Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28655620-20161117184919/@comment-995426-20170805192954

Some TMNT back then was stuff you could take seriously. Not that ridiculous 80s cartoon or The Next Mutation, but Mirage was putting out some very good stuff for adult readers.

Anyway, even if some people might have possibly been ignorant of the connotations of "Venus" back then, that's less difficult now, what with every word being a Google search away. "Venus de Milo" is and always was a bad idea for a character. If you're going to design a female turtle, give her a more balanced name. If not "Artemisia", then maybe something else dignifying or empowering, like "Persephone" (mythological queen underground) or "Murasaki" (an ancient novelist). Like Artemis, these are names of figures known for their roles and abilities, and not just for being the pinup models of antiquity.