Milan Comics & Games : 2024

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Poste Italiane, in collaboration with Blu Nautilus and Dada Editore, celebrates the spring edition of Milano Comics & Games with two special cancellations and a stamp collection dedicated to Raffaello , the third in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, following Leonardo and Michelangelo, characters from the science fiction and superhero comic series created in 1984 by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird.

Milan Comics & Games has become one of the leading international events dedicated to comics, illustrated cinema, visual communication, and intelligent gaming. The event's stated goal is to provide visitors with exciting experiences, including tournaments, gatherings, exhibitions, and community gatherings where they can share interests and have fun.

The cancellations, in horizontal oval format , reproduce the event's logo and a detail of the poster by Andrea Cavaletto, screenwriter and illustrator who collaborates with Italian and foreign publishers and film producers, both underground and mainstream - Malpensafiere News

Poste Italiane - A4-sized folder with 2 flaps containing:

1 envelope; 1 stamped postcard from the thematic series DOP Products – Garlic; 1 postal card with stamp from the thematic series DOP Products – Tomato.

Dedicated to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book series

Ben Harvey - TMNT

2018-04-27 East Coast Comic Con, Secaucus, NJ

Ben Harvey found an attraction to art at an early age, through cartoons, video games and comic books. Harvey attended the Art Institute of Philadelphia, which exposed him to the world of digital art, which he takes advantage of in almost all of his work.

He describes his style as heavily manga influenced to comic booky with hints of manga. Harvey has work on projects for publishers Tokyopop, Radical Comics, Beach Studios, Image Comics and IDW

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Steve Lavigne - TMNT : Raphael

2018.04 Garden State Comic Fest, Morristown, NJ

Steve Lavigne was the first person hired by Eastman and Laird at Mirage Studios. He inked a backup story in the 1989 collected "Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"

Along with Ryan Brown, they illustrated the artwork seen on the majority of officially licensed TMNT merchandise, which included art for Burger King, Pez, New Line Cinema, Konagi, Colorforms, and other toy lines.

I requested Steve to choose which Turtle and style he wanted to draw.

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Greg Hildebrandt had prepared a sketch for the charity auction, which featured Bebop and Rock Steady and April from TMNT. With this late twin Tim, the Brothers Hildebrandt worked collectively as fantasy and science fiction artists, producing work for books, movie posters, calendars, trading cards and other items.

Best know for their work on the Lord of the Rings, Marvel and DC Comics, Greg has been a fixture at the Garden State Comic Fest, meeting fans while actually working on one of his paintings. A great experience to be able to ask him questions while he works.

The TNMT pencil sketch was drawn at the request of the show organizers for the charity auction

Ben Caldwell - TMNT

2015.04.12 East Coast Comic Con, Secaucus, NJ

Ben Caldwell has worked in a variety of art and design fields over the years, including toy design, animation development, book illustration and comic book art.

A large portion of his work has been with Toybiz on projects that include The Lord of the Rings, Spider-Man, X-Men, World Championship Wrestling and Harry Potter.

His comic work includes All-Action Classics comic: Dracula, Tom Sawyer, The Wizard of Oz, War of the Worlds and The Odyssey and on Justice League Unlimited covers, Wonder Woman children's books and Star Wars art. He is best known for his work with the Action! Cartooning series of how-to books. His work on Dare Detective comics was nominated for the Russ Manning Award for Most Promising New-comer in 2005

Eric Talbot - TMNT

2015.04.11 East Coast Comic Con, Secaucus, NJ

Eric Talbot is a comic writer and artist known for his work on Mirage Studios' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 

Talbot co-wrote the graphic novel The Melting Pot, with TMNT creator Kevin Eastman and Simon Bisley. The story was published as a 4-issue series by Kitchen Sink Press between 1993-1994. Key characters from the story became the basis for the film Heavy Metal 2000...

Hon-Bun Leung - TMNT

2014.08.23 Garden State Comic Fest, Morristown, NJ

"Leonardo"

When I first researched Leung prior to the show, I was taken by a drawing he did of the Mutant Ninja Turtles. The print featured the four current Turtles, but Leung was reluctant to draw them and offered the original design as his preference. I totally agreed that the original Turtles were the best..

When I went back to pick up my cover I noticed a print by Leung that was great and didn't even realize his shirt had the same design -  Hello Kitty as Buzz Lightyear.. It was awesome. Next time I see Leung I know what I have to request...

The Turtles were created by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman in 1984 through their Mirage Studios before making a big splash in cartoons and movies, as well as giving life to many copy-cat titles...