In the comic strip game, there are certain names you just ‘have’ to know. Walt Kelly. Charles Schulz. Bill Watterson. Maybe one or two more – a Cathy Guisewite here, a Berke Breathed there. But in the webcomics world, there’s really only one name – Scott Kurtz.
Kurtz created PVP: Player vs Player in 1998, having fun with the gaming community by chronicling the staff at a video game magazine company. The strip, usually updated daily, was an instant hit. Maybe ‘instant’ is not factually accurate; it took time to build an audience. But by 2005 the website had over 100,000 dedicated visitors checking in every day for the continuing adventures of Cole, Francis, Skull the Troll, Jade and her ‘man-boy’ Brent (seen above).
My personal webcomic God – Brad Guigar – bows before no one except the Kurtz. To hear him tell it, there is no cooler guy in the webcomics game. And his success – popular website, animated series adaptation, legions of fans – has not gone to his head.
A reference from the person that I consider the coolest guy in the comics game period is enough for me. Mr. Kurtz – I salute you, sir!
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