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The comic graphic in the top right corner reminds me of Penny Arcade. Look how the main characters change over the decades: 1998: https://www.penny-arcade.com/

by umvi 6y ago

The comic graphic in the top right corner reminds me of Penny Arcade. Look how the main characters change over the decades: 1998: https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/1998/12/21/the-patch-parade https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/1998/12/21/the-patch-para... 2009: https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/01/28/further-songs-of-sorcelation-part-six https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/01/28/further-songs-... 2017: https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2017/02/15/the-latest-fissure https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2017/02/15/the-latest-fis...

LukeShu 6y ago
Interesting example, the visual aspects of the Penny Arcade characters have definitely been exaggerated over time, but the writing of the characters has been toned-back I think. Artwork: Some of this is Flanderization pure and simple, but I think some of it is that Mike's progression as an artist has allowed that to happen. In the early days if things were so exaggerated, it would have been sloppy; but as he's improved as an artist he has an increasing ability to exaggerate things and have it be stylized rather than sloppy. And so he utilizes that stylization to have the characters better emote. Writing: I think there are 3 parts to this. I think part of that is that they let more of their true selves through to the characters, and easing up on the invented personas. I think as the characters develop more "real" personas they don't have to lean as much on the initial defining traits of the characters. I think they've mellowed as they've grown up; once they were uber-hard-core and could spend 16 hours in a raid; now they have children and responsibilities (or put more in terms of the comic: These days there's a place in the comic for more casual gaming that did not exist in the early comic).
alanbernstein 6y ago
It's credited in the article, but it's actually from subnormality, which is a great comic, if wordy. I recognized the style immediately. http://www.viruscomix.com/subnormality.html http://www.viruscomix.com/subnormality.html
krebs_liebhaber 6y ago
This is only tangentially related, but I love that first comic. Without knowing when it was published, you wouldn't understand the joke, because that's now the reality for many triple-A releases. I think the world itself is getting Flanderized.
Bakary 6y ago
They really had a good thing going before the Tumblr nose era
- Octopodes 6y ago
  >Tubmlr nose era I'm unhappy that I had to look that up on an image search. Ugh

by umvi 6y ago

LukeShu 6y ago

Interesting example, the visual aspects of the Penny Arcade characters have definitely been exaggerated over time, but the writing of the characters has been toned-back I think. Artwork: Some of this is Flanderization pure and simple, but I think some of it is that Mike's progression as an artist has allowed that to happen. In the early days if things were so exaggerated, it would have been sloppy; but as he's improved as an artist he has an increasing ability to exaggerate things and have it be stylized rather than sloppy. And so he utilizes that stylization to have the characters better emote. Writing: I think there are 3 parts to this. I think part of that is that they let more of their true selves through to the characters, and easing up on the invented personas. I think as the characters develop more "real" personas they don't have to lean as much on the initial defining traits of the characters. I think they've mellowed as they've grown up; once they were uber-hard-core and could spend 16 hours in a raid; now they have children and responsibilities (or put more in terms of the comic: These days there's a place in the comic for more casual gaming that did not exist in the early comic).

alanbernstein 6y ago

It's credited in the article, but it's actually from subnormality, which is a great comic, if wordy. I recognized the style immediately. http://www.viruscomix.com/subnormality.html http://www.viruscomix.com/subnormality.html

krebs_liebhaber 6y ago

This is only tangentially related, but I love that first comic. Without knowing when it was published, you wouldn't understand the joke, because that's now the reality for many triple-A releases. I think the world itself is getting Flanderized.

Bakary 6y ago

They really had a good thing going before the Tumblr nose era

Octopodes 6y ago
>Tubmlr nose era I'm unhappy that I had to look that up on an image search. Ugh