If the box office success of the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie is any indication – and we suspect that it is – then audiences still haven’t gotten enough of Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird’s creations. These two comic book artists took a fundamentally nutty idea and turned it into a pop culture dynasty with popular films, cartoons, video games, toys and much, much more vying successfully for the hearts of kids of all ages, but despite the ubiquity of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles brand, nobody thought to turn their real-life story into a feature-length documentary… until now.
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CraveOnline happily presents this exclusive clip from the new documentary Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, featuring Eastman and Laird reliving the genesis of their brainchild, and original artwork showing just how far they’ve grown.
Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is now available on DVD. The latest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles feature film is in theaters now.
From the Press Release:
In the spring of 1984, a strange new comic book sat beside cash registers in select shops, too big to fit in the racks, and too weird to ignore. Eastman and Laird’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles presented a completely original breed of super hero. It was too bizarre, too crazy. It broke all the rules and should never have worked. Until it sold out. Again and again and again. For 30 years. Now, peek under the shell and see how this so-called “happy accident” defied every naysayer to become one of the most popular and beloved franchises in the world.
