Raise Some Shell Teenage Mutant Ninj..., Richard Rosenbaum
Raise Some Shell Teenage Mutant Ninj..., Richard Rosenbaum
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Raise Some Shell: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Author: Richard Rosenbaum

Narrator: Joe Hempel

Unabridged: 4 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/26/2024

Synopsis

Celebrating the persistence of Turtle Power Raise Some Shell critically and cleverly examines the origins, evolution, and impact of the Ninja Turtles phenomenon ― from its beginning as a self-published black-and-white comic book in 1984, through its transformation into a worldwide transmedia phenomenon by the middle of the 1990s, and up to the sale of the property to Nickelodeon in 2009 and relaunch of the Turtles with new comics, cartoons, and a big-budget Hollywood film. With the eye of contemporary cultural studies and the voice of a true lifelong Turtles fan, Rosenbaum argues that the Turtles’ continuing success isn’t mere nostalgia, but rather the result of characters, and a franchise, that mutated in a way that allowed the to survive and thrive in a post-modern world.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jennifer

First off, I think the Pop Classics series by ECW Press is a fantastic idea and, as a pop culture enthusiast, I plan to devour every title that comes out. Raise Some Shell is the second book in the series (the first being It Doesn’t Suck. Showgirls by Adam Nayman). ECW describes this series as “pock......more

Goodreads review by Jaaron

I personally never watched TMNT, nor did I read the comics. Nonetheless, these reptilian heroes were ever present in my childhood and their influence on the comic scene certainly informs and was informed by the comics and graphic novels that I read and love today. Prepare yourself as Rosenbaum takes......more

Goodreads review by Trav

I have so much love for Leonardo, Michaelangelo, Rapheal and Donatello I feel like I'm the 5th turtle, I feel I'm part of the family, and now as a 29yr old I still look at the turtles as my family, my brothers - the turtles practically raised me and we're always with me through the good times and ba......more

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