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Penny Arcade - Comic - Retromancy
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Penny Arcade - Comic - Retromancy
Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.
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The original 1992 cartoon was constantly adapting stories from the 70s and 80s. Days of Future Past, The Phoenix Saga, The Four Horseman of Apocalypse. Even the first episode with Magneto was a loose adaptation of the first issue of The X-Men from the 60s.
I guess I am also surprised (pleasantly surprised) that they have allowed their cash cow in Wolverine to play a supporting role in the series to this point.
They're going for nostylgia.
That's what it feels like, because when Duke Nukem Forever finally came out, Mike drew a panel that actually really looked like the old style.
I'd actually argue that was another case of Mike not quite being able to recreate what the comic used to look like.
It's not a perfect 1 to 1, but still looks close enough. the head and hair shape, the expressions. the general idea of 1999 PA is here. that one is just something else.
There was another strip circa 2018 that tried it as well and fell somewhere in the middle, but i can't find it right now.
Then again, I don't think it's possible to deliberately recreate how you worked 10 years ago, less so 20 years.
edit: found the 2017 one https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2017/04/21/evolution
partially related, but i have a preference for the late 2000's artstyle.
Well, I stand corrected. With the most recent episode they went hard into the Grant Morrison era while taking elements from the recent Krakoa era storyline.