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Category: Solicitations

  • 15 – Comic Book Ninja III

    15 – Comic Book Ninja III

    The conclusion to our epic Comic Book Ninja saga, featuring the secret origin of Comic Book Ninja! Franka put it nicely. General assholery is running rampant and it is up to Comic Book Ninja to take them down!

    Now, it is not all doom and gloom and we do see a lot of the more positive fandom out in the world today. But boy, the toxicity fandom is quite loud and you always wonder if there is indeed darkness before the dawn. Luckily, Comic Book Ninja has our backs.

    And I think he will be busy. We have a whole lot of comic book events coming up, more specifically in the film-verse. Fantastic Four and Superman are being released almost simutaneously, and before that we have the Thunderbolts, which is obviously not following its origin as one of those shock and awe comics back in the day. When these things happen I tend to ignore everything that is speculated or people’s opinions on whether or not it will be good or bad, and leave it for the only opinion that counts to me…myself. And I think others should have this approach as well. You should never be ashamed for what you enjoy, even if you do feel like you are in the minority. It is your life after all and we only have a short amount of time on this spinning ball we call Earth. So spend it consuming everything that you enjoy and do not let others dictate otherwise.

    That is the true lesson of Comic Book Ninja.

    Back to the comic. A bet has been suggested and shots have been fired. How will Curt take the bait? Because Franka is obviously baiting him. Read next week to find out!

    -Marv

  • 14 – Comic Book Ninja II

    14 – Comic Book Ninja II

    Everyone loves a good flashback scene. And everyone loves a good origin story. So why not combine the two? Behold! The secret origin of Comic Book Ninja! The ultimate arbitrator that allows everyone to see reason and come to their senses. And last I checked he does not even carry a ninja sword to do so! I mean, if someone in a ninja costume suddenly appeared in front of you and told you to behave, I think you would have no choice but to do so.

    And this is a true story. Armageddon 2001 was frustrating. It took you on a path, introduced a new character called Waverider, and just when you cracked your knuckles and were about to revel in the big reveal, it was taken from you. And it was very obvious what they did.

    Also, if you were a Captain Atom fan at the time and you saw it going where it was supposedly going, I can imagine you were also a bit upset. Whether Captain Atom would turn to the dark side was already explored in his own book by John Ostrander who took the book to its end. Captain Atom literally battled against a dark Captain Atom and won. Or maybe he did not, because I guess you could say the ending was a bit open-ended. But I think good prevailed against evil there.

    But hey, that is comics. And I think the real moral of this story is that you definitely had to be a prick in real life if you had the ability to be rude and call people names to their faces. Now everyone can hide behind their fake names and fake avatars, which gives everyone the ability to be pricks. So why not use your real name when conversing around the internet? I know I sure do!

    I hope you enjoyed the comic and I really think Franka outdid herself with this one.

    -Marv