Editing Peter Laird (section)

==Animation==
Although ostensibly over-seeing the animated ''Turtles'' projects through Mirage, Laird had minimal hands-on involvement in the development of the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)|original animated series]], and even less with [[Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation|the Next Mutation]] series. One of the unique products of this series, female turtle [[Venus (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Venus]], is notorious for becoming one of the additions to the franchise that Laird most despises. However, he took a more active role in the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series)|next ''TMNT'' animated venture]], acting as "a consultant, and... working with the guy I consider the head writer, Lloyd Goldfine." In this role, he says "[f]rom the get-go I've been looking at everything, from day one. Story premises, outlines, the full scripts and the sketching and designing of characters and settings. I've been doing a little drawing myself. Lots of suggestions. I've seen a few of the episodes, and it's neat to see a lot of the stuff I've worked on."<ref name="Laird"/> While final preparations were underway, he relaunched the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Mirage Studios)|official comics]] canon of the franchise with "Volume Four" (the third published by Mirage Studios), with artwork supplied by fellow TMNT writer, friend, and [[Rat King (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Rat King]] creator [[Jim Lawson (comic book writer)|Jim Lawson]]. When the new series proved a success, Laird relaunched ''[[Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Tales of the TMNT]]'' to accompany the fourth volume.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}

Following a successful deal to revive the Turtles theatrically, Laird put Volume Four on hold to develop the new film, leaving several plot lines unresolved. ''Tales of the TMNT'' was thought to go on hiatus in 2008, and the franchise's future beyond its on-screen presence was uncertain, but staff confirmed that this was not the case. It was confirmed on [[Stephen Murphy (comics)|Steve Murphy]]'s blog that Peter Laird was intending to return to Volume 4 and that the title would return, distributed digitally by Mirage.<ref>[http://the-5th-turtle.blogspot.com/2007_07_01_archive.html "CCJ" interviews Steve Murphy, July 10, 2007]. Accessed June 27, 2008  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110620054605/http://the-5th-turtle.blogspot.com/2007_07_01_archive.html |date=June 20, 2011 }}</ref>