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abuddyforeveryseason · 7 months
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This is the Buddy for October 8th. Remember Dr. McNinja? I liked his sidekick, Gordito. Today's Buddy's basically wearing a bit of a Gordito costume. There's some cacti in the background, but that's just cause he's at the place he gets his scarves. It's not a desert or nothing.
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Meet The Competitors
Preliminaries have officially ended! Combining the winning characters from the preliminaries with the characters who received 3+ nominations during the submission period, we have officially finalized our 128 competitors. It will take some time to get the brackets and Round 1 polls together, so in the meantime here is the complete list of competitors for those who are curious.
Mustache Girl (A Hat in Time)
Count Olaf (A Series of Unfortunate Events)
Damon Gant (Ace Attorney)
The Judge (Ace Attorney)
Marvin Grossberg (Ace Attorney)
Ice King (Adventure Time)
Magnus Burnsides (The Adventure Zone: Balance Arc)
Gordito Delgado (The Adventures of Dr. McNinja)
Captain Archibald Haddock (The Adventures of Tintin)
Hercule Poirot (Agatha Christie's Poirot)
Brewster (Animal Crossing)
Heimerdinger (Arcane: League of Legends)
Iroh (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
Lawrence Betelgeuse Shoggoth (Beetlejuice: The Musical)
Bob Belcher (Bob's Burgers)
Tim Lockwood (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs)
Jet Black (Cowboy Bebop)
Watari (Death Note)
Senshi (Delicious in Dungeon)
Harry Du Bois (Disco Elysium)
The Master (Doctor Who)
Sebastian (Doki Doki Precure)
Cranky Kong (Donkey Kong)
Captain Villads (The Dragon Prince)
The Lorax (Dr. Seuss)
Ramuh (Final Fantasy)
Cervantes (Fire Emblem: Awakening)
Alex Louis Armstrong (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Maes Hughes (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Kintoleski (Futari wa Precure Splash Star)
Kratos (God of War)
Lan Qiren (Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation)
Old Man McGucket (Gravity Falls)
Stan Pines (Gravity Falls)
Gordon Freeman (Half-Life)
Mumbo Jumbo (Hermitcraft)
The King of Town (Homestar Runner)
Seneca Crane (The Hunger Games)
Isaac Netero (Hunter x Hunter)
Gyro Zeppeli (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)
The King of All Cosmos (Katamari)
Solomon David (Kill Six Billion Demons)
Chourou (Kira Kira Precure a la Mode)
Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda)
Daruk (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)
King Rhoam Bosphoramus Hyrule (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)
King Harkinian (The Legend of Zelda CD-i)
Morshu (The Legend of Zelda CD-i)
Yosemite Sam (Looney Tunes)
Gandalf (Lord of the Rings)
Gimli (Lord of the Rings)
Treebeard (Lord of the Rings)
Daisuke Jigen (Lupin III)
Tim Wright (Marbel Hornets)
Broque Monsieur (Mario & Luigi)
Mr. Sinister (Marvel)
Odin Borson (Marvel)
The Bowler Hat Guy (Meet the Robinsons)
William Murderface (Metalocalypse)
Rich Uncle Pennybags (Monopoly)
Danjuro "Gentle Criminal" Tobita (My Hero Academia)
Shouta "Eraserhead" Aizawa (My Hero Academia)
Yamada "Present Mic" Hizashi (My Hero Academia)
Master Wu (Ninjago)
Maestro (Once Upon a Time...)
Dracule Mihawk (One Piece)
Edward "Whitebeard" Newgate (One Piece)
Franky (One Piece)
Gan Fall (One Piece)
Gol D. Roger (One Piece)
Jinbe (One Piece)
Kaido (One Piece)
Killer (One Piece)
Marshall "Blackbeard" D. Teach (One Piece)
Rob Lucci (One Piece)
Sanji (One Piece)
Trafalgar D. Water Law (One Piece)
Usopp (One Piece)
Zeff (One Piece)
Darius Deamonne (The Owl House)
Dell Clawthorne (The Owl House)
Paul Blart (Paul Blart: Mall Cop)
Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean)
Entei (Pokémon)
Kricketune (Pokémon)
Probopass (Pokémon)
Raikou (Pokémon)
Samurott (Pokémon)
Sealeo (Pokémon)
Stoutland (Pokémon)
Drayden (Pokémon: Black & White)
Captain Kamado (Pokémon Legends: Arceus)
Warden Ingo (Pokémon Legends: Arceus)
Count Dracula (Popular Culture)
Santa Claus (Popular Culture)
Inigo Montoya (The Princess Bride)
Julius Pringles (Pringles)
Agent Wyoming (Red vs Blue)
James Ironwood (RWBY)
Remus Sanders (Sanders Sides)
Norville "Shaggy" Rogers (Scooby Doo)
Sea Hawk (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)
Ned Flanders (The Simpsons)
Master Eon (Skylanders)
Papa Smurf (The Smurfs)
Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Kamaji (Spirited Away)
SpongeBob SquarePants (The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie)
Henry Henderson (Spy x Family)
Will Riker (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
Mirrorverse Spock (Star Trek: The Original Series)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (Star Wars)
Hades (Supergiant Games' Hades)
King Bob-omb (Super Mario)
Luigi (Super Mario)
Mario (Super Mario)
Toadsworth (Super Mario)
Waluigi (Super Mario)
Wario (Super Mario)
R.J. MacReady (The Thing)
Ricky LaFleur (Trailer Park Boys)
Minimus Ambus (Transformers)
Asgore Dreemurr (Undertale)
Coran Hieronymus Wimbleton Smythe (Voltron: Legendary Defender)
Jimmy T (WarioWare)
Nigel Thornberry (The Wild Thornberrys)
Geralt of Rivia (The Witcher)
Professor Crumbs (Wizards of Waverly Place)
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12izzy3 · 7 years
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Webcomic Recommendations No One Asked For:
I......... Spent 2 hours putting together a list of my webcomic recommendations, with summaries and reviews, because I was reworking my blog... And really I don’t think anyone ever goes directly on to my blog proper, so it feels kind of foolish to have that there where no one will see it, so I’m actually going to post it as well:
Webcomics are honestly just so tight, and there’s such a vast variety of them that there’s something for everyone, if not a few somethings for everyone! I’m personally all about indie games, but if there’s another indie market that I feel like the internet has created a space for it’s comics. After I started writing this I realized I have a uh… Lot of recommendations. Also, I may be an idiot for not using the author’s own summaries???
Regularly updating:
KILL SIX BILLION DEMONS - A comic about a college girl, Allison, given mystical powers beyond her understanding, and thrust into a celestial world filled with angels and demons, where the lines of good and evil are blurry at best. With the help of friends she meets along the way, she must navigate her new powers, and save her boyfriend from forces that would destroy existence. Kinda dark thematically (with very rare and minor gore), but a great comic if you love action, fantasy, and fantastic art. One of my favorites.
AWFUL HOSPITAL - Another one of my favorites. After her child becomes terribly sick, and doctors tell her that there’s nothing that they can do, a mother wakes up in a mysterious, otherworldly hospital. She must navigate this confusing and sometimes horrifying hospital to save her child and get home, and on the way, she makes many odd friends and unknowable enemies, and learns that her child’s sickness may be part of something larger. This comic is funny, has cool action, a unique format, and lots of great, though ghastly, character designs.
GUNNERKRIGG COURT - A coming of age story about two girls, Antimony and Kat, as they try to find their place in each other’s lives, and the two clashing worlds that surround them, the massive technological complex that is their school and home, Gunnerkrigg Court, and the forest across the river, where magic and fantastic creatures thrive, under the watchful eye of the trickster god Coyote. Another great one for if you like fantasy, but is usually a lot lighter, with a peak of intensity about equal to… Like, Scooby Doo on Zombie Island, I think. I’ve only gotten into this one pretty recently, but it’s good.
PARANATURAL - After his family moves to his dad’s old home town, Max discovers that he has magical powers, and becomes part of the Paranatural Activities club at his school, a group of students and their adviser who all have magical powers, and use them to protect the populace from ghosts, as well as investigate the many magical mysteries of the town. This comic is great, and mostly focuses on action and comedy. The art is a very colorful cartoony style, and the characters are drawn very… fluid, rubbery. The best way to put it is that the artist has really put a lot of effort into making characters consistently as expressive as possible, and that good old Disney/Looney Toons/Tom & Jerry stretchiness makes for very good visual comedy.
HOUSEPETS! - Another one of the earliest webcomics I ever read! Housepets is… largely a comedy comic, following the lives of anthropomorphized pets in a small neighborhood. They go on adventures, and live the fun yet complicated lives of an open society of people with unbelievable amounts of free time. However, sometimes there are bigger drama/adventure arcs, which are really good! A lot of the times amazing art or cool action are what draw me into adventure stories, but I just think the plot of this comic can be really good and surprisingly deep for a humor comic. And it’s still loose enough, and in the newspaper comic style that you can usually jump in very often (not every strip, mind you but in pretty small arcs) without feeling like you’ve missed a ton. Long too, lots to read, recommend.
STAND STILL STAY SILENT - SSSS is a comic that takes place 90 years after the end of the world. A zombie-like virus with strong mystical qualities has wiped out not just human, but much of the world’s mammalian life. In Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Finland, and Denmark), in spite of the virus, society continues to exist, and most people live normal, happy lives. Our comic follows a research team, formed on a hairstring budget to travel into the infected zone, collect information on the virus and state of the fauna there, and, secretly, to collect books to sell back home. A great fantasy adventure drama that updates very often, and has really good art.
CUCUMBER QUEST - In spite of order this is actually the last one I’m writing, and I’m tired, so I’m going to copy the book one summary from Amazon:
What happens when an evil queen gets her hands on an ancient force of destruction? World domination, obviously. The seven kingdoms of Dreamside need a legendary hero. Instead, they’ll have to settle for Cucumber, a nerdy magician who just wants to go to school. As destiny would have it, he and his way more heroic sister, Almond, must now seek the Dream Sword, the only weapon powerful enough to defeat Queen Cordelia’s Nightmare Knight. Can these bunny siblings really save the world in its darkest hour? Sure, why not?
Cucumber Quest is good, the art is colorful and bright, all of the characters are relatable and real, including the villains, there’s cool adventures sequences and plot, and it’s a very fun comic. There’s humor and love and struggle in the comic, and it’s very well done.
GIRL GENIUS - Girl Genius follows Agatha Heterodyne, up and coming mad scientist, on her many adventures to save herself, her friends and the world if it’s along the way. It’s hard, however, competing with an entire world of mad scientists, as well as the Heterodyne legacy, one filled with chaos and bloodshed up until recently. I like Girl Genius a lot. It doesn’t move through the story very fast, but there’s a lot of solid world building, and more importantly, very intriguing sci-fi action and adventure happening inside of that world! I’m also pretty sure they do a radio show or podcast or something with additional Agatha adventures on top of the comic.
SUPERNORMAL STEP - After leading a life as a drifter after the death of her father, Fae is pulled into an alternate world where magic is real. There, she tries to find her place in life, master the magic that the world around her runs on, and get home to plain old earth in one piece. Lots of cool action, every character has really got their own style of magic. I can honestly tell you that it’s good, but I read it over such a long period of time that it’s got a pretty vague impression in my head.
ATOMIC ROBO - Robo is a skilled an dedicated scientist. He’s also an atomic robot built and raised by Nikola Tesla. Atomic Robo follows the titular character on the many adventures of his life, from WWII to the present. As the head of Tesladyne Industries, Robo is dedicated to researching the outlandish, the weird, the impossible! And when the world calls on him, he and his Action Scientists defend it from giant monsters, cosmic anomalies, and mad science. Atomic Robo is great if you love action, robots, monsters, humor, and velociraptors duel-wielding uzis. Highly recommended.
DUMBING OF AGE - As the title would imply, Dumbing Of Age is a pretty standard coming of age comedy! Starring a wide cast of likable and complex character, DoA follows a group of college freshmen as they learn more about themselves, and grow beyond the bubbles that they were raised in. I think the underpinnings of the comic are pretty strongly on humor, but there’s a lot of drama, and conversations about meaningful things too. There are lots of varying depictions of drama, depression, anxiety, and the ways people deal with pressure, and fear. But there’s also a lot of love and friendliness. It’s a good comic, and probably the only solid slice-of-life on my list.
MANLY GUYS DOING MANLY THINGS - This comic follows The Commander, a bio-engineered super soldier sent back in time to run a temp agency. This particular temp agency specializes in reintroducing particularly brutish video game, comic, and movie protagonists back into normal polite society. Duke Nukem isn’t much of a man for customer service, however. Later on the comic drifts more toward Commander’s personal life. (So slice of life, but with a buff, and actually surprisingly sensitive and forward thinking, super commando from the future.) Has been in a bit of a slump in terms of updates recently, but they still happen.
GRRL POWER - Sidney, a slightly hyper nerd who works at a comic shop, stumbles upon an artifact that gives her a variety of superpowers. After being exposed, she becomes a member of the government’s brand new super hero organization. This comic is a lot of fun, with some cool superpowers and super fights. Lots of humor, very consistently, in any given scene. Sadly, it is a bit fan service-y, though in the grand scale of things it’s not the worst offender (though definitely the worst you’ll see on this list).
SWORD INTERVAL - This is a pretty new one for me, but it’s great. At some indeterminate point in the past (potentially as far back as the civil war, if not farther), the earth became exposed to monsters and magic in ways that it wasn’t before. Humanity still exists and survives, but plagued by supernatural forces. Our main character is Fall, a very new monster hunter, who after years in witness protection, has decided to track down and kill the Hierophant, the powerful monster that killed her parents. Sword interval does a lot of really cool fantasy stuff, with new takes on classic monsters, and magic and monsters in settings that we don’t often see them in, out in the open in present day. It’s something I wish we could see more. Good action and art, particularly character design.
BACK - Abigail is back. From the dead? From a very long sleep in a box underground? She doesn’t know either. She doesn’t know a lot of things. What she does know is that she’s got two guns, is nearly indestructible, and is prophesied to go north to the capital and end the world. With the help of the young cleric Michael, who supplements her absolute lack of all knowledge and common sense, Abigail fights her way through the kingdom, and past the kings many superpowered deputies. Back is cool, back is funny, and sometimes has some good action. I wouldn’t consider it one of my favorites, but it’s a comic I started and I’ve kept up with, so that’s saying something.
MARE INTERNUM - Not very long yet, and I only recently read it, but Mare Internum is really good. I don’t want to spoil it too much, honestly, especially because it’s so short, but it’s a sci-fi adventure comic about being trapped, underground, on Mars, and finding life there. The art is great, the story so far is well written, and the dialogue is good. I really don’t want to spoil it, but there are some great concepts in it and you should read it.
OPHIUCHUS - A very new comic about an ancient stone guardian who is whisked away to another, far off world. Here, he is employed to help two of this world’s denizens defeat the blight that has corrupted and destroyed their once almost utopian world. The art for this is really good. The comic is not currently long enough to comment on much else, but it seems interesting, sci-fi with a touch of fantasy.
Slowly Updating:
AVA’S DEMON - Ava’s Demon is about a girl, Ava who has spent her entire young life haunted by a ghost that torments her, before finally making a deal. The ghost, Wrathia, will help her become a normal girl, with friends and a normal life, but first, Ava must track down the ghosts of Wrathia’s most powerful allies, and help her dissolve the massive interplanetary empire that is TITAN. Ava’s Demon is amazing. The story is good, but I think the comic’s greatest strength is absolutely stunning and polished art. Strong recommendation.
THE PROPERTY OF HATE - RGB is a self-described monster, a sharp dressed man with a TV for a head. However, he’s looking for a hero to guide on a quest. RGB whisks our young protagonist, the Hero, to a world that exists beside our own a world completely fueled and inhabited by our creativity, our stories. RGB protects the Hero from these dangers, guiding her on a mission unknown, through a world that, although mystical, seems to have lost its hope.
HE IS A GOOD BOY - Slow but large updates. This comic follows the life a sentient acorn, Crange, after the death of his parent (a tree) to a lumberjack. Crange is kind of a bit of a loser, and stumbles around his world of sentient rocks and bugs getting into all sorts of trouble and hijinks. These hijinks almost always result in someone’s death, which Crange is impressively unphased by. HIAGB is fantastic, in my opinion. The art is great, the humor is great, especially the visual comedy, and the story is good. However, it gets real dark, and gory. But if you’re fine with that, it IS a (dark) comedy comic, and a good one.
THE LAST HALLOWEEN - One Halloween, the darkness opens up, and monsters pour out from the seams between our world and theirs. Approximately 7 billion monsters, in fact. Mona, a young girl and horror fanatic finds herself thrown into a world of chaos and horror, on the run from her own monster, and forced to look for a way to save the world, with the help of ghosts, zombies, vampires, and even monsters themselves. In spite of the fact that this comic can be VERY dark, I think one of its big hooks is humor and likable characters, on top of great art and plot. I really like it. This comic maybeshouldn’t be on the slow update list, but the artist is just picking up speed after a long hiatus, so…
ROMANTICALLY APOCALYPTIC - The apocalypse happened, and Charles Snippy missed it. Humanity was wiped out in a war against it’s own, ever-present AI, and Charles Snippy, a scientist/tour guide without the implants made it out alive, only to wander alone this is until he meets Zee Captain, an ever positive, gender question mark, maniac who wanders the wasteland with their insane assistant Pilot. Snippy, Captain and Pilot wander the wasteland, facing off against monsters, raiders, and the laws of physics in a mind warping and illogical adventure.
On Hiatus:
DERELICT - Like a surprisingly large number of comics on this list, in Derelict, the world has ended. A strange Miasma travels the world, killing billions, and bringing with it gargoyle-like monsters who fear the daylight. However, the world goes on, in a small, broken way, and our story follows a scavenger in this new world.
HELVETICA - So, you die, and then what? Well, life goes on. This is what Helvetica learns, after he dies and reemerges into an afterlife that seems shockingly similar to the world of the living, with work, pressure, responsibility, danger, and just plain old boring life. Except everyone is a skeleton. Helvetica is very resistant to accept this new life in death. This one is pretty short so far, and hasn’t updated in a while, but it’s good.
VIBE - Hasn’t update in a year and a half, but what’s there is good (Honestly, it’s super sad it hasn’t update, I like it a lot). Vibe follows Baron, a young shaman, a spiritual master who is able to expel negative emotions (bad vibes) from the human body. Only those emotions then become monsters, who a shaman must fight to complete the process! With the help of his Loa (they’re like familiars), he navigates life as a teenager, and his increasingly complex and dangerous life as a shaman. I really like this comic. There’s a lot of very cool and dynamic action, and the artist makes great use of a ton of bright colors.
THE ABOMINABLE CHARLES CHRISTOPHER - This one hasn’t updated in about a year, but what’s there right now is good. Charles Christopher is a Sasquatch, living in the woods on the edge of society. Though he himself is fairly soft, and simple, the wilderness around him is full of anthropomorphized animals who go about shockingly human social and professional lives. The comic follows Charles Christopher as he interacts with the world of these animals, and becomes tangled in a vast spiritual quest.
POWER NAP - Hard to know exactly where to put this one. It’s currently VERY slow updating. Power Nap takes place in a world where the majority of mankind is reliant on a drug that allows them to live 24/7 without sleep. However, there are those who are allergic to the medicine, who live their lives out of sync with their peers, protected by the government, but effectively second class citizens. However, in a sleepless world, over-saturated by virtual reality, the human subconscious has found ways to seep into reality.
THE FANCY ADVENTURES OF JACK CANNON - I want to start this out by saying this comic is probably dead, without a 100% resolution. However, it’s currently 492 pages, and a LOT of the storyline covered in that span was resolved. Such that, if they’d wanted to, I could’ve seen the author wrapping it up. I digress. Jack Cannon is about a kid moving to a new school, where he finds the bullies are able to hack reality. Somehow immune to hacks, Jack fights the bullies, and in doing so, puts himself on the stage of a worldwide battle against hackers. Lots of really cool action in this, one of the first few webcomics I read.
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HOMESTUCK - If you’re here, you are probably at least aware of Homestuck. It’s about a bunch of goofy awkward teen friends who get sucked into a cosmic (video) game, with the fate of the universe at stake, but you know, they’ve still got that teen angst. Time travel is involved. It’s a very long, fun, and dramatic comic which is heavily influenced by RPGs and point and click adventures.
THE ADVENTURES OF DR. MCNINJA - The pressures of being a doctor AND ninja are immense, but on either front, you can trust that Dr. McNinja is the man for the job. Born into an Irish ninja family, Dr. McNinja longs for a life where he can do medicine in peace, but finds himself constantly pulled into a string of action packed adventures, fighting giant monsters, bandits riding velociraptors, and dueling radical interdimensional kings. This one if fairly long, a bit over 1800 pages, but it’s really good and well done. Again, there is a lot of both action and humor (I’m big on that), with some surprisingly meaningful and well-done story arcs in spite of how silly the premise is.
REMIND - This one is about a girl who lives in a lighthouse on the edge of a town whose main draw is the “Lizard Man” legend that her own father made up. However, after her cat one day starts walking on two legs and talking, claiming to be one of many said lizard men, they both go on a journey to discover the truth. This one was OK. The story and sci-fi elements are both alright bot not great. But it’s not super long, so if you have the time, maybe read it.
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davidvincenty · 7 years
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Inktober Day 2 is the day I’m declaring right now to be!
Today goes out to The Adventures of Dr. McNinja by Christopher Hastings!
This comic ran from -- I’m going to say -- 2005 to 2015. During this time, the doctor (who is also a ninja) has come up against dangerous criminals, pirates, ghosts, a kid with a giant lumberjack disease, a band of dinosaur-riding thieves, ninja zombies, Count Dracula, and many other strange threats.
The comic’s own new readers page covers most of the awesomest moments.
Christopher has a website, where his current works are showcased. It also links to the Comixology page for comics he’s contributed to, and also his Twitter.
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lokiondisneyplus · 3 years
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LOKI 4 PRESIDENT! For a narcissist trickster sorcerer with the personality of a praying mantis, there are few occupations in the world that would suit Loki better than president of the United States. A few years ago, in the summer of 2016, comic book writer Christopher Hastings imagined just that in a satirical limited series for Marvel titled Vote Loki.
Five years later, Vote Loki has found its way to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In the fifth episode of the Disney+ series, “Journey Into Mystery,” a variant Loki (still played by Tom Hiddleston) appears in the desolate “Void” surrounded by a Mad Max-esque posse. On Loki’s tattered blazer is a red, white, and blue “Loki” button, indicating this Loki was, uh, elected to lead. Turn on the subtitles on Disney+ and you’ll find this Loki is credited as “President Loki.”
In an email to Inverse, Christopher Hastings says he had no idea this was going to happen.
“I found out [they were doing Vote Loki] when a trailer for the show featured the campaign outfit from Vote Loki,” Hastings tells Inverse.
When Inverse exchanged emails with Hastings, it was prior to the episode’s premiere, to which Hastings said he was “very curious to see exactly what from the comic gets into the show.”
“I love time travel and multiverse material,” the writer says in praise of Loki. “I am a big fan of the TVA as a setting. I'm eager to see how it goes, and what it might mean for the next phase of MCU movies, especially since multiverse wackiness seems to be a major part of those upcoming movies.”
In 2004, while a student at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, Hastings wrote and illustrated The Adventures of Dr. McNinja, a serial webcomic about a doctor who is also a ninja. The series was a cult hit, at one point attracting 110,000 unique visitors a day. By 2011, Hastings was doing work for Marvel, writing single issues of A+X and Howard the Duck. With Chris Bachalo, he co-created Gwenpool — a bizarre blend of Spider-Man ex-girlfriend Gwen Stacy and Deadpool — and penned the 2016-2018 solo series The Unbelievable Gwenpool, teaming up with Japanese studio Gurihiru to create the character’s deeply unique comedic tone.
But during Gwenpool, Hastings spent the summer of 2016 playing with a different Marvel trickster: Loki. In the four-issue miniseries Vote Loki, Hastings spoofed the chaos that was the 2016 race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. In Vote Loki, an ambitious Loki seeks the seat of the president with a very unique campaign strategy: being honest about lying.
With “President Loki” having a minor cameo in the MCU, Inverse caught up with Hastings to look back on his explicitly political riff that took place inside the Marvel Universe.
This interview has been edited for clarity.
Take me back to the origins of Vote Loki. When did the seed for the story plant in your mind? What was going on in the world of culture/politics at that time?
Gosh, it's tough to come up with one thing specifically, because we were making the comic by the seat of our pants, and so many things got scrapped and rewritten along the way, often at the last second. But one of the core topics I wanted to cover had to do with narratives versus reality. It's kind of a given that in the world of politics, truth is this malleable thing, and now more than ever all you have to do to make people believe a lie is to repeat it enough times.
I liked the idea of Loki playing with narrative in a way that wasn't necessarily outright lying, more bending. (Except the bit about being born in Maryland. One outright lie there.) The other driving point I wanted to explore was how Americans can have a tendency to incorporate their national-level politics into part of their identity, and what that does to a person, particularly when a character like Loki is the one on the ticket.
What sort of conversations did you have with Marvel about a political satire starring Loki? What was the elevator pitch that got approval?
Like I said, things changed so many times, I'm not even entirely sure how many versions were kind of approved and then scrapped on the way to get to what was actually published. I think it was more that I assured editor Wil Moss that I could jump on the book (which Marvel was determined to make; they just hadn't decided who was writing it when I was pitching) after talking about the stuff about narrative and identity, and the basic idea that the viewpoint character shouldn't actually be Loki but a journalist covering Loki's campaign.
Vote Loki introduced the character of Nisa Contreras. What was the primary inspiration for her?
That would be my real-life friend, Nisa Contreras. She's not a journalist, but she’s someone I'm sure could take down Loki if he were a) real and b) got on her bad side. I wanted the story to be more about witnessing the tension and the comedy of Loki running for president, about not knowing what was up his sleeve. And so I came up with [a] journalist.
Vote Loki was published over the summer of 2016 when the election was ramping up in awkward ways. (“Pokémon Go to the polls!”) Did the real election influence the comic in any way, including any specific moments?
The comic was a direct response to things that were happening during the 2016 campaign, specifically that a “joke” candidate that was obviously terrible could get pretty far with enough media oxygen and a comfortable political system that ignored the disgust a lot of people had with it.
Vote Loki ran for four issues. Was there ever a possibility for more?
If it was a smash hit, I believe there would have been a President Loki to directly follow Vote Loki.
What do you think of Vote Loki's inclusion in the TV series?
Top five surreal moments of my life.
Do you think Vote Loki could be the focus of its own adapted series/movie?
Oh for sure. You wouldn't even have to take the material from our comic; there's so much more brand-new political madness that a new Vote Loki series or movie could tap into.
A lot has happened in the five years since Vote Loki was published. What are your feelings looking back now in 2021? Did your opinions on the book ever change?
There was a lot happening in American politics in 2016 I missed and wish I had been able to see to include. For example, how broken political polling has become. I had no idea, along with the rest of the country.
It was tricky to do a cohesive narrative amongst a shifting Marvel continuity we had to stay inside; a lot of feedback and demands from various sources within the company and an election that was changing every single day. It was truthfully (heh) a quite stressful book to write, but looking back on it I'm proud to see what we absolutely nailed about American culture. In particular, what we had to say about politics as entertainment and identity, and how a slippery enough politician can not only shake scandal [off] by speeding up an already fast news cycle but embrace and twist it to their advantage.
LOKI WILL AIR ITS FINAL EPISODE JULY 14 ON DISNEY+. VOTE LOKI IS AVAILABLE NOW.
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knightposting · 2 years
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The Adventures of Doctor McNinja remains one of my absolute favorite webcomics of all time. I love how it’d have the dumbest, most out of pocket bullshit and then fully commit to said bullshit and weave an internal logic in to it.
It’s a comic that says “this entire world functions like a mortal kombat stage” and stood by that.
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ayellowbirds · 5 years
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42 Webcomics Keshet Reads
I was recently reminded that I currently read a lot of webcomics, or have done so in the past. Here’s an incomplete list, linking to the first page where i can (which will usually mean the worst art). Organized thus:  Title, Author. Genre. Format (long-format stories, short-format & single-page stories, or mixed). Description.
The Adventures of Dr. McNinja, by Christopher Hastings. Comedy, Parody, Action. A man from a long line of Irish ninjas has devoted his own life to saving lives as a doctor, disappointing his family. His staff includes a sentient but non-speaking gorilla receptionist, and eventually a boy sidekick who grew a fabulous mustache out of sheer determination. Recurring threats include fast food mascots, ghosts, wizards, ghost wizards, and a disease that turns people into giant lumberjacks. Completed.
BACK, by Anthony Clark and KC Green. Comedy, Adventure, Absurdity, Weird West. Long-Format. A cowgirl comes back from the dead with no memory of who she was or how she died, and is told by a trio of “Cool Witches” that she has to bring about the end of the world—though what exactly that means remains a mystery. Consistently excellent visual storytelling from masters of sequential art; at least one WLW pairing among the characters. 
Bite Me!, by Dylan Meconis. Comedy, Horror, Historic Fiction. Long-Format. A young woman becomes a vampire amidst the chaos of the French Revolution. Featuring immortal angst, a Jewish werewolf, and sacré bleu, the chickens. Completed (website can be slow to load).
Broodhollow, by Kris Straub. Horror, Weird Fiction. Long-Format. By the creator of the original creepypasta that inspired Channel Zero. A young man abounding with neuroses and compulsions comes to a strange little town in order to settle a late relative’s estate. Themes of unreliable memories and differences of perception.
Chainsawsuit, by Kris Straub. Comedy. Short-Format. Three-panel gag comic.
ChaosLife, by A. Stiffler & K. Copeland. Slice of Life, Autobiographical. Mixed-Format. The life of a queer couple and their pets: humor, lgbt issues, mental illness (K. experiences paranoid schizophrenia), cats, and occasional puppets.
Crunchy Bunches, by Scott Warren. Comedy. Mixed-Format. Cereal mascot parody focused on snaggle-toothed feline mascot Munchy and his friends. 
Dead Winter, by Allison Shabet. Action, Horror, Comedy. Long-Format. Zombie apocalypse story with occasional partially-animated scenes, and a relatively low focus on the actual zombies. Infrequent updates, but has a Patreon with weekly content.
DRIVE, by Dave Kellet. Sci-Fi, Comedy. Long-Format. Humanity has taken to the stars, led by a second Spanish Empire that controls the secrets of FTL travel. When the crew of the Machito recover their science advisor and accidentally pick up a mysterious amnesiac alien at the same time, they become embroiled in intrigue that affects the whole of human space and beyond, caught between secret police, mind-controlling invaders, and a species dedicated to invention who have a grudge against humans.
El Goonish Shive, by Dan Shive. Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Superheroics, Slice of Life, Mad Science. Long Format. Difficult to pin down, once described as “the most squeaky-clean fetish comic online”—lots of characters undergoing fantastic transformations of their bodies. Starts out weak but gradually grew into one of the most progressive webcomics out there as the creator started to really think about the meaning of someone wanting to transform from a nerdy boy into a busty girl. I’ve said more about it, here. Significant LGBT content, including canon gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, genderfluid, and asexual characters.
Family Man, by Dylan Meconis. Historic Fiction, Horror, Romance, Libraries. Long-Format. A learned man of Jewish ancestry takes a position as a lecturer at a small Christian university in the middle of nowhere in the Germanies of the 18th century, and falls in love with the daughter of the head of the university—who has some secrets relating to her mother’s family  On hiatus as of July 2017.
Freefall, by Mark Stanley. Comedy, Sci-Fi, Furry. Long-Format. A larcenous alien and his naive robot pal living on a human colony world acquire the services of an uplifted humanoid wolf as their ship’s engineer under less-than-legal circumstances. As time goes on, the crew becomes caught up in the struggles and politics of the artificial intelligences of the colony. Binge-reading page here, colored strips here.
Girl Genius, by Phil & Kaja Foglio. Gaslamp Fantasy (Not-Steampunk), Action, Comedy, Mad Science, Alternate History. Long-format. A young woman discovers that she is the latest in a line of mad scientists including the vanished heroes of Europa as well as some of its most terrible villains.
Goblins, by Ellipsis Hana Stephens. Fantasy, RPGs, Action, Body Horror. Long-format. A tribe of goblins go from being mere MOBs to taking levels as adventurers themselves, facing ambiguity about alignment, morality, and the place of "monsters” in a world that seems to favor humanoids. Can get very gory at times. Light LGBT content including a prominent gay male character; transgender creator.
Goodbye to Halos, by Valerie Halla. Fantasy, Adventure. Long Format. Forced through a gateway to another world for her own safety, Fenic finds herself in the “run-down queer district” of a city of animal people—and spends a few years coming into own identity as a trans lesbian, forging a new life. But the reasons she was forced into this world are catching up to her, and she’ll need to turn her protective streak towards defending herself. Heavy LGBT themes; often not safe for work. The only work i can think of where a trans girl’s underwear bulge is treated as a completely nonsexual and innocent thing.
Grrl Power, by Dave Barrack. Superheroes, Sci-Fi. Long Format. Probably Not Safe For Work. Comics nerd Sydney Scoville winds up becoming a superhero herself after circumstances force her to reveal her powers and join up with an agency providing training and oversight. While consistently funny and clever with the use of powers, it can be very centered on the male gaze; the art starts out being pretty . I actually first started reading it because I recognized one of the characters from years prior when the artist was posting softcore smut to furry websites.
Guilded Age, by T. Campbell & Phil Kahn, art by John & Jason Waltrip and Erica Henderson. Fantasy, RPGs, Action, MMOs. Long-Format. A group of adventurers face off against threats to their world—such as the CEO of the company that programmed their world in the first place. Strong themes of intrigue, the nature of violence, and the concept of good and evil in fantasy settings. Completed, now running extras & side stories, including annotated repeats of the original pages.
Gunnerkrigg Court, by Tom Siddell. Fantasy, Sci-Fi. Long-Format. A young girl attends a strange boarding school specializing in matters of the supernatural and obscure, making friends with classmates, a ghost, robots, psychopomps, living shadows, fairies, and eldritch horrors in the form of silly woodland creatures while exploring the mysteries of the school and her own ancestry. Shows remarkable art progression; the style of the first storyline is unrecognizable from the present. Especially rewarding if you’re into alchemy. LGBT content, including prominent WLW characters. Warnings: unreality is a recurring theme, and there is a bit of “suicidal” fairies desperate to be reincarnated as humans. Boxbot is rubbish.
Johnny Wander, by Yuko Ota & Ananth Hirsh. Autobiographical, Fantasy, Humor, Mixed-Format. A mix of slice-of-life autobiographical pages, and short stories, including the longer format “Barbarous” and “Lucky Penny”.
Kevin & Kell, by Bill Holbrook. Comedy, Slice-of-Life, Furry. Mixed-Format. Extremely long-running strip (daily updates since September of 1995). In a world of anthropomorphic animals where predatory species can legally & without repercussions hunt & consume other species, a businesswoman wolf (Kell) and her uncommonly large rabbit husband (Kevin) make their blended family work in spite of social stigma against predator/prey relationships. Far more light-hearted than it sounds, though it often touches on social issues and drama. Light LGBT content from some minor recurring characters.
Kill Six Billion Demons, by Abbadon. Fantasy, Metaphysical, Martial Arts. Long Format. A college student’s attempt at heterosexuality is interrupted by the arrival of a legendary king of all reality. Thrust into a battle over the greatest power of all worlds, Allison faces devils, angels, and the city at the center of the 777,777 universes. It’s a lot to take in. Occasionally not safe for work. Frequent LGBT content, including WLW.
Love Me Nice, by Amanda Lafrenais. Comedy, Hollywood. Long Format. Set in a world shared by cartoon characters and ‘real’ people (think Roger Rabbit), where TV star Mac T. Monkey Jr. struggles between his irresponsible instincts and his attempts to build a life as an adult and a relationship with fellow protagonist (and manager) Claire. Some LGBT content; infrequent updates. Occasionally Not Safe For Work. 
Manly Guys Doing Manly Things, by Coelasquid. Comedy, Videogames, Parody. Mixed-Format. The staff of a temp agency for “ludicrously macho guys” tries to help the protagonists of video games, TV, and movies deal with their testosterone-addled brains in a constructive fashion. Occasional LGBT content—mostly MLM, naturally. Keep an eye out for the fluffy little velociraptors, and Mr. Fish the Gyarados. On indefinite hiatus since June of 2018.
Narbonic, by Shaenon K. Garrity. Comedy, Sci-Fi, Mad Science, Gerbils. Mixed-Format. Comp Sci. grad Dave needs a job. Helen B. Narbon, cute blonde mad scientist with a gerbil fixation, is hiring. Story arcs feature action-packed forensic linguistics, a worldwide conspiracy of guys with the same name, rodents uplifted to sentience, time travel. Some awkwardness around gender transformations, light LGBT content. Completed, with author annotations.
Nedroid Picture Diary, by Anthony Clark. Comedy, Absurdity. Short Format. Short comics that very quickly come to focus on the antics of the anomalous ursine orb Beartato and his friend/roommate Reginald, a bird who is just terrible. 
Not Drunk Enough, by Tess Stone. Supernatural, Action, Horror. Long Format. A survival horror styled webcomic by a creator with a history of exceptionally dynamic page composition and lettering. Expect lots of magnificently weird body horror.
O Human Star, by Blue Delliquanti. Roboticist Al Sterling died. Al Sterling woke up an android body mimicking his own. As he reconnects with his former partner-in-several-senses, he explores a world that remembers him as one of its greatest innovators. Major themes of identity, the definition of humanity, and gender and sexuality. LGBT themes including MLM and transgender characters. Warning for some discussion of self-harm.
Outsider, by Jim Francis. Sci-Fi. Long Format. Beautifully-illustrated science fiction story that is painfully slow to update. If you watched a lot of 80s and 90s sci-fi anime, you’ll get the vibe that this has—including its arguable weak point of being centered on a man who finds himself among an alien race dominated by warrior women. 
Patrik the Vampire, by Bree Paulsen. Supernatural, Slice-of-Life. Long Format. The unlife and history of an exceptionally awkward vampire and the mortals around him—book club, knitting, coffee shops, violent murder. Some LGBT content.
Poppy O’Possum, by I. Everett. Fantasy, Furries. Long Format. A single mother in a world of animal people where only opossums lack magic, Poppy just wants to settle down in quiet and safety with her daughter Lily. The world has other ideas—but fortunately, Poppy is mind-blowingly strong. On hiatus. Some LGBT content.
Questionable Content, by Jeph Jacques. Slice-of-Life, Comedy, Sci-Fi. Mixed-Format. Starts out focusing on indie rock fan Marten and his robotic “anthroPC” Pintsize. As the art evolves, so does the subject matter, focusing more and more on the rest of the cast and topics like the nature of personhood and identity for artificial intelligence. Eventually comes to feature significant LGBT content, including bisexual and transgender characters in the main cast.
Rae the Doe, by Olive Brinker. Comedy, Slice-of-Life. (Mostly) Short Format. If Garfield was a transgender doe and wore clothes and also there weren’t any jokes about Mondays or lasagna and the comic was constantly assumed to be autobiographical in spite of its creator frequently asserting otherwise and the comic was still genuinely funny. But otherwise just like Garfield, really.
Selkie, by Dave Warren. Sci-Fi, Slice-of-Life, Comedy, Drama. Long-Format. Former adoptee Todd becomes a father himself to a strange young girl who turns out to be a refugee from a secret underwater civilization. While the public gradually becomes aware that humans are not alone, family forms and is redefined as secrets from both Todd and Selkie’s past are revealed and dealt with, and kids confront issues of inclusion and exclusion. Also, for some reason two of the kids from Evangelion are Todd’s neighbors.
Skin Deep, by Kory Bing. Fantasy, Coming-of-Age, Monster Girls (and Boys). Michelle discovers the secret world of mythical monster people after a small medallion unlocks her own heritage as a sphinx—supposedly long-extinct, according to the other monsters. Michelle must explore who she is and her family history while also trying to avoid completely upending nonhuman society and maintaining secrets within a culture already used to the use of magical illusions and transformations. Light LGBT content.
Skin Horse, by Shaenon Garrity.�� Comedy, Sci-Fi, Mad Science, Zombies, Canadians. Mixed-Format. Set in the same universe as Narbonic (see above), “Skin Horse” follows an organization of  the same name dedicated to providing social services to beings only recognized by the secret shadow government—staffed by a patchwork zombie bioweapon, a talking sled dog, a cross-dressing pansexual psychologist, and a receptionist in the form of an immobile Victorian robotic weapon of mass destruction, all overseen by a sentient swarm of bees. Frequent LGBT content.
Something*Positive, by RK Milholland. Comedy, Slice-of-Live, Parody. Mixed-Format. Very long-running comic that gradually grows from a dark and misanthropic sense of humor into a dark and misanthropic sense of humor with a warm and gooey center. Earlier comics can be pretty weak and handle many subjects very poorly (the first strip, linked above, features an abortion “joke”); gradually improves.in terms of LGBT representation to the point that it’s one of the better webcomics in that regard. I might recommend skipping ahead in the archives to the current decade (the “1937″ and “1938″ are strips flashing back to the previous generations).
Spacetrawler, by Christopher Baldwin. Sci-Fi, Comedy. Long-Format. The naive but brilliant alien race known as the Eebs are enslaved by interplanetary society at large, depending on their servile nature to maintain the high standard of technology and transportation across the void of space. A group of utterly incompetent aliens come to Earth to seek help in freeing the Eebs... and generally fuck everything up for the best with their terrible choices of sample humans. Currently in the midst of a sequel series focusing on new intrigue and antics, including a talking, murderous kangaroo.
Spinnerette, by Krakow Studios. Superheroes, Comedy, Sci-Fi. Mixed-Format. A grad student develops spider-themed superpowers—including extra arms—and attempts to navigate both concealing her transformation, and becoming a superhero in a world where super-powered vigilantes and criminals are a fact of life. Not Work-Safe due to suggestive artwork including improbably form-fitting costumes over improbably large bosoms. Recurring LGBT content.
Val & Isaac, by @tredlocity​. Sci-Fi, Fantasy,  Comedy. Mixed-Format. A space mercenary, her wizard buddy, and the cyborg fish girl who keeps all their technology functional, occasionally featuring their shapeshifting assassin friend Space Dread. Major LGBT content, including WLW and MLM, and a prominent transgender character.
Vattu, by Evan Dahm. Fantasy, Worldbuilding. Long-Format. Born to the Fluters of the grasslands, Vattu finds her traditional subsistence lifestyle torn away as a multi-species empire asserts a claim over her people’s lands. A fantasy epic with several major arcs; see also the creator’s earlier completed works Rice Boy and Order of Tales.
XKCD, by Randall Munroe. Science, Parody, Comedy. Short Format. Stick figures and scientific silliness. Make a point of checking the alt-text of each comic by moving your cursor over the strip. Early pages are much more along the lines of experimental sketches; link above directs to a random comic in the archives. Some comics are more along the lines of interactive games!
Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic (YAFGC), by Rich Morris. Fantasy, Comedy, Parody. Mixed-Format. Not Work-Safe. The inhabitants of a world heavily based in Dungeons & Dragons go about their lives as monsters, humanoids, and soul-searching mixes of the two. Begins with a romance between a beholder and a goblin, gradually builds up to battles between nations and the gods themselves, while also finding time to explore family, loss and love, and whether kobolds count as sapient. Moderate LGBT content including recurring gay & bisexual characters (it’s a very large cast); new readers guide here.
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marblenerdette · 5 years
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So in the webcomic, The Adventures of Doctor Mcninja, purgatory is presented as a four star restaurant where you're seated down and have to eat a full course meal that represents your sins. The only thing is, theres exactly one service member, a skeleton with a mustache, who has to seat, take the orders of, and serve every customer, so it takes forever to get your food. My question is this: Do you think there's a chance in hell the Minnesota Vikings could win the NFC championship this year?
I think the most outrageous thing about this entire ask is that I immediately googled the Minnesota Vikings to check their chances, and I hate that.
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ironicsnap · 6 years
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NGAAAAHHHHHHHH
YOU and your 24 CHARACTER BINGO SHEETS are WEAK
to defeat ME, you must first defeat ALL 80 OF MY BEST FRIENDS
also roughly arranged via D&D ALIGNMENT because WHY NOT
AND THIS ISN'T EVEN TOUCHING THE MAYBE PILE
Best friend alignment squares, left to right and top to bottom:
Lawful Goods A1: Judy Hopps, Zootopia. DangerBun Friend B1: Nick Wilde, also Zootopia. SufferFox Friend C1: War Machine/Colonel James Rhodes, Marvel. Made of Guns Friend A2: Inspector Carmelita Montoya Fox, Sly Cooper. Fiery Fox Friend B2: Haida, Aggretsuko. Sweet Yeen Friend C2: Froppy/Tsuyu Asui, My Hero Academia. Perfect Frog Friend A3: Detective Rosa Diaz, Brooklyn 99. Scary Cop Friend B3: Tsukuyomi/Tokoyami Fumikage, My Hero Academia. Edgy Birb Friend C3: Linkara, Atop the Fourth Wall. Comic Opinions Friend Very Goods D1: Blake Belladonna, RWBY. Kitty Ears Friend E1: Iroh, Avatar: The Last Airbender. Best Uncle Friend F1: PAPYRUS, UNDERTALE. VERY GREAT FRIEND! D2: Static/Virgil Hawkins, Static Shock. Purple Lightning Friend E2: Kat, Gravity Rush. Falling Sideways Friend F2: Tali’Zorah Nar Rayya, Mass Effect. Cute Spaceship Friend D3: Luigi, Super Mario Bros. Depressed Plumber Friend E3: Greg Universe, Steven Universe. Good Dad Friend F3: Mumen Rider, One Punch Man. Tries His Hardest Friend
Chaotic Goods G1: Garrus Vakarian, Mass Effect. Space Sniper Friend H1: Dr McNinja, The Adventures of Dr McNinja. Ninja Doctor friend J1: Sly Cooper, Sly Cooper. Sly Cooper Friend G2: She-Hulk, Marvel. Stronk Lawyer Friend H2: Skulduggery Pleasant, Skulduggery Pleasant. Dead Detective Friend J2: Robin Hood, Robin Hood (1973). Formative Childhood Friend G3: Poe Dameron, Star Wars. Sexy Pilot Friend H3: Gregg Lee, Night in the Woods. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! Friend. J3: Toph BeiFong, Avatar: The Last Airbender. Blind Badass Friend
Lawful Neutrals D4: Abed Nadir, Community. Trope Savvy Friend E4: Ford, Gravity Falls. Weird Science Friend F4: Washington, Red vs Blue. Good Soldier Friend D5: PERIDOT, STEVEN UNIVERSE. INCREDIBLY RATIONAL FRIEND E5: Meta Knight, Kirby. Intimidating Sphere Friend F6: Undyne, Undertale. UNYIELDING JUSTICE FRIEND D6: Black Panther/T’challa, Marvel. Classy King Friend E6: Seto Kaiba, Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Capitalist Friend F6: Asgore, Undertale. Child Death Friend
Very Neutrals  D4: Sokka, Avatar: The Last Airbender. Sarcasm & Meat Friend E4: Tekhartha Zenyatta, Overwatch. Wise Robot Friend F4: Qrow Branwen, RWBY. VERY GREAT FRIEND! D5: Jack Savage, (not) Zootopia. Cut Concept Friend E5: mandatory free space trust me i coulda filled this  F5: Cole MacGrath, inFamous. Morally Dimorphic Friend D6: The Engineer/Dell Conagher, Team Fortress 2. Practical Problems Friend E6: Leodore Lionheart, Zootopia. Shady Politician Friend F6: Elwood Blues, The Blues Brothers. Mission From Gawd Friend
Chaotic Neutrals G4: Rocket, Marvel. Sweet Rabbit Friend H4: "Tennessee Kid” Cooper, Sly Cooper. Mentally Ill Raccoon Cowboy Friend J4: Jillian Holtzmann PhD, Ghostbusters (2016). Ghost Science Friend G5: Marceline Abadeer, Adventure Time. Only Good Vampire Friend H5: Gary, also Zootopia. Special Boy Friend J5: Larry, also also Zootopia. Special Boy’s Boyfriend Friend G6: Catwoman/Selina Kyle, DC. Kinky Thief Friend H6: Dr Horrible/Billy, Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. Singing Villain Friend J6: Wolf O’Donnell, Star Fox. Sexier Pilot Friend
Lawful Evils A7: Tai Lung, Kung Fu Panda. Kung Fu Leopard Friend B7: Monika, Doki Doki Literature Club. Just Monika. C7: Vitani, The Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride. Teen Lion Friend A8: Raditz, Dragon Ball Z. Mullet Brother Friend B8: Agent Wyoming, Red vs Blue. Terrible Jokes Friend C8: Syndrome, The Incredibles. Fake Geek Boy Friend A9: Doctor Doom, Marvel. RIGHTFUL RULER FRIEND B9: David Xanatos, Gargoyles. Implausible Plan Friend C9: Scar/Taka, The Lion King. Worst Uncle Friend
Very Evils D7: Gazelle, Kingsman: The Secret Service. Sword Legs Friend E7: Asriel, Undertale. Dead Child Friend F7: Waluigi, Super Mario Bros? Screaming Weirdo Friend D8: Billy-Ray Sanguine, Skulduggery Pleasant. Tunnelin’ Southerner Friend E8: Revan, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Dual Lightsabres Friend F8: Mystique/Raven Darkholme, Marvel. Blue Betrayer Friend D9: Maleficent, Sleeping Beauty. Dragon Fairy Friend E9: Neyla, Sly Cooper. Lilac Liar Friend F9: M Bison, Street Fighter. Tuesday Friend
Chaotic Evils G7: Dr Facilier, The Princess and The Frog. Other Side Friend H7: Hannibal Chau, Pacific Rim. Monster Blood Friend J7: Foxy the Pirate Fox, Five Nights at Freddy’s. Haunted Robot Friend G8: Isaac “Felix” Gates, Red vs Blue. Greedy Knife Friend H8: The Joker, DC. Evil Clown Friend J8: Clockwerk, Sly Cooper. Immortal Owl Friend G9: The Lich, Adventure Time. End Of All Things Friend H9: BILL CIPHER, GRAVITY FALLS. PAIN IS HILARIOUS FRIEND J9: Yami Marik, Yu-Gi-Oh! Living Illness Friend 
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titleknown · 7 years
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Alright, I'm curious to hear this comparison of JJBA to Dr. McNinja.
Well, mainly it lies in how both series give stakes to the pure batshit they induce.
They both introduce the most bizarre stuff, from Doctor McNinja’s King Radical and dinosaur-infested bad future to Jojo’s vampires and Stands, but the characters play it straight, reacting as somebody actually invested in the momentm without a hint of winking at the camera.
Their personalities are hyperbolic, but they also are designed that you’re meant to care about them, and their relationships and personal struggles are actually given weight no matter how ludicrous.
Plus, even the nature of their specific brands of weird is consistent, with Jojo’s Stand powers and use of Forteana-esque concepts for its nonsensical science and Doctor McNinja’s general aesthetic of vaguely-memetic over-the-top pop-culture-flavorted kistch.
TL/DR, they’re analogous in how they present high-weirdness in a way that the viewer can buy it and get sincerely invested in the stakes.
There’s a reason why I think Chris Hastings or Hirohiko Araki would be the only ones who could make a truly great He-Man and the Masters of The Universe revival, and it is that. But that’s for another post...
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abuddyforeveryseason · 10 months
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This is the Buddy for July 14th. More of a quicky than anything.
I had a post about Ninja yesterday (you might not have seen it, cause ninja can be pretty sneaky), but as we all know, real ninja didn't really wear masks like that. On one hand, it's a pity that pop culture doesn't really care about accurate representations on ninja, but, on the other, I don't think a lot of people would be interested in ninja to begin with, if they hadn't learned about them through the wacky fantasy version we all know.
I've got Ninja on my mind, cause I'm reading The Adventures of Doctor McNinja.
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ryo-maybe · 7 years
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I can’t wait for Assassin-class Doctor McNinja to appear in the next phase of Paul Bunyan’s Bizarre Adventure.
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benito-cereno · 7 years
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I could use a good laugh. I know humor is relative and to each their own, but for your money why are the funniest comic books to read?
Boy, I will do my best to think of the funniest comics that exist, but I know I’m going to forget something really important and good. Here’s just a kind of stream of consciousness list:
If you want to read the funniest newspaper strips besides the obvious ones you already know, I recommend:
Pogo by Walt Kelly
Krazy Kat by George Herriman
Nancy by Ernie Bushmiller
Mickey Mouse by Floyd Gottfredson
Popeye by EC Segar
Barnaby by Crockett Johson
King Aroo by Jack Kent
If you want comic book comics, here are some classics:
Donald Duck and/or Uncle Scrooge by Carl Barks
anything by John Stanley, including Nancy, Little Lulu, and Melvin Monster
Plastic Man by Jack Cole
More recent things:
The Amazing Screw-On Head by Mike Mignola
Scud: The Disposable Assassin by Rob Schrab
Major Bummer by John Arcudi and Doug Mahnke
Scurvy Dogs by Andrew Boyd and Ryan Yount
Action Philosophers by Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey
Incredible Hercules by Fred Van Lente, Greg Pak, and a host of artists
Bucko by Jeff Parker and Erika Moen
The Tick by Ben Edlund, plus the later stuff by Eli Stone and Sean Wang
Sensational She-Hulk by John Byrne
She-Hulk by Dan Slott, Juan Bobillo et al.
She-Hulk by Charles Soule and Javier Pulido
Nextwave by Warren Ellis and Stuart Immonen
Sexcastle by Kyle Starks, Kill Them All by Kyle Starks
basically anything by Kyle Baker
Kate Beaton comics, obviously
Bone by Jeff Smith
Stuff currently running:
Anything by Ryan North, including The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Jughead, Dinosaur Comics, etc
Anything by Chip Zdarsky, including Howard the Duck, Sex Criminals, Jughead etc
Anything by Chris Hastings, including Unbelievable Gwenpool and the recently completed Adventures of Doctor McNinja
Atomic Robo by Brian Clevinger and Scott Wegener
The Flintstones by Mark Russell and Steve Pugh
Rock Candy Mountain by Kyle Starks (out this week!)
anything by Anthony Clark, KC Green, or KC Green and Anthony Clark
Uggghhhhh these are just off the dome and I KNOW I left off important books and creators and I KNOW I left friends off and it wasn’t on purpose and I’ll reblog this and add more as I think of them, but this is a start
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naomiknight-17 · 7 years
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I spent my spare time over the last few weeks re-reading the entirety of Dr McNinja
It is so good. I’m still a little sad it’s over.
If you haven’t heard of it, it’s the absurd, action-comedy adventures of a doctor who is also a ninja. I highly recommend it.
Though if you do check it out - warnings for some r-slur usage in the early chapters (this was over 10 years ago, when less people knew how harmful the word was - it does not appear in recent chapters) as well as violence and blood - standard action comic stuff, really.
But yeah, if you want a silly fun action comic that will make you laugh - and in later chapters, leave you on the edge of your seat! - definitely check it out.
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rivux · 7 years
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Goodbye The Adventures of Dr. McNinja, the adventures of a doctor who was also a ninja.
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witapipe · 7 years
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Dr. McNinja is over. I’ve been reading this webcomic for ten, eleven years now, ever since high school. It was the adventures of a doctor who is also a ninja, and his office was always open to anyone who needed the services of either.
It was a huge part of my growing up and stuck with me all this time. Hell, it’s one of the few webcomics I actually still read.
Chris Hastings and everyone who worked on the comic, thank you. The ride has been crazy and great and I’m so glad I found it. It helped me through tough times and kept me laughing all these years.
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