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Jan 20, 2017 21:21
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I like how every time JA returns to the old bobbins time period, he makes Tweedy even worse of a human being. (It doesn't feel untrue to the character, more like a clarifying perspective on how bad he was all along.)
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Jan 20, 2017 21:28
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Amy's not looking too good in this either, but I guess she's justified in raising some hell after her dad kicked her out just for helping the business. I don't much like the idea of Dr. McNinja never being able to see his friends again and vice-versa, but I guess it makes sense as an out. I suppose I prefer an "...and the adventure continues" ending better than an ending where the characters put away their old lives like some childish thing to be discarded. Like with Bad Machinery, John Allison was talking about planning to end the series a while back, and he reached what would've made sense as an end point, with the mystery files destroyed, the mystery boys focused more on their dicks than anything else, Lottie and Shauna cutting ties, and the kids in general all growing older and closing in on the point where they'd graduate, but it would've been a pretty depressing point to end on.
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Jan 21, 2017 04:52
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qntm posted:Thirding that sentiment. I have much respect for a web comic ending on its own terms instead of petering out over the course of years, all front page with a news post from three years ago saying "We're finally back and updating regularly again!" And Dr. McNinja is not a mediocre comic.
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SlothfulCobra posted:I don't much like the idea of Dr. McNinja never being able to see his friends again and vice-versa, but I guess it makes sense as an out. I suppose I prefer an "...and the adventure continues" ending better than an ending where the characters put away their old lives like some childish thing to be discarded. I never got why he can't just put his mask back on.
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Jan 21, 2017 06:06
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I can't believe how expressive McNinja always was, despite having his mouth covered. I loved that comic.
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MikeJF posted:I never got why he can't just put his mask back on. If he's trying to hide, he's less recognizable with the mask off than on, since the few people who've seen him with his mask off just died. Now that I think about it though, I guess I don't fully understand why he's in hiding. All the bad guys died, if the world sees him as a fugitive then the real president could probably clear that up now that she's back. So it's the "he can never trust his family again" thing, but it seems weird to just declare that breach of trust 100% insurmountable forever. I guess that's the ghost wizard's curse, though, "everyone will forsake you" or something like that. I guess I can leave it at that, the comic's gotta end somehow, and if that curse didnt stick then it'd cheapen both his grandpa's death and the whole "giving up his name to finally stop King Radical" thing.
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Jan 21, 2017 07:10
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MikeJF posted:I never got why he can't just put his mask back on. Ditocoaf posted:If he's trying to hide, he's less recognizable with the mask off than on, since the few people who've seen him with his mask off just died. I wonder if he calls base when he goes into his new office.
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MikeJF posted:I never got why he can't just put his mask back on. To me it's more of a "won't" than a "can't". It's been sort of a through-line in this chapter (and the comic, for that matter) that Doc doesn't like his life just being a "collection of confrontations", that he'd rather just be a regular doctor just treating patients, instead of the kind of person who belongs in Radical's world. Now that Radical (or Frans or Dracula, for that matter) isn't threatening the world, he doesn't have the responsibility of dealing with them anymore and he can just live his life now. That's what makes it a happy ending, anyway.
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Jan 21, 2017 07:38
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Ditocoaf posted:If he's trying to hide, he's less recognizable with the mask off than on, since the few people who've seen him with his mask off just died. Am I forgetting, or aren't Knickerbockers and Mongo still alive? Couldn't they ID the Doc?
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Raivin posted:Am I forgetting, or aren't Knickerbockers and Mongo still alive? Couldn't they ID the Doc? I think Knickerbockers got his parachute out but you know, parachuting is a dangerous activity, he might be dead. Regardless, they're minibosses, they're no threat.
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TwoPair posted:I think Knickerbockers got his parachute out but you know, parachuting is a dangerous activity, he might be dead. Regardless, they're minibosses, they're no threat. That's what Chrono thought too.
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my webcomic
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that's the most socially unacceptable post you've made yet
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Jan 21, 2017 11:42
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stupid loving thing
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Jan 21, 2017 11:51
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Ditocoaf posted:If he's trying to hide, he's less recognizable with the mask off than on, since the few people who've seen him with his mask off just died. I really like Hastings and what he's done with Dr McNinja, but I think there was a real failure in communicating what was the central conflict of the comic. It was, be a doctor, or be a ninja. He touched on it early in the strip with his mom giving handouts on ninja careers and so on, but I think that this was supposed to be Dr McNinja's driving motivation. The problem being, he never really suffered for being a doctor, or for not being 100% ninja. Instead, he got to have cool chaotic adventures where he does awesome stuff. The gulf between the two professions isn't really emphasized after first couple of chapters, but really everything in the comic is leading up to that decision. I think if Hastings had been able to properly portray the crux between the two lives, other than mild comedic parental disappointment, that the ending would have been that much more powerful..
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It came up pretty steadily--there'd be reminders every couple chapters that Doc was shirking his medical appointments and he'd often feel kind of bad about it, but yeah, there wasn't a lot of weight given to it.
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That's what a good second draft is for. There likely won't be a second draft, but you know. That's the nature of webcomics
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I'm just catching up on the last few pages now after a monster marathon from the beginning. It really doesn't feel like there needs to be a heavy ending. Like it could have just ended with King Radical being killed, he gives his parents poo poo for dropping him in a trap, but it ultimately ends as it started, in sitcom fashion. Other than King Radical, there really isn't a central story to be resolved or brought to a close, and the whole doctor/ninja conflict is at best a framing device/running joke. Like, it's okay to simply say that this is the final chapter, major plotlines are resolved, minor themes and stories can stay hanging around to give a sense of the world continuing, then you just don't make any more chapters. It isn't dropped, it doesn't close every door, you just tidy up then announce that the show's over, folks. That probably would have been the best and most fun option here. Still, it ended, and in a reasonable fashion. I'll still take that.
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I know it has its own thread and all, but everyone needs to remember that Kill Six Billion Demons is good 
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Of course she imagines him turning into David Bowie. I would too
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The codpiece is too small.
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chiefnewo posted:The codpiece is too small. you ain't seen his balls yet!!! juggling balls i mean!!! hahahi'm dead inside Also I absolutely approve of Allison's costume. All nice and skulled up.
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I hope she keeps the elf ears
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Nuns with Guns posted:I hope she keeps the elf ears I still miss the horns sometimes.
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woe peppy
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Avshalom posted:woe peppy 
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Let me remind this thread that Boulet exists. Read the rest.
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I'm trying to find a comic I was reading a while back, I don't recall the name. It has a young boy who collects scrap. Robots and humans are at war, and the humans use jammers against the robots. The young boy befriends a robot who has a special legacy of some sort, and they're hunted by both sides for the legacy. The young boy gets injured, there's a timeskip, the robot becomes controlled by the (likely evil) humans, and that's about as much as I recall. Sound familiar to anyone? khy fucked around with this message at 20:58 on Jan 25, 2017 |
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Gepetto a Webtoon on Naver.
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habituallyred posted:Gepetto a Webtoon on Naver. Ah, thank you! I've been browsing a lot of the Naver comics, many of them are incredible.
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Care to elaborate? Hive is approaching an end and I need a new set of cheesy cliffhangers to read.
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  check out my anime chicken lol
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Jan 26, 2017 10:48
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I hope senpai notices me! 
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Up until the moment Radical died, I had the vain hope that McNinja would be able to strip him of his power by pointing out that staging a coup and planning to kill an alarmingly high number of people isn't rad at all, even if you dress it up with dinosaurs and sunglasses. Radical would be rendered less radical and so would lose the title of "most radical man", which would pass on to McNinja himself. This is why I don't have a webcomic.
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Uh staging a coup is one of the most radical things you can do. In like more than one way.
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And that's LSE funded: 2460 pledges for a total of $73,987 which means 48 extra books donated to US Libraries.
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habituallyred posted:Care to elaborate? Hive is approaching an end and I need a new set of cheesy cliffhangers to read. Tower of God, The Gamer, and Noblesse are the most obvious suggestions. Unordinary's one of my current favorites. Dice is really enjoyable. Girls of the Wilds isn't bad if you're into fanservice. Nano List and Gepetto have the whole 'androids and robots are people' thing going which I always enjoyed in my sci-fi. I hear good things about Sword Interval, but I didn't get far. It's not bad, it's just too many other comics piqued my interest. You should try it though.
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I'm a big Kubera fan, but I kinda suspect most people will be put off by the art and the glacial pacing.
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