New Penny Arcade Books Now Possible 47
JonLatane writes "Some of you old Penny Arcade fans may recall a time when Gabe and Tycho were planning to publish their work, only to lose the rights to all their stuff to some scumbag. Well, Gabe said today in the bottom of his post that they have gotten back the rights to their own work. This means that we may finally see some new printed works, especially since Gabe and Tycho are much more legally savvy as a result of this whole fiasco."
Details!? (Score:3, Insightful)
fp.
Re:Details!? (Score:1, Offtopic)
http://www.forumopolis.com/archive/index.php/t-
Re:Details!? (Score:1)
first time this question was asked... (Score:1, Funny)
only on slashdot, folks
Too cool (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Too cool (Score:2)
If Sexy Losers ran a bit more frequently, I'd vote for it. It brings crude humor to a whole new level. :)
Re:Too cool (Score:1)
I second that! I used to read every friggin' webcomic under the sun until finally one day I realized that a good majority of them suck ass. PA is the only one that I still check regularly, but Sinfest and Goats [goats.com] (and that's "Goats"... NOT "goatse". Feel free to click) survived my webcomic cleansing as well. I don't always keep up with 'em regularly, but I'll check back periodically and catch up through their archives.
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Lost In Appleton [landecay.com]
Sometimes a comic doesn't make any sense, like the current one. Go back through the archives a little bit for awesomeness.
Re:Too cool (Score:1, Offtopic)
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Maybe if you had compared them to a greater degree or presented some actual facts (what the other thing is about, if it's like penny arcade at all, etc.), but instead you just put some personal opinion crap no one cares about as well. It came across very spam like even.
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Umm, what happened, exactly? (Score:3, Interesting)
> to all their stuff to some scumbag
For those of us who do NOT recall this story, can someone fill us in on exactly how this happened?
Re:Umm, what happened, exactly? (Score:5, Interesting)
First, the book never actually ended up coming to market, insofar as I'm aware. While they were objecting to this development (despite paying money, I think), they also discovered that they had signed away their legal rights to have any of their comics in print (or at least, they had signed away control).
Enter their manager that showed up a few years ago, and the proverbial, "WTF!?" moment. They ended up in court after that, and have been fighting ever since.
Disclaimer: This is what I've gathered, and is probably RIDDLED with inaccuracies and suppositions. I'm not clear on the details, but that's about as much as I know/have inferred. If anybody wants to correct me, please be my guest.
Re:Umm, what happened, exactly? (Score:5, Informative)
Incorrect. My brother has a copy on his bookshelf of PA Year One. I would but at the time I wasn't a big fan.
Also, from what I can recall from their explanation at PAX04, I believe the publisher never paid them (although who knows, the contract could somehow say they never would see a dime since they didn't really know what they were signing) and held the rights to the first 5 years of PA strips. They were free to make books based on year 6 and up. The legal issues just tied up the first 5 years.
Re:Umm, what happened, exactly? (Score:2)
Re:What? (Score:1)
but you were joking, right?
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Re:What? (Score:4, Interesting)
Some of them make the fact that they're gaming comic websites a bit more known, sure. But all those sites I go to primarily for the comics. All of them don't have the full comic on the front page.
Now, clanbob (specifically the life of riley) comic ISN'T the entire focus of the site. it's just a bunch of friends, one of them happens to draw a comic. The others use it for whatever they want, as far as I can tell. But penny-arcade has a link to the comic in each of tycho's posts about it, and a 'Latest Comic' link right at the top. It's fair to include all of these as being similar, I think.
Now for the inside cover (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Now for the inside cover (Score:5, Informative)
PA Link:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2003-0
Copies:
http://onethumb.smugmug.com/photos/147054-O-1.jpg [smugmug.com]
http://dailyramblings.com/images/shortcake.jpg [dailyramblings.com]
Penny Arcade book should be User Friendly... (Score:2)
Re:Penny Arcade book should be User Friendly... (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:Penny Arcade book should be User Friendly... (Score:2)
Yup. Even with the 30-second nag strip for financial supoort.
Re:Penny Arcade book should be User Friendly... (Score:1)
Typical threads go:
Pootle: Ugh, I feel awful, shouted at mom.
Banangirl: Aaaaaaaawwwwwww {{{{{Pootle}}}}}
Zippy: Sorry to hear that {{{{Pootle}}}}
Grinch: Terrible {{{{{Mom}}}}}
Re:Penny Arcade book should be User Friendly... (Score:1)
The comics are funny, but the meat is the rant (Score:2, Interesting)
Finally. (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Finally. (Score:3, Funny)
sharks with
frikin' laser beams on their heads!
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Sweet Moses. (Score:2)
These boys write reviews and comics about the games we play. They're one of the few reviewers I read that don't require me to swallow a proverbial grain of salt to sound believable.
Their strips deal mostly with games, so a collection published in a book is a big deal to their fans.
Re:What does this story have to do with games? (Score:3, Funny)
It is times like this... (Score:1)
How would a book work? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:How would a book work? (Score:2)
Put Commentary In It
Let's say a comic wouldn't make sense without a news post, just have Gabe or Tycho write a little bit of commentary in a bubble somewhere on the page. I particularly enjoy Absath's commentary in his book. Let me in on the little details that go along with a web comic and its story.
Re:How would a book work? (Score:1)
Which is exactly what they did with Year One (yes, I've got a copy). It wasn't the full newspost itself, but they did explain what each strip was about and even mentioned a little bit about the creative process behind each strip. The newspost these days usually gives enough background so that you know what the strips are about, but it doesn't always tell you what the thought process was when they were actually creating the strip itself. I'm sure they'll continue in this vein if (n