Description This grail is: CGC Signature Series #2655489003 GOBBLEDYGOOK No. 2 8.5 CGC Yellow Signature Series – Signed and Authenticated 3 of 3 by Kevin and from his PERSONAL COLLECTION Mirage Studios. Back cover ad for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1. Kevin has signed the front cover lower left in gold ink AND as noted on the reverse of the Graders Notes “Kevin Eastman” was previously written on the interior cover in pen. Ball point pen on the interior was the traditional signature that both Kevin and Peter used in the very early days on these books – talk about provenance. This amazing book was signed and authenticated by Kevin on March 31, 2021 as noted on the Yellow CGC Signature Series Label – this book comes DIRECTLY FROM THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF KEVIN EASTMAN. First Printing: 1984 Marked 3 of 3 – this was one of a set of 3 destined to be sold decades ago but were subsequently broken up. Two of these books are being offered here at Kevin Eastman Studios Gobbledygook was an early 1984 Mirage Studios production, a homemade black and white comic co-created by Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird, featuring the 1st appearance of Fugitoid, the fugitive android, a classic Eastman/Laird character that would go on to have his own series and star in other Mirage and TMNT media. Even more significantly, Gobbledygook #1 & 2 featured a back cover ad for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 before the comic’s release, making this the first true appearance of the team. As a small-press book with a print run of only 150 copies, this is an extremely rare and historic publication. As a homemade creation, all copies must be personally verified by Kevin Eastman, and the production process involving individual Xeroxing and stapling makes high-grade copies like this incredibly rare. This comic book was not produced by a traditional offset printer. Kevin and Peter hand-made the book by copying their work onto legal-sized paper, folding it in half and stapling it together. Intro/Table of Contents page on inside front cover – a few interior pages are shown in the accompanying photos and detailed below. “Fugitoid” Chapter Three (5 pages by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird) “A Tale From The Wood” (8 page story by Kevin Eastman) “Fugitoid” Chapter Four (5 pages by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird) “I’m Only A Loser” (2 page story by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird) “Don’t Sleep On Main Street” (1 page strip by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman) The back cover features the same ad for TMNT #1 that was on the back cover of Gobbledygook #1 (the only TMNT appearance in the Gobbledygook zines)
