Now, this one....I am so surprised no one even made a comment on this one. You guys! This is it! This was the turning point in the Turtles' lives!!!! And, I might add, one of the best art periods at Mirage.
Has anyone else even read these darn things? Where are you?
This story, for some reason draws me back every time I open up the graphic novel containing it. I love how there is a bottom panel showing what's going on at April's place. Mike's cooking dinner, he practically gives you the whole menu.....in fact, this year I am doing an almost exact menu of this Christmas Eve dinner.....sans the Foot, of course. Wouldn't want that.
Seeing three of the Turtles at home enjoying the beginning of their second real Christmas, in the bottom panel, and then seeing Leo's situation begin to unfold in the top panels......great piece of work! This book almost has a tempo to it. It builds, and the two scenes dovetail....and then the action really picks up!
Yeah, this is one of my all time favorite stories. And I think it's one that makes a huge impression if you read it. Especially the colored version of it in the graphic novel.