Questions about PA itself.

Jazz Samurai

First off, sorry if this is the wrong forum ... the only one that seems "more suited" would be SE++ and I know better than to do this there.

So then, my questions:

- Did Tycho and Gabe actually live together back in the day?
- What happened to Safety Monkey and Batjew? Are they not even affiliated with PA anymore?
- Has PA always been their main source of income? How did they afford stuff back when the site wasn't huge?
- Why does Tycho seem to do 90% of the writing for the site (as in news posts and such)? Does Gabe not have as much interest or does he do more "behind the scenes"?

I would've emailed them but neither of them have ever answered an email from me ... so yeah.

Dog

1) Yes, I believe so.
2) Batjew and Safety Monkey have split to do thier own thing. I believe they are still friends with Gabe and Tycho.
3)Gabe used to work in retail in some technology store (bestbuy or something I forget now, it's how he met Kara too). I think Tycho was a system admin for a school. They used to run the site off of donations.
4)Tycho writes and Gabe draws, that's the way it has been since forever.

rohster

And sometimes Gabe draws and Tycho writes, which we've (un)fortunately been the victims of for the past 2 updates.

see317

rohster wrote:

And sometimes Gabe draws and Tycho writes, which we've (un)fortunately been the victims of for the past 2 updates.

Quoted cause I thought it was funny. Since you obviously meant to switch the two around, with Gabe writing and Tycho drawing.

rohster

see317 wrote:

rohster wrote:

And sometimes Gabe draws and Tycho writes, which we've (un)fortunately been the victims of for the past 2 updates.

Quoted cause I thought it was funny. Since you obviously meant to switch the two around, with Gabe writing and Tycho drawing.

doh! :oops:

Legacy

FAUrrego wrote:

3)Gabe used to work in retail in some technology store (bestbuy or something I forget now, it's how he met Kara too).

I believe it was Toys 'R' Us.

Dog

Legacy wrote:

FAUrrego wrote:

3)Gabe used to work in retail in some technology store (bestbuy or something I forget now, it's how he met Kara too).

I believe it was Toys 'R' Us.

Really? Damn I was way off...

Jazz Samurai

Thanks for the quick answers all, one thing though:

FAUrrego wrote:

4)Tycho writes and Gabe draws, that's the way it has been since forever.

I meant like, 90% of the front page posts are by Tycho as well. The write/draw split is fine for the comic, but I'd love to see Gabe do as much front-page stuff as Tycho, since I find him to be the wittier of the duo.

see317

That's because he only writes when he has something witty he wants to say.

Nibble

Jazz Samurai wrote:

Thanks for the quick answers all, one thing though:

FAUrrego wrote:

4)Tycho writes and Gabe draws, that's the way it has been since forever.

I meant like, 90% of the front page posts are by Tycho as well. The write/draw split is fine for the comic, but I'd love to see Gabe do as much front-page stuff as Tycho, since I find him to be the wittier of the duo.

Gabe's prose is notably inferior to Tycho's, and Gabe has mentioned before that he's not comfortable with writing the main news posts.

I personally think that Tycho and Gabe have a roughly equivalent level of different but complementary wit.

DJ Eebs

see317 wrote:

That's because he only writes when he has something witty he wants to say.

Or when he has rage to vent, or good news to share.

cybersquirt

are mike and jerry fighting in real life?

Doc

cybersquirt wrote:

are mike and jerry fighting in real life?

Yes. They are getting a divorce, and it's your fault.

Mammy Two-Shoes

Nibble wrote:

Gabe's prose is notably inferior to Tycho's.

It's not inferior, but the difference is notable. One is aware of his audience, the other has his nose buried in a well-thumbed Roget's.

Tycho complicates his sentences with way too many clauses--it's like he's deliberately thwarting any attempts to map his sentences. I only read his posts anymore if the comic needs some kind of setup (which it usually doesn't).

I say Gabe's the man. But then the whole thing is an act, right? I'm sure in real life, the actor portraying Tycho isn't as laughably pretentious as Tycho's prose.

Deusfaux

I'd say Tycho only rarely gets too wordy for his own good.

I never get the impression he is just thesaurisizing his stuff. You can usually tell when people do that, but he is skilled in the ways of diction.

Dely Apple

Deusfaux wrote:

I'd Tycho only rarely gets too wordy for his own good.

I never get the impression he is just thesaurisizing his stuff. You can usually tell when people do that, but he is skilled int he ways of diction.

Did you translate that from English into Latin then back into English?

scjohnno

Dely Apple wrote:

Deusfaux wrote:

I'd Tycho only rarely gets too wordy for his own good.

I never get the impression he is just thesaurisizing his stuff. You can usually tell when people do that, but he is skilled int he ways of diction.

Did you translate that from English into Latin then back into English?

It's Deusfaux. *shrugs*

Deusfaux

if by all that you meant I missed "say" and did a 1 character typo, sure.

yes sometimes im posting while doing other things and it happens.

the wook

I want Tycho to bring back the fine print

Garlic Bread

I liked when Gabe and Tycho would fight in the newsposts, like the whole bear picture thing.

JohnnyCache

Doc wrote:

cybersquirt wrote:

are mike and jerry fighting in real life?

Yes. They are getting a divorce, and it's your fault.

That's right, squirt, mommy and daddy drink because you're bad.

Jasconius

Legacy wrote:

FAUrrego wrote:

3)Gabe used to work in retail in some technology store (bestbuy or something I forget now, it's how he met Kara too).

I believe it was Toys 'R' Us.

No, it was Circuit City.

With absolute certainty.

Dog

Jasconius wrote:

Legacy wrote:

FAUrrego wrote:

3)Gabe used to work in retail in some technology store (bestbuy or something I forget now, it's how he met Kara too).

I believe it was Toys 'R' Us.

No, it was Circuit City.

With absolute certainty.

Woo!

contraband

Keith wrote:

I liked when Gabe and Tycho would fight in the newsposts, like the whole bear picture thing.

Paladin

contraband wrote:

Keith wrote:

I liked when Gabe and Tycho would fight in the newsposts, like the whole bear picture thing.

craptacualr

Älphämönkëy

Insightful