Thursday 30 October 2008

Day Thirty Four: Here is something that you will like.

We all know that roughly 95% of internet web comics are shit, right? Sure as night follows day, sure as eggs are eggs, sure as every odd numbered Star Trek film is shit.*

However, there are a few bright shining stars out there.You've got your XKCDs, your Penny Arcades and the like. However, the one, absolutely unquestionable best webcomic ever is The Adventures of Dr. McNinja.

This is a fact. I will explain it to you. And, if at the end, you do not agree, then we simply cannot be friends anymore.

This comic stars Dr. McNinja, a doctor who is also a ninja and therefore torn between his desire to kill and his desire to heal. His receptionist, Judy, is a gorilla. He occasionally dreams about being Batman. His ward is Gordito, and 11 year old Mexican bandito who grew a moustache through sheer force of will. Gordito also rides a velociraptor. Just because.

The problem is trying to treat this as a webcomic. A webcomic is something that you visit once a day, laugh and move on. With Dr. McNinja, you want the story to keep going so that you keep on getting the awesome. This feels much more like a full-blown comic, one that would, and indeed should be stocking the shelves alongside the big names from DC and Marvel.

So. Visit, and read around. The complete issues in the archive include Dr. McNinja fighting a Giant Paul Bunyan, and fighting hundreds of zombies. Oh, and punching out Dracula. Finally, the final phrase that will seal the deal, and decide whether you love or hate this comic.

"CHAINSAW NUNCHUCKS"

Check it out. I can absolutely promise you won't regret it.

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Now playing: The Fifth Dimension / Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In

*That's actually not true anymore, as Star Trek X: Nemesis was so awful that it broke the curse of odd/even numbered Trek films. But that's a subject for another day.

2 comments:

ForniKate said...

I thought it wasn't supposed to revolve around links etc??

FAIL

Andrew Anderson said...

No, I can post links if I actually talk about them.

It's to stop me from just posting a random youtube video instead of updating. Which is always quite tempting.