Dr. McNinja: The Thread

[Drillgorg]

Dr. McNinja: The Thread



I KNOW. You'd think since the dinosaurs are capable of spaceflight, you'd think they would have neutralized Dracula's moon base. Also what is blowing up the dinosaur fortress with the moon laser supposed to accomplish?

[Quirk]

And then there was a motorcycle which was an evil unicorn from the future-past.

I love that comic so much.

[Primate]

I'm pretty sure this makes Franz Rayner & co. and Ronald McDonald the only living major McNinjaverse characters to not either appear, or be mentioned in this story.

[Stij]

I KNOW. You'd think since the dinosaurs are capable of spaceflight, you'd think they would have neutralized Dracula's moon base. Also what is blowing up the dinosaur fortress with the moon laser supposed to accomplish?

Remember, Dracula's laser doesn't destroy stuff - it just teleports it to his moon base. Presumably Doc wants Drac to teleport the President and himself to safety.

[kwinse]

No, I'm fairly certain it's the deadly kind of laser.

[-Benedict]

Teleporty glowness came from the castle doors, not the moon laser. Moon laser is burny deadly murders. But are dinosaurs moon-proof? Only time will tell.

[Stephen]

But when Dr. McNinja was teleported to Dracula's moon base, he THOUGHT at first that he had been shot by Dracula's moon laser. That probably means that they're at least similar effects.

[kickan]

He thought it was the laser because he was expecting to be hit by the laser. So when an unknown energy field enveloped him that was his first assumption. He doesn't know what it feels like to be shot by the laser, after all.

[Esrever]

wait stop

think about what you guys are saying for a second here

humor me for a moment and take your mcninja posts out of context and just reflect on the events in your lives that have lead to this being a coherent, legitimate conversation that you can have about a thing

[Stephen]

wait stop

think about what you guys are saying for a second here

humor me for a moment and take your mcninja posts out of context and just reflect on the events in your lives that have lead to this being a coherent, legitimate conversation that you can have about a thing

Hah. I was thinking about that the entire time I wrote that last post. That is the beauty of Dr. McNinja -- every single ingredient has a ton of potential for "wait a minute, I'm accepting THIS as a legitimate plot element?" moments. But it somehow works, as Hastings manages to walk JUST the right line between "playing it straight" and "playing it as pure farce".

[Drillgorg]

wait stop

think about what you guys are saying for a second here

humor me for a moment and take your mcninja posts out of context and just reflect on the events in your lives that have lead to this being a coherent, legitimate conversation that you can have about a thing

I KNOW. You'd think since the dinosaurs are capable of spaceflight, you'd think they would have neutralized Dracula's moon base. Also what is blowing up the dinosaur fortress with the moon laser supposed to accomplish?

I was thinking that so much when I posted that.

[Stephen]

The fact is, as soon as you start talking about Dr. McNinja, you sound ridiculous. Yet the comic itself somehow manages to avoid feeling dumb. This is a feat that I find astoundingly impressive. You can tell that it would only take a very slight change in pacing or focus to change this from a very fun, quality story, into an a nonsensical and painful series of groan-inducing memes. Dr. McNinja walks a very thin tightrope, and I've gotta respect Chris Hastings for that.

He channels all the absurdity into fun, and locks it there with a net of solid story structure, not allowing any of that absurdity to sour into uninteresting inanity.

[Inconspicularity]

Hahha I'm just going to not read Dr. McNinja since reading your posts out of context is SO FUN.

[rj lake]

dr. mcninja does, however, have a little bit of awkwardness going in, though? but once you've gotten adjusted to the world, it's like sailing a ship through a river made out of melted butter on top of a freshly waxed floor

[godFish]

Remember what the Dino-in-chief said about the Alpha Shield? "The Alpha Shield can't be broken by anything on Earth! You've... You've killed him!"
But Moon Lasers are by definition, not on Earth.

[rj lake]

wait did anyone not understand that that was what the moon laser was called to do

because uh it looks to me that you're
stating
the obvious

[Drillgorg]

Yes because shooting a deadly laser shield with a deadly laser is the clear logical path to follow

I am totally psyched for the Dr. McNinja thread in the soon to be webcomics subforum, because I won't have to feel guilty about talking about Dr. McNinja in the webcomics thread.

Anyway I have been reading Dr. McNinja since the early days during DARE to resist ninja drugs. Since I was like 13 or something at the time, there was never any awkwardness with the absurdity of the comic. Also I have to say, the art has gotten so much better since back then.

Edit: I have split this conversation off into its own thread now that it has a home. YAY!

[-Benedict]

Yaaaaaaay forum reorganization! I started reading McNinja right at the beginning of Monster Mart- right where he jumps off a building IN COLOR!!!! It was exciting and also sad because the archive had stopped but then more updates happened, on mondays and wednesdays and fridays! It was pretty cool.

Also it is pretty sweet that Esrever landed a panel from two webcomics at once including and technically entirely this one for the rules thread.

[Esrever]

Avi picked that picture out

[Drillgorg]

I decided to put up the Doc has trouble flying a plane page. If anyone can think of a cooler one you'd rather see in the OP let me know.

[kwinse]

I can't think of a better page, though if you want to continue the incredibly silly when read out of context shenanigans you should totally put in the page's alt text too.

[Drillgorg]

Calling it now, the next page is going to be a full page shot of the moon laser striking the tower. Maybe with a corner panel of Doc going yessssssssssssssss.

[-Benedict]

Speaking of delightful out-of-context panels...



i am basically just going to manip this image every time i don't know who somebody is, okaaaaay

[Miff]

"Take one last look at your precious human moon, 'cause it cannot help you now!"

Seriously, just noticed that webcomics have their own thread now... I've been following Dr. McNinja around the end of Punch Dracula. It's an awesome comic. x3

[A Salad]

Wait there's a Dr. McNinja thread now??? I'll get my stuff.

wait stop

think about what you guys are saying for a second here

humor me for a moment and take your mcninja posts out of context and just reflect on the events in your lives that have lead to this being a coherent, legitimate conversation that you can have about a thing

This belongs in the OP.