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Tycho and Gabe of Penny Arcade |
 Tycho & Gabe (or as their
parents call them Jerry
Holkins and Mike Krahulik) are founders the uber-popular web comic,
Penny Arcade. To say they are the product of "humble beginnings"
is cliché but true. They were local rejects – rejects who drew countless
comic strips that papers and online zines didn't want. One day, they
decided to throw those rejected comic strips onto a website, and thus,
in 1998, Penny Arcade was born. At first the website was sustained through
donations but eventually large masses of humans from around the world
grew to lurve Jerry & Mike's two dimensional alter-egos
and with a little financial savvy from business manager Robert Khoo,
they now make real American dollars.*
The beauty of Tycho & Gabe
is that they sit around commenting on video games – that's all they
do. The simplicity is the real genius. There is so much worldwide adoration
for the web comic that they get roughly 2 million hits a day. They have
parlayed this into an annual convention in Seattle that hosts up to
15,000 gaming enthusiasts. And who should play music at such a convention?
None other than Penny Arcade's official "Rapper Laureate" MC Frontalot.
One would even say that Penny Arcade played a huge cartoon-like hand
in Frontalot's emerging nerdcore success. And we thank them for it.
*Point of accuracy: Originally
the characters were not designed to be Holkins' and Krahulik's alter-egos.
But, after the series began, they figured, eh why not have them represent
us? And, of course, the cartoon Tycho & Gabe look nothing like the
real-life Tycho & Gabe. The real-life Tycho & Gabe are cuter.
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