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Penny Arcade is making a Skyward Sword comic photo

If you visited Penny Arcade today, you would have learned that the boys were tapped by Nintendo to do a special five-page Skyward Sword comic. I've enjoyed Mike Krahulik's artwork as it developed over the years, and I am really excited to see his take on Skyward Sword's watercolor style.

Understandably, Mike was excited but nervous -- the Zelda team of course had to approve of his designs. Never fear, though! Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma himself gave Mike's work a big thumbs up! I'm thinking good things are about to unfold!

Starting today, one page will be released per week on the official Zelda homepage. You really ought to bookmark it and check in on it throughout the week!

Penny Arcade Presents The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword [Zelda.com]








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Tony Ponce (aka megaStryke) is a culturally confused, Canadian-born Puerto Rican who grew up in Japan and South Florida ... yet can only speak English. He specializes in writing features and maintaining an immaculate goatee. Likes: Any and all things related to Mega Man, Contra, Castlevania, 2D, PB&J sandwiches, applesauce, and candy corn. Meet the rest of the team



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Gee-Man's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/15/2011 19:38
Gee-Man
From a couple of nerds who made comics in their spare time to creating an official Zelda comic on behalf of Nintendo. Truly amazing how far the Penny Arcade duo have come.
ProperlyParanoid's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/15/2011 19:40
ProperlyParanoid
Man, as soon as I read "Penny Arcade" and "Zelda" in the same sentence, I knew I was in for the good stuff.

Also, what Gee-Man said.
pedrovay2003's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/15/2011 19:44
pedrovay2003
This is absolutely awesome.
killias2's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/15/2011 19:52
killias2
Penny Arcade haa become a major player for the gaming community. This doesn't surprise me at all.
Davedude's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/15/2011 20:04
Davedude
hot
ShadeOfLight's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/15/2011 20:07
ShadeOfLight
Their comes a certain point where you think you can't possibly get more hyped for a game.

And then something like this comes along and shatters that point completely.
nopeavi's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/15/2011 20:13
nopeavi
I liked the raw one on paper better!
llort het's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/15/2011 20:15
llort het
Is there some reason I can't turn the page?
Scissors's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/15/2011 20:21
Scissors
This is a really cool promotion, and I've never even read Penny Arcade. I did use to read a ton of web comics though. Nothing Nice to Say, Punks and Nerds, the Coffee Achiever, and Cultural Void were some of my favorites. Kinda feel like getting back into reading web comics now.
Tony Ponce's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/15/2011 20:37
Tony Ponce
@llort het

Yeah, because the other pages haven't been released yet, silly!
flintmech's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/15/2011 20:38
flintmech
Gabe's story in his post is even cooler than the image. Looking forward to seeing the rest, though.

@llort het

It hasn't been all released. They'll likely gradually add the pages throughout the week.
llort het's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/15/2011 20:59
llort het
Oh yeah, I guess I didn't read that paragraph.
pedrovay2003's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/15/2011 21:41
pedrovay2003
Is there going to be a physical release of this somewhere?
comicretard's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/15/2011 22:14
comicretard
I looove Penny Arcade.
GoofierBrute's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/15/2011 22:46
GoofierBrute
I enjoy Penny Arcade. They aren't 100 percent funny, but their hits are more often than their misses. This news pleases me.
Kaggen's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2011 01:03
Kaggen
Yay i dig his style too , looking forward to this!
Smo5000's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2011 06:20
Smo5000
Cool, now all we need is the Samurai Champloo team making a bad ass anime.......damn my wishful thinking -_-
AtomicBanana's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2011 10:07
AtomicBanana
Any nerd's dream come true.
Occams electric toothbrush's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2011 11:40
Occams electric toothbrush
Good for them. Some nice guys who deserve all the joy and happiness they have created for themselves.
El Dango's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2011 12:53
El Dango
Surprising to see Nintendo actually wanting Penny Arcade to do this, considering how, eh... non-family friendly the PA comic really is. Then again, they have made stuff that could be considered relatively "safe".
El Dango's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2011 13:31
El Dango
Surprising to see Nintendo actually wanting Penny Arcade to do this, considering how, eh... non-family friendly the PA comic really is. Then again, they have made stuff that could be considered relatively "safe".
BoomingEchoes's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2011 15:10
BoomingEchoes
Love the PA guys. Nintendo did a good thing tapping them for this (and for following in Bioware's footsteps in doing so).
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