Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Visual History

Product Description

Discover the complete story of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the first time–from their humble beginnings in black-and-white comics created in a home studio in Dover, New Hampshire, to their multimillion-dollar breakout success, and their position as four of the best-loved characters of all time. Featuring interviews with every key figure in the Turtles’ evolution, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Visual History presents the tale straight from the mouths of those who were there, including co-creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, animation legend Fred Wolf, creature effects maestro Brian Henson, and even the man behind the “Ninja Rap,” Vanilla Ice. In visually stunning detail, this book explores each iteration of the Turtles from the past to the present, including the hit animation show from Nickelodeon and the Michael Bay–produced live-action movie from Paramount starring Megan Fox. Bringing together the rarest art and artifacts from three decades of TMNT comics, TV shows, and films, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Visual History leaves no shell unturned!

Top Reviews

like a portable Ninja Turtles museum
by Arnold (5 out of 5 stars)
June 16, 2014

Andrew Farago really outdid himself here. This is really "The Ultimate Visual History" for the Ninja Turtles. Farago provides a very detailed overview of the history of the franchise, covering everything from the very first comic issue to the upcoming movie to, yes, even The Next Mutation. There's an excellent balance between text and photos. The text is informative and substantive, but the large, color photos really provide a nice trip through memory lane. What really impressed me about the book though is that it contains copious inserts to give it the feel of a museum collection. There are paper inserts for things like flyers for Eastman and Laird's first comic convention sketches, and, most importantly, a historically accurate replication of the original TMNT comic (including the same advertisements from the first printing). Easily recommended for any TMNT fan.
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Turtle-y awesome!!
by Astral_Phoenix93 (5 out of 5 stars)
December 1, 2017

I LOVE THIS BOOK!!! Its perfect for ninja turtle fans young and old! It comes with little surprises within the pages. The content contains beautiful art pieces, different character concepts and photos from the movies, tv shows, etc. There is so much I could tell but I think it better to buy because its just amazing and you have to see for yourself. Plus its a cheap price than others in stores (always a plus)!! Its a great collectible and perfect gift idea too!!
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Nice info book.
by Dena Shelangoski (4 out of 5 stars)
August 6, 2014

I wished it had more information on like how the turtles were in each different series or movies. It mostly talked of behind the scenes of how each series got started, which is fine, but hear about it so much and it just gets boring. But I love the cover art, all the colorful pictures, and some of behind the scenes stuff. And there is a lot of stuff never before seen like ads and such about the turtles.

And to top it off too is since the first comic also comes with the book too, I finally got to read the first comic book that when they were first starting out and the turtles became a huge success! I had seen all the movies and series before reading the comic, and it reminded me a lot of the first 2003 turtles episode. Course the 2003 shows were based a lot more off of the comic. But I've only read the first one, so I don't know much of anything else.
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Turtle power!
by Frida A. (5 out of 5 stars)
July 15, 2014

The minute I saw this I knew I had to have it. Having been a turtle fan for just a couple of months, I was really curious as to how it all began, how things developed and what lays in store for TMNT in the future.

And this book covers just about everything both new and old TMNT-fans could ask for!

I love the concept art and all the little attachable notes everywhere, and I was sooo thrilled when I saw that the book came with the first TMNT comic book, dated back to 1984.

Honestly it was the 2k12 version of the turtles that first caught my interest. Now I know how much more there is to TMNT, and I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves the turtles and wants to know about their origins - or just have the book for show because the picture on the cover is absolutely amazing.

All in all; great, great book with tons of info and awesome and unique pictures. I haven't read it all yet, but I still feel that I've learned a lot just by reading the first 50 pages!
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A Great Coffee-Table Reader
by Brenton (5 out of 5 stars)
August 29, 2014

This book covers the entire saga of the turtles, starting with the comic book and covering the 80s series, the 3 live action films, Next Mutation, the early 2000s series and the subsequent CG movie, even has a chapter for Turtles Forever, the Nickolodeon series and the Bay movie. (yes, I am deliberately snubbing the Turtle Power documentary) It has info from all steps of the creative process and contains numerous sketches, storyboards, character art, concepts art, product photos, production photos, etc. Some of these pictures are glued into the book on top of other pictures, like there wasn't enough room for everything they wanted to put in there. From the outside, it looks like any other art book until you open it up and realize how much is in there. As a bonus, it comes with a reprint of volume 1 of the very first Turtles comic run. How's that for history?
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One of the best books I've ever purchased!
by dck (5 out of 5 stars)
November 18, 2016

This nice, big, hardback book is incredible! The history of the turtles from start to finish. All the details you probably never heard of. Glossy full color pages and full spreads in stunning detail. Concept art from the original comics and the original 80s cartoons! Lots of surprises I don't want to ruin for you. I started at page one without looking ahead, and wasn't bored for a moment. A must have for any real turtle fan. Even includes....
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TMNT Fans need this!
by jpect (5 out of 5 stars)
July 11, 2014

All TMNT fans need this book. It's a "must have" for a TMNT collector. Everything is good... the cover design, its texture, the content, the inserts, and the photos of every version of the turtles. It's like a portable TMNT museum. One of the best parts of this book is the reprint of the very 1st issue of the TMNT comic by Eastman and Laird and it also includes a poster of its cover.
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MUST have for any TMNT fan!! Cowabunga!!
by Casey Jones,Top Contributor: Pets (5 out of 5 stars)
June 3, 2016

This is like a trip through my childhood. I have been a TMNT fan for my entire life. I flip through this book quite often, more than any other book that I own. There is so much information and pictures of items that were lost in my childhood memory. It comes with some great extras, including a mini reproduction of Mirage issue #1. This book is a MUST have for any turtle fan and is great for teaching kids about the history of the turtles. Well worth the price!
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Fantastic!
by Keldon (5 out of 5 stars)
June 24, 2014

The amount of detail that went into this book really paid off! Every beautiful glossy page is covered with many details of what took place to launch the original series and it's transitions to the newer incarnations by other brands. Also included is a copy of the very first comic issue as well as tons of other items such as a poster, copies of a fan club note, and promotional items handed out back in the 80s/90s. If you're a fan of TMNT new or old... you must own this!
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Great illustrations, chronicles the history and vision behind the ...
by Brenda Geraci (5 out of 5 stars)
August 12, 2017

Since I am a rabid Turtle fan, this book totally rocks! Great illustrations, chronicles the history and vision behind the creation of the Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles and all their incarnations down through the years since 1984. If you are a Turtles fan, you NEED this book for your personal library!

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