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Peter Laird Biography
Peter Laird is one of the most popular and richest Cartoonist who was born on January 27, 1954 in North Adams, Massachusetts, United States. The most well-known creator and co-creator for The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic books The cartoonist and author also released an illustrated comic book titled Stupid Heroes and co-wrote a graphic novel called Planet Racers.
He along with He and Kevin Eastman co-wrote the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics. co-wrote the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics.
Peter Alan Laird (born January 27, 1954) is an American comic book writer and artist best known for co-creating the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with writer and artist Kevin Eastman.
With the success of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Eastman and Laird hired a core group of artists to help with the increasing workload, beginning with Eastman’s high school friend Steve Lavigne, brought on in 1984 as a letterer.
He as well as his brother Don were raised at North Adams, Massachusetts.
| Name | Peter Laird |
| First Name | Peter |
| Last Name | Laird |
| Occupation | Cartoonist |
| Birthday | January 27 |
| Birth Year | 1954 |
| Place of Birth | North Adams |
| Home Town | Massachusetts |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Capricorn |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Father | Not Available |
| Mother | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Not Known |
| Children(s) | Not Available |
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In May 1984, Laird and Kevin Eastman self-published the first black & white issue of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, at an initial print run of 3000 copies for the forty-page oversized comic. It was largely funded by a loan from Eastman’s uncle, Quentin (the experience of which had a profound impact on Laird, and led indirectly to his later work with the Xeric Foundation), and published by the duo’s Mirage Studios, a name chosen because “there wasn’t an actual studio, only kitchen tables and couches with lap boards.” That first issue received a number of subsequent printings over the next few years, as the Turtles phenomenon began to take off.
Peter Laird Net Worth
Peter Laird is one of the richest Cartoonist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Peter Laird's net worth $20 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
At the beginning of his career He was an illustrator for the Northampton, Massachusetts newspaper and created artwork for The Oracle, a magazine. The Oracle.
He founded a non-profit artistic grant organization , called The Xeric Foundation.
Laird was born on January 27, 1954 in North Adams, Massachusetts. Toward the end of 1983, Laird was earning just ten dollars an illustration from a local newspaper in Dover, New Hampshire. He was also doing illustrations for fanzines like The Oracle.
| Net Worth | $20 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Cartoonist |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
In 1985, Eastman and Laird hired Cleveland artist Ryan Brown to assist them as an inker, and a year later penciler Jim Lawson cover painter Michael Dooney joined the studio. These six individuals would allow Mirage to expand into a number of spin-off and companion titles, starting with Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, designed to fill in continuity gaps in the main title. Operating from a renovated factory space in Florence, Massachusetts, the Mirage team produced most of their work in-house, including the Playmates Toys toy designs and the Archie TMNT comic series, until Tundra Publishing took over the building.
In a 1993 interview with Stephen Bissette and Stanley Wiater, interviewer-editors of Comic Book Rebels, Laird commented:
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| Height | Unknown |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
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The Turtles phenomenon saw the duo invited to their first comics convention at the tenth annual Atlanta Fantasy Fair in 1984, where they mingled with the likes of Larry Niven, Forrest J Ackerman and Fred Hembeck (among others). With their (November 1985) fifth issue, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles downsized to the more common American comics format and size, and the previous four issues were also reprinted in this size and format with new color covers. Also in 1985, Solson Publications released How To Draw Eastman and Laird’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Solson would follow this up with the six issue Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Authorized Martial Arts Training Manual as well as one issue of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Teach Karate volume in 1987.
Laird and Eastman’s creations went on to become a popular cultural phenomenon, forcing both of them to take regular sabbaticals from the comic to deal with the day to day pressures of running what had become a multimedia franchise. Eastman sold his share of the franchise, with the exception of a small continuing income participation, to Laird and the Mirage Group on June 1, 2000. On March 1, 2008, Laird and Mirage bought out Eastman’s remaining rights and interest and the two went their separate ways. Concerning Eastman’s departure, Laird stated his belief that Eastman “was just tired of it.” On October 19, 2009, Laird sold the franchise to Viacom parent company of Nickelodeon, but still retains the rights to create and publish up to eighteen black-and-white comics based on the franchise per year.
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Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Peter Laird. You may help us to build the dating records for Peter Laird!The creative side of the Foundation involves the usual application process, but in addition, the Foundation began with “an advisory committee made up of three… people working in the industry” whose input is sought on how best to proceed with each application. Submissions are evaluated prior to Laird’s involvement, and then he makes the ultimate decisions based on their recommendations. Laird stated in 1993 that: “…knock on wood, God willing, and the creek don’t rise, if we go on for another couple of decades, and I’m able to put more money into the basic funding of the Xeric Foundation, then the amount of money that can be given out can really be raised significantly.” He hoped that ultimately the figure can be raised from “thousands of dollars” to “hundreds of thousands of dollars,” to support an increasing number of large and small projects.
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Since that time, Laird has been able to find time to pursue some other comic book work, including publishing Stupid Heroes, and the graphic novel trilogy, Planet Racers, with Jim Lawson. Even this ties into the TMNT, however, since the 2003 TMNT series has episodes based on the Planet Racer’s theme.
What happened to Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird?
Eventually Laird yielded, but it was all for naught. The show flopped hard with critics and audiences, and was canceled after just one season. Not long after, Eastman surrendered his rights to the franchise to Laird, which marked the official divorce from his friend and professional partner.
Why did Peter Laird sell TMNT?
Laird believes that the reasoning was simply that Eastman “was just tired of it. He wanted to move on and has other things to spend more time on.” On October 19, 2009, Laird sold the franchise to Viacom/Nickelodeon, but still retains the rights to do up 18 black-and-white TMNT comics per year.
Are Eastman and Laird friends again?
They fell out a long time, after creative differences. But now the creators of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird are together again. They were reunited by the Netflix show The Toys That Made Us, who were doing a TMNT episode, got them together again.
What happened to Laird from TMNT?
Since that time, Laird has been able to find time to pursue some other comic book work, including publishing Stupid Heroes, and the graphic novel trilogy Planet Racers, with Jim Lawson. Even this ties into the TMNT, however, since the 2003 TMNT series has episodes based on the theme of Planet Racers.
Which turtle is The Last Ronin?
| First appearance | Wish for Death |
| Death | The Last Ronin |
| Created by | Kevin Eastman Peter Laird Tom Waltz Esau Escorza Isaac Escorza |
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