Are you saying that if you saw the cartton first then you can't be a comic purist? Makes no sense to me. And if you say the original comics were no less corny than the cartoon, I doubt you were reading the actual original comics. You know, the comics were Mike checks out an alien chick with six boobs, Raph drinks beer, and Leo decapitates Shredder?
No, you can be a comic purist, but you look like a trend hopper. It seems like eveyone who is dissing the old toon saying it's corney and too kiddie and the Mirage stuff is much more sophisticated and mature act like they grew up with the original and the toon ruined the turtles. But, most people here GREW UP with the original toon and liked it as a kid. Liked it enough to go back and read the original comic.
It was cool to like the toon as a kid, now it's cool to hate the toon cause it's too kiddie, and the orginial comic is "underground" mature cool now. And the new toon based more on the original comic seems a little kiddie to me.
If it wasn't for that kiddie 80's toon, we wouldn't have the turtles now.
Original underground comic with a small cult following, beget hugely successfull syndicated cartoon series, beget movies based loosely on original underground comic with small cult following beget lousey live action tv series, beget moderately successfull cartoon series, beget pretty good cgi movie. Oh, then somewhere in there was Archie comics.
If it wasn't for good ol' corney, kiddie-ass 80s cartoon, turtles would have stoped at original underground comic with a small cult following.
Actually, Peter Laird should be greatful for the cartoon series, it keeps paying his bills.
Yes, I've read THAT original comic. While graphic and mature, a bit on the corney side.
