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Kevin Eastman is providing his layout pages for the first year of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for a new IDW Artists Edition, to be published in September 2025, three hundred pages reproduced as close to the original artwork as possible It will be joined by other Artists Edition titles for Jack Kirby's Mister Miracle, Jack[...]

Still going strong after all these years, they are helping to celebrate 40 years of the TMNT with a new set of figures based around the first sketches of the Turtles by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman all those years ago They are starting to pop up in stores now, and Playmates was nice enough[...]

Co-written by Kevin Eastman, co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the parallels between the two are clear. But the story also includes the creator in question recalling how the Radically Rearranged Ronin Ragdolls came about, both written and drawn by Kevin Eastman in a fashion very familiar to those who first picked up those Turtles[...]

Tyler Burton Smith of Boy Kills World and Child's Play is writing the script for a live-action adaptation of Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin for Walter Hamada's production company, 18hz and is intended to be R-rated Jason Aaron is relaunching the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic books beginning[...]

Drawing Blood was a Kickstarter comic book by Kevin Eastman, David Avallone, Ben Bishop and Troy Little, a meta-narrative about Shane Bookman and Paul Bookman, the fictitious creators of the fictitious comic book The Radically Rearranged Ronin Ragdolls. And co-created by the co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles[...]

And they include the launches of Drawing Blood #1 from Kevin Eastman, David Avallone, Ben Bishop and Troy Little, the new Geiger #1 from Geoff Johns and Gary Frank, Redcoat #1 by Geoff Johns and Bryan Hitch, Rook: Exodus #1 by Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok, the future Spawn spinoff Rat City by Erica Schultz[...]

2024 marks the 40th anniversary of the creation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird back in 1984 any of the rights have been sold and resold over the decades but for 2024, current TMNT comic book publishers IDW Publishing and rights holders Paramount Global have announced an extension of the[...]

In 2013, IDW published Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Kevin Eastman Cover Gallery collecting all of Kevin Eastman's TMNT covers to date In 2015, they followed with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Kevin Eastman Covers (2011-2015) (still in print). "IDW Publishing relaunched TMNT in 2011 and since then co-creator Kevin Eastman has been along to co-pilot the[...]

To help celebrate the release of the film for at-home viewing, we were able to sit and chat for a few minutes with the man himself, Kevin Eastman, to discuss the success of this version of his creations, what characters surprised him, how much he loves the villain of the film Superfly, where this version[...]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen #4 was solicited as having a variant cover by TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman Which is not uncommon, he's done a lot for IDW in recent years, including variant covers and co-writing IDW's best-selling title in recent years, The Last Ronin.   But this time Kevin Eastman seems he surprised IDW rather by[...]

Big surprises await readers, as the creative team pays tribute to the golden anniversary legend, while challenging her and the audience's expectations along the journey. Variant Red Sonja cover artists include Shannon Maer, Jim Cheung, Alan Quah, Bryan Hitch, Jenny Frison, Kevin Eastman, Mike Mignola, Lucio Parrillo, Joseph Michael Linsner, and Bjorn Barends French collage artist[...]

And while a European convention, it is also aimed at Japan, the UK and the USA, with English spoken through the show. Bleeding Cool has been given an exclusive first look at the full creator list for the Lake Como show. Joining previously announced creators at Lake Como will be a host of new and returning guests,[...]

In a recent Cartoonist Kayfabe YouTube video, Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg had Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird on again, to go through Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #5 together, page by page, panel by panel And they took the opportunity to ask a question missed in a previous video, about[...]

Each release is on 180-gram colored vinyl and feature jacket art by none other than Kevin Eastman himself The 1990 soundtrack costs $40, while Ooze and Part 3 will set you back $32 Check out all three below You can order right here. Credit Waxwork Records TMNT Movie Soundtracks Release Details "In collaboration with composer John DuPrez, TMNT[...]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin—Lost Years, the upcoming five-issue prequel to The Last Ronin, will further expand its earlier days with a tie-in one-shot by TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman, Tom Waltz,  Ben Bishop, and Luis Antonio Delgado The 40-page special issue, available in May, is called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin—Lost[...]

Initially created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird back in 1984 through their own Mirage Studios comic book company, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has sustained its popularity throughout the years From its time as an independently produced comic, to being one of the most recognizable cartoons in the world, to producing the massively popular line of[...]

The roster of talent includes Kyle Starks, Jim Mahfood, Kim Jacinto, David Mack, Ramon Villalobos, Tyler Kirkham, Boss Logic, Michael Calero, Eskivo, Wesley Snipes, Kevin Eastman, Kit Wallis, Terbor Richardson, Drew Zucker, Kevin Roditel, Chrissie Zullo, Alex Reigel, Marc Ellerby, Javan Jordan, Victoria Douglas, Clay Adams, Rob Cammon, Ariel Diaz, Marco Lopez, Max Hoven, Valentina[...]

American Cinematheque will be selling the art via auction, with proceeds going back to the American Cinematheque itself See You At San Diego: An Oral History Of Comic-Con, Fandom And The Triumph Of Geek Culture by Mathew Klickstein and published by Fantagraphics, is an oral history of San Diego Comic-Con from its earliest days with forewords[...]

and a pleasure digging deeper into the-lore and expanding it with the likes of Jason Aaron, Mahmud Asrar, Matthew Wilson, Travis Lanham, Esad Ribic, Roy Thomas, Jim Zub, Gerry Duggan, Meredith Finch, Saladin Ahmed, Tini Howard, Kevin Eastman, Chris Claremont, Larry Hama, Christopher Priest, Frank Tieri, Steven S DeKnight, Kurt Busiek, Dan Slott, Ron Garney,[...]

When comic book retailers ordered the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin hardcover by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, they knew they had a mainstream hit, and also had a week's advantage in terms of sale date over bookstore customers But the book was late and, in the interim, IDW signed an exclusive distribution[...]

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have fans who love the original 1980s cartoon, or just love the original Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird comics, or just the Playmates toys, or just the action figures from NECA, or the current comic books from IDW, or all of the above to one degree or another.  Then there[...]

With forwards from Stan Sakai and Jeff Smith, and an afterword by afterword by Wu-Tang Clan's RZA, it includes reminiscences of Neil Gaiman, Frank Miller, Kevin Smith, Bruce Campbell, Felicia Day, Scott Aukerman, Stan Sakai, Sergio Aragonés, Trina Robbins, the Russo Bros., Lloyd Kaufman, Tim Seeley, Kevin Eastman and more. A comprehensive chronicle of Comic-Con International[...]

TMNT fans, we have discussed this before, but the first book published by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird in the '80s is starting to get to some rarified air A CGC 9.4 copy, on auction today at ComicConnect, is already taking bids and is at a whopping $21,000 as of this writing[...]

Drawing Blood was a Kickstarter comic book by Kevin Eastman, David Avallone, Ben Bishop and Troy Little, a meta-narrative about Shane Bookman and Paul Bookman, the fictitious creators of the fictitious comic book The Radically Rearranged Ronin Ragdolls And co-created by the co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles You can see where they are going[...]

Kevin Eastman and TMNT You almost cannot mention one without the other Co-creator with Peter Laird, Eastman is doing more with TMNT than he did in the years following the sale to Nickelodeon in 2009 Crazy that it has been over a decade since that happened, and even crazier when you realize that Eastman has[...]

Something that Kevin Eastman was keen to acknowledge at his San Diego Comic-Con Special Edition spotlight panel yesterday As way of recompense, he offered up his layouts for a double-page splash that opens the comic book in question With an ancient Michelangelo being assaulted by vision of past Turtles. The Last Ronin layouts by Kevin Eastman,[...]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird as a parody of Daredevil, incorporating the work of Frank Miller and company on the likes of Daredevil, Ronin and Batman But specifically, it was the satirical idea regarding what happened after the radioactive chemical canister that blinded but also powered up Matt[...]

TMNT fans, we have discussed this before, but the first book published by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird in the '80s is starting to get to some rarified air A CGC 9.6 copy, on auction today at ComicConnect, is already taking bids and is at a whopping $38,000 as of this writing If it keeps[...]

But, still, that's a full three months to wait on this Peter Laird/Kevin Eastman future-set return to the heroes in a half shell. Here's a little look ahead at the covers for The Last Ronin #3 and #4 to tease you further. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin #3 TMNT THE LAST RONIN #3 (OF 5) IDW PUBLISHING DEC200456 (W)[...]

Either is worth it for the new Kevin Eastman art they commissioned for this release, with gorgeous, giant images that leap off the jacket I especially love the gatefold; there are a TON of easter eggs in there for TMNT fans to find I love that it is an homage to the title card at[...]