<Tr> <Th> Member (s) </Th> <Td> Leonardo Donatello Michelangelo Raphael </Td> </Tr> <P> The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (often shortened to TMNT or Ninja Turtles) are four fictional teenaged anthropomorphic turtles named after Italian artists of the Renaissance . They were trained by their anthropomorphic rat sensei in the art of ninjutsu . From their home in the sewers of New York City, they battle petty criminals, evil overlords, mutated creatures, and alien invaders while attempting to remain hidden from society . They were created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird . </P> <P> The characters originated in comic books published by Mirage Studios and expanded into cartoon series, films, video games, toys, and other merchandise . During the peak of the franchise's popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s, it gained worldwide success and fame . </P> <P> The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles first appeared in an American comic book published by Mirage Studios in 1984 in Dover, New Hampshire . The concept arose from a humorous drawing sketched out by Eastman during a casual evening of brainstorming and bad television with Laird . Using money from a tax refund, together with a loan from Eastman's uncle, the young artists self - published a single - issue comic intended to parody four of the most popular comics of the early 1980s: Marvel Comics' Daredevil and New Mutants, Dave Sim's Cerebus, and Frank Miller's Ronin . The TMNT comic book series has been published in various incarnations by various comic book companies since 1984 . </P>

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