Jack Kirby's TMNT

Clipped from Kirby Museum:

This piece particularly fascinated me, as Jack Kirby drew the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I knew that Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird where fans, and supported Kirby’s fight with Marvel for return of his original artwork. There was even a wonderful TMNT issue, Donatello #1, that featured Jack Kirby, with a magic pencil that made his creations come to life. I’m proud to say I actually have the issue – apparently it’s not that rare (at least when I bought it) – and there was an episode in last decade’s TMNT cartoon show that featured the same story. So I guess the connection is there. Even still, it’s strange to see Kirby doing a piece of art of such contemporary characters that weren’t his own creations. The design of the Turtles is a bit different — though I’d take Kirby Influenced Ninja Turtles over whatever horrible alien-versions are going to appear in the upcoming movie.