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Hello Enthusiasts,Today I'm going to be reviewing a web-comic, which is a different route for me, but this series is definitely worth taking the time to review. I am speaking of The Adventures of Dr. Mcninja, which can be found here. The comic is written by Christopher Hastings, who also writes comics for Adventure Time and wrote Unbelievable Gwenpool. This comic posted it's last panel today, so you will be able to read the whole series from start to finish. Therefore, it seemed like a good time to give you my final review. I will try to keep this from giving away too much, but know that there will be some Mild Spoilers Below.
This series follows our title character, Dr. Mcninja, on his various adventures. As his name implies, he is both a doctor and a ninja, and he comes from a strong Irish heritage. He is aided in his journeys by his gorilla secretary, Judy, the clone of Benjamin Franklin, his Mcninja family, Martin Monster, and eventually a young man named Gordito, who rides a velociraptor named Yoshi (along with others). It's an all-star cast, and the villain line-up is great as well. including Dracula, Donald Mcbonald, Dr. McLuchador, Frans Rayner, King Radical, and others. The good doctor solves a number of odd medical cases, most notably is a disease that children contract if they have been lumberjacking, called Paul Bunyan's Disease, which turns these children into giant lumberjacks. Some other stories include Dr. Mcninja vs. Donald Mcbonald over what boils down to a legal dispute, Dr. Mcninja fighting against hoards of ninjas that are created from a new drug that gives every day people ninja abilities, and Dr. Mcninja vs. Dracula on Dracula's moon base.
As you can probably tell, the series has a good amount of action and a whole lot of laughs. The dialogue is clever and points out a lot of the common tropes that can be seen in action movies and comics. The pacing is flawless throughout the series, and all of the excellent story is complimented by great and evolving artwork. At the start of the series, the art is a little crude and lacks any color. As time goes on though, it all begins to look a little cleaner and color is eventually added in. However, even in its most crude form, the artwork is easily able to portray the story that is being conveyed, it just gets better as time goes on. Speaking of the story going on, this is a decently long series, with 32 stories that have a varying amount of pages. The most recent and final story, The End: Part 2 was 146 pages in length, and it utilized every one of those pages. In fact, the end of the story is a really strong point. Without giving away any plot points, I can say that the final chapter in the series delivers exactly what it should: a well-rounded conclusion that includes essential plot points from all of the stories that came before it.
I really could go on about this web series for hours, but I will give far too much away, so I will stop myself early rather than stopping too late. I don't have any negatives for this series, other than saying that I'm sad to see that it's over. I have been reading this comic for years now, and I will miss checking in three times a week to see what will happen on the next page. If you want a good web comic, you can't do better than this one. Hastings is supported by the sales done on the site as well, so if you really enjoy it like I do, I strongly suggest spending the money you would have put on an actual comic towards some merch.
I give The Adventures of Dr. Mcninja a 10 out of 10, along with a thank you for the great times.
Sincerely,
The Bored Enthusiast
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