Peter Laird on IDW TMNT

[Sophie Campbell]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Then why exactly did he revive it in the 2000's? Starting Volume 4, restarting Tales, making a deal with 4kids to produce a new cartoon, a new toyline, etc.

Peter Laird clearly wanted to bring the Turtles back in 2001 after their initial "death" back in the mid-90's. And he did so because he still liked the franchise.

he revived TMNT because he wanted to, obviously, but 2001 was over a decade ago and maybe he had the re-ignited fire for it when he started but i think was pretty clear he lost it as the years went by. 10 years is a long time for feelings to change. maybe he'll be back someday, who knows, all i'm saying is that right now he's seriously burned out.