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New ‘Penny Arcade’ Strip Inspired by ComicsAlliance’s ‘Thor’ Editorial
New ‘Penny Arcade’ Strip Inspired by ComicsAlliance’s ‘Thor’ Editorial
New ‘Penny Arcade’ Strip Inspired by ComicsAlliance’s ‘Thor’ Editorial
In what is surely the comics commentary equivalent of the pride musicians feel when "Weird Al" Yankovic parodies their songs, we're proud to announce that Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik have produced a new Penny Arcade comic inspired by ComicsAlliance's editorial on the racist outrage to Idris Elba's casting as a Norse god in Marvel Studios' Thor... Read More ...
Penny Arcade Makes a Rob Liefeld-Themed Comic to Promote ‘Comic Jumper’ UPDATED
Penny Arcade Makes a Rob Liefeld-Themed Comic to Promote ‘Comic Jumper’ UPDATED
Penny Arcade Makes a Rob Liefeld-Themed Comic to Promote ‘Comic Jumper’ UPDATED
"Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley," a new Xbox Live Arcade game from Twisted Pixel, comes out on October 6th from the makers of "The Maw" and "'Splosion Man." The game followers a superhero-for-hire and his deeply abusive and biologically implanted sidekick as they battle evil through multiple comic book genres, including the broadly identified "mo
Kate Beaton and Erika Moen Take Over Penny Arcade
Kate Beaton and Erika Moen Take Over Penny Arcade
Kate Beaton and Erika Moen Take Over Penny Arcade
Kate Beaton ("Hark! A Vagrant") and Erika Moen ("DAR") are two of our favorite ladies in webcomics, but if we were going to make a list of people likely to be tapped as fill-in artists for the mega-popular gaming webcomic "Penny Arcade," I would not have put them at the top of the list...
Mike Choi Animates on the Nintendo DSi at PAX
Mike Choi Animates on the Nintendo DSi at PAX
Mike Choi Animates on the Nintendo DSi at PAX
Penny Arcade Expo, founded by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik of the "Penny Arcade" webcomic, has already eclipsed E3 as the video game event of the year, and it's also begun to attract talent beyond the world of gaming. Comics artist Mike Choi visited PAX this weekend in Seattle, and gave the new Nintendo DSi animation program Flipnote Studio a try, spinning a story of romance gone wron
‘Penny Arcade’ Demonstrates ‘Batman: Arkham Asylum’ Video Game Domination
‘Penny Arcade’ Demonstrates ‘Batman: Arkham Asylum’ Video Game Domination
‘Penny Arcade’ Demonstrates ‘Batman: Arkham Asylum’ Video Game Domination
Between the extremely critically-acclaimed release of "Batman: Arkham Asylum" (seriously - it's entering The Guinness World Records Book) and the merited coverage, the Caped Crusader is having quite a week. Now, for the first time ever, Batman's video game prominence has merited a reverent role in one of gamedom's premier Webcomics...
Green Lantern Open Art Thread at Penny Arcade
Green Lantern Open Art Thread at Penny Arcade
Green Lantern Open Art Thread at Penny Arcade
The Artist's Corner in the Penny Arcade forums has taken inspiration from the upcoming 'Blackest Night' comics event in Green Lantern, and is inviting people to invent their own characters using the Green Lantern color spectrum and post them to thread...
Outside the Lines — Gays in MMORPGs
Outside the Lines — Gays in MMORPGs
Outside the Lines — Gays in MMORPGs
There was an uproar recently in the MMORPG 'Star Wars' game 'The Old Republic' when forum moderator Sean Dahlberg was questioned about "gay" and "lesbian" being on a filter of unacceptable words, and responded: "These are terms that do not exist in Star Wars...
Webcomics Get Serious(ly Good)
Webcomics Get Serious(ly Good)
Webcomics Get Serious(ly Good)
Somehow I've been slowly turning into a webcomic junkie. It started innocently enough with the lovable video game dorks featured in Penny Arcade--no doubt some of you are a part of the site's 4 million monthly readers. It was a nice little five-minute hobby, logging onto the site three times a week to check in on my good pals Tycho and Gabe...