New Penny Arcade Books Now Possible

JonLatane writes "Some of you old Penny Arcade fans may recall a time when Gabe and Tycho were planning to publish their work, only to lose the rights to all their stuff to some scumbag. Well, Gabe said today in the bottom of his post that they have gotten back the rights to their own work. This means that we may finally see some new printed works, especially since Gabe and Tycho are much more legally savvy as a result of this whole fiasco."

Comments

Re:Umm, what happened, exactly?

[aztektum]

First, the book never actually ended up coming to market, insofar as I'm aware.

Incorrect. My brother has a copy on his bookshelf of PA Year One. I would but at the time I wasn't a big fan.

Also, from what I can recall from their explanation at PAX04, I believe the publisher never paid them (although who knows, the contract could somehow say they never would see a dime since they didn't really know what they were signing) and held the rights to the first 5 years of PA strips. They were free to make books based on year 6 and up. The legal issues just tied up the first 5 years.

Re:What?

[oskillator]

I can easily see why he'd be confused. Penny Arcade is the only web comic I know of that doesn't have the strip itself on the front page, which can make it quite confusing for the first time reader as to just what the point of the site is.

Re:Now for the inside cover

[sahrss]

For the curious, some more info on Strawberry:

PA Link:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2003-04 -14&res=l

Copies:
http://onethumb.smugmug.com/photos/147054-O-1.jpg
http://dailyramblings.com/images/shortcake.jpg