http://webcomicoverlook.com/2007/11/28/the-webcomic-overlook-21-the-adventures-of-dr-mcninja/ Webcomic reviews are serious business. Sat, 26 May 2012 03:27:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://webcomicoverlook.com/2007/11/28/the-webcomic-overlook-21-the-adventures-of-dr-mcninja/#comment-591 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:31:11 +0000 http://webcomicoverlook.wordpress.com/2007/11/28/the-webcomic-overlook-21-the-adventures-of-dr-mcninja/#comment-591 [...] The comic is at its best when it more or less ignores the software and only vaugely alludes to hardware issues, like when slow CD-headed allies march to battle or hapless lotharios seduces the King’s daughter. Times when you feel like you’re reading vignettes from a novel set in feudal times. Still, even that can get old. I give credit to Page for conveying emotion primarily through body language. However, the weakness here is that the “faces” are staid and robotic, which makes it difficult to feel attachment to any of the characters. The side you’re rooting for, I suppose, depends greatly on whether or not you already had a personal preferencde in the console wars. Still, Castle Vidcons is unique, and as it evolves and becomes more refined, I think it has a fairly good chance in following the footsteps of a fellow SA alum, Dr. McNinja. [...]

]]> http://webcomicoverlook.com/2007/11/28/the-webcomic-overlook-21-the-adventures-of-dr-mcninja/#comment-297 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:14:54 +0000 http://webcomicoverlook.wordpress.com/2007/11/28/the-webcomic-overlook-21-the-adventures-of-dr-mcninja/#comment-297 [...] there anything in the world more visually intriguing than an otter wearing boxing gloves? Probably a doctor that is also a ninja … but a boxing otter comes pretty damn [...]

]]> http://webcomicoverlook.com/2007/11/28/the-webcomic-overlook-21-the-adventures-of-dr-mcninja/#comment-246 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:25:34 +0000 http://webcomicoverlook.wordpress.com/2007/11/28/the-webcomic-overlook-21-the-adventures-of-dr-mcninja/#comment-246 [...] Guigar’s “Evil Inc.” is one of the few webcomics that has also been syndicated in daily newspapers, the biggest one being the Philadelphia Daily News. Mr. Guigar has been nominated for the Eisner Award for a different webcomic (”Phables“). “Evil Inc.” itself was nominated for the 2007 Web Cartoonist’s Choice Awards for Outstanding Superhero/Action Comic, but lost to the formidable coming-of-age ninja tale, “The Adventures of Dr. McNinja.” [...]

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