Howdy! I hope this fine Thursday finds you all well. I, for one, am enduring a rough cold. The kind that makes your nose feel like broken glass. The kind that fills your chest with thick, yellow slime. While I know that these symptoms are our body’s way of defeating evil viruses, I have no patience for it. However, when you start to feel better it does feel somewhat worth it. Everything has a glow about it, like you can do anything. Unfortunately I’m at least three days from this great feeling. So, yeah. Pretty tired. What gets me out of bed and pumped up, even through my sick malaise, is this excellent episode, where we meet Leatherhead for the first time. BOOM! (Maybe I am feeling better…).

       For this episode, we review Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol.1, #6 and Usagi Yojimbo Vol.1, #10 –  “Leonardo in: The Crossing”. Other somewhat random topics we cover include Ryan’s slow conversion into a 50’s housewife, A fan dream where Eric dies and Ryan can’t deal with it (sanely, at least), a deep conversation on how it feels when a friend from the past turns out to be gay, Facebook etiquette, the greatness that is The Ultimate Warrior, and toy talk.

      Hope you find this episode to your liking! Check us out on iTunes (review and subscribe!), send us an old fashioned email at turtlesoupshow@gmail.com , and join our awesome Facebook group.

DOWNLOAD: Episode 20 – Havin’ Some Sport With the Fat One!

NEXT WEEK: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Animated Series (1987) – Episodes 1 – 4.

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      I ain’t no bitch! Seriously, who would put that sticker on their car? The mind boggles at the possibilities. Anyways, a lot of exciting stuff going on over here at the Turtle Soup camp. The Facebook group continues to grow, we’re receiving some very kind and thoughtful emails from you guys, and our plan to release two episodes a week to help move the show closer to “current” is working out perfectly. It’s an awesome time.

      For this episode, we review Eastman and Laird’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol.1, #16, cover the news from the Hong Kong Toy Fair, and wrap up by covering the Archie Comics TMNT Adventures Mini-Series #1-#3. Other random topics covered are I Ain’t No Bitch (.com), personal opinions on ear bud wear, Eric’s experience at the Orlando Comic Expo, possible solutions to the North Korea issue involving cheeseburgers, and castles. Seriously.

      You can check us out on iTunes, email us at turtlesoupshow@gmail.com , and join the ol’ Facebook group! Enjoy!

DOWNLOAD: Episode 19 – Not Even Time Machines Are a Match For a Nice, Big Stick

NEXT WEEK: –  Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol.1, #6 and Usagi Yojimbo – “Leonardo in: The Crossing”.

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       Happiest of Saturdays, folks! Not a whole hell of a lot going on today. Just kind of muggy and sunny. Let’s get to it, shall we?    

      On this episode we cover Eastman and Laird’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Vol. 1, #15, hit our first installment of Turtle Toy Talk where we review the first wave of Playmate’s TMNT toys from 1987, and then close up with Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Vol. 1, #5.

      We also, expectantly at this point, touch on imaginary girlfriends and how to handle their deaths, the return of Justin Timberlake, a racy new Masters of the Universe figure, and Ryan’s germaphobia. Don’t forget to check out our Facebook group, iTunes, and email us at turtlesoupshow@gmail.com .

DOWNLOAD: Episode 18 – Get Off My ‘Chuk!

NEXT WEEK: Eastman and Laird’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Vol.1, #16 and Archie Comics Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures: Miniseries #1 – #3.

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      OH SNAP! I’m sitting here, jamming the new Justin Timberlake album (The 20/20 Experience), and thanking whatever deity is applicable that JT is back and making music again. I look at this and sometimes take a step back thinking “Man, if 2001era Ryan could see you now, he’d take a copy of  The Stooges ‘Funhouse’ and shove it up your ass!”. And that’s totally true. I abhorred any kind of pop music then. Total punk. But that’s the great thing about age and experience: learning that the world of music has much more to offer once you get past your pretension…

     By the way, this is Episode 17 of our little podcast. In it we cover Eastman and Laird’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol.1, #14, open up Domestic Danny’s Bag of Tricks (and welcome a special guest) with Turtlemania Special #1, and finish up with Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 1, #4.

      We also discuss how Eric managed to catch his stove on fire, pictures of the new TMNT figure wave (including Rat King), the new Masters of the Universe ongoing from DC, Ryan hits a mini review of the new IDW TMNT title ‘The Secret History of the Foot Clan’, and trash Superior Spiderman some more because, well, it’s fun.

      Hope you enjoy the episode, folks. Don’t forget to check out our Facebook group page, rate, review, and suscribe to the ol’ iTunes, and keep those emails coming at turtlesoupshow@gmail.com !

DOWNLOAD: Episode 17 – I Am The Rat King… I Can Do Anything…

NEXT WEEK: Eastman and Laird’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol.1, #15, Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 1, #5, and the TMNT First Wave Figure Special!

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       Better late than never, right….

      We didn’t quite get this one out when we wanted to (Friday), but worse has happened. Unfortunately posting this episode got lost in the shuffle of preparations for MegaCon, the yearly comic convention held in Orlando that we like to frequent. We had a blast and have already posted pics of some of the stuff we saw / bought there up on the Facebook group. I’m sure we’ll chat about it on the next episode we record, but that won’t be out for a while. We got a lot of catching up to do…

      Anyways, here she is: Our 16th episode. This one is a bit of a catch up episode as we debut Domestic Danny’s Bag of Tricks, where we knock out the small backups and compilations that came from the Mirage crew. In the future we will be peppering these small things into episodes that move the Journey forward, but here we pause to focus on Turtle Soup Vol. 1, #1 and Raphael: Fun With Guns. Not to be outdone, we also have a great middle segment on the fundamental differences between the TMNT Animates Series and the Mirage comics that came before, AND OUR YEAR END AWARDS! We also somehow discuss: gas station electronics scams, our purchases from a killer local comic shop’s New Years Eve sale, the burning of a copy of Spiderman #700 that happened at said sale, and awesome, creepy kid’s toys. TOO FAST!!!

      Well, hope you enjoy the episode and be sure to join our Facebook group (which has become quite the chatty arena), check us on iTunes (rate, review, subscribe), or send us at old fashioned email at turtlesoupshow@gmail.com .

DOWNLOAD: Episode 16 – Gold Bricks and Gun Facts…

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