Kevin Baines Eastman (born May 30, 1962) is an American comic book artist. He is best known as the co-creator, (in association with Peter Laird), of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Eastman is the current owner, editor and publisher of the magazine Heavy Metal. May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Look up Artist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Peter Laird (born January 27, 1954 in North Adams, Massachusetts), created the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 1984 along with Kevin Eastman. ... The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT or Ninja Turtles) are a fictional team of four anthropomorphic turtles who were trained by their Sensei Master Splinter (an anthropomorphic mutant rat) to become powerful ninjas. ... An Editor is a person who prepares text—typically language, but also images and sounds—for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it. ... A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... A collection of magazines A magazine is a periodical publication containing a variety of articles, generally financed by advertising and/or purchase by readers. ... Jean-Michel Nicollets cover for the first issue. ...

Eastman is the founder of the Words and Pictures Museum, a museum dedicated exclusively to comic book art in his hometown of Northampton, Massachusetts in 1994. Eastman also founded the publishing company Tundra Comics. Tundra was notable for publishing works by a large number of critically acclaimed creators with high production values. Most observers conclude, however, that Tundra expanded too quickly. It closed its doors after three years with a loss to Eastman of over $14,000,000.00. The National Gallery in London, a famous museum. ... Northampton, Massachusetts Main Street Northampton is a city located in Hampshire County, Massachusetts in the USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 28,978. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated like the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ...

Eastman is married to B-movie actress and model Julie Strain. Strain starred in the animated film Heavy Metal 2000, the direct to video sequel to the 1980 feature film Heavy Metal. The term B-movie originally referred to a film designed to be distributed as the lower half of a double feature, often a genre film featuring cowboys, gangsters or vampires. ... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... A model is a person who acts as a human prop for purposes of art, fashion, advertising, pornography, etc. ... Julie Strain with Charlie Sheen, January 1993 Julie Ann Strain (born February 18, 1962 in Concord, California) is an American adult actress and model. ... Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... The movie Heavy Metal 2000 is a sequel to the 1981 animated cult film Heavy Metal (film) based on the fantasy magazine Heavy Metal (magazine). ... A film that is released direct-to-video (also straight-to-video) is one which has been released to the public on home video formats (historically VHS) first rather than first being released in movie theaters. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Heavy Metal is a Canadian animated film released in 1981 and produced by Ivan Reitman with the cooperation of various international animation studios. ...

Eastman once attempted a 24-hour comic but failed, and decided he would still work on the comic even after the 24 hours. His method of deciding what to do after the 24 hours are up is called the Eastman Variation. A 24-hour comic is a 24 page comic book written, drawn, and completed in 24 hours. ... See comedian Stand up comedian List of Comedians List of British comedians comics comic book comic strip underground comics alternative comics web comic sprite comics manga graphic novel List of comic characters This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same...

Kevin Eastman is also an actor and a film producer. He has appeared in many films in association with his wife. This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... A film producer creates the conditions for making movies. ...

External links

• Kevin Eastman at The Internet Movie Database
• TV Tome entry
• The Words and Pictures Museum
• Gary Groth interviews Kevin Eastman pdf download (270kB) from the Heavy Metal site; this piece appeared originally in The Comics Journal No. 202