Penny Arcade

[Apollo Leader]

The Penny Arcade

How many of you guys have checked this site out or seen these strips republished in Electronic Gaming Monthly? Is it me, or does the two main characters in the strip bear a VERY strong resemblance to Hikaru and Roy?

[mikeszekely]

I think it's just you. Have you seen their older stuff? They DEFINATELY didn't look like Roy and Hikaru then.

Gabe's talked about his influences before, and he's never mentioned Macross or Robotech. Or anime.

[Apollo Leader]

I think it's just you.  Have you seen their older stuff?  They DEFINATELY didn't look like Roy and Hikaru then.

Gabe's talked about his influences before, and he's never mentioned Macross or Robotech.  Or anime.

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Actually I just looked through some of the earliest strips from 1998 and boy did they look different back then. But the way they're drawn today I swear they bear a resemblance Hikaru and Roy even if it's a coincidence. I first noticed this when EGM started running some of these strips.

[azrael]

Artists tend to evolve their drawings as time goes on. Look at Dilbert from when Scott Adams started to now.

[ly000001]

I think it's just you.  Have you seen their older stuff?  They DEFINATELY didn't look like Roy and Hikaru then.

Gabe's talked about his influences before, and he's never mentioned Macross or Robotech.  Or anime.

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I don't think they're interested in anime at all. IIRC, they were invited as special guests to Otakon 2002, but were put off by the experience there and declined the invitation to go the following year.

[JKeats]

I have PA bookmarked and I'm pretty sure they're not into anime. One of the creators, Gabe, blogged on Wednesday about how they were invited to Sakuracon and consider it nice to be going considering how the last time they were there, they told the audience that they, "have never watched any manga" or something like that.

[JsARCLIGHT]

I think this is a case of Anime Pareidolia. Sometimes we perceive the basis of things we like in things that have nothing to do with them. Last week I thought I saw a cat like mine on a magazine at the grocery store but upon closer inspection it was a dog.

[1/1 LowViz Lurker]

But what about this:

[JB0]

But what about this:

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HAHAHA!

I think it DOES say all that needs saying.