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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Peter Laird Laird and Eastman's creations went on to become cultural phenomenons, which forced them to take regular sabbaticals from the comic to deal with the day to day pressures. Laird has an ongoing friendship with Stan Sakai, whose cult manga character Usagi Yojimbo has made multiple appearances in various TMNT mediums. Laird lives nearby, with his author wife Jeannine and their daughter (and various dogs and cats) in a house that Turtles bought. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Peter-Laird   (801 words)

Peter Laird - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Peter Alan Laird is an American comic book artist who was born January 27, 1954 in North Adams, Massachusetts. Since then, Laird founded the Xeric Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides grants to new comic book creators to self-publish their work. Laird is married to Jeannie Atkins, a writer, with whom he lives in Haydenville, MA.* en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peter_Laird   (263 words)

Peter Laird - Battlestar Wiki Laird is assigned to Galactica during Admiral Cain's fleet integration and according to the the Extended "Pegasus" Version replaces Chief Tyrol as deck chief even before he is charged with Lt. Thorne's murder. Laird, whose background in aeronautics served Cain's plan well, was selected by Cain to be drafted into her crew along with 14 other people on board. Laird is having difficulty in managing the hangar deck as Tyrol's substitute and lacks military decorum, but assures Commander Adama that all ships will be ready for "the attack thing" (Resurrection Ship, Part I). en.battlestarwiki.org /wiki/Peter_Laird   (473 words)

Comics Continuum PETER LAIRD: It was a deal that kind of fell in our lap. PETER LAIRD: I think that the actual goal, and it's a difficult one, is to appeal to both older kids and adults and younger kids who would be the ones that would buy the toys that Playmates is going to produce. PETER LAIRD: Basically, it's the story of how the Turtles come to, encounter, learn about and deal with The Shredder. www.comicscontinuum.com /stories/0302/06/laird.htm   (1102 words)

USC study in Nature Genetics supports a stem cell origin of cancer Laird and his colleagues discovered that some genes repressed by Polycomb in embryonic stem cells are essentially pre-marked to become permanently silenced by DNA methylation. Looking ahead, Laird and his USC colleagues would next like to focus on what causes some genes to transition from temporary repression to permanent silencing. Laird collaborated with colleagues at USC and England's University College London. www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2007-01/uosc-usi010807.php   (451 words)

Sound of Silence Peter Laird, Ph.D., is making a lot of noise in a field that is all about silence. Laird, an associate professor of surgery and biochemistry and molecular biology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, strides through his laboratory at the USC/Norris on long, lanky legs. Peter Laird was born in Groton, Mass., but moved to The Netherlands as a young man, graduating from high school there, attending the University of Leiden (where he received both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in science), and then moving to the University of Amsterdam, where he received his Ph.D. in 1988. www.usc.edu /hsc/info/pr/hmm/03spring/soundofsilence.html   (1228 words)

UGO.com Feature - Interview with Peter Laird, creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles As the co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Peter Laird is one of the exceptions. Back in the '80s, however, Laird and collaborator Kevin Eastman had a fl-and-white comic book that made an excellent transition to life as both a TV series and movie franchise. Peter Laird: Yes, that was the goal we were trying to get to, to take it back to as close as possible to the roots of the concept. www.ugo.com /channels/filmTv/features/tmnt   (2726 words)

Peter Laird - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) Peter Laird (born January 27, 1954 in North Adams, Massachusetts), created the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 1984 along with Kevin Eastman. Laird founded the Xeric Foundation which provides grants to new comic book creators to self publish their works. This profile of a comics creator, writer, or artist is a stub. www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Peter_Laird   (86 words)

Comics2Film: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV Series Peter Laird continues to publish images from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles CGI-animated show on his Blast From The Past website. Laird recently did an interview at The official site in which he talked about plans for the Turtles on the big screen and on the small screen. Laird continues to provide frame-grabs from the pilot footage that was shot for the program. www.comics2film.com /TMNTTV.shtml   (1362 words)

Comic creator: Peter Laird Peter Laird was born in North Adams, Massachusetts in 1954. His interest in drawing was evident at an early age, but it wasn't until high school and the discovery of Jack Kirby's work on 'The New Gods', 'The Demon', and other titles, as well as 'Conan' by Barry Windsor-Smith, that drawing became a serious passion. These two events dovetailed serendipitously when Peter moved with Jeannine to Dover, New Hampshire, which happened to be a mere twenty miles away from Ogunquit, Maine, where Kevin was working at a lobster restaurant. www.lambiek.net /artists/l/laird.htm   (290 words)

//::MIKEYSTMNT.COM::// Peter Laird, Jim Lawson and Dan Berger all appeared at the Boston Comic Convention during the weekend of November 17. PETER: The plan right now -- and, like most plans in life, it's subject to change -- is to have more of a serial feel to this series, with a lot of continuity from episode to episode, and an overall arc for the first season. PETER: With the caveat that one person's "dark and edgy" might be another person's "light and silly", I can say that we are trying to establish a much more dramatic tone to the new series, while keeping the integral humor which has been a part of the Turtles since the early Mirage TMNT comics. www.mikeystmnt.com /events   (4199 words)

Spotlight Cover Story: Turtle talk PETER LAIRD: It’s hard to say with absolute certainty, but I think the general consensus is that Leonardo is the favorite, followed by Raphael, Michelangelo, and then Donatello. LAIRD: I don’t think I should give the exact address (out of respect for the owner and anyone who is living there now), but I will say that it was on a quiet side street about a 10-minute walk from one of my favorite places while living there, the Dover Public Library. LAIRD: I am an art history fan, but one of the main reasons Kevin and I made the decision to give the Turtles their Renaissance artists’ name was that at the time, we were unsure of our ability to think up really cool, authentically Japanese names for them... www.seacoastonline.com /calendar/05192005/cover_st/43037.htm   (1628 words)

Laird Family Association - Laird Crests The company in Illinois/Indiana made up quite a bit of the Laird "mythology" which has been disproven and that company has been sued for false advertising, and yet their books still remain, showing "American Lairds" as descendants of [Stevarts/Stewarts/Stuarts]... However all Highland Scots revere the name Laird as it is the "emblematic chosen Name" of the rebels against the crown. Lairds, three destinations: South Africa, Australia/New Zealand, and Canada/US; continents are the countries where the "Lairds" migrated to. www.qcsi.net /lfa/crests.htm   (849 words)

ancestors - pafg34 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File James LAIRD [Parents] was christened on 21 Aug 1803 in Strathmartine, Angus, Scotland. Peter LAIRD [Parents] was christened on 23 Sep 1798 in Strathmartine, Angus, Scotland. William LAIRD [Parents] was christened on 17 Sep 1801 in Strathmartine, Angus, Scotland. member.melbpc.org.au /~mall/ancestors/pafg34.htm   (636 words)

Peter Laird - Seriewikin Raphael ur "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" av Kevin Eastman och Peter Laird. Peter Laird är mest känd som en av skaparna till "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", tillsammans med Kevin Eastman. Laird har även grundat The Xeric Foundation, en stiftelse som hjälper serieskapare ekonomiskt med utgivningen. seriewikin.serieframjandet.se /index.php/Peter_Laird   (81 words)

FrPeter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) Peter Laird to the St. Paul Seminary faculty. Peter will be leaving for Rome this summer to begin language study and work toward a doctorate in theology. Peter’s willingness to offer his talents and energy to the Gospel and the building up of God’s kingdom on earth. www.saintolaf.org /FrPeter.html   (307 words)

FAQ Then, in September, Peter Laird released a statment, saying that the show wouldn't be CGI, but cel animated. Peter just doesn't want cowabunga and pizza to be like in the old cartoon where they were really over used. Peter said that in the cartoon they really went overboard with pizza and cowabunga, making them silly. pizzapower.tripod.com /faq.html   (972 words)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - TV Mini-Series - Comics2Film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Peter Laird gave fans an update on the status of not only the upcoming cartoon, but the previously discussed live-action TV movie in his Blast From the Past column. Laird related a meeting he had several weeks prior with Steve Barron. Barron showed Laird a tape he had of the rough-cut of the original movie which started the pair talking. www.comics2film.com /ProjectFrame.php?f_id=35   (475 words)

DDG-62 - Battlestar Wiki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) Designer Peter Laird admiring the DDG-62s mounted on the Blackbird. During the construction of the Blackbird, a prototype craft devised by Galen Tyrol and constructed by crew of battlestar Galactica, Colonel Saul Tigh offered Tyrol a pair of these engines that were taking up space in the Baah Pakal's cargo hold. The engines were designed by aeronautical engineer Peter Laird, who said that they were mostly phased out of use 10 years ago. www.battlestarwiki.org /wiki/DDG-62   (177 words)

Reading Room Index to the Comic Art Collection Laird, Peter A. Call no.: PN6728.55.L33B3 1970z ----------------------------------------------------- Laird, Peter A. The Collected Eastman and Laird's Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Eastman, Kevin B. Laird, Peter A. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Meet Archie. Eastman, Kevin B. Laird, Peter A. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. www.lib.msu.edu /comics/rri/lrri/laf.htm   (3284 words)

//::MIKEYSTMNT.COM::// PETER: The tone that I am trying, and will continue to try to get into the TV series (and the movie), is as close as I can possibly get to the tone of the original Eastman and Laird Mirage TMNT comic books, with a seasoning of the first live-action TMNT movie. Peter Laird announced in his latest Blast From the Past that he has finally finished applying the duotone shading that on the first issue of the new series that made the original so unique. On March 2, 2001, Peter Laird announced to the Internet audience of TMNT and Planet Racers fans that he and Jim Lawson, a TMNT veteran, would be releasing a new run of the hugely successful Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book series. www.mikeystmnt.com /events/archive.htm   (10686 words)

news_galtier Peter Laird, followed by Catherine Mollnar speakingon the 7 virtues and Fr. Peter Laird, Assistant Professor of Theology, St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity on October 26, 2005 at Thorton Hall at the University of St. Thomas Downtown Minneapolis Campus. Laird discussed the meaning of the Mass as the cornerstone of the Catholic Faith and how we as Catholics can make our participation in the Mass more meaningful. www.galtiersociety.org /news_galtier.aspx   (906 words)

Upcoming and Recent Events Not only has Peter Laird begun his new "Blast From the Past" section of the Official TMNT Site, but he has also made a MAJOR change in the the Turtles' Universe. Peter Laird never liked the show Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation, where Venus had her "forced" debut. Co-Turtle Creator Peter Laird adds, "Yes, there was a female Turtle and there was a show called "Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation", but nothing in that show is considered by us as part of the 'official' backstory of the Turtles... www.fortunecity.com /rivendell/shadows/741/events.htm   (1219 words)

NSW Country Hour - 1/10/2002: Drought stifles graziers in district By stark contrast, those graziers and dryland farmers in the district are really struggling with the drought conditions. Peter Laird, a local wool and cotton grower, says its the worst drought he can remember and he's been in the region for decades. Peter Laird has totally dispersed his cattle herd of 600 head, rpior to that theywere on agistment for six months and he's trying to hang onto his as many sheep as possible. www.abc.net.au /rural/nsw/stories/s690168.htm   (126 words)

Peter Laird Peter Laird is the Managing Architect for the WebLogic Portal engineering team at BEA. Peter currently focuses on combining enterprise portal technology with emerging ideas such as Mashups and Service Oriented Architecture. Author Peter Laird discusses mashup development using a common set of technologies including JavaScript, Ajax, REST, JSON, and the Google Maps API. dev2dev.bea.com /pub/au/3439   (2354 words)

Peter Laird Interview | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Celebrity | Quotes | TV Series | TMNT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) Peter: They're four turtles, like the ones you'd buy in a pet store, who mutated into giant turtles after coming into contact with a strange substance. Peter: My writing partner, Kevin Eastman, and I used to watch all kinds of stupid movies, stupid television shows and read stupid comics. We were sitting around one night when Kevin drew this turtle with a mask and nunchucks strapped to its wrist. www.kidzworld.com /site/p2997.htm   (511 words)

COMICON.com: Big Thanks to Peter Laird I think it was a couple of months ago when I first posted a suggestion to Peter Laird about extending the Xeric Grant eligibility restrictions to include Canadian creators. My reasoning was that since Canadian readers make up perhaps 5 to 10 percent of the North American readership of American comics, then 5 to 10% of the Xeric Grants should be awarded to Canadians. Laird never chimed in with his view on the subject. www.comicon.com /cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=35&t=000011   (188 words)

Peter Laird Biography | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Celebrity Interview | TV Show | Comic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) Peter: The biggest difference is that the new series is a lot closer to the original comic. Peter: Draw, draw, draw - and don't stop. Peter: I was a bit of a geek so I actually enjoyed school, for the most part. www.kidzworld.com /site/p3007.htm   (438 words)

Index to Comic Art Collection: "Easter" to "Eastman" 1 / by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. Laird, Peter A. Eastman, Kevin B. Call no.: GV1202.F35W8 1985 ----------------------------------------------------- Eastman, Kevin, 1962- Turtle Action med Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : Ur Kloakerna. Call no.: GV1112.B73 1986 ----------------------------------------------------- Eastman and Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Guide to the Universe / by Erick Wujcik ; editors, Alex Marciniszyn, Florence Siembieda, Kevin Siembieda ; interior art and comic strip, Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Ryan Brown. www.lib.msu.edu /comics/rri/erri/easta.htm   (4970 words)

Peter Laird - Definition, explanation A private, nonprofit corporation established by Peter A. Laird offering financial assistance to self-published comic book... Comic by Peter Laird and Jim Lawson, with a complete first episode... Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web. www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/p/pe/peter_laird.php   (194 words)

Comic Book Movies -- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) Francis Kao, Laird, Gary Richardson and Frederick Fierst are executive producers. The movie will be directed by Kevin Munroe from his own screenplay, developed in consultation with Turtles co-creator Peter Laird. Worldwide merchandising rights for the movie will be exclusively represented by 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. The two studios acquired the worldwide movie distribution rights from Imagi Animation Studios, who had obtained the production and distribution rights from the Mirage Group, which owns, nurtures and manages the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" property. www.efavata.com /CBM/tmnt.htm   (788 words)

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