TMNT Magazine Article Index


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One of my binders that holds my collection of
TMNT magazine articles.

TMNT Magazine Article Index

A lot has been written about the Ninja Turtles in their 20+ year history. This is a list of some of those writings. This list is not complete!! If you can add to it, please e-mail the relevant information to me and I will add it.

I am buying the magazines that are marked as such.


Action Films '90

  • Summer 1990
    Not much text, but lots and lots of pictures
  • Fall 1990 *BUYING!*
    "Behind the Scenes of TMNT" - by Ric Meyers

Action Films '91

  • Summer 1991
    Not much text, but lots and lots of pictures

Animation Magazine

  • April 2007
    "Return of the Lean, Green Machines: Imagi thinks outside the shell for director Kevin Munroe's new CG-animated version of TMNT" - by Ryan Ball

Black Belt

  • May 1991
    "The Ninja Turtles Are Back! And Karate Star Ernie Reyes Jr. Is Their Pizza Delivery Boy" - by Jim Coleman
  • Fall 1991 *BUYING!*
    Special TMNT Issue
  • April 1993
    "Behind the Scenes of TMNT III: Donatello's Double Gives Black Belt Readers a Sneak Preview" - by Douglas Jeffrey

Cinefantastique

  • March 1990
    "TMNT: The off-the-wall comic book heroes come to live-action life" - by Daniel Schweiger
  • September 1990
    "TMNT: The comic book craze shows how it's easy being green at the box office" - by Daniel Schweiger
  • April 1991
    "TMNT II: The comic book blockbusters strick back, but are they still as green at the box office?" - by Gary L. Wood
  • June 1991
    "TMNT II: Behind-the-scenes, filming the animatronic wonders of the Jim Henson Creature Shop" - by Gary L. Wood
  • February 1993
    "TMNT III: The comic book phenomenon is back in movie action" - by Dale Kutzera

  • April 1993
    "The Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie Mutiny: Eastman & Laird put the series back on its comic book tracks" - by Dale Kutzera

Comics Scene

  • #9, 1989
    "Lights! Camera! Turtles! Those Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will soon be slashing up the silver screen" - by T.L. Johns
  • #12, April 1990
    "Teenage Mutant Ninja Movie Stars" - by Will Murray
  • #13, June 1990
    "Writers on the Half-Shell" - by T.L. Johns
  • #18, April 1991
    Has a 1-page advertisement for a TMNT contest
  • #19, June 1991
    "The Wizard of Ooze" - by Kyle Counts

Cracked

  • #255, August 1990
    "Good News and Bad News for Teenage Mutated Ninjerk Turdles"
  • #265, September 1991
    "Toonage Mutant Ninja Turdles II"
  • #281, July 1993
    "Teenage Mutant Ninjerk Turdles III: The Sacred Sequel of Dumbness" + "TMNT in Japan"

Fantazia

  • #1, 1990
    TMNT The Motion Picture
  • #2, 1990
    TMNT The Film Review
  • #3, 1990
    TMNT RPG Supplements
  • #6, 1990 *BUYING!*
    "TMNT: Green, Mean and on the Screen"
  • #12, 1991
    TMNT II Film Preview

GamePro

  • February 1992
    Review of TMNT III: The Manhattan Project from Konami

Imagenes De Actualidad (Spanish)

  • #87, November 1990 *BUYING!*
    First movie article and pictures.
  • #94, June 1991 *BUYING!*
    "The Grand Adventure Continues: TMNT II"

Imagi-Movies

  • #1, Fall 1993
    "TMNT III: Acrobatic Actors Come Out of Their Shells" - by Dale Kutzera

Inside Karate

  • June 1991
    "Meet the Real Master Tatsu" - by David Chambers
  • February 1993
    "Steven Ho: The Man Behind Donatello; Up close and personal with the martial artist who brought the Turtle to life." - by John Steven Soet

Inside Kung-Fu

  • August 1990
    "Call Them 'Teenage Mutant Kung-Fu Turtles'" - by Ric Meyers
  • May 1991
    "Big Time: Little Ernie Highsteps to Stardom" - by Dave Cater

Inside Tae Kwon Do

  • March 1992
    "Breaking Out Of His Shell: Ernie Reyes Jr. Takes on New Challenges" - by Rhonda J. Wilson

Karate and Fitness International

  • June 1990
    "TMNT: They're Mean! They're Green! They're Superstars of the Screen!"

Kicks

  • May 1990 *BUYING!*
    Special TMNT Movie Issue
  • July 1990 *BUYING!*
    "Cowabunga, Dude! Get ready for TMNT-The Movie 2!"
  • September 1990 *BUYING!*
    TMNT 2 movie news
  • October 1990 *BUYING!*
    "Ernie Reyes, Jr.: A Turtle Speaks"

MAD

  • #291, December 1989
    TMNT parody cover w/ "Mad's Gallery of Lesser-Known Ninja Turtles" on the back cover.
  • #306, October 1991
    "Teen Rage Moolah Nitwit Turtles II: The Secret is to Snooze"

Martial Arts Training

  • September 1991
    "Tough Turtle's Training: Larry Lam Recalls the Regimen That Prepped Him for His Role in TMNT II" - by Marian K. Castinado

Model and Toy Collector

  • #10, Fall 1988
    Interview with Eastman and Laird
  • Special #3, 1990
    Special TMNT 1991 Buying Guide Issue (This sucker's got everything!)
  • #22
    Features an ad for the Leonardo bust sculpted by A.C. Farley.

The Newfoundland Herald

  • April 4-April 13, 1990 *BUYING!*
    "The heroes in a half-shell make their movie debut" - by Bob Hallett

Nintendo Power

  • May/June 1989
    The first NES game from Konami

People Magazine

  • April 18, 1988
    "Just When You Thought We Were Out of Superheroes, Along Come Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" - by Ken Gross with Cable Neuhaus
  • April 16, 1990
    "Kids are shelling out record millions to see Judith Hoag play the Mutant Ninja Turtle dove" - by John Stark and Craig Tomashoff
  • April 29, 1991
    "Go Ninja, Go Ninja! No hard shell, Turtles pizzaman Ernie Reyes Jr. kicks up as a second-generation martial-arts star" - by Susan Schindehette and Marie Moneysmith

Portland Magazine

  • WinterGuide 2005
    "Return of the Ninja: Kevin Eastman" - by Colin Sargent

Play

  • January 2007
    "TMNT: Ubisoft's Montreal Studios take TMNT to a whole new level!"

Preview

  • January 1990
    "They're Mean! They're Green! They're on the Screen! TMNT" - by Steranko and Gary Lutz

Rocket

  • January/February 2007
    "TMNT: Something mutated this way comes" - by Dave Halverson
  • April/May 2007
    "TMNT: The CGI move that everyone over the age of 13 has been waiting for is step one in Imagi's plan to help animation grow up" - Dave Halverson

Smithsonian

  • December 1992
    "How a ridiculous idea mutated into a marketing star" - by Phil Patton

Speak Easy

  • July 1990 *BUYING!*
    "TMNT The Movie!" - by Nigel Curson

Starburst

  • #148, December 1990
    "A Pizza the Turtle Action" - by Howard Maxford
  • #149, January 1991
    "More Turtle Action" - by Howard Maxford

Starlog

  • #154, May 1990
    "April in Turtleland" - by Daniel Dickholtz
  • #165, April 1991
    "Turtle Rap: The TMNT shell out a sequel" - by T.L. Johns
  • #166, May 1991
    "Another April in Turtleland" - by Daniel Dickholtz
  • #355, May 2007
    "Teenage Mutant Ninja Director: Kevin Munroe looks to the comics to rejuvenate the heroes in a half-shell" - by Pat Jankiewicz

TIME

  • April 2, 1990
    "Lean, Green and on the Screen: The TMNT Go Hollywood" - by Janice C. Simpson

US, The Entertainment Magazine

  • #147, February 7, 1991
    "Shell Shocked" - by Bob Spitz

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