Peter Laird net worth
Peter Laird Net Worth: Peter Laird is an American comics writer and artist who has a net worth of $20 million. Peter Laird was born in North Adams, Massachusetts in January 1954. He is known for co-creating the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He worked as an illustrator for a local newspaper in Northampton, Massachusetts, earning just $10 per illustration.
He also works for The Oracle Equals Magazine. Peter and Kevin Eastman self-published a black and white comic book Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 1984. They produced a four-page press kit and sent it to many TV and radio stations. This led to news stories from TMNT and Mirage Studios, which they also created. The second turtle comic has 15,000 pre-orders. The two were invited to the 1984 Atlanta Fantasy Expo. Laird encouraged an artist for about a year due to the comic’s huge success and growing pressure. Laird bought the rights to Eastman in 2008 and then sold the franchise to Viacom/Nickel in 2009. Laird reserves the right to publish up to 18 black-and-white comics a year. Laird is credited with writing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV series that aired from 1988 to 1996, 2003 to 2006, and 2012 to 2013, as well as the TMNT movies and video games. He founded the nonprofit Xeric Foundation to provide funding to self-publishers.
