Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Co-Creator Coming to 2016 RI Comic Con
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Rhode Island Comic Con has announced that Kevin Eastman, the co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will be attending the 2016 Comic Con.
Eastman is also the editor and publisher of Heavy Metal Magazine.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTKevin Eastman and his co-creator Peter Laird debuted the Ninja Turtles in May of 1984 with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1.
The first book, published by Mirage Studios, debut at a comic book convention at a local Sheraton Hotel in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
The book was printed in over-sized magazine style format using black and white artwork and was limited to only 3,250 copies.
Today, that book, in mint condition, can be bought for as much as $27,000.00
The comics tell the story of four fictional anthropomorphic titles named after four Renaissance Italian artists, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo and Donatello as well as their rat sensei Splinter, who trained the turtles in ninjutsu.
Throughout the books, the Turtles go from vigilantes to super heroes defending New York City from their nemesis Shredder and his Foot Soldiers.
While the comics are dark and gritty, the Heroes on a Half Shell are loved for their obsession with pizza and their hit one liner, "Cowabunga!"
The Turtles Today
Since that debut day in 1984, the Ninja Turtles have become as popular a super hero franchise as any, with multiple TV shows, comic book series, action figures and both live action and animated movies. The Turtles are taking it to the big screen again in Mid-2016.
RI Comic Con 2016
Rhode Island comic Con 2016 will take place from November 11th to the 14th at the Rhode Island Convention and Dunkin' Donuts Center.
Huge Success in 2015
Comic Con 2015 was a huge success, drawing close to 60,000 people, including vendors and artists, to the event.
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