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Seven Hours To Win Kevin Eastman's Studio

Published Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:10:56 -0600

For the last thirty-five days, Tundra and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles creator Kevin Eastman has been in residence at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles. And tonight, after the last day of Lost Angeles: 35 Days Of Kevin Eastman it all comes down. And you can win… basically, all his stuff there. This kind of thing.

Including the following, according to the eBay listing.

* Kevin's Drawing Table and Chair (table is as it was when Kevin decided to do this auction). Includes Pens, Shot-Glasses, Empty Red-Bull Cans, etc.
* Full Original Illustrated Storyboards and Scripts for the HEAVY METAL 2000 animated film.
* 2 Pages of Original Art from the TMNT Movie Adaptation – 1 Featuring Twin Towers – 1 Featuring Statue of Liberty – Framed with US Flag from Kevin's Home, as well as other TMNT related original art.
* Highlander Animated Series: press pack, Early Cut of the Movie, Copies of the entire Movie Storyboards and Character Designs as Directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri.
* Over 600 DVDs – all of them watched while working on art in the studio over the last ten years (includes DVD deck and flat-screen monitor, etc.).
* Double-Sized Production Prototype of OZZY OSBOURNE "Bark At The Moon" Action Figure sculpted by Digger T. Mesch.
* Photocopy of Simon Bisley's Lobo/Authority Pencils & Layout for the entire story, as well as many other original Biz odd's and end's.
* Richard Corben Original Art – at least two pieces – there may be more!
* Signed Elizabeth Hurly Photo from Austin Powers, signed Natalie Portman, signed animation cells, prints and movie posters.
* Kevin Eastman's personal San Diego Comic Con Badges, rare t-shirts and like personal effects going back about 10 years.
* Various exclusive convention banners, personal photos, concept art . . . used to "wallpaper" the studio . . . note: there's even more up there now than in the photos & videos!
* Toy Guns, Swords, Knives, Props and even a Hand-Grenade (all non-functional) and tons of magazines and reference books used for projects.
* A half dozen original cartoon portraits of Kevin (and others) by Simon "BIZ" Bisley (there's actually quite a bit of BIZ art in here!)
* Trigun, Lain, Spriggian and more of Kevin's favorite Anime Animation Cell Art
* A Fishtank (formerly held Kevin's gecko) filled with various odds and ends tossed in over a six year period – even Kevin's not sure what's in there???
* TMNT Comic 5-Color Press Proof Overlays (from back in the days before digital press proofs) and other rare TMNT/Mirage studios comics.
* Box of Original Photos of Playmates & Models (mostly nude) – Photography by Julie Strain
* Turtles Car Windshield Fold-Out Sunblock – Still in Original Shrinkwrap (how many of these do you think are still around?)
* Turtles Cereal Stand-Up Display (cardboard mock up – never assembled).
* TONS of random Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles goodies . . . prototypes . . . and oddities . . . including things we're sure you *didn't* know existed
* Original Comic Art by Various Creators (items that Kevin has collected over the years)
* Statues & Action Figures – – Pin-Up, Fantasy, Superhero, Horror, Turtles (natch) and more!
* Various Billiken Models From Japan (Frankenstein, Dracula, Creature, Mummy and MORE) – all MINT in their original boxes!
* LOTS OF HEAVY METAL ART . . . BOOKS . . . UNUSED TREASURES!
* and so much more . . . some of the boxes have not even been opened (Kevin liked the idea that there would be surprises), who knows what lurks inside?!