The Adventures of Dr. McNinja
| The Adventures of Dr. McNinja | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Chris Hastings, formerly inked by Kent Archer (2006–2010), inked by Christopher Hastings (2010–2017) colored by Carly Monardo (2008–2009), colored by Anthony "Nedroid" Clark (2009–2017) |
| Website | http://www.drmcninja.com/ |
| Current status / schedule | Weekly: Monday, Wednesday, Friday |
| Launch date | August 3, 2004: Issue 1/2 |
| End date | January 19, 2017: The End: Part 2 |
| Publisher(s) | Raptor Bandit Industries |
| Genre(s) | Action, comedy, superhero |
The Adventures of Dr. McNinja was a webcomic written and drawn by Christopher Hastings, and inked formerly by Kent Archer and after 2010 by Hastings himself. Published three times a week on its own website, it features the fictional adventures of a character named Dr. McNinja, a thirty-five-year-old doctor who is also a ninja. Dr. McNinja is highly story-driven, with twenty- to ninety-page issues. The first story was published in the summer of 2004 as a one-off, and the comic was published regularly from 2005-2017. The site also sells Dr. McNinja merchandise.
The Adventures of Dr. McNinja is a member of Dayfree Press.
It was announced on April 11, 2012 that Christopher Hastings had entered into a partnership with Fat Cat Gameworks to create a video game based on the comic for mobile and web. Titled "Dr. McNinja's Radical Adventures", it is slated for release by July 2012. The project is using the Kickstarter platform for funding, to avoid the need for a publisher.
In 2003, when Chris Hastings was a forum member of Something Awful Forums, his screen name was "Dr. McNinja". During a drawing contest involving a characterization of user screen names, Hastings drew an image of Dr. McNinja behind his desk with a sword on his wall and a speech bubble reading, "Should anyone need the services of a ninja or a doctor, my office is always open." Shortly afterward, Chris made a full-length comic about McNinja for an art class.
Strips were presented in a high contrast black-and-white, and then for a period of time were shaded digitally. Starting on 11 August 2008, comics began to be drawn in full color, provided by Carly Monardo. On February 9, 2009, Monardo stepped down to focus on her job on The Venture Bros. Anthony "Nedroid" Clark was chosen to replace Monardo.
The eponymous character. His first name is never given until "The End," and could not be revealed without triggering the release of a powerful ghost wizard. When the ghost wizard attacked the young McNinja, his grandfather John McNinja sacrificed his grandson's name to imprison the wizard, the spell only lasting as long as his name remained known only to himself. He is a cliché ninja, with the exception that he is a practicing medical doctor as well. He has amazing speed (fast enough to dodge bullets) and agility, plus superhuman strength (the latter of which is attributed to the fact that as a proficient doctor and ninja, he has supreme understanding and control of his own anatomy). He studied under the clone of Benjamin Franklin in medical school, and his medical expertise ranges from general medicine to podiatry and dentistry. In fact, he has a degree in virtually every field except agricultural science thanks to a cloning experiment during his college days with the help of his professor, Ben Franklin II. He is usually seen wearing slacks, a button-down shirt and tie, a lab coat, a ninja mask, and a stethoscope around his neck. He is 35 years old.
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