Grimlock ♥ Ultra Magnus

I know that Eastman co-created the Ninja Turtles and to purists, it may be his illustrations, or nothing.  I disagree.   I'm absolutely in love with the illustrators they've been hiring for this reboot series, and I love Dan Duncan in particular.   He's got a very streamlined style, very cartoony, and it fits because this isn't as violent as the original.   

Not that they shy away from violence, or grittiness, there was just a more laissez faire attitude towards killing people.   Not so much here.   Due to the reincarnation angle, and the slight shift in Splinter being ultra-pacisfict, this makes sense.  

I'm reading these out of order, so I knew some of the outcome of this volume.   It didn't make it any less fun.   Watching the four brothers - and they are reincarnated brothers in this series - is a whole lot of fun.   Watching them lost, as they search for their father, brings a sense of urgency to this volume.   It's a nice mixture of banter, and action, and sometimes both are fit into scenes, or even panels.   

What can I say?   I continue to like the origin story, the real life issues they touch upon, and I like how the Foot Clan is realistic - in that people notice them, notice that they're dragging the neighborhood down, and try to do something about it.   I always thought people going, oh, nope, nothing to see here, no invisible type ninjas that cameras can't catch was a little unrealistic.   

I look forward to reading more of this series, as well as the original series, and anything else I can get my hands on that's similar.