Peter Speaks On The Cancellation "Rumor"
 

Someone Had to Ask. Might as well be me:

Hey Pete,
I'm sure a large number of us would be interested in your take on the current rumor about the upcoming cancellation of the cartoon...as the rumor is pretty much melting the internet right now :-P

Could I talk you into putting up a post on the subject?"

No, but I'll comment about it here. I suppose there is a possibility that the rumor is true, but I have not heard anything from 4Kids confirming it. If it is true, it's unfortunate, but not the end of the world. -- PL

Take it for what it's worth.

Well he doesn't know what he doesn't know.

Yup, I'm just trying to be a good little super sleuth :-)

So... TMNT4Kids says that he and some important people that work on the show hadn't heard about it, Peter says he's not heard about it... my head hurts....

Does this make you the forum Freddie or Velma?

I'll be whatever you want me to be baby...

Archon_Turtle is so Freddie. Jester, make him wear the ascot! :D

:o Well played, Daphne, well played!

Does this make me Shaggy?
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Hmmm so would this be the teenage ones or should we consider you guys part of the pup named scooby doo universe? In which case where is archon_turtle's constant rantings on Red Herring being the bad guy? :lol:

eh just kidding.

as for the rumor. Well it's a shame we couldn't get any confirmation, but I'm hoping that the series won't get canceled.

Of all people should Peter Laird know where the TMNT is going?

Wow he sure doesn't seem to care if his series gets canned or not...

well I would think he's a rich guy now. He probably doesn't care of it ends.

If he wants to keep paying for his comic he'll care. If what some people are saying is correct Peter pays for all the comics out of pocket at a loss and I bet having the series around helps pay for that.

And being rich doesn't mean anything to an artist, a true artist anyway.

He was rich WAY before this series even started. I think he would like to see it go on forever like most of us, but knows it will end eventually. And he knows if and when it does end, it'll be back one day.

You know...he may have what I like to call "George Lucas-itis". Frustrated that he is only known for the turtles...that the turtles are the only thing that he has that can gain popularity...that he will be forever pigeon-holed as "One of the guys that made the ninja turtles" rather than an artist that is well known for many properties.

Just a thought.

Considering Pete hasn't really done much other than Turtles, I don't think he minds.

I think the idea of 'oh he's rich, he doesn't care', is a bit silly. All the money in the world cannot buy you creativity or other ideas...

I honestly would not be surprised if he is getting tired of JUST turtle stuff. It's like how Ringo Starr recently said he refuses to do anymore fan stuff. After a while, it's just too much... :ohwell:

I don't really get the vibe from Pete that you guys are speaking of... but I do know that nothing he's worked on since has experienced the success of the Turtles..but the Turtles' success was freaking insane. No creator-owned property has experienced it on the same scale since.

I think you guys are being too negative. I didn't interpert what Peter laird said as he didn'yt care if the show ended or not. What I got from it was that on his end there is nothing concrete eighther on the series stoping or continueing and things are still up in the air. And I think since the major parties are unaware of a concrete cancellation of the series, that maybe it's just a rumour.

I would say that if Peter doesn't know of anything, that it's a fairly good sign that it's just a rumor for now...