As mentioned before by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman, TMNT: The Last Ronin is getting a sequel. IDW Publishing announced at SDCC 2023 that The Last Ronin story continues with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin II – Re-Evolution.
TMNT: The Last Ronin II – Re-Evolution features the same creative team that crafted the original The Last Ronin series into a New York Times bestselling graphic novel including writers Eastman and Tom Waltz, artists Ben Bishop, Esau Escorza, and Isaac Escorza, colorist Luis Antonio Delgado, and letterer Shawn Lee. TMNT was co-created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird.
The sequel miniseries will focus on the next generation of Turtles introduced on the final few pages of the original The Last Ronin miniseries: Yi, Uno, Odyn, and Moja. This is opposed to focusing on Michelangelo as in The Last Ronin. The new Turtles’ early days as trainees under Casey Marie Jones, daughter of April O’Neil and Casey Jones, are currently being chronicled in the pages of the prequel series TMNT: The Last Ronin – Lost Years and one-shot TMNT: The Last Ronin – Lost Day Special.
“The real heart and soul for me with dusting off and bringing Last Ronin to life three years ago was my belief ‘Every beginning must have an end.'” Eastman told IGN. “With all the respect in the world for my co-creator Peter Laird, I wanted to bring full circle to what we started in 1984 and set out to do in 1987. With Last Ronin, with my friend Tom Waltz and an incredible gathering of brilliant artisans, we accomplished that 33 years later. A very fitting end indeed.”
The incredible surprise on coming out of the end of that journey, was the opportunity to continue to tell stories beyond that ending. All new characters, in a whole new universe to really sink our teeth into and the best part – with all the original crew back to make sure we get it right. I can’t wait for you to see what we have in store for them.”
TMNT: The Last Ronin II – Re-Evolution miniseries is set to debut at local comic shops on December 13, 2023.
TMNT: The Last Ronin II – Re-Evolution Cover
