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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' is an American media franchise created by the comic book artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. It follows Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Leonardo, Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Miche ...

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was started on December 10, 1990, by

Creator's Syndicate Creators Syndicate (also known as Creators) is an American independent distributor of comic strips and syndicated columns to daily newspapers, websites, and other digital outlets. When founded in 1987, Creators Syndicate became one of the few suc ...

as a

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. The strip ceased publication in January 1997. The strip ran seven days a week, but (at least for part of its run) the Saturday strips consisted only of

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and was not part of the storyline, which was published Monday through Friday. The Sunday edition featured a mix of puzzles and fan art early on, but later switched entirely to a fan-art format. Among the creators who worked on the strip were Ryan Brown, Dan Berger, Jim Lawson,

Michael Dooney Michael Dooney is an American comic book writer and artist and toy designer best known for his works on the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' series. Dooney also created the comic book series ''Gizmo (comic book), Gizmo'' in 1986 under Mirage Studi ...

, Steve Lavigne and

Dean Clarrain Stephen Murphy is an American comic book writer and editor known for his work on the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' series. With Michael Zulli, he was co-creator of the critically acclaimed 1980s independent comic '' The Puma Blues''. Educati ...

. Some of the TMNT daily strips have been reprinted in ''

Comics Revue ''Comics Revue'' is a bi-monthly small press comic book published by Manuscript Press and edited by Rick Norwood. Don Markstein's Toonopedia, Don Markstein edited the publication from 1984 to 1987 and 1992 to 1996. As of 2020, it has published ...

'' issues #58-82.

External links

Official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Website
- ''Doin' a Daily Strip!''
GoComics.com
- The Strip at GoComics.com {{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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