LINKO! - March 27th

March 27, 2008 on 8:17 pm | In Cartoonists, Events, Web Comics

Oh my God, you guys! It’s crazy around these parts these days, but we’ve got a few really super cool features that Dave and I will be blogging all up in your faces over the next few days (Can you say “New Pancake Lover”?????). But for right now, how’s about you and I play some Linko for fabulous internet prizes?

In what is probably either old news or news that falls so strongly into the “well, of course they are” category that you probably all figured it was happening, the dudes at Penny Arcade are prepping their own video game. Now, I don’t play video games much if at all, and my interest in the online adventures of Tycho and Gabe is almost totally contingent on my wanting to sound really smart about the web comics business model at comics industry cocktail hour (that and I like it when I see a strip where they mention Deep Space 9). HOWEVER, even I think the idea of a straight up adventure game starring the pair and created with the guys who did The Secret of Monkey Island sounds awesome.

Won’t you please click on this link which contains an interview with the guys from Hothead Games who are bringing this cash cow to pixilated life?

In other weird cartoonist media crossover news, Jeffrey Brown was recently profiled for a Canadian television show call SexTV. I don’t get the title either, but the video looks cool. I found this on the Top Shelf newsletter, which probably means you’ve already seen it. But if you’re not on that list, the easiest ways to get signed up include going to the Top Shelf site, contacting anyone at Top Shelf for any reason or giving Chris Staros a high five on the floor of any convention.

Lastly, I went to the release party for the new issue of Comic Foundry last night thrown by the man pretty Tim Leong and the lovely Laura Hudson. Tim took photos of me looking pale and bloaty next to pretty girls which you can see here. The new issue of their mag looks really slick and is in stores April 9th.

- KP