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While working on that first cover I would send my thumbnails to get approved by IDW and Nickelodeon.  While I waited I needed to try and get a feel for the rest of the cast, and in some cases, like Old Hob, figure out what they would look like!  It was awesome being able to take the first crack at everyone.  There was a lot of pressure for me, but it was only recently when looking at a new issue and seeing my versions still running around did I realize what a responsibility it was.  Thankfully the book was a success and I never received a single death threat!

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So then they offered me the job (yay!) and one of the first things we had to do was excitedly put together a first cover.  Something big, that we could use to promote the book.  We knew it was going to be a series of variants and that each turtle would get his own space.  That's just commons sense.  My first pass was less action and more candid.  But for a first issue we needed something a little more in your face!  I took another pass that was closer, but I wasn't happy so I tried again!  I was even more excited because I got to color this one too!  one of only a few I got to do from start to finish.

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After I did that I was apparently the frontrunner and Nickelodeon was ALMOST willing to give me a shot.  But first they asked me to do something a little more fun.   We never used it for anything but we did do a version with no pizza.  Blasphemy I know, but we were just starting out!

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So about a year ago I ran into Tom Waltz at the Long Beach Con and we were talking about how we'd like to work together on something again.  He said he had some stuff and would contact me.  A couple days later he asked me to draw him some Ninja Turtles that he could pass around the office.

and so I drew him some Ninja Turtles

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Yeah!  Taskmaster is a little cooler, it's at least a little more finished.  Anyways, after Kaijudo I moved over to Marvel Animation where I am currently working.  But I'll talk more about that in awhile.  But on Monday I'm gonna start going through the year on TMNT!  Fun stuff!

Have a good weekend!

-Dan

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Another panel from Kaijudo, not the best update, you deserve better.  Tomorrow I'll do better!

-Dan

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Just a really fun sequence from Season 1 of Kaijudo!