graphic novel featuring a blend of influences from Spaghetti Western and horror. The book featured art by Simon Bisley and was published by Heavy Metal. Eastman has acted in a small number of films, including Guns of El Chupacabra in 1997 and The Rock n' Roll Cops in 2003. He also had a supporting role in the 2004 Troma film Tales from the Crapper. Before that, he had a cameo in the 2000 sequel to The Toxic Avenger called Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV. and had a small role in the first TMNT movie as a garbage collector. He also wrote one episode of the animated children's series Corn & Peg. He was the subject of an interview in the documentary films Independents, and Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Kevin spends most of his creative time working on a new TMNT series with IDW Publishing, and editing Heavy Metal. He has partnered with writer, director and producer Robert Rodriguez to develop a new series of Heavy Metal inspired animated and live action films. Art collection Eastman purchased his first piece of original artwork ("a couple of pages that were penciled by Michael Golden and inked by Bob McLeod for Marvel Comics' Howard the Duck") at the Atlanta Fantasy Fair, the convention he and Laird attended in 1984. Collecting subsequently became "quite an addiction" for him, and combined with his experiences in getting his, and others', comics work recognised as "Art," led to him founding the Words & Pictures Museum, which operated as a brick-and-mortar museum from 1992 to 1999. Personal life Eastman has a son whom he had via surrogate named Shane. He was married to Julie Strain from 1995 to 2006. Eastman married actress and producer Courtney Carr on October 5, 2013. They live in San Diego with his son Shane, and pet dachshunds. References External links Twitter account Official site Deviantart page Gary Groth interviews Kevin Eastman—PDF download (270kB) from the Heavy Metal site; this piece appeared originally in The Comics Journal No. 202 Official Heavy Metal website Kevin Eastman interview from Newsarama 1962 births 20th-century American artists 20th-century American writers 21st-century American artists 21st-century American writers American comics artists American comics writers American film producers Artists from Portland, Maine Inkpot Award winners Living people Mirage Studios Publishers of adult comics Role-playing game artists Westbrook High School (Maine) alumni Writers from