Portlander Brooke Barker has been fascinated with strange and sad animal facts for years. Some turtles breathe through their butts, for example. For a sampling of her cartoons, flip through this ...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was created by comic artists and writers Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, and their work was an over-the-top, hyper-violent caricature of superhero comics at the time.

Here’s the thing about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It doesn’t matter if you’re in your late thirties or not even 10 yet. If you fit within that age bracket, then you’ve had Teenage Mutant Ninja ...