Dave Rapoza ist ein US-amerikanischer Comic-Künstler, der neben eigenen Kreationen auch bereits etablierte Comic-Charaktere neuinterpretiert. Und zu seinen gelungensten Neu-Interpretationen zählen ohne Frage seine Zeichnungen zu den TEENAGE MUTANT HERO TURTLES! Brilliantes Artwork – insbesondere für einen 22-jährigen. Das Tolle ist, dass Rapoza sich auch den vielen kleinen Nebencharakteren, wie etwa Baxter (die mutierte Fliege) oder Metalhead (der Robo-Turtle), widmet.
Über seine eigene Arbeit sagt Rapoza folgendes:
Well, I was born in ’87 so I wasn’t right in there when all the comics were coming out, but was more about the cartoon (at first). Back then I probably owned every single Ninja Turtle toy there was [laughs]. So I was all about the Turtles for most of my childhood. The main reason I decided to do these portraits now was because when I was little, I remember telling my dad how I wished the toys looked and how I thought I could make them cooler.
I really wanted to show how I felt every kid saw the series, super serious and full of action. Most of the time when you look back at the things you loved you just see how dated it is and how it only appeals to kids. What I wanted to show is the reason why the kids love it, and maybe what we’ve forgotten about being a kid. It’s more about keeping it the same in essence, but trying to show why it’s still so cool. At least that’s what I’m hoping to accomplish 🙂 . Obviously it’s not some super deep meaning or anything, it’s just trying to show that the series with all its original designs can be done in a cool way if handled right.
Ein komplettes Interview findet ihr auf http://comicattack.net/
Hier ein kleiner Auszug seines Gesamtwerks (für größere Ansicht bitte anklicken), mehr auf seiner offiziellen Website: http://daverapoza.blogspot.com/
‐ Markus Haage
