Kevin Eastman...
 

...what's his e-mail address?

jarrah why do you need his email?

Just wanna talk to him, that's all.

Search some of his own sites...maybye you'll come across an e-mail

You can't DIRECTLY contact him, I know that for a fact, I had to go through Ben to get to Laird

[mod edit by Machi: All clean... Try His Heavy Metal site.]

If you wanna speak to him about TMNT, don't bother.

Why is that?

Because I doubt he'd care. If he still wanted to have anything to do with TMNT, he wouldn't have sold his rights to Pete.

I think he just didn't want to be 'that guy from TMNT' anymore.

Well that could be only one reason why he sold his rights. To find out the true reason as in if he was actually truely tired of the TMNT and cared nothing for it is either known not to my knowledge or only known to him. To actually really find out if he doesnt want to even talk about them or cares less for the TMNT you might have to ask him. I just found out a couple weeks ago he did give up his rights and i dont know who is pete and i didnt know he has the rights now lol

Not true, you can contact him directly, and he does answer TMNT questions. Hell, I've done it. I've had him come to this board before.

What sweetness. He has an account here?

I stand corrected then. It surprises me that he would, actually.

No, he doesn't have an account he had me post once on his behalf. (and yes, I did take it as quite the honor, even though it really isn't.)

can you give me the direct link to that post i want to see what he said :)

Once again GK proves his awesomeness.

He's been away from TMNT for a long time. Even if it wasn't for him and Laird then TMNT won't exsit. But i don't mind if he pushed aside TMNT from his life. And today his ex-partner Laird owns the property of TMNT.

I wouldn't bother to ask him "TMNT is becoming popular again what do you have to say about that?" or "If you weren't friends with Laird in the first place what would you be doing besides making comics of mutated Reptiles".

I have questions too, but I won't bother to ask him questions he doesn't like to anwser. Leave him in peace. His goal is in a more different direction than Laird's is.

Didnt he say hed join eventually

Kevin is always happy to talk about TMNT and answer questions. The guy is too nice not to. Last year at Comic-Con someone asked him about the return of the TMNT to the spotlight and he thought that it was great and that he was happy for Peter that it seemed to be working out so well. People really don't seem to give him enough credit.

I guess that people assume that since he wanted to move onto other projects he got bitter about TMNT or something.

*shrug*

Well it's just the fact that he sold his half, not that he moved onto other things

If I recall correctly, he sold most of his share (not all) so that he would no longer be needed to make decisions. That way Peter would be free to relaunch TMNT without having to consult Kevin, who was busy with other projects and couldn't put that focus on TMNT. At least, that's one story.

That makes sense, really. He's a busy man from what I can tell, and he pry didn't have the time to put in to the relaunch of TMNT, and realized that if it DID take off, he'd still be making a hefty chunk o' change from it, even if he sold off most of his rights. I bet we see him return for a Tales issue at some point though.

Well I didn't know all the details. And that's my point, people might assume he now hates TMNT because they probably think he sold everything associated with them not just because he moved onto other things

Hmm, I always wondered what happened to Kevin Eastman. Before I found out he was alive, I thought he died or something.

I've read an interview featuring Laird. Excerpt:

"UGO: I read that you bought Kevin Eastman's share of the Turtles. So do you own them now?

PL: Basically. I own all the intellectual property rights to the turtles.

UGO: Wow.

PL: You could say that. I bought Kevin's interest in 2000.

UGO: Any idea why Kevin sold it?

PL: I think he was just tired of it. He wanted to move on and has other things to spend more time on."

Yeah, that's what Peter thinks. Though even he admits that he's not sure.

I have to whole heartedly agree. Kevin should be hugged for his absolute niceness. Kevin did something Turtles related for my brother last year. It really means a lot to my brother and it's my opinion that Kevin's the most generous guy connected to comics. Just compare him to someone like Dan Jurgens or even worse...Todd McFarlane... :/

I never thought it unusual that he sold his rights. It's not uncommon for someone to make a lot of money doing something and to use that as a springboard to realize something they've always wanted to do. Which is what I always figured was the reason.

I've spoken to Kevin through his Heavy Metal site and e-mail, and I agree that he's a very nice guy. He doesn't mind talking turtles at all. Unfortunately, I don't remember the e-mail addy, since this was some time ago. If you want to reach him, you should go to the Heavy Metal forums.

What bothers me is the fact that they don't keep in contact.. And don't really seem to care that they don't. I mean, I realize that even the best of friends can grow apart, but they spent umteen years creating one of the most beloved groups of characters of all time. You'd just think there'd be something more.

Dint he marry a porn star :P :roll:

Yup, he did.

*nods* Kevin is the best.

Even though he has moved on to be in charge of Heavy Metal and that sort of thing, Kevin is still very much into talking and visiting with us TMNT fans. When I was at the San diego can in 2001, he was very willing to sign our TMNT stuffs that he had a part in and do TMNT sketches for us. And even though his schedule was soooooo busy, the guy even took some time out to hang with us fans for a drink. The year before, Kevin had time to do dinner with them. Wow... he's cool.

From what I read in Kevin's Autobiography, it sounded like the whole roll-out of the TMNT as a comic was sparked by Laird. Laird was already an experienced comic book artist when Kevin teamed up with him. Kevin was like the second in command. Laird prolly had comics set as his career, while Kevin sounded like he was working with Laird for the experience. So I take it that more doors starting opening up for Kevin later, and he took a different route. The rest is left up to speculation.

I think Kevin Eastman is kicking himself now for selling his share all to Peter Laird.If I was a co-creator of something I would stay in with the guy who helped create something big.

Err, why, is he a jerk? :|

Kevin sounds like a sweetie.

From what I understand, Heavy Metal and his wife have kept him VERY busy. He has no time to do anything for the TMNT, corporate-wise anymore. So rather than bog down things for Laird (it's a long way between Massachusetts and LA), Kevin handed his share over.

He married Julie Strain:

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