Eastman and Laird. The greatest odd couple in American comics history. The Xeric Foundation did so much good

Peter is such a good dude. Hope him and Kevin get back together for a volume 5 someday in the future...

Glad to see my brother getting the spotlight. I never tire of the stories and it was the fun run of my life to be part of some of them too ;)

Peter, if you're reading this, you're an absolute gem! This is amazing See, THIS is why I love this stuff when you get the original guys who made the pages to pour over the techniques and stuff they used and whether or not I did the same in my bedroom as a teenager.

My 1 is a 2nd, but my 2 through 13 are 1sts. All bought in the day and srill in my possesion. They stayed at my Mums house for 22 years in her craft room closet with a bunch of my old Kiss stuff. Thank Mums for keeping my stuff in safe hands.

The early TMNT issues are forever my favorite comics and the things that made me truly fall in love with the medium. I still find inspiration in them. Thanks for sharing this!

Bro this is one of the most legendary things you guys have done... need more creators going through their babies like this. BUT PETER FUCKING LAIRD GOING THROUGH TMNT 1???? NEXT LEVEL

as an aside, I was beat up on the playground at school for insisting the Turtles had red bandanas lol. Regardless this is something I'd never thought i'd see and one of my favorite videos on this channel ever

Wow! Peter Laird is a RARE interview.

Peter and Kevin were the artists that pulled me into comic books. I remember picking up TMNT 1 from a shop in Pennsylvania back in 1985 and that was all it took. Peter is by far my most favorite. Thank you.

This channel is so good, man.

I refreshed the duoshade tones in that special deluxe edition. I had an issue #1 to match up the tones. I had all the pages of original art for 2 weeks. The day I was transporting it to my home studio, it was in my portfolio with my own ‘Bioneers’ (now ‘Recombatants; Team Dragonfighters’) pages and that was strapped onto the side of my motorcycle. Pete wanted to go for a ride after work that day. Once I was at his house for the ride, he got concerned about the pages so I left it at his house until we were back from our evening ride. Then it was strapped on my motorcycle again and I promised I’d go straight to my house with it to refresh and restore the tones.

This is the greatest video so far! I’m blown away to see the great Peter Laird on the channel imparting so much fascinating knowledge. I’d love to see him talk about some other issues especially #5 and #8. It’s great to hear that he’s open to finishing volume 4 with Jim Lawson at some point and the prospect of another collaboration with Kevin Eastman to round off the Mirage TMNT would be beyond amazing. It would be very fitting as well, to finish off where they started, just two friends making some comic books for the fun of it, with nothing else to worry about.

Seeing Laird himself talk about the issue that started it all in detail woke up the kid in me and made him jump around like an unhinged meth addict after a binge of his favorite shit! I'm 39 years old, and I was watching this episode like a child watching his favorite cartoon; Edge of the seat, on tippy toes. Getting to hear one of the legends talking about the creation of the characters that were so important to me as a kid was amazing. Thanks guys. And thank you Peter Laird.

What is inspiring? I have always been fascinated by how (and why) the creative mind works. I have spent countless hours talking with artists, musicians, filmmakers, performers, engineers, craftsmen, writers, and students about where ideas come from. I have also logged countless hours working with and/or for others in their studio spaces, offices, and creative retreats observing and asking a ton of questions. As I have grown, I am less awkward asking root questions about what motivates people and what holds them back. I love well-done process videos, oversized artist editions, and in-depth interviews. The whole "Cartoonist Kayfabe!" series is a stunning treasure of insights into the inner thinking of cartoonists. The Peter Laird interview was no exception AND this particular glimpse into the TMNT #1 "page by page" is really the deep dive I wish was available to me back when I was first starting out. I recommend liking and following this channel on KZfaq. If you are at all curious about the nature of creativity, this is a good place to start. RICK

This is so fucking cool! Best comics channel ever. Thank you.

I loved the cartoons as a kid, but never really got too far into anything else Turtles related. I read comics since I was young but never got round to Turtles comics till this week. Only grew to know how respected they were in the last few years through this channel and comic Tropes. I really enjoyed it. Great to have these to listen to after each issue

I have a full run of the original comics and absolutely love them. This was such a treat. Thanks so much for making it happen.

This was awesome! Mr. Laird is amazing. I have a head sketch of Leo by him and it is a prized possession. In the Shoot Interview he teases us with the idea of new material with Mr. Eastman. I would LOVE to see that. No pressure, no rules, no global brand empire, just good, fun TMNT like this first issue. I’m not above begging and groveling! ☺️

Thank you Mr. Laird for giving us all this experience! Amazing episode

You lucky bastards! :D This is awesome, happy for you guys and thankful that this could happen so we all could get this cool and awesome video with Peter Laird to enjoy. Inking on a page while listening and watching this. Keep up the great work!

What a great interview with one of the greats of the art!

This is why this channel will go down as one of the most important archives of art history! Thank you Ed and Jim

I don't know about anyone else but I ordered my tmnt idw artisan edition and will rewatch this video again

Thanks for this 2nd amazing video with Peter Laird.

This popped up so late in my notifications, thanks KZfaq. I love this.

This is such a treat. Never would have expected to get to see something like this.

The 1985 Masters of the Universe magazine was well known for using the posters format in their magazines! You guys should do an episode on the first issue of the 1984 MOTU magazine!

Legendary!

Just bought the hardcover compendium. I'm just getting into these comics. These are special. The artwork in superb.

This was wonderful, thank you.

Can’t thank you all enough for doing this! I can watch Peter Laird on Kayfabe every day. Keep it going!

This takes me back

This is such a nice treat. Thanks guys

This is such a cool video. Thank you for doing this.

Playmates was doing the Star Trek toys for a while there too, so maybe that was an easier deal to make.

This is GOLD! Wonderful interview!! More of these please, keep up the good work guys👍🏼

Thanks for posting. We need more Peter laird damnit! 👍

Super excited to watch this...

Keep up the great work guys! This kind of video is incredibly important for posterity's sake. Looking forward to the next one

Holy cow, what a treat to hear from Mr. Laird in a new interview! Thanks for getting this and the following interview between Kev and Pete together! Cheers! 🐢🐢🐢

Great video!!!

What a great surprise!! This was amazing!!

awesome job guys

Absolutely Legendary 🔥🔥🔥

i damn near pissed myself when i saw this pop up in the feed

Lol he's flipping through a $3000 copy of tmnt. Honestly worth much more because it's LAIRD'S copy but still

This is so awesome. Would love to meet Mr. Laird one day and thank him.

Very Nice!

Holy freaking cow...

AGAIN! BRINGIN THE HEAT!!

another banger

Heeeelll yees!!!

please more of this

Dream video !

Sick

what a legend

Holy shit what a get!

Shoutout to Eli Schwab!🤘🏽

They each made about $5,706.80 inflated in 2023 from 1985