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At the risk of sounding like Scrooge: I would assume most people think of Penny Arcade as the thrice weekly "content drops" (while viewing the rest as periphera
by jere 14y ago
At the risk of sounding like Scrooge: I would assume most people think of Penny Arcade as the thrice weekly "content drops" (while viewing the rest as peripheral) and it certainly doesn't take 14 people to draw a comic.
Asking the community for $1 million every single year to draw a comic seems a bit steep.
I'm not saying it's not worth it. I probably will contribute, but it feels like a lot of for a small thing.
- cube13 14y ago>At the risk of sounding like Scrooge: I would assume most people think of Penny Arcade as the thrice weekly "content drops" (while viewing the rest as peripheral) and it certainly doesn't take 14 people to draw a comic. I get the feeling that they want to change this perception, especially with the recent hire of Ben Kuchera to write full time news and commentary for the Penny Arcade Reports site.
- jere 14y agoCrap. I don't know if I'm just blind or lazy or both, but I don't think I noticed the top navigation bar that has the PA Report until now (it's really subtle). Anyway, I think you're probably right.
- gerts 14y agoIt's bizarrely under-promoted now, but PA made a big deal when they launched PA Report a while back. http://penny-arcade.com/report/about http://penny-arcade.com/report/about
- InclinedPlane 14y ago"Asking the community for $1 million every single year to draw a comic seems a bit steep." Here's the important part though, they're already paying it, and more. That's how advertising works. People buy stuff that's advertised and they pay a higher markup which goes to pay for the advertising which goes to pay for the content. The only difference is that today it's very indirect. What's wrong with direct support?