STAFF PICKS :: TMNT UTROM EMPIRE #1 :: JANUARY 22, 2014
JUSTINāS PICK :: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES UTROM EMPIRE #1: Iām a Turtles guy, and this three issue miniseries fleshes out the plans of warlord Krang and his assistant Baxter Stockman to complete their Technodrome and devastate the Earth. There are enough reference points in that sentence to perk the ears of any Turtles fan, but the real, true reason Iām blathering about this comic book can be boiled down to a single name: Andy Kuhn. This guy is one of the most criminally underrated artists working today. His clean, high contrast style adapts incredibly well to anything he chooses to work on (see his creator-owned Firebreather with Phil Hester, or issue #33 ofĀ Secret Avengers he did with Rick Remender to see what I mean). Any time Andy lays pen-to-paper, Iām there; that heās back on the Turtles only sweetens the deal.