“Millions of families around the country will come together for the annual tradition of watching Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and we couldn’t be more thrilled to once again partner with Macy’s to bring the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to life,” said Pam Kaufman, chief marketing officer, Nickelodeon Group. “Our new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series has really struck a chord with fans and this spectacular float will offer them an exciting Nickelodeon entertainment experience.”
Official Press Release
To celebrate the upcoming Sept. 29 launch of the all-new, CG-animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Nickelodeon is launching an immersive, experiential campaign at Comic-Con International: San Diego 2012 — ‘Turtles vs. Foot’, recruiting fans to fight for good alongside the Turtles or join the forces of evil with the Foot Clan.
Beginning Thursday, July 12, Turtles and Foot Clan street teams will be in downtown San Diego and at San Diego International Airport distributing recruitment propaganda encouraging fans to choose a side. . Throughout the city, wild postings, guerrilla chalk art on sidewalks and outdoor video projections will drive fans to a mobile website, m.turtlesvsfoot.com, where they can also choose their side and participate in missions to achieve real-time rewards and receive a phone call from either Splinter or Shredder.
Fans can also visit the ‘Turtles vs. Foot’–branded truck in Petco Park’s parking lot Thursday, July 12 – Saturday, July 14, between 10am –7pm, to receive their physical badge of allegiance and either a Foot Clan or Turtles Trucker hat (while supplies last). If spotted by the street teams wearing a hat anytime throughout the weekend, fans qualify for a chance to win a Turtle Prize Pack jam-packed with collectibles and an autographed piece of classic memorabilia from co-creator of the original TMNT series, Kevin Eastman.
Nickelodeon teamed up with digital creative agency, Tribal DDB Worldwide, to develop the ‘Turtles vs. Foot’ concept and bring the campaign to life.
Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles begins as the turtles emerge from their hidden lair in the sewers for the very first time, ready to confront the wondrous and hostile world of New York City and face enemies more dangerous and pizza more delicious than anything they could have imagined. Funnier and with more Ninjutsu than ever before, the show will explore the companionship of four teenage brothers learning to rely on themselves and one another as they unravel the mystery of their existence and grow to become the heroes in a half-shell that they are destined to be. The premiere episode was executive produced by Ciro Nieli, Joshua Sternin & Jeff Ventimilia and Peter Hastings.
Considered one of the most popular kids’ television programs of the 1980s, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a classic, global property created in 1984 by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. It first debuted as a successful comic book series and then became a hit animated TV show, a live-action television series and later spawned four blockbuster theatrical releases. The property also has translated into a significant consumer products business—with DVDs, video games, toys and more–that has generated billions of dollars at retail.
About Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon, now in its 33rd year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books and feature films. Nickelodeon’s U.S. television network is seen in more than 100 million households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for 17 consecutive years. For more information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIA.B).
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (and The Legend of Korra) will be headlining the Nickelodeon presentations this year at San Diego Comic-Con. Jason Biggs, (Leonardo), Sean Astin (Raphael), Rob Paulsen (Donatello) and Greg Cipes (Michelangelo) and executive producer Ciro Nieli will be on the panel to discuss the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles show on Friday July 13th.
The Turtles will also be at the Nick booth giving away promotional material for the new show.
Also be sure to stop by the IDW booth as well as checking out Artist Alley for TMNT artists!
A MESSAGE FROM DAVE SIM:
EVERYone keeps telling me: KICKSTARTER! KICKSTARTER! KICKSTARTER! So, um, here I am as part of a event/partnership — Cerebus Digital — registered by John Scrudder in his home state of North Carolina. You GO, TARHEELS! Okay, so John tells me I just have to sign my name and personalize CEREBUS esoterica a few thousand times and mail out a few hundred packages…
(both of which I’m definitely up for since, fortunately, they don’t require computer literacy — I still use an electric typewriter, “escargot mail”, a fax machine and landline telephone to communicate with the outside world, relying on outside help for anything Internet-based (my MacBook is only for typesetting and downloading photoreference: God Bless Google Images!!!) I have written instructions here from John telling me how to input this. I hope I’m doing this right)…
So: here’s my pitch for the $6,000 that I’m trying to raise:
STEP ONE: CEREBUS DIGITAL HIGH SOCIETY
Continue to convert HIGH SOCIETY into digital files by producing a HIGH SOCIETY combination e-book, audio book/ digital graphic novel/ oral history/weekly serialization at (so far) iVerse, Diamond Digital and Comixology and hope revenues can help things along by the time I’m getting paid early next year (The “Hail Mary” Pass Scenario)
STEP TWO: CEREBUS DIGITAL 6000
If more than $6,000 is raised (this is where I suspect John is pulling my leg: MORE than $6,000???) then the money would be put aside to do e-books/audio books/digital graphic novels/oral history/weekly serializations of ALL OF THE CEREBUS BOOKS, Beginning with CEREBUS (500 pages), CHURCH & STATE vol. 1 (600 pages). CHURCH $ STATE vol. 2 (600 pages), and JAKA’S STORY (500 pages).
So, okay, John (I finally agreed). But make the pledges FUNNY.
FUNNY? he says (from which I gather than Kickstarter doesn’t ordinarily, you know, DO “funny”).
Yeah, you know — our “crazy Luddite technophobe senile dinosaur hermit routine” we do on the phone.
He goes, Are you SURE?
Oh, definitely. If you want them to even READ all these pledge descriptions the LEAST you can is entertain them. Just think of it as $20 for writing stand-up if we pull in $6,080. (I knew exactly what would work on him).
And now. Heeeere’s Johnny! (he gets funnier in the Rewards section, trust me).
Thanks for reading all this (assuming I actually saved it all by hitting that green button down there)!
Click Here to Donate to Dave’s Kickstarter Campaign!
David Sim TMNT Sketch
David Sim TMNT Sketch
David Sim TMNT Sketch
Wednesday June 13, Meltdown Comics Blow Out Sale – Kevin signing all Eastman related materials sold on site TMNT, Heavy Metal and Underwhere. Signing times to be finalized and will post them here. Stop by next Wednesday for major Deals & Steals.
Meltdown Comics
7522 W Sunset Blvd
LA, CA 90046
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The Albuquerque Comic Expo is the southwest’s premier comic book, pop culture, and entertainment convention. ACE 2012 will take place June 8th-10th, 2012 at the Albuquerque Convention Center!
The show floor will be open 2pm-8pm on Friday, 10am-7pm on Saturday, and 10am-6pm on Sunday! We’ll also have panels and other events running the entire time, and some that go on after hours, too.
Be sure to visit artist Andy Kuhn (artist of Michelangelo Micro-Series, and TMNT ongoing series #13 and #14). He will have an exclusive poster he did for the expo. Be sure to stop by!
Art by Andy Kuhn
