Welcome back to 80s August, The Splintering’s month-long celebration of the greatest decade since the creation of Italian sausage. It’s a truly great thing that the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: the Cowabunga Collection is now available from Konami, perhaps for me more so than anyone else on earth. It’s like a pang of guilt has been lifted from my shoulders after a decade of
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Welcome back to 80s August, The Splintering’s month-long celebration of the greatest decade since Gutenberg invented the printing press! And welcome back to Tale of the Toy, the feature where we tell stories about some of our most cherished childhood toys and action figures. Today, we’re telling the tale of how we originally acquired the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT)
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On Wednesday, Nickelodeon, Dotemu, and developer Tribute Games announced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, an all-new beat ’em up game with a retro aesthetic. Designed to be a spiritual successor to both the original 80s TMNT cartoon and the classic Konami arcade games, Shredder’s Revenge features up to four-player co-op, a vibrant pixel art style and turtle-ish tunes. (Thanks
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In late April, comic book publisher IDW announced that John Barber would be the company’s new Editor-in-Chief, and Anita Frazier would be the new Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Barber in particular has a long resume in the comic book industry, including well-regarded stories at Marvel Comics such as Old Man Logan and Marvel Zombies as well as
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