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28 UNION STREET [up arrow] DOVER NEW HAMPSHIRE ORIGINAL SITE OF MIRAGE STUDIOS

1984 BIRTHPLACE OF EASTMAN AND LAIRD'S

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

embossed image of the teenage mutant ninja turtles in the pose from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 cover

green, metal signage with the seal of the state of New Hampshire above:

In November 1983, while living in Dover, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird created a cast of Ninja weapon-wielding turtles during a late-night drawing session. Amused by the absurdity of the idea, the duo developed the story of four teenage turtle brothers: Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo. The one-shot comic, published independently by Mirage Studios on Union Street, debuted in 1984. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles soon became a full comic series and ultimately an international multimedia franchise.

TMNT 40th Anniversary

Just a friendly reminder that in 2024, we celebrate 40 years with the four turtle brothers🐢💚

And ngl it's pretty cool.

#it will never stop tickling me that I'm just one year younger than TMNT as a whole #90s turtlemania was legitimately so goddamn ubiquitous that it FEELS like TMNT has been around for longer #tmnt is a parody #one day I'll wax fanatic about how the perfect storm of the pop culture in the 80s and 90s birthed TMNT #and how all of that played a part if not one of the boosts to how popular TMNT became #like no the sheer popularity of pizza back then was real that shit WAS everywhere and now there's superheroes who partake on the regular?#oh the pizza chains LOVED that shit #“your favorite turtles eat our pizza!”#or ninja as a popular antagonist/theme in action flicks #that it spawned a parody of the phenomenon with Chris Farley #jackie chan's and martial arts films from HK in general influencing fight choreo in the U.S #ortheusanditslove/haterelationshiptoitsownasiaphilia #but I digress #becausethatrequiresareadinglevelandgraspofsociologicalconceptsorracialphenomenonthatidon'tfuckingtrusttumblrtohhave #dontgetmegoingatthenecessarynuanceneither #anyway #i still like to tell myself that the universe conspired to set things in place at the right time so we could have TMNT #so this isn't quite the darkest timeline #that's one of my little lifesaver floaties I cling to #yes yes haha midlife mutant ninja turtles #but they aged in Mirage #they aged in Archie #they were on the cusp of adulthood in Next Mutation #idk ur childhood turtles but mine aged rip #i promise growing old is not scary #not for you and not for fictional turtles who speak english and know karate

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