Using money from a tax refund and a loan from Eastman's uncle, they printed copies of first issue of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and advertised it in Comics Buyer's Guide Magazine. In March 1984, Eastman and Laird founded a comic book company, Mirage Studios, in their home. They developed a backstory referencing further elements of Daredevil: like Daredevil, the Turtles are altered by radioactive material, and their sensei, Splinter, is a play on Daredevil's sensei, Stick. Laird said the names "felt just quirky enough to fit the concept". ĭeveloping the concept into a comic book, Eastman and Laird considered giving the turtles Japanese names, but instead named them after the Italian Renaissance artists Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo. The concept parodied several elements popular in superhero comics of the time: the mutants of Uncanny X-Men, the teenagers of New Teen Titans and the ninjas of Daredevil, combined with the comic tradition of funny animals such as Howard the Duck. That November, Eastman drew a masked turtle standing on its hind legs armed with nunchucks. In 1983, Laird invited Eastman to move in with him in Dover, New Hampshire. 1 (May 1984)Ĭomic book authors Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird met in Massachusetts and began working on illustrations together. History 1983–1986: Conception and first comics Ĭover of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles No.
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