Mirage Studios was an American comic book company founded in 1983 by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird in Dover, New Hampshire. The company was best known for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) comic book series and the subsequent franchise it has spawned.
Faux manhole at the site of the original studio in Dover
Kevin Brooks Eastman is an American comic book writer and artist best known for co-creating the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with Peter Laird. Eastman was also formerly the editor and publisher of the magazine Heavy Metal.
Eastman in 2023
Kevin Eastman in 2009
New Hampshire Historical Marker for the “Creation of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” in Dover, New Hampshire