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TMNT and Me

That is the cover to the third printing of the original TMNT comic book. I got this right after it came out . So I was around the age of 14. And loved it. But since the comic didn't come out often and at the time I couldn't get to the comic shop every month I missed lots of issues.

Then a year or so later found this at the Walden's Books in the mall.

So once the cartoon started I was already into the original version of the Turtles. I watched the cartoon and while it wasn't horrible it was so different from the comic. I even bought the first year or so of the Archie Comics published TMNT comic. But what I really wanted was more of the Eastman and Laird comics. Then the first live action film  came out. I took my two younger cousins. Going in not expecting to enjoy it. But I was surprised when it wasn't bad. Still a little cartoony but more like the comic I liked.

Well the toyline of course was huge for years. But I never got any. I had pretty much stopped buying toys at the time. Then in the mid 90s all the thrift stores in my area started getting in piles of the figures. So I started grabbing a bunch. Usually loose and costing me a quarter or 50 cents.

Here's some of my favorites. I don't own most of them anymore.

Panda Khan-Got him loose last year at Wesson for a buck.

I don't remember him from the comics or cartoon, So I just assume he is some kind of panda Samuari.

Mondo Gecko-Got him loose from a Thrift Store. Lost him sadly in a move a few years back.

Ace Duck-Another I never saw in the comic or cartoon. But I remember him be easy to find in thrift stores for years.

"Drill "Sergent" Leonardo-No idea what this one's real name is. But I was given him right after I finished Army BCT. And have held onto him for years now.

Genghis Frog-Had him and Napoleon Bonafrog for years. But lost both in a move. So grabbed this one a few weeks back for a buck.

Punk Rock Donatello-This is my second one of these. Got a loose one years ago at a thrift store. Then in the late 90s Big Lots and Kay Bee Toys started stocking old ass TMNT figures. So bought another to have all the accessorizes. Well lost those over the years but still have the figure.

I got into and loved the early 2000 Fox Kids TMNT cartoon. Back when Cartoon Network was showing it every day I would come home from work and watch that and Teen Titans. I loved how the FoxKids cartoon was much closer to the b/w comic. Plus the great Jack Kirby tribute episode.

As far as teh comic. I read the b/w one off and on when I could find it. But sometime in the mid 90s I stopped reading it. The Archie version I read for a little over 2 years. And it wasn't bad,even if it was based off the original cartoon. Now Nick owns the Turtles ,the new cartoon is getting rave reviews. But I still haven't seen it. Currently the only TMNT comics I have is when they teamed up with Savage Dragon. But I do want to get the trades of the early stuff.

Views of the Room 002

Ok back with more pictures of junk I find laying around my room.

Let's see. Starting on the top left and going to the right.

Ramones poster that came with the dvd of the End of the Century DVD.
Picture of most Mom's side of the family. I am missing for various reasons. Above that is a flyer for American Horror Story. The B/W sketch I found in a "The Crow" TPB I bought at the library sale for $1. Up next is an autographed glossy of Gunnar Hansen and in the bottom corner of the frame is a picture of him choking me before he ripped me off. Then there is two Marvel postcards. One promoting some Venom series and some Hulk vs Avengers series. Above them is my autographed picture of Jello Biafra.

Ok dropping down a row now. That is a mini poster that came as the centerfold in most comics DC comics put out right before the film came out. I must have 15 or so of them. Then there is 6 more comic book related postcards. All of them promoting Ape Entertainment comics. The yellow ticket stub is from Powerslam Productions Spring Break show. I know a few matches from it are on Youtube. But Reggie if you are reading this please get this and December Double Shot parts 1 and 2 2012 out on DVD soon. Please!!!!! Ok moving right we got a great collage my buddy Devin made for me. I sent him a huge stack of comics and magazines with pages dogeared. He made this and sent it to me framed and I fucking love it. Above it is a 1999 WWF trading card signed by Viscera. Below the collage is Ash,from Army of Darkness,Jason and Freddy. Done by the artist RAK they are from Coast Con 2012. He was selling them 5 for 3 bucks I think. I grabbed a handuful and pretty much everyone at the con got some. To the right of the collage is two sketches done for me by Wayne Cordova. Below the sketches is the promo cards that came with some MST3K set I got last year. Then finally on the far right is the flyer for the October 2nd 2010 XOW show in Brookhaven. It is signed by 5 guys that worked the show.

This is over near my bed. Lets see... Death of Superman poster. Got a copy of Superman Vol 2 #75 a few years back and ripped the bag open. The b/w next to it is a X-o Manowar #0 variant. Then there is my Mad magazine Hopeless poster. Below that is a free New Mutants poster I got at the comic shop on the coast. The one that is covered with glare is a Madame Xanadu poster that I got with the 80s 1 show comic. Below that is Dr Strange and Hawkeye sketch cards by RAK. Then my last 4 Coast con badges. Then there is the Olivia Munn poster. I made the mistake of buying her book for $2 new. And it fucking sucks. Horrible book,but inside the dustjacket was that poster. Which is almost worth the $2. To it's right is one of the Bongo Free Comic Book Day issues. It has CBG cosplaying as all kinds of genre people. OK finally on the far right. The b/w print is George Romero. I got it from an artist at Coast con this year. I can not remember his name but it was only $3. Below it is a 2011 ,I think 2011,San Diego Comic Con Warner Bro's bag. It is heavy duty nylon and has great one on the side showing. The other side is promoting Fringe.

01.Huge ass puzzle. Got it for X-mas a few years back, never had a place to put it together. But my cousin said she would. Then she was nice enough to frame it for me. It is all kinds of actors and actresses known for their roles on TV shows.
02.Angela poster from Spawn #9. Yep ripped the poster out as soon as I saw Mile High Comics jumped the price 25 bucks in one day.
03.Ceramic skull I got for a buck at the Dollar Tree. I mostly use it to hold pushpins and buttons and stuff.
04.Mini replica of the Leg Lamp from Christmas Story. Was an X-mas present this month from my lovable crazy aunt. The leg lights up and it takes a tiny ass bulb.
05.XOW October 30th 2010 show flyer.Bought this one at the show  and got two of the guys to sign it.
06.Three Garbage Pail Kids posters I got in a trade from Devin. I want to say I sent him a bunch of vhs of all kinds of stuff.
07.Holy Terror poster,Uncle got this at SDCC for me. Never read it but love Frank Miller's artwork.
08.Elvira's Movie Macabre promo poster,this came in an issue of Fangoria. Back when Elvira was promoting her new syndicated show.
09.Adam West era Hot Wheels Batmobile. Already have one attached to the dash of the Newt-Mobile. But wanted another. Was only a buck and still haven't opened it yet.
10.Married with Children posters,these came with the various MWC comics. The one of the left is from the Fanboy in Paradise 1 shot. Where Bud goes to a comic con. The next two are from the Kelly goes to College mini series.
11.My devilock. I grew it out for over 2 years. Then had to cut it in fall of 2007.
12.High Voltage Racing Champions car. Only piece of High Voltage merchandise I know of. Racing Champions seemed to only do Nascar inspired stuff. Got this is trade for some old VHS tapes.
13.Dollar General stuffed Frankenstein's Monster,this was one of Peaches old toys. She played with it for years and was one of the 3 or 4 toys she kept in my room. Hanging around it is some skull glow in the dark glow stick mask I got from Dollar Tree.
14.MST3k Fugitive Alien promo card. Came with the dvd set that other ones did.
15.MST3K Samson VS the Vampire Women promo card.
16.DR. Skull b carded Pez. Robin Bougie sent me this as a X-mas present. Still sealed and has Pineapple,Cherry and Lemon candy with it. I haven't seen Pineapple or Cherry flavored Pez in years now.

Views of the room part 001

After trying for months/years to describe how my room looks to people,I realized stupider fucker you got a camera. USE IT.

Got this great Lego Boba Fett clock for $5 a few years back. Walmart had them all on clearance. Besides the neck joint all the other points of motion work like a normal sized lego man. Shove down on the head and the clock lights up. Been saying for a year now I need to hang this from a big fake gold chain and wear it like a Geeky Flava Flav.

Someone,I don't remember who,mentioned this Powergirl figure to me last week. And I took a quick snapshot of it.  On the far left is the Super Hero Squad Wasp figure. I got a shitpile of these figures. They are great looking figures. And about 4 years ago, found them on clearance for $3 a pack. I managed to get all the FF,a nice Avengers line up. The original Defenders line up of Dr Strange,Hulk,Silver Surfer and Namor. In the middle is my Powergirl figure. This was a Walmart exclusive. But my local Walmart never got this line in. Found this at the Vendor's Emporium. It was still sealed in a perfect packaging for $5. They had 10 of them I should have grabbed all ten but still it was a great deal. Amazing paint job,articulation and best of all it stands on it it's own. Next we got a Homie. I was buying these all the time when I lived in Texas. Most likely had 100 or more of them at one time. But now am down to about 20. Finally on the right is CAPTAIN AMERICA! Got this in a two pack with a brown suit Wolverine. It included a reprint of the Classic Captain America annual where Cap and Wolvie fight. Cap's sheild,which I secured to his back, even has claw marks on it. Lots of articulation on this figure. I think it was 15 bucks for the two figures with the comic. Which isn't bad I would have paid that much for the 2 figures, gettting a reprint of a great comic was just a bonus.

Found this earlier this month for a quarter. I have learned over the past 8 years that I really love the Marvel 70s "B-level" super hero books. Killraven,Man thing,Luke Cage,etc all appeal to me more than say Fantastic Four from that era. The above copy is a reader copy. You can tell it has been read many times and enjoyed. Not just sitting in a bag with a board in a longbox for decades. Plus it is full of all those great 70's comic book ads. That is one thing missing from reprints and trades/hardcovers, the great ads.

I got an addiction, I can not pass up cheap books. Take the book on the left in the above picture. I already own 2 other copies of it. One is a nice tall softcover version titled Do Androids Dream of electric Sheep. Then got a normal sized paperback version titled Blade Runner which is from the mid 80s. This one has a new cover and is from the past 4 years. But it was 50 cents at the library sale. The book on the right is some mid 80s horror novel printed by Zebra books. Too much Horror Fiction! is a neat site that informed me that most of the 80s Zebra horror novels have great artwork on the covers but the rest of the book isn't as good. But you know what fuck that it was 50 cents and the money goes back into the local library. Support that shit,they get me free comics and stuff.

As some of you might know I have a huge book,comic book,dvd collection. So instead of paying out the ass for nice shelves to store all this crap, I got my father who can built anything to build me this shelf. Besides the top two shelves each other one is custom sized for dvds. I usually rotate out the hardbacks on that top shelf a few times a year. No idea why really. On the top is 3 things of note. On the far left is a cookie jar. It is either a zombie or Frankenstein's Monster. Got this for free and loved how it looks. On the far right you can see the side of my mini three stooges lunchbox. I love metal lunchboxes and sorta collect them. This one came with 2 or 3 dvds of PB Stooges stuff. And was only $8 bucks.I got it mostly to have the stooges lunchbox. Now in the middle of the very top you can kind of see a video tape. I will talk more about that in a bit.

Ok this is the bottom half of the above shelf. It mostly holds my animation DVDs and my concerts and music related dvds. The few vhs you see on the bottom are all stuff I recorded off tv years ago that I need to either trash or transfer to dvd. Plus you can see a few random paperbacks. I own at least 500 paperback books,so they end up randomly all over my room.

This came with some edition of the "Wanted" dvd. While the film is nothing amazing I liked this image.The plain white color of the walls reminds me of barracks or hospital rooms too much. Which is a major reason I cover as much of the walls as I can with posters.

Ok this is the tape from the top of the smaller shelving unit. It is a Betamax release of the original "Phantasm". As a kid we had a Betamax machine since I was about 3 or 4. But back then buying pre-record tapes was expensive. If you look close at the back of the case you will see a price sticker from Radio Shack of $44. Found this at a small flea market out in my area back in 2008 or 2009. They wanted $1 so I had to grab it. It does work and looks like it wasn't watched much. One day I will have to rip it to dvd just for the hell of it.

Well that is all for now. I will do more stuff like this soon.

Multipack Mondays Episode 09

Hey everyone

I am leaving on Friday for a vacation on the coast. Won't be back to Wednesday. So no Forgotten Friday,Multipack Mondays,Indy Wrestling Tuesdays or Comix Wednesdays next week. Sorry about that. Hope everyone has a good holiday. I will be spending it with my 99 1/2 year old grandfather and my late 60s father. So it should be fun.