Penny Arcade

Penny Arcade is a webcomic focused on video games and video game culture, written by Jerry Holkins and illustrated by Mike Krahulik. The comic debuted in 1998 on the website loonygames.com. 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 comics are accompanied by regular updates on the site's blog.

This article is about the webcomic. For the coin-operated device, see penny arcade. For other uses, see Penny Arcade (disambiguation).

Penny Arcade
Author(s)Jerry Holkins
Mike Krahulik
Websitewww.penny-arcade.com
Current status/scheduleMonday, Wednesday, Friday
Launch dateNovember 18, 1998
Syndicate(s)Penny Arcade, Inc.
Genre(s)Gaming, Humor, Satire

Penny Arcade has been among the most popular and longest running webcomics currently online, listed in 2010 as having 3.5 million readers. Holkins and Krahulik were among the first webcomic creators successful enough to make a living from their work. 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.

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