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[Monocle]

Uh-oh, wasn't this the guy who basically saved Gabe and Tycho when they were wandering naked through the corporate wilderness? I wonder how they'll get by without the brains of the operation.

Ah, time for my semi-annual trip to PA to see how much more ridiculous the art has gotten.

And...yup! Seems like a parody of the last time I checked. Everything's in order.

Haha, yeah. The colors are improved but the faces look hideously distorted. Very off-putting.

 

[duvjones]

I can only say that this seems to a good parting.

I went to PAX South and I was bored to tears. Soured me on the whole con experience too. Good luck to you Robert!

Oh, I am sorry to hear that. From what I have heard and seen, PAX is something of the deep end pool as far as cons go. It's rather big no matter which one you go to.

 

[Xelinis]

I went to PAX South and I was bored to tears. Soured me on the whole con experience too.

PAX South is still the baby PAX. Both PAX West and PAX East are much more interesting.

 

[jediyoshi]

I'm still confused about how penny arcade is so huge

Not a whole lot happening on the internet in 1998, and then not a whole lot of people sticking around their thing.

 

[DarkKyo]

Haha, yeah. The colors are improved but the faces look hideously distorted. Very off-putting.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with the current style. It's constantly changing/evolving, which is a pretty big staple of the comic over the past 5-7 years. The characters are incredibly emotive, the colors are great, and nothing is off-putting about the style itself.

We're all entitled to our own opinion but I think you're off on this one.

edit: to put it more eloquently, the style changes but I'm positive the same amount of effort or more goes into as it ever has. Mike seems like someone who is constantly challenging himself.

 

[Cybit]

FWIW; Robert basically groomed a protege for many years while he was there, so they will have Josh still around to help them, as well as Fehlauer and Jeff and others.

 

[bizzarewars]

Dude deserves a break. Might be one of the hardest working guys in the community.

 

[Miracle]

Damn! Met him a few times in all the Pax Easts I went to. Great guy and a very brilliant one at that.

He definitely deserves a break (at least a 5 year break) but this does suck to hear regardless.

 

[luxarific]

Uh oh.

Robert was pretty much the dude who kept them out of trouble and from making even bigger problems outta the shit they got into.

Dude ran that shit.

Yeah, he was the secret behind their success. I wonder where he will go - he'll be an asset to any company he joins.

 

[Cybit]

Yeah, he was the secret behind their success. I wonder where he will go - he'll be an asset to any company he joins.

My guess is that he takes a year or two off / does passion projects. Maybe gets married. Then probably has his choice on where he wants to work.

 

[Chorazin]

I went to PAX South and I was bored to tears. Soured me on the whole con experience too. Good luck to you Robert!

How does one get bored at a PAX? There's basically a million cool things you could be doing at any given moment.

 

[BinaryTB]

I would move to Seattle from Boston to help out PA in a heartbeat if I was offered a position. I believe Khoo has an MBA in Operations, that's what I have. I'm sure it requires more than that though, but it's a step.