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According to Holkins, the website in 2006 handled more than two million pageviews daily (excluding forum traffic). After hiring Robert Khoo as their business manager, Holkins and Krahulik switched to a different income stream based on advertising and merchandise revenue alone. A graph on the main page indicated how much people had donated that month. Originally, like many webcomics, Penny Arcade was supported solely by donations.

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The strip can feature in-jokes that are explained in the news posts accompanying each comic, written by the authors.īoth Krahulik and Holkins make a living from Penny Arcade, placing them in a small group of professional webcomic artists devoted to their creations full-time. Most of the time Gabe serves the purpose of the comic and Tycho the comic foil. The two characters spend much of their time playing and commenting on computer and video games, which forms the basis of the humor in the strip.

While often borrowing from the authors' experiences, Holkins and Krahulik do not treat them as literal avatars or caricatures of themselves. The strip features Krahulik and Holkins' cartoon alter egos, John 'Gabe' Gabriel and Tycho Brahe, respectively. Mike Krahulik (left) and Jerry Holkins (right) at Comic-Con 2009. In addition to the comic, Holkins and Krahulik also created Child's Play, a children's charity PAX, a gaming convention Penny Arcade TV, a YouTube channel Pinny Arcade, a pin exchange and the episodic video game Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness with Hothead Games and Zeboyd Games. Holkins and Krahulik were among the first webcomic creators successful enough to make a living from their work. Penny Arcade has been among the most popular and longest running webcomics currently online, listed in 2010 as having 3.5 million readers.

The comics are accompanied by regular updates on the site's blog. Since then, Holkins and Krahulik have established their own site, which is typically updated with a new comic strip each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The comic debuted in 1998 on the website. Penny Arcade is a webcomic focused on video games and video game culture, written by Jerry Holkins and illustrated by Mike Krahulik. Webcomic by Holkins and Krahulik and its related products

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