10 years of Penny Arcade

MuragoMurago Registered User regular
edited January 2010 in Debate and/or Discourse
10 years! I believe I started reading in 2004. I remember b/c one of the first comics I remember reading was this one.

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Two of my favorites would be

I Hope You Like Text

Dungeons And Something Else, Part Two
How about you?

Happy 10 years Penny Arcade!

Check out www.myspace.com/scarborough -- tell me what you think!
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  • mcdermottmcdermott Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Wow.

    It's hard to believe it's actually been that long.

    But now I feel old. Thanks.

    The first comic I actually remember reading, though I think I hit the site off and on before this:
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    That's right, bitches. I'm old school.

    Though the thing about being old school is there's always somebody who's older school. I'm sure this person will be along shortly.

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  • KilroyKilroy timaeusTestified Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    mcdermott wrote: »
    Though the thing about being old school is there's always somebody who's older school. I'm sure this person will be along shortly.

    They're probably in the thread that's already been made about this.

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  • mcdermottmcdermott Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Kilroy wrote: »
    mcdermott wrote: »
    Though the thing about being old school is there's always somebody who's older school. I'm sure this person will be along shortly.

    They're probably in the thread that's already been made about this.

    I'm old. I get confused. Like Ted Stevens.

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  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    the first one I remember is

    Myth II Uninstall

    and my all time favorite is

    Cha Cha Cha Changes



    Ah, such a wonderful 10 years of sarcasti-wit and intellectual humor, And whatever the hell Gabe does.
    Just kidding, I love Gabe too.

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  • SliverSliver Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    My all time favorite
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    I actually have the music from that godforsaken game on my winamp playlist.

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  • Bionic MonkeyBionic Monkey Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2008
    I don't remember what the first strip I read was, but I've been reading since 2000 or 2001. I know it was my first year at college at least.

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  • KageraKagera Imitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
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    My neck, my back, my FUPA and my crack.
  • Element BrianElement Brian Peanut Butter Shill Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    This is the first one I ever remember...wow its been a LONG while....
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    One of the other ones i really remember is this one
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  • OtakuD00DOtakuD00D Can I hit the exploding rocks? San DiegoRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    The first one I remember ever seeing was the UT vs Quake 3 one that divided an apartment.

    Edit: AH, here we go.
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  • Captain UltraCaptain Ultra low resolution pictures of birds Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    For some reason, IMG tag wasn't working
    Man, I was 12 when I started reading this...

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  • NocturneNocturne Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    This is the first comic I saw that got me hooked on PA:
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    There's just a combination between the art and the meter of the writing that they have always been able to achieve. If you can read it and understand the pace at which the dialogue is delivered, it is amazing.

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  • ÆthelredÆthelred Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    One of the other ones i really remember is this one
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    I love that they often come back to the bench:

    Mmm-hm.

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  • KelorKelor Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    This is the first one I ever read.

    But my all-time favourite is this:
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  • Element BrianElement Brian Peanut Butter Shill Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Kelor wrote: »
    This is the first one I ever read.

    But my all-time favourite is this:
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    How did i forget about that one? Deffinately one of my favorites.

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  • OboroOboro __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    I don't remember my first, but I know that I definitely noticed (and have appreciated) how both Mike and Jerry have matured as artists in their respective crafts. Back in the day I might've felt a little nerdy saying that I read the Penny-Arcade webcomic, but now I consider the newsposts of Tycho Brahe some of the greatest prose on the subject and Gabe's art some of the greatest of any webcomic, across all genres. (Not 'greatest' per some fine art metric, but greatest in setting tones and doing whatever the fuck it needs to do.)

    It's been a really productive ten years.

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  • ÆthelredÆthelred Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Oboro wrote: »
    It's been a really productive ten years.

    What's the internet record for regular webcomic posting? I don't think G&T have missed a single tri-weekly date, have they? They've been very disciplined, which is a great factor in making early success as a webcomic. I know I've given up on promising sites owing to their lack of consistency.

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  • KilroyKilroy timaeusTestified Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Oboro wrote: »
    It's been a really productive ten years.

    What's the internet record for regular webcomic posting? I don't think G&T have missed a single tri-weekly date, have they? They've been very disciplined, which is a great factor in making early success as a webcomic. I know I've given up on promising sites owing to their lack of consistency.

    To my knowledge, they missed it once because Gabe's computer broke and they couldn't access the file. Once.

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  • CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Æthelred wrote: »
    Oboro wrote: »
    It's been a really productive ten years.

    What's the internet record for regular webcomic posting? I don't think G&T have missed a single tri-weekly date, have they? They've been very disciplined, which is a great factor in making early success as a webcomic. I know I've given up on promising sites owing to their lack of consistency.

    I think the record goes to User Friendly, which has been daily since November '97.

    I used to read on-and-off because the way Gabe's nose was drawn really freaked me out. I always thought it unnatural. But I finally started reading it regularly after I saw this one last January:

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    And I think I'll just add this one to the thread because of its glorious backstory:

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  • PasserbyePasserbye I am much older than you. in Beach CityRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Whichever one where Gabe whacks Tycho's head off with a Star Wars book (and, I believe, cries 'YOU SHUT YOUR FILTHY MOUTH AND NEVER OPEN IT AGAIN!'). Dyr and I reference that all the time, since he's a big Star Wars fan, especially when it comes to the books.

    Also

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  • KelorKelor Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Ah yes Cyv that comic and the lead up to it was great.

    Also we would be remiss in looking back at 10 years worth of comics without mentioning the Christmas in September.

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  • CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    That was my wallpaper for so long.

    And... it is again. :D

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  • DarkCrawlerDarkCrawler Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Goddamn...I was eight when this comic started?!

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  • BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited November 2008
    Kilroy wrote: »
    Oboro wrote: »
    It's been a really productive ten years.

    What's the internet record for regular webcomic posting? I don't think G&T have missed a single tri-weekly date, have they? They've been very disciplined, which is a great factor in making early success as a webcomic. I know I've given up on promising sites owing to their lack of consistency.

    To my knowledge, they missed it once because Gabe's computer broke and they couldn't access the file. Once.

    I think they had a week or two without an update when the original host went belly up. The next comic after they came back had Gabe saying 'Where have you guys been?'.

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  • CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I think I remember that comic, but I can't find it again. But I did find a gap between 24th May and 9th June, 1999.

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  • Muddy WaterMuddy Water Quiet Batperson Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Goddamn...I was eight when this comic started?!

    Hey, so was I! :)

    ...

    :|

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  • HerrCronHerrCron It that wickedly supports taxation Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Goddamn...I was eight when this comic started?!

    Hey, so was I! :)

    ...

    :|

    Whelp, i certainly feel old now.

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  • LeitnerLeitner Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Goddamn...I was eight when this comic started?!

    Hey, so was I! :)

    ...

    :|

    Christ you guys are young.
    Nine here bitches.

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  • DeShadowCDeShadowC Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Leitner wrote: »
    Goddamn...I was eight when this comic started?!

    Hey, so was I! :)

    ...

    :|

    Christ you guys are young.
    Nine here bitches.

    15, Jesus you guys are young.

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  • HonkHonk Honk is this poster. Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    DeShadowC wrote: »
    Leitner wrote: »
    Goddamn...I was eight when this comic started?!

    Hey, so was I! :)

    ...

    :|

    Christ you guys are young.
    Nine here bitches.

    15, Jesus you guys are young.

    I was 12, can I be in the middle of your age-sandwich?

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  • BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited November 2008
    I was 23. Get off my goddamn lawn you whippersnappers.

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  • WildcatWildcat Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Whatever, granddad.


    (I was 19.)

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  • JustinSane07JustinSane07 Really, stupid? Brockton__BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    I remember how I came across PA.

    I was looking for like, a java game website similiar to addictinggames.com, that at the time I thought was called pennyarcade.com Well I threw a dash in there and came across a lovely little comic. I wanna say I was a first semester sohpmore in high school at the time (so fall of 99) and I know The Bench was still on the main page (I can't believe Mike and Jerry don't have those archives). I distinctly remember doing this in some typing class the school mandated we take. I was hooked ever since, coming back 3 times a week to read my favorite 3 panel strip.

    This is the first one I remember reading.
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    And I know no one will share this with me, but this is one of my more favorite comics. I can't explain why, I just love it.
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    So thanks, Mike and Jerry, for 10 years of entertainment.

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    This is the first comic I ever read. One of the sites I went to had a guy named Raven and somebody linked it.

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    Man, I've been reading since I was 16. Good times.

    Edit: This here's one of my favorites, because it makes me hungry every time i read it:

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    Sometimes you just have to let people know about an awesome sandwich.

    And I JUST NOW noticed that Tycho is in Gabe's room going through his stuff when Gabe calls him.

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  • geckahngeckahn Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I don't think I've actually read a PA comic in like 3 years. But it's been more than 5 years since I started posting here! yay.

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  • Evil MultifariousEvil Multifarious Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    geckahn wrote: »
    I don't think I've actually read a PA comic in like 3 years. But it's been more than 5 years since I started posting here! yay.

    You're actually really missing out.

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  • DmanDman Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    geckahn wrote: »
    I don't think I've actually read a PA comic in like 3 years. But it's been more than 5 years since I started posting here! yay.

    You're actually really missing out.

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  • ChenChen Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
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    cocks dicks lol
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    Classic.
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    I dunno why but I laughed really hard at this.
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    Oh, Gabe.
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    Later, we fucked like twenty times in a barn!

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  • ArtoriaArtoria Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    this was my first PA comic. I saw it in OPM and I was hooked ever since.
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    I really hope they Bring back Div and the Fruit Fucker though. It's been too long sine we've seen them.

    It's been a great 10 years.

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  • Simon MoonSimon Moon Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I don't remember when I started reading regularly, but a former college roommate emailed me once with the subject line "Clever Disguise, Mr. Chan. But can you defeat my horde of Robo-Ninjas?"
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    When I asked him what that was a reference to, expecting some random martial arts flick, he sent me a link to the above comic. That's right, in 1999, my former college roommate introduced me to PA. You whippersnappers.

    Also, I sometimes really miss The Bench. I don't remember who did them, but there were a series of bench strips featuring Mike Doughty that were fantastic. Also, I used to think Tycho looked like Damon Albarn.

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  • TachTach Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Ah, the good old days of 1998- when my friends and I would all agree "True Dat" and threaten to "beat you until candy comes out."

    Those days shall never come again...

    Thanks a lot, fuckers. Now I'm depressed. Happy fucking Birthday.

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