Kevin Eastman

Writer, artist, publisher, and co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Kevin Eastman, talks to Giuseppe Castellano about how a “dumb” drawing sparked a global phenomenon; how he and Peter Laird self-published the first TMNT comics; what he sees in the current Turtles renaissance; and what his one big regret has been since the first comic published in 1984.

His audio was a little off—but we’re chalking it up to the possibility that he was talking to us from his lair in the sewers of New York City.

Here are some of the artists mentioned in this conversation: Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael, Jack Kirby, Frank Miller, Alan Moore, Steve Ditko, Bob Kane and Bill Finger.

To learn more about Kevin, visit kevineastmanstudios.com.

To learn more about Peter Laird, visit peterlairdstmntblog.blogspot.com.

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