. . "Eastman was born on May 30, 1962 in Springvale, Maine. By 1983, he was \"working in a restaurant and seeking underground publishers for his comix stories,\" having been collaborating with Peter Laird for a short while on various comics projects. The following year, in May 1984, Eastman and Peter Laird self-published (for $1,200) the first black & white issue of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The forty-page oversized comic had an initial print run of 3000 copies, and was largely funded by a $1000 loan from Eastman's uncle Quentin, and published by the duos Mirage Studios, a name chosen because \"there wasn\u2019t an actual studio, only kitchen tables and couches with lap boards.\""@en . "Eastman was born on May 30, 1962 in Springvale, Maine. He attended Westbrook High School in Westbrook, Maine with comic book illustrator Steve Lavigne. In 1983 he worked in a restaurant while he searched for publishers for his comics. He met a waitress who was attending the University of Massachusetts Amherst and followed her to Northampton, Massachusetts. While searching for a local underground newspaper to publish his work, he began a professional relationship with Peter Laird and the two collaborated for a short time on various comics projects."@en . . . . . . . . . "*"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Kevin Eastman"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "thumb|Kevin Eastman Kevin Brooks Eastman (* 30. Mai 1962 in Springvale, Maine) ist ein US-amerikanischer Comiczeichner. Bekannt wurde er als Co-Produzent (zusammen mit seinem Partner Peter Laird) und Sch\u00F6pfer der weltweit bekannten Serie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, die in Europa oft auch als Hero Turtles betitelt wurde. Er ist der momentaner Besitzer und Herausgeber des amerikanischen Science-Fiction und Fantasy-Comics-Magazins Heavy Metal."@de . . . . "thumb|Kevin Eastman Kevin Brooks Eastman (* 30. Mai 1962 in Springvale, Maine) ist ein US-amerikanischer Comiczeichner. Bekannt wurde er als Co-Produzent (zusammen mit seinem Partner Peter Laird) und Sch\u00F6pfer der weltweit bekannten Serie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, die in Europa oft auch als Hero Turtles betitelt wurde. Er ist der momentaner Besitzer und Herausgeber des amerikanischen Science-Fiction und Fantasy-Comics-Magazins Heavy Metal."@de . . . . . . . . . "Kevin Eastman"@en . . . . . "1962"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "--05-30"^^ . . . . . . "Artist, Writer, Entrepreneur"@en . . . "Eastman was born on May 30, 1962 in Springvale, Maine. He attended Westbrook High School in Westbrook, Maine with comic book illustrator Steve Lavigne. In 1983 he worked in a restaurant while he searched for publishers for his comics. He met a waitress who was attending the University of Massachusetts Amherst and followed her to Northampton, Massachusetts. While searching for a local underground newspaper to publish his work, he began a professional relationship with Peter Laird and the two collaborated for a short time on various comics projects. In May 1984, Eastman and Laird self-published the first black & white issue of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The forty-page over-sized comic had an initial print run of 3000 copies and was largely funded by a US$1000 loan from Eastman's uncle Quentin. It was published by the duo's Mirage Studios, a name chosen because, as Eastman says, \"there wasn't an actual studio, only kitchen tables and couches with lap boards.\" By September 1985, their first issue had received three additional printings."@en . . "30"^^ . . "5"^^ . "Eastman was born on May 30, 1962 in Springvale, Maine. By 1983, he was \"working in a restaurant and seeking underground publishers for his comix stories,\" having been collaborating with Peter Laird for a short while on various comics projects. The following year, in May 1984, Eastman and Peter Laird self-published (for $1,200) the first black & white issue of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The forty-page oversized comic had an initial print run of 3000 copies, and was largely funded by a $1000 loan from Eastman's uncle Quentin, and published by the duos Mirage Studios, a name chosen because \"there wasn\u2019t an actual studio, only kitchen tables and couches with lap boards.\""@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "__NOEDITSECTION__ Image:Information-silk.png|Character Template rect 0 0 20 20 Staff Template desc none Kevin Eastman Real Name Unknown First publication Unknown"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Kevin Eastman"@de . . . . "Kevin Eastman"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "225"^^ . . . . . . "September 2013"@en . . "Kevin Eastman is the co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ghostbusters and contributes to the IDW Comics."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Kevin Eastman is the co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ghostbusters and contributes to the IDW Comics."@en . "__NOEDITSECTION__ Image:Information-silk.png|Character Template rect 0 0 20 20 Staff Template desc none Kevin Eastman Real Name Unknown First publication Unknown"@en . . . . . . . . "Does this mean the books are both about them, and written by them?"@en . . . . . . . . . . . .