Chad Burdette
Ninjas and Kaijus! What can be more fun than that? How about a Ninja Kaiju? What happens when you hire a Ninja to steal a secret formula and he accidentally gets splashed with that formula and transforms into a giant Kaiju monster? We’re about to find out!
What happens when you hire a Ninja to steal a secret formula? What happens when that formula is held in a top secret state of the art high security science lab? What happens when that ninja accidentally gets splashed with the secret formula?
Well… all of those questions are probably related and answer the question: Where did that giant Kaiju monster suddenly come from?
The life of a Ninja isn’t easy, with all the stealth sneaking, high kicks, and the other Ninjaery things that need to be done. Now throw in a secret formula that turns you into a big city destroying monster and suddenly you’re not so stealthy any more.
The job gets even more difficult when you have not one, but two super smart mad scientists after you because they think you stole their formula and send hordes of robots, the air force, and other never before seen science experiments after you. It may no longer be just a job for a Ninja, but it definitely is for a NINJA KAIJU!
Franco, the co-creator of AW YEAH COMICS! Publishing and other books from DC Comics and more, said:
“NINJA KAIJU has been brewing in my mind for a while! It was like a little Ninja of an idea crawling around in there giving me glimpses of what it could be. It became a full blown KAIJU of an idea when Scoot added his ideas and tremendous artistic talent to it,” said “This story is exactly what it sounds like- Ninjas and Kaijus! There will be some foot stomping monsters causing all sorts of FUN CHAOS in this book!”
Illustrator Scoot McMahon added,
“Ninja Kaiju is important to me because I was able to collaborate with my friend, Franco on the story. I really feel connected to our main character Nin-Joe, who has a life-changing accident, which forces him to go from introvert (as a ninja) to extrovert (as a kaiju) and also because he likes to eat!
Thematically, eating and what you eat is an important part of the story but there are a few other things happening that I think readers will pick up on, including rival mad scientists who must put aside their personal differences to solve a problem. Franco and I created this book for readers to escape into a crazy, silly world and have an action packed good time with monsters, robots, dogs, and ZOMBIE FISH!”
Ninja Kaiju
Ninjas and Kaijus! What can be more fun than that? How about a Ninja Kaiju?
What happens when you hire a Ninja to steal a secret formula and he accidentally gets splashed with that formula and transforms into a giant Kaiju monster? We’re about to find out.
- Creators: Franco & Scoot McMahon
- Format: 6 x 9 in
- Page Count: 136
- Paperback Price: $12.99
- Hardcover Price: $17.99
- Ages: 7 – 12 years
Ninja Kaiju releases February 17, 2026, and is available for preorder now wherever books are sold, including Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and Bookshop.
