David Wise<\/b>\u00a0is a writer for\u00a0Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987).<\/i>\u00a0In\u00a01987, Wise was given the call to develop and write a five-part animated television pilot based on a little-known independent comic,\u00a0Eastman and Laird’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Wise thus became one of the principal forces behind the reinvention of the darker toned black and white\u00a0Mirage Studios\u00a0title into a fun, bright, cheerful animated phenomenon, creating the classic phrases “Cowabunga, dude”, and developing original characters like\u00a0Krang\u00a0and\u00a0Rocksteady\u00a0and\u00a0Bebop. Wise remained on board for most of its then-unbeaten lifespan of ten years (finally beaten by The Simpsons), writing and story editing over 100 episodes.<\/p>\n
Wise would leave the series after the ninth season, the first that would not involve most of the characters he had crafted and helped mold for much of his run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
David Wise\u00a0is a writer for\u00a0Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987).\u00a0In\u00a01987, Wise was given the call to develop and write a five-part animated television pilot based on a little-known independent comic,\u00a0Eastman and Laird’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Wise thus became one of… Continue Reading