Ninjas 'n' Bots

Layne and Jon see a new side to Thundercracker in part 3 of International Incident in The Transformers 11 and then find out what the new Crystal City is all about in Transformers: Drift 2, both from IDW in 2010!

Layne and Jon bemoan Casey’s familial plight as Hun continues to make himself annoyingly known in IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 47 from 2015!

Layne and Jon revisit The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers via the TPB collection from IDW, which includes a new prose story “Bullets” and the Mosaic comic “Dead Mean’s Boots” from 2010!

Layne and Jon are still reeling from last issue’s Metalhead reveal, but to be fair so are the Turtles. So it’s time to see what this new life is like in two issues that more or less happen simultaneously: IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 46 and the TMNT Free Comic Book Day issue, both from […]

Layne and Jon watch a growing international incident in The Transformers 10 and then delve into the Decepticon backstory of an Autobot in The Transformers: Drift 1, both from IDW in 2010!

Layne and Jon return to follow up on the death of Donatello with the first part of Vengeance in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 45 from IDW in 2015!

Layne and Jon have to respond to an international incident in The Transformers 9. Then they go to rescue an old friend in Transformers: Ironhide 4! Both from IDW in 2010!

Layne and Jon wrap their coverage of the momentous miniseries from IDW with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutanimals issues 3 and 4 from 2015!

Layne and Jon are shocked and appalled at the deeds of Spike Witwicky in The Transformers 8! Then they meet an old and unexpected face in Transformers: Ironhide 3! Both from IDW in 2010!

Layne and Jon detour from the defeated Donnie to follow Hob and his Mutanimals into the machinations of Null in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutanimals issues 1 and 2 from IDW in 2015!

Layne and Jon catch up with the Decepticons in IDW’s The Transfomers 7 before finding out a little bit more about what’s going on with Ironhide in The Transformers: Ironhide 2, both from 2010!

Layne and Jon find tragedy at the end of Attack on Technodrome in IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 44 from 2015!

Layne and Jon are reunited with the dearly departed in IDW’s The Transformers: Ironhide 1; and then it’s time for all the secrets to be laid bare in Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers 5, both from 2010!

Layne and Jon are up against Shredder’s Football, Krang’s stone soldiers and Baxter Stockman’s imminent and inevitable betrayal as they discuss the third part of Attack on Technodrome in IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 43 from 2015!

Layne and Jon check in on a day in the life of their not-so-favorite botcop in Transformers Spotlight: Prowl and then finish their first arc of the new series in The Transformers 6, both from IDW in 2010!

Layne and Jon head to Burnow Island for the second part of Attack on Technodrome in IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 42 from 2015!

Layne and Jon enjoy a couple of penultimate chapters, with IDW’s The Transformers 5 and Last Stand of the Wreckers from 2010!h

Layne and Jon begin the Attack on Technodrome arc with IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 41 from 2014!

Layne and Jon see Bumblebee’s rise to leadership in The Transformers: Bumblebee 4 and split the part in Last Stand of the Wreckers 3, both from IDW from 2010!

Layne and Jon celebrate two years of Ninjas ‘n’ Bots with a look back at the 2014 film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This was intended to be a commentary, but technical difficulties cause a re-recording as a conversation instead, but please enjoy!

Layne and Jon the second half of IDW’s 80s crossover extravaganza with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters issue 3 from 2014 and issue 4 from 2015!

Layne and Jon help Bumblebee befriend a young human in Transformers: Bumblebee 3 and then rejoice at Thundercracker’s return and see the current situation on Earth through his eyes in The Transformers 4, both from IDW from 2010!

Layne and Jon dive into their 1980s childhoods with a crossover between the Turtles and another favorite franchise! It’s time for issues 1 and 2 of IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters from 2014!

Dave returns to the show to help Layne and Jon start off Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers, one of the most beloved stories of the entire IDW run! In this episode we cover issues 1 and 2 from 2010!

Layne and Jon wrap up New Mutant Order with a bit of a brawl in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 40 from IDW in 2014!