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A review by rakoerose
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Volume 1: Change is Constant by Kevin Eastman, Tom Waltz
4.0
Very much in a turtles phase and learning that I do love them in every iteration. The brothers are just too good and their bond as a family is fun to see every single time!
I really like the art in this, it has a gritty feel that seems to capture the tension of their new lives as mutants. This is definitely just the jumping off point to get us introduced to the new line, and I look forward to seeing the developments with April, Casey, Krang, and Baxter.
I think it’s interesting that the main signifiers between the turtles is no longer their mask colors, but instead skin hue and head shape. It takes some getting used to, but I picked up on it pretty quick. Their banter is pretty well coded to be decipherable as who’s talking. I have always liked the personalities of the boys and how each author strives to make them stand apart from each other, while also still being brothers and similar in underlying ways.
The time jumping is pretty intense in this first volume too as we set things up, going from initial contact with mutagen to a year after that. I’m hoping the timeline narrows in focus as I keep reading, but I don’t mind it! I’m excited to catch up with this line of comics since they are the most accessible to me at the moment, though I’d love to look at other lines in the future.
I really like the art in this, it has a gritty feel that seems to capture the tension of their new lives as mutants. This is definitely just the jumping off point to get us introduced to the new line, and I look forward to seeing the developments with April, Casey, Krang, and Baxter.
I think it’s interesting that the main signifiers between the turtles is no longer their mask colors, but instead skin hue and head shape. It takes some getting used to, but I picked up on it pretty quick. Their banter is pretty well coded to be decipherable as who’s talking. I have always liked the personalities of the boys and how each author strives to make them stand apart from each other, while also still being brothers and similar in underlying ways.
The time jumping is pretty intense in this first volume too as we set things up, going from initial contact with mutagen to a year after that. I’m hoping the timeline narrows in focus as I keep reading, but I don’t mind it! I’m excited to catch up with this line of comics since they are the most accessible to me at the moment, though I’d love to look at other lines in the future.