Air Raid Robertson

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Flights of Fancy Part 11

Air Raid Robertson on Feb. 1, 2011

I took a few days off from doing this comic strip. This is largely because I spent a lot of time on Air Raid Robertson in January. I did about a half dozen pages for this storyline and I also did a couple of pages for the next arc. I guess I just wanted to spend some time drawing some non-Robertson material.

Of course, being mid-story, I couldn't stay away for too long. This page was a tough nut to crack though. It's always a challenge to squeeze in some fisticuffs while I'm also trying to carry some narrative along. There was a lot that I wanted to say on this page, but ultimately I think it all came together in a natural way.

Johnny's comment about the scarves was in my notes almost from the inception of the storyline itself. I also wanted to work in some ninjas. Air Raid Robertson has fought a good number of stock comic book bad guys before. He's faced zombies, vampires, evil wizards, dinosaurs, mad scientists, lizard people, and a kraken. It feels good to cross ninjas off my “to-do” list.
I couldn't help but cite the Law of Inverse Ninjas while I was scripting this scene. For those who don't know, the Law of Inverse Ninjas is a silly decree regarding ficticious ninja fights. As you can guess, it means that the strength and skill of a ninja is directly related to the number of other ninjas in the area. Single ninjas are powerful, but individual members of a ninja swarm are usually defeated quite easily.

The only way to counter the law is to have a indivisualized ninja uniform on.

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PPPchairman at 8:05AM, Feb. 7, 2011

UhOh leader ninja!

Warpedwenger at 4:08PM, Feb. 2, 2011

Inverse ninja law- This applies to most comic book enemies except for zombies. The more Zombies you got the bigger your problems.

stubblemonkey at 1:06PM, Feb. 2, 2011

So true about the Ninja's :o)

AzuJOD at 2:02AM, Feb. 2, 2011

Great use of the inverse ninja law! Another way to prove formidably is by having a name! And I liked the "scarves making you mad" line.

vwyler at 12:53AM, Feb. 2, 2011

Actually, that makes a weird kind of sense. After all, rank and file Ninjas are obviously less skilled. Only the top jocks get the bad ass costumes! ;)

ghostrunner at 11:34PM, Feb. 1, 2011

never heard of that one. the rule about vampires is the one i remember most

Call Me Tom at 10:21PM, Feb. 1, 2011

Ha fantastic! I think the law of Inverse Ninjas counts for anything in a swarm, you get a hoard of zombies and every shot is a kill but get one on its own and no one can get a kill shot and people suddenly start falling over as they try to get away!