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Ask Gabe and Tycho of Penny Arcade
If you're a gamer or a fan of online comics, you've likely already heard of Penny Arcade. Mike "Gabe" Krahulik and Jerry "Tycho" Holkins have been writing and drawing their comic for almost exactly six years under the PA name and in that time they've grown into something of a representative voice for the gaming community. An honesty in dealing with the delays, hype, and frustrations of being a gamer has made their comic into a shared experience for dorks the world over. Recently they've been involved with their games-for-kids charity Child's Play, contract work for game-specific comics, and efforts to improve the grammar of forum posters. They've kindly agreed to answer our questions, so ask away. One question per comment, please. We'll send the best on to the gents and post their responses as soon as we have them.
Shitcock?
How do you type with boxing gloves on?
Do you pay the guy who links to your comics in almost every article posted on Slashdot? Is there are referal program I can sign up for?
So, who's got the watch these days?
--saint
a representative voice for the gaming community
To say nothing of the juice machine community.
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
slashdotted?
Please list the meds used to come up with that one.
It would be very funny if PA, the second largest generator of the Slashdot effect, was itself slashdotted :P Being taught a lesson by the master, I suppose
Playing poker with a joker and some Uno cards
Are there any plans for the Tetris Movie coming out soon?
If so, do you get royalties for it?
/^[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}$/i
Do any of your readers report being aroused by the Fruit Fucker? Has anyone written in about the delightfully erotic noises it makes when assaulting fruits? I ask because a... uh... friend of mine is like this, and he... uh... is curious is anyone else is similarly afflicted... I mean affected.
In Soviet Russia jokes are formulaic and decidedly non-humorous.
How has the news that Natalie is going to appear nude in the upcoming film, "Closer" affected you? Be specific.
And on that note, How do you wang your wang when you wang a comic? Oh...wait, I mean, how do you come up with your ideas for comics in general? Besides, you know, playing wangs. Err...video games.
Mod me down and I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine!
Does Tycho usually come up with the text/idea for the comic, then Gabe does the art as a separate process or is it more of a collaborative venture?
Hm, this sounds familiar.
Artist: I ink it and I m also the colorist. The guy next to me draws it. But we both came up with the characters, ...
Fan: What's that mean, you ink it?
Artist: Well. It means that Holden draws the pictures in pencil, and then he gives it to me to go over in ink.
Fan: So you just trace!
Artist: It's not tracing. I add depth and shading to give the image more definition. Only then does the drawing really take shape.
Fan: You go over what he draws with a pen--that's tracing.
Artist: Not really. Next!
Fan (to Kid): Hey man. If somebody draws something and then you draw the same thing right on top of it, not going out-side the designated original art what do call that?
Kid: I don't know. Tracing?
Now all we need is Jay and Silent Bob to come in and straighten it all out.
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In the first Superman movie, we learned that he is capable of moving time backwards. Thus, he can theoretically do any job (including running a race) in a negative amount of time. How could the Flash possibly be faster than that?
(I hope this gets modded up enough to get submitted to Tycho and Gabe; yes, it's offtopic, but every question that's been modded up so far is something they've already answered, and as far as I'm concerned, that's even worse).
I'd rather be lucky than good.
Is MS Paint a bitch to use?
Nah, Piro will just say it's because he can't draw and then try to commit seppuku.
Buy Steampunk Clothing Online!
STOP, kids! Let's make the MOST of this POST!
Let's see what what you've got so far!
Parents buy GTA for their kids, do you really think that Penny Arcade needs to sensor?
You've used the wrong homophone here! What you said here literally means "do you really think that Penny Arcade needs to [object that responds to stimulus]?", which clearly makes no sense.
While I agree that some parents are clearly using violent games and television programming as an excuse for lack of personal responsibility for their children, I wonder where your parents' personal responsibility was for your education.
Karma: Raspberry Kiwi
You must be new to PA...
If I point out that you are incorrect, making me a foe does not make you any more correct.