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    Get A Dose of Awesome From The Adventures of Dr. McNinja

    Futuristic Ninja Fashion Will Confound You

    Snake Eyes Does Not Need Peripheral Vision To Slice You Up

    First Glimpse Of Casshern Director's Ninja Epic

    Wachowskis Go Ninja and There is Much Rejoicing
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    Image of Mischif Mischif
    09/01/09

    In reply to Get A Dose of Awesome From The Adventures of Dr. McNinja
    I just want to say that, in a recent page the Good Doctor jumped through a helicopter by ramping a motorcycle with rainbows and glitter on the sides off a cliff, slicing all the baddies inside to bits. The helicopter then exploded.
    YOU SHOULD READ THIS COMIC.
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    Image of Briareosdx Briareosdx
    08/31/09

    In reply to Get A Dose of Awesome From The Adventures of Dr. McNinja
    One of the multi-issue sagas of Dr. McNinja is simply entitled "Punch Dracula".

    This happens.

    There is nothing further to be said.
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    Image of Dash_Stryker Dash_Stryker
    08/31/09

    In reply to Get A Dose of Awesome From The Adventures of Dr. McNinja
    The greatest Web-comic (after Penny arcade) EVAR!
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    Edited by Dash_Stryker at 08/31/09 2:36 PM Dash_Stryker was starred Dash_Stryker was unstarred
    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    08/31/09

    In reply to Get A Dose of Awesome From The Adventures of Dr. McNinja
    This is the best webcomic ever.
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    braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. was starred braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. was unstarred
    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    08/31/09

    @braak: Except, obviously, for Hand of Danger.
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    Dash_Stryker promoted this comment braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. was starred braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. was unstarred
    Image of Dash_Stryker Dash_Stryker
    08/31/09

    @braak: were you trying to comment on your post under a different account but forgot to sign into it?
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    Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus
    08/31/09

    @Dash_Stryker: Such is the confusion that may arise when people don't make use of the edit button Gawker so graciously gave us.
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    Image of Dash_Stryker Dash_Stryker
    08/31/09

    @ThisDudeRufus: I see...
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    08/31/09

    @braak:
    It's the most radical webcomic in a radical land, at the very least.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    08/31/09

    @Dash_Stryker: Actually, Braak is using the patented self reply to create a sort of dramatic pause. It was all done for an amusing effect.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    08/31/09

    @Grey_Area: Or was it?

    And now that I've ruined that gag I'm off to tell a Kindergarten class all about Santa.
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    Image of Dash_Stryker Dash_Stryker
    08/31/09

    @Grey_Area: ....oh
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    08/31/09

    @Dash_Stryker: Yeah, it's kind of a regular thing to do with comments. Why would I want to sign in under a different account?
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    Image of Dash_Stryker Dash_Stryker
    08/31/09

    @braak: I've never seen anyone else
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    Image of Dash_Stryker Dash_Stryker
    08/31/09

    @braak: do that
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    Image of Zachery M. Zachery M.
    08/31/09

    @Dash_Stryker: How dramatic!
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    09/01/09

    @Dash_Stryker: Well, then I guess I'm just an aesthetic genius.

    This fact is well-known among many of my friends, actually.
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    Image of phoenix phoenix
    02/05/09

    In reply to Futuristic Ninja Fashion Will Confound You
    Since when did ninja show that much booty? DAMN!
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    02/05/09

    In reply to Futuristic Ninja Fashion Will Confound You
    That open part on the back is going to give off a lot of body heat that the sensors will pick up. But if she can ninja in those heels, I guess she's REALLY good.


    (Yes, I verbed the noun ninja. But you all knew what I meant. yay English!)

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    Image of corpore-metal corpore-metal
    02/05/09

    In reply to Futuristic Ninja Fashion Will Confound You
    As I said before, it's nonsense like this that makes me long for the dystopic future where all your fashion decisions are made for you. Gimme Winston Smith's overalls!
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    02/05/09

    @corpore-metal: Same here. Overalls or similar two-piece garments by day, fuzzy pj's by night.
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    Image of ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥ ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
    02/05/09

    In reply to Futuristic Ninja Fashion Will Confound You
    i love that ninjas are embracing bloused sleeves and unitards...
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    02/05/09

    @BeccaSaurus Rex: And I'm embracing unitard wearing ninjas!
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    02/05/09

    @crashedpc: It's like the poet shirt of ninjawear.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    02/05/09

    @Annalee Newitz: [www.arcanelore.com]


    Ahhhhhhhhhahahahah

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    Image of ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥ ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
    02/05/09

    @Annalee Newitz: I can tolerate this mash-up of Victorian-era trends & sci-fi (though ninjas are real???) much more than I can Pride and Prejudice and Zombies... so that's something.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    02/05/09

    In reply to Futuristic Ninja Fashion Will Confound You
    So this is the fourth definition of "confound"?

    The one where it's a synonym for "excite" or "entice"?
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    02/05/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: i had no idea there was an official order for the definitions of confound.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    02/05/09

    @tetracycloide: There's an official order for the definitions of anything.


    (And by "anything," I mean both the word "anything" and the more general category that includes every definable word.)

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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    02/05/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: really? by what rules is the order set? who wrote them? why don't all dictionaries follow them?
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    Image of YourTechSupport YourTechSupport
    02/05/09

    In reply to Futuristic Ninja Fashion Will Confound You
    If it's a ninja fashion show, how come we can see them? Also, ninjas typically wear black on black, sometimes with small bits of color. Unless they work for Cobra or are facing off with Power Rangers.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    02/05/09

    @YourTechSupport: Technically, if I may be historically correct (i.e. pain in the ass), there was no evidence that ninjas actually wore all black outfits back in the feudal era. They most likely wore peasant clothes or samurai outfits.


    We now return to your regularly scheduled ninja fantasy.

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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    02/05/09

    @crashedpc: But of course. Because really, which is more deceptive?


    "Oh, there is a peasant. I am not concerned at all."

    "Oh, there is a person dressed in all black. Perhaps I should run like holy hell."

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    02/05/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: Reminds me of the Secret Service depictions you see in the movies...


    "There is a hugely built man in a black suit and sunglasses surveying the premises. Uh..."


    "There is a hugely built man in a raggedy plaid shirt and torn jeans with an earpiece. Uh..."

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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    02/05/09

    @crashedpc: Actually, having observed many undercover NYPD officers on the NYC subway system, the actual range has always amazed me.


    The two guys with handlebar mustaches and Yankees' hats on the Yankee Stadium subway platform? Pretty easy to spot.


    The three people on the subway who had been on for a stop or two, then pulled out their badges to deal with a potentially confrontational subway rider. Holy Crap! Who knew I was riding with so many cops!

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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    02/05/09

    In reply to Futuristic Ninja Fashion Will Confound You
    The lines on that outfit certainly tell one where to look.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    02/05/09

    @The Curse of Millhaven: At her abs?
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    02/05/09

    In reply to Futuristic Ninja Fashion Will Confound You
    Love the tags. I have to postulate that instead of ninja gear, however, it's bondage gear.


    The bag is just unashamedly otaku.

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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    02/05/09

    @crashedpc:

    Agreed, but the 'SLICE LIKE A NINJA, CUT LIKE A RAZOR BLADE' one is missing.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    02/05/09

    @Belabras: Goddamnit it took me like 3 hours to get that out of my head. Now yet again it's going to go racing through my mind, cutting down swaths of brain cells in a malevolent attempt to make me buy 90's neon sweatpants.
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    12/17/08

    In reply to Snake Eyes Does Not Need Peripheral Vision To Slice You Up

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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    12/17/08

    @Grrsn Dn:

    Win!
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    12/17/08

    @Grrsn Dn:
    GAR. RIS. SON!
    GAR. RIS. SON!
    GAR. RIS. SON!
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    12/17/08

    @Grrsn Dn: OMG that is the funniest thing I have ever seen!
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    12/17/08

    @Belabras: @jbq: @Grey_Area: @Charlie Jane Anders: Thanks friends.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    12/17/08

    In reply to Snake Eyes Does Not Need Peripheral Vision To Slice You Up
    most shocking is the revelation that many inexplicably assumed that live action g.i. joe was code for anything other than 'flashy fight sequencies in absurdly campy costumes.'
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    Image of Daveinva Daveinva
    12/17/08

    @tetracycloide: Absurdly campy? These aren't campy costumes.


    Dude, one word: Leatherneck.


    [popwatch.ew.com]


    That's not a Marine-- thats the Village People right there.

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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    12/17/08

    @tetracycloide: But it has that great 'canon'. You have to treat that plot very delicately. You don't want to screw up something as complicated as crazy bad guy and cronies fights military good guys. over, and over, and over....
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    Image of Plague Plague
    12/17/08

    @Grrsn Dn:

    Yes. That certainly can't be treated lightly or in a tongue in cheek manner.

    No sir!
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    12/17/08

    @Daveinva: pointing out the more extreme camp of the original only serves to reinforce my point that expecting anything else from gi joe deifies logic.
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    Image of ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
    12/17/08

    In reply to Snake Eyes Does Not Need Peripheral Vision To Slice You Up
    Garrison, where are you?
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    12/17/08

    @ggodo: please see below. Thanks for thinking of me.
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