Do you need to see anything else to
understand why you should see this web comic in all its glory? There
is a GIANT LUMBERJACK fighting a T-REX. Anything else I can say here
is moot. But fine, I'll say things anyway, its probably what you came
here for.
The Adventures of Dr. McNinja is a
comic about a ninja who is also a doctor. Does that sound absurdly
silly? Well, what if I told you his receptionist was a gorilla, and
his sidekick was a raptor-riding child bearing the most magnificent
mustache this side of Burt Reynolds? Then it might be starting to
sound crazy-awesome.
Dr. McNinja and his associates protect
the city of Cumberland, Maryland from a variety of threats, including
but not limited to Dracula, zombie ninjas, 80's action stars turned
super villains and “the most radical man in the radical lands”,
known only as King Radical.
The Doctor himself comes from a family
of Irish ninjas, and his main interest in superhero and ninja skills
in general come from an obsession with wanting to be Batman. Despite
his best attempts as always being the hero, his ax-crazy nature as a
ninja often comes out, especially in the beginning. He has issues
with obsession in general, as seen when he tries to thwart King
Radical, but is still highly skilled in both doctoring and
ninja...ing.
I can't even begin to list all of the
side characters here and do them any justice. There the
time-traveling mayor, the rest of the McNinja family, who are
disappointed in their son's choice of career, the citizens of the
Radical Lands, the Doctor's mentor Ben Franklin (a clone of the
original) and the list just goes on.
The Good
If you enjoy crazy-awesome, then this one of the best things out
there for you. Nearly everything runs on a mixture of rule of cool
(you kind of have to be familiar with tvtropes to understand me,
huh?) and the best cliches of 80's action movies.
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But you know what? They're still good stories in the conventional
sense. There's still an arc, still character development in which
they find out things about each other and themselves, and the twists
and climaxes are still clever and exciting. Creator Chris Hastings
has worked on Deadpool since the this comic has come out, and reading
it you can certainly see why.
There is a fine line being being awesome and being off-putting and
confusing, and this comic has a fantastic grasp of where that line
is. There is a point where Dr. McNinja has to surf a rocket-powered
robot from Dracula's moon-base back to Earth, and in context every
single one of those words makes sense.
The Bad
I can't think of much to put in here. If you're looking for something
artsy or dramatic, this isn't your comic. If you like Tarantino's
movies, or just want to read something that's off-the-wall fun with
little to no limits, then this is definitely up your ally.
The Verdict
LUMBERJACK. FIGHTING. T-REX.
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