Peter Laird

While Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is in the midst of a creative renaissance at IDW, with the current series making our own Best Comics of 2013 list, the publisher continues to release reprints and collections of stories that had been unavailable for years. Recently, IDW released a new hardcover edition of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: 25th Anniversary Collection, which was originally published in

Created just for the new continuity of IDW's current ongoing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book series, new villain Old Hob was one of the first (furry) faces fans were introduced to when the book's first issue arrived in 2011. Beginning life as a mutant by attempting to straight up eat an ooze-covered Raphael before having his eye gouged out by a still-normal-rat Splinter, the new villain's predatory instincts have since culminated in one of Casey Jones and Raph's worst beatings in the series thus far. This week in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Villain Microseries #3: Old Hob by writer Jason Ciaramella, artist Dave Wachter and colorist Tyler Walpole, however, fans will have a chance to see another side of Hob and learn what set the kitty down a life of brutality.

It's way past December, but 'tis always the season to watch Leonardo grapple with Footclan ninjas across hyperkinetic panel layouts - and that's precisely what fans can look forward to this Wednesday with IDW's freshly colored re-release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Color Classics Micro-Series: Leonardo by original TMNT creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird...

Movies: New licensed kids books give fans a better look at Superman and Zod's Man of Steel movie looks. Movies: The International version of the Iron Man 3 trailer has just a touch more footage than the American one, just in case you crave a few seconds more...

Animation: It looks like chef, TV host, novelist and comic book writer Anthony Bourdain will be appearing on an upcoming episode of Archer. Digital: Anthony Clark has released a pay-what-you-want digital sketchbook PDF, which includes 101 pages of Nedroid-y goodness...

What's that you're saying? A peek at Kevin Eastman's concept art from the never-produced fourth live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie wasn't enough for you? (To be fair, with both fifth Turtle Kirby and Evil April, you were always going to want more...

Scorpion Studios' recolored edition of Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird's classic comics continues in IDW's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Color Classics #3, and things are extra mouser-y this go-around. In stores this Wednesday, the new issue follows the brooding brothers as they hunt for their kidnapped Master Splinter...

There may have been a hiccup in the production schedule for Michael Bay's troubled Ninja Turtles movie, but -- as with IDW's multiple ongoing comic projects -- everything is humming right along schedule for Nickelodeon's new CG animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series...

Movies: Sony has unveiled a four-minute preview of The Amazing Spider-Man movie, which might make you avoid bridges for awhile. Sales: ICv2 reports that graphic novel sales in comic book stores are better than expected over the past few months...

Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 has seen its share of reprints over the years, including being retold in color. It's a sticky issue for diehards and casual fans alike. After all, Eastman and Laird's chunky style lends itself to any number of coloring interpretations while also defying artists to match its rich textures...