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Drawing Blood #1 is a thriller about the comic book creator of small press book Radically Rearranged Ronin Ragdolls that becomes a huge hit.
Article Summary
Kevin Eastman co-writes ‘Drawing Blood’, paralleling his TMNT success.
‘Drawing Blood’ #1 released by Image Comics, explores a creator’s rise.
Shane Bookman’s character reflects Eastman’s own comic industry journeys.
A must-read narrative blending fiction and Eastman’s personal history.
Today sees the launch of Drawing Blood #1 from Image Comics (formerly meant to come out from Scout), a thriller about the comic book creator of the small press book Radically Rearranged Ronin Ragdolls that becomes a huge hit. Co-written by Kevin Eastman, co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the parallels between the two are clear.
But the story also includes the creator in question recalling how the Radically Rearranged Ronin Ragdolls came about, both written and drawn by Kevin Eastman in a fashion very familiar to those who first picked up those Turtles comics forty years ago.
As Shane Bookman goes to a comic convention with his first pages, meeting an influential comic book artist, Forrest.
With Forrest giving notes of the kind of advice handed out over the decades by Neal Adams, Jack Kirby and Jim Steranko…
But this version of Kevin Eastman cannot see the forest for the comic book pages…
Drawing Blood looks like it will contain a fictionalised autobiography of Kevin Eastman and his co-creation of the Turtles… maybe in a way that has never been told before. Turtles fans should not sleep on this one.
DRAWING BLOOD #1 (OF 12) CVR A EASTMANIMAGE COMICSFEB240381(W) David Avallone, Kevin Eastman (A) Ben Bishop, Troy Little (A/CA) Kevin EastmanSERIES PREMIERE KEVIN EASTMAN (TMNT) returns with a look into the roller coaster life of a successful comics creator. When you create a global franchise before you turn twenty… what happens next? Welcome to the world of Shane Bookman, a cartoonist whose real life has become more absurd than any comic book! In Shops: Apr 24, 2024 SRP: $3.99
DRAWING BLOOD #2 (OF 12) CVR A EASTMANIMAGE COMICSMAR240368(W) David Avallone, Kevin Eastman (A) Ben Bishop, Troy Little (A/CA) Kevin EastmanThe saga of Shane “Books” Bookman continues: the one-time mega-successful comic book creator fallen on hard times finds those times getting even harder. With his back to the wall, Books fends off mobsters, stars in a documentary, falls in love, and sells his soul… and it’s only the second issue!In Shops: May 29, 2024 SRP: $3.99
DRAWING BLOOD #3 (OF 12) CVR A EASTMANIMAGE COMICSAPR240462(W) David Avallone, Kevin Eastman (A) Ben Bishop, Troy Little (A/CA) Kevin EastmanA funeral, an angry widow, a talking statue, a crazed mob, a silent-movie nightmare, and a face-off with murderous Lithuanian gangsters. It’s another tricky day for Shane “Books” Bookman, a comic book creator who rode the roller coaster of fame and fortune and ended up… in a whole lotta trouble!In Shops: Jun 26, 2024 SRP: $3.99
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