not Pynchon but rats, turtles and sewers go big in popular culture

[Mark Kohut]

So I watch a TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES show w my grandson, chuckling with the surprise that, of course they might come out from underground sewers. I make no easy connections. 

Then I learn that the two creators of the comic book back in the early 80s were influenced by Frank Miller's comic work.

then I learn " we knew a lot of TMNT would be set in the storm drains and sewers and back alleys of the city, and we figured a common denizen of those places was the humble rat. " named Splinter. Say the creators. 

Superfighters from the sewers led by a rat. If it is mythic, it could only be a modern one.


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