TURTLE SOUP THURSDAYS

Celebrate the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise with Turtle Soup Tuesdays, brought to you by the creative talent of Peter A DeLuca AKPAD. Discover the richness of the TMNT franchise through Peter’s unique perspective as he pays homage to the iconic characters in various forms and interpretations. Using only a Sharpie, colored pencils, and whiteout, Peter transforms used cardboard pizza circles into one-of-a-kind works of art, each previously holding a pie enjoyed by the artist himself.

An idea lingered in the mind of Peter A DeLuca for over twenty-five years.
“DRAW ON ANYTHING WITH ANYTHING”

Dazzle the known universe with garbage. Pick up a trashed box of Co-Co Puffs illustrate the most badass version of Tarna from Heavy Metal on it and be proud, you just turned junk into a hunk. Lost to the AKAPAD Archives are early attempts at this a box of Cookie Crisp and Marv of Sin City rendered on top of the UV laminated bowl, mascot, and bright blue background. How about an opened envelope that had nothing good inside of it, or magnetic sheets from a sign shop? As the years marched on some of these attempts were saved and documents for the AKAPAD Archieves and unfortunately not many were.

Then in 2021 coming off the Project Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Sketchbook where Peter drew every original Playmates character from the original Turtles line of toys set out to do it again and not yet walk away from the vast TMNT franchise. A greased-out Aldi Cardboard Pizza Circle looked up at Peter and spoke.

“DRAW ON ME”