Written and illustrated by Christopher Hastings creates a hillarious comic which uses a lot of plot twists to create humor; in which each issues can be read in one sitting. So here I will review 3 issues of his graphic novel. He uses "parody art"; and various very random and ridiculous situations to create humor within the Graphic Novel. For example, in the "Issue One half"; Dr. Mcninja is mad at the restaurant "McBonalds" for using his name in their business movements; Mcninja was going to boost their sales within the youth (like Happy Meal) in which Hastings illustrates a commercial on TV; which triggered Mcninja's actions on the following events . Dr. McNinja then goes to the restaurant to cause havoc, but doesn't kill anyone (because he promised his lawyer not to), however he figures out that the people who worked there were robots, because people who worked there must be robots. Hastings then illustrates it as if a video game; now Mcninja has to face the mascot of McBonalds. In which a battle was fought in a "final boss lair"... which is also in the restaurant. The use of violence to envoy humor is used a lot in this graphic novel.
The graphic novel has 28 issues all of which are available online. However, the comic's issues do not follow a chronological order. Rather some comics explain McNinja's origin within the comic; in turn we learn more of his character. The adventures of McNinja started to have colors during 2008; also, though the material is bizzare/ridiculous the illustration by Hastings through his drawing's style were consistent (the theme and setting is always random funny events usually in everyday places, but with odd characters and odd situations; which in turn creates a consistent theme; a page turner because you never know what's going to happen next). The graphic novel's art was abstract enough to make it look cartoon-ish, and also keeps up with the comedy of the graphic novel. Overall the graphic novel is pretty much gives similar to a Seth McFarlane based comedic show- feel; just with more ninjas and ridiculous characters and tons of plot twists. Definitely a must read for those looking for a funny graphic novel.
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