Origin of Baxter Stockman's name revealed
 

Some of you really should read Laird's blog more often:

http://peterlairdstmntblog.blogspot....l#comment-form

Mind blown.

Interesting. What I find even more interesting is the fact that Laird keeps updating his Tmnt blog with new material but has yet to comment on the new IDW series. I mean, you know he has had to check it out.

Some of you sure are a bossypants.

Names are always difficult to come up with, it's fun to learn where they come from

I've noticed that too. Its obvious hes still got a lot of love for TMNT. In fact I'm hoping it will be the driving force for him to publish some new turtle material under Mirage.

He's said many times that if he ever does new comics again, it would only be a Vol. 4 conclusion, nothing else.

And that's fine with me. Give us an ending to Vol. 4 and the Mirage universe can have its true finale.

Wow. Awesome.

Wow, that's pretty neat! I love little explanatory tidbits like that.

I'd love to think you're right but I figure he keeps up with the blog moreso for his loyal fans rather than out of his own passion for it.

I agree. Somebody has had to have given him the comic by now.

Why? If he doesn't go to comic stores (he flat out said he doesn't read ANY comics anymore), and didn't buy it online...where would he get it from?

I don't assume IDW is giving him copies for free or a random fan isn't knocking on his door and saying, "Hey, did you see the new TMNT series? Bebop and Rocksteady are back!"

Its actually quite likely he hasn't seen or touched any IDW TMNT comic aside from the Mirage collection, as he contributed to that.

Are you an idiot? Do you live with Peter? The guy is the co-creator of the turtles. And Lawson and Murphy have both checked out the new series so it's a little hard to believe Pete hasn't seen anything.

Very cool. I cant say ive ever really wondered about the origin of the name, but finding things like this are always interesting :)

Are you joking? This has been asked on his blog a few times, and Peter Laird said that he might "look" at the comics at some point, but that he probably won't read them.

Have you completely forgotten that Laird has wanted to distant himself from the Turtles? Or do you not read his blog?

Where did you get the idiotic assumption that Peter Laird is actually going to read each and every IDW issue?

Um, when did I say he was going to ''read each and every issue''? Read slower, post less.


Again, stop assuming you know everything. Just because he says one thing on the internet doesn't mean that he doesn't do it in his off time. He may have ''distanced'' himself from the turtles but that doesn't change the fact that he still updates his TURTLE BLOG quite often. So his life really isn't rid of the turtles. Never will be I think.

I've been reading everything PL replies to on his blog and a few people did ask him already if he picked up the IDW series around the time only #1 and #2 were out. At that point he hasn't read or even looked at either them.

It is possible things changed from then till now, but until he says something in his blog, I'll assume nothing change.

Peter Laird even flat-out said there were some issues of Tales V. 2 that he never read after he approved the script for them, (meaning, he never read the completed issue afterward), and this is Mirage stuff no less.

I think Samhain took care of this response for me.

PL can claim to be rid of TMNT all he wants, but fact is (like has been stated) he updates his TMNT blog almost daily and I guarantee you somebody has shown him or mailed him at least #1 of IDW's TMNT. Nobody said he's keeping up with the series. It's his creation, for god's sake. He may not go to comic shops or read comics regularly but the guy still has friends who are involved with TMNT - friends he keeps in touch with, I would imagine. I would be incredibly shocked if he hasn't seen any of IDW's TMNT, despite what he might want people to believe.

If you guys are so concerned if Peter Laird has checked out the IDW series or not, why don't you directly ask him in his blog? He responds to most questions there, even if you ask him it in the totally unrelated 4kids script posts.

Baxter Stock was prized for it's bright whiteness, huh? Hilariously ironic that Baxter Stockman ended up being portrayed as a white man years later haha.

Ive read that, but the side publishing deal he made with Viacom certainly leaves a lot of wiggle room if he ever changes his mind.

Im almost expecting him to release an end to Vol. 4 and fingers crossed hoping he goes beyond even if its just one shot or a TPB he does for that nostalgic feeling every couple years.

I guess Im just not fully accepting that Peter is walking away from the Turtles forever excluding the vol. 4 ending of course.

I truly, truly hope Peter never finishes Volume 4. Stated why before, still feel that way.