so Artie’s had to be the same! she’s too trepidatious to get close to anyone, so she only strikes from afar!)”
David
/ October 28, 2012I simply LOVE these turtles! I adore the face paint! And I also hate Venus de milo from the live action series, so I welcome this fresh new lady turtle!
Acg
/ October 29, 2012“…the biggest thing i’m adding is a 5th Turtle, Artemisia (Artie for short), named after Artemisia Gentileschi.”
now THAT is how you name a female turtle.
Joseph
/ November 4, 2012Ross Campbell, aside from being one of my favorite comic artists ever, is EASILY my favorite Ninja Turtles artist. IDW’s TMNT ongoing is good stuff, and Campbell has done some art for it already, but if they’re smart, they will take this project of his and publish it as some sort of alternate universe tale–Tales of the TMNT, perhaps.
Steves
/ January 3, 2013nice mullet for Casey LOL
other than that, pretty cool