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Peter Laird

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Artist

The Resume

    (January 27, 1954- )
    Born in North Adams, Massachusetts
    Comic book artist
    Co-creator with Kevin Eastman of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1984)

Why he might be annoying:

    He and Eastman merchandised the crap out of the Turtles.
    In their first issues, they misspelled 'Michaelangelo.'
    Pressure from the Turtles' success caused him to develop writer's block and discover 'to my horror that I no longer enjoyed drawing.'
    Eastman called him 'an insecure person in his creativity.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He and Eastman created one of the most successful self-published comics of all-time.
    He founded the nonprofit Xeric Foundation to enable other artists to self-publish their comics.
    He said, 'When we created the Turtles, we wanted to spoof the world of superhero characters and poke good-natured fun at the heroic but not-so-funny characters that dominated the business.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 13 Votes: 30.77% Annoying