Penny Arcade is among the most popular webcomics currently online, hosting both a children's charity (Child's Play) and a gaming convention (PAX) each year. It debuted on November 18, 1998 as a regular feature on the web site loonygames. The authors launched their own site in late 1999, and new comic strips are posted every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The strip regularly features the two authors' cartoon alter egos, Tycho Brahe and Jonathan Gabriel ("Gabe"), who represent Holkins and Krahulik respectively. Holkins and Krahulik have admitted before that the characters were not originally meant to represent them, thus they are abstract representations and not caricatures. The decision to have the characters represent the authors was made very shortly after the series began, and the fact that they didn't at all resemble them had never been considered an issue. The two characters spend much of their time playing and commenting on computer and video games, forming the basis of the humor in the......$8.99 Click To Buy |