There are two geniuses stalking in our midst, and how many of you would have realized just who they were before both of them were assaulting your human brains with humor for the last and absolutely final time, before that final gasp for fleeting consciousness? If any of you aren’t raising your hands, you’re not trying hard enough. See me after class, all of you!

Of course, I’m talking about Scott Bevan and Kent Earle - the two men pulling the levers and pushing the pencils behind the scenes at White Ninja Comics. Using only their hands and their love, three days a week, they churn out yet another wacky tale of what the infamous White Ninja is up to — and in a rare lapse in judgement, the two decided to sit down with the 4cr Interview team (comprised solely of myself and a magazine clipping of Liv Tyler taped to the side of a cereal box).

Read on as 4cr asks the questions that really matter in today’s crazy, go-go world of e-Commerce and Blogospheres - like, who’s better: Bigfoot or a pirate?

4cr: I’m familiar with the fact that White Ninja was started because of some school shenanigans, but why did you continue to churn out White Ninja comics every week after some initial silliness? Does White Ninja hold a certain sentimentality for you?

White Ninja: White Ninja has always been fun for us. If it wasn’t fun, and we didn’t enjoy doing it, then we wouldn’t have continued on with it. It has just been something to do. If we didn’t do this I’d be bored out of my mind, I think.

How do you go about creating a strip on any given day? What tools are at your disposal?

We use only the must state of the art equipment: an HB pencil, a black BIC pen, and white paper. Though sometimes we have been known to use napkins, flyers, homework, etc., if we feel inspired and there is nothing else available.

Has a White Ninja comic ever gotten you instant fame?

I’m not sure what you mean… but if I assume that you mean, ‘did we write a comic’ that everyone in the world loved at the same time… like that one song that British dude wrote a few months back that everyone in the world were peeing their pants over - that kinda fame? No. Everyone seems to have their own favourite comic. Each one appeals to each person in a unique way.

On a different note, has a White Ninja comic ever gotten you in trouble?

No. Not really. One time, you know the comic, “White Ninja and the rabbits“? Well, PETA emailed us about it and thanked us for helping to spread animal rights in a humourous, non-offensive way. That was cool. But I was sure they would launch like a class-action lawsuit, or something, against us after we put up the comic where White Ninja lost his soul while stomping bunnies to jelly.

How do you guys react to your success? Are you a lot like us? I mean, most of the staff at 4cr still can’t believe someone other than our parents listen to us blather on about Nintendo.

It doesn’t seem real, y’know, because we aren’t really meeting people and people on the street don’t know us or anything like that. The only time it hits us is when we go to comic shows and people are freakin’ out. Other than that it’s pretty much normal.

Pressing question — Pirates? Ninjas? Robots?

Bigfoot.

4cr’s home to a lot of webcomic connoisseurs , and a good bit of ‘em are talented artists themselves. Do you have any tips for budding webcomic artists out there?

People often don’t ask us for artistic advice considering our comic is drawn in such a simplisitic manner. However, people who are trained in art should be able to recognize some key, though subtle, components of White Ninja. One thing that we always stress in our comic, and with our characters, is expression. The expression can make or break a comic. Sure you might have a funny joke, but if it’s not believable then it’s not funny. That’s really what seperates a comic, I think. We often sacrifice scale and detail in order to get the expression just right.

Finally, given the nonsensical nature of the whole thing, what would you say your inspiration is for every comic?

I dunno. We just take a situation and White Ninja does the rest. Where does inspiration come from? Who knows? Enjoying what you do, I guess.

And there you have it, folk and folkettes. As always, be sure to read White Ninja Comics three days a week; there’s always something for everybody in the family! Well, except for those weird guys that treat their plants like people. Plants can’t even read. Seriously — a cactus doesn’t understand non-sequitur humor.