Kevin Eastman
Kevin Baines Eastman (born
May 30,
1962) is an
American comic book artist. He is best known as the co-creator, (in association with
Peter Laird), of the
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Eastman is the current owner,
editor and
publisher of the
magazine Heavy Metal.
Eastman is the founder of the
Words and Pictures Museum, a
museum dedicated exclusively to comic book art in his hometown of
Northampton, Massachusetts in
1994. Eastman also founded the publishing company
Tundra Comics. Tundra was notable for publishing works by a large number of critically acclaimed creators with high production values. Most observers conclude, however, that Tundra expanded too quickly. It closed its doors after three years with a loss to Eastman of over $14,000,000.00.
Eastman is married to
B-movie actress and
model Julie Strain. Strain starred in the
animated film Heavy Metal 2000, the
direct to video sequel to the
1980 feature film
Heavy Metal.
Eastman once attempted a
24-hour comic but failed, and decided he would still work on the
comic even after the 24 hours. His method of deciding what to do after the 24 hours are up is called
the Eastman Variation.Kevin Eastman is also an
actor and a film
producer. He has appeared in many films in association with his wife.
Kevin currently lives at his ranch outside of Scottsdale, AZ where he has a pool with one of the ninja turtle's at the bottom.
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TV Tome entry*
The Words and Pictures Museum*
Gary Groth interviews Kevin Eastman pdf download (270kB) from the
Heavy Metal site; this piece appeared originally in
The Comics Journal No. 202
