Kevin Eastman. Writer: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Kevin Eastman is an American comics artist and writer from Portland, Maine. His main claim to fame is co-creating the hit series "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" with his then-partner Peter Laird. He has also served as the editor and publisher of the science fiction and fantasy comics magazine "Heavy Metal". In 1962, Eastman was born in Portland, Maine. He received his secondary education from...