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>AH:By now, there’ve been surely half a dozen derivatives of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles…
>EASTMAN: I think there’s something like 20. The first one was kind of flattering. I’m thinking in the sense that imitation is the greatest form of flattery. I mean, we began with Miller and Kirby and used a lot of Miller parodies. We started with our book the way Sim started with Cerebus. He was drawing like Barry Smith and used a lot of Barry Smith parodies, and it attracted a lot of attention. We gave a sincere thanks to Miller and Kirby at the time, the two strongest influences. So, anyway, the first parody [Adolescent Radioactive Black-Belt Hamsters] was flattering. Then came another one, and another, and then it started to get old real quick. It was great to see all these people getting together forming companies, and putting out their own comics because they really wanted to. But I was kind of disappointed at the lack of originality. If they’re gonna get together to do their own comic and they’re really sincere about it, that’s great, but they should really look for something original. It started making us feel that people were putting this out because they just wanted to make a quick buck. On the other hand, there’s a book called Gnatrat, and it’s one of the best parodies I’ve seen, well-written, well-drawn.
>LAIRD: This so-called black-and-white explosion is great because it allows a lot of other stuff, but through the open window comes stuff that’s embarrassing. I think the market can only take so may black-and-white books.

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EASTMAN AND LAIRD THEMSELVES ACKNOWLEDGED THE GLUT IN 1986