Jason Aaron and Juan Ferreyra leave TMNT

Tatoruzu

Gene Luen Yang, the Eisner-winning creator of acclaimed graphic novel American Born Chinese, is picking up the katana to take on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for IDW Publishing.

Yang, who also penned the Eisner and Harvey-winning story Superman Smashes the Klan, will be the new writer of the ongoing comic, ushering in a new run beginning with issue no. 13.

Freddie E. Williams II, who previously worked on Batman/TMNT, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Godzilla vs Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, will be the new artist on the title.

The two pick up from writer Jason Aaron and artist Juan Ferrerya, the current team whose back-to-basics approach relaunched the book to best-selling status last year. Their finale closes with issue no. 12 in September. Yang and Williams’s run launches in December.

Tatoruzu

I can't overstate how much of an unmitigated disaster this is for IDW's TMNT.

Say what you want about Aaron, but he was doing okay. But even more than that, without consistency, IDW's TMNT will be even more of a mess than it already is.

And Juan Ferreyra was the best writer TMNT has ever had. Every issue was a masterpiece.

This is terrible news.

Tatoruzu

Yang wrote "Superman Smashes the Klan" which is about Superman saving a Chinese family (ZOMG JUST LIKE HIM!) from the KKK. And of course, a friendly black dude helps out the Chinese family from the KKK in the story, because we all know how well African Americans and Asians get along.

lordvector104

So IDW TMNT is now DC/Marvel comic. Endless and mess continuity until IDW finally bankrupt. Who the hell care about this Ujigami anyway? Just another bloated crap. How will they deal with these previous stuff? For now, these bloated roles are just being temporarily ignored. and not eliminated. This is the first time I wish IDW TMNT could had a character like Robot from Invincible who could massacre a bunch of supporting roles.

Saiyaman_Kabe

Well this book is dead now. Jason was probably the only thing keeping editorial from bringing Jennika and co back to the book without him they are totally bringing all those characters back.

Also Freddie is gonna be gone in like four issues I bet you. Probably replaced with some faggy Tumblr artist.

Tatoruzu

Saiyaman_Kabe

Jason was probably the only thing keeping editorial from bringing Jennika and co back to the book without him they are totally bringing all those characters back

Yep. This new Yang writer is a huge cuck. I'm gonna release a video about this as soon as my vacation is over lol

VCRVinnie

Tatoruzu they can’t pay Jason Aaron and Juan enough and thus fired them?

Tatoruzu

VCRVinnie Most likely

lordvector104

IDW doesn't allow events to happen that would actually make a major impact on the story. When it's over, the people in the story are still blind fools who don't care what the Foot Clan did before, just like no one cared that a dragon and a group of demons showed up in New York before.

MrSlash

so............ is that gonna be a good thing or a bad thing

SpiderBytez

MrSlash I honestly dont know. I haven't picked up IDWs comics to read in a while, but from what ive heard this might be a bad thing.

Tatoruzu

MrSlash It's bad

MrSlash

so is there a real reason on why they are leaving?

Tatoruzu

MrSlash

Tatoruzu

(I'm still working on a vid about this. I'm just being slow)

Gort

man we really cant have shit huh. if they knew aaron was leaving why didnt they just put dan watters on the main book if they were hiring him anyway?

Tatoruzu

Gort

we really cant have shit

That's the TL;DR of it all

lordvector104

IDW TMNT has suffered from similar issues as Batman. The families fighting each other because of stupid plot-first writing. Their solo story were just an excuse for their next reunite. Every new writers will made up new personalities for all of them and invented their new story arc to justify it.