THIS ART REALITY SHOW WAS WILD

Over ten years ago, Penny Arcade would make a competition webcomic show that would permanently change my brain chemistry, and now, I'm making it everyone's problem.

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[loadingreadyrun]

Oh wow, amazing! Strip Search was a labour of love for all of us and one of the most challenging projects we’ve ever made. I’m so glad people are enjoying it, and this retrospective! Thank you! I’d be happy to answer any questions if folks are interested 😃
–Graham (host, director, editor, producer)

[hilihkintil]

Reality show that offer real world value and career opportunity? No wonder it's no longer around 😂

[Endriz]

I love how you told the story of could find of each artist and my jaw actually dropped when you said Abby had worked on slay the princess!

[the_maNICOtti]

The fact that Trystan ended up working with d&d and Abby ended up working on Slay the Princess is genuinely so banger. I would DIE to work on something so cool

[Moonleii]

A webcomic reality show is something i never knew existed, but this should be interesting lmaooo

[Inoplolo]

This is different from your usual content.. but I love it!
I would love to see more videos like this :)

[AdamLaMore]

A few other contestant updates:
- Katie's highest-profile work was directing 20 episodes of the recent Animaniacs revival.
- Nick's handle online is "myntyfresh" and it seems he is/was most recently a producer at Dual Wield Studios doing artwork for merchandise.
- Trystan was also a member of the Penny Arcade-produced D&D show called "The C-Team" (a spinoff of their other show "Acquisitions Inc.").
- Lexxy is/was an artist at ArenaNet working on projects like Guild Wars.

[CWTycho]

Super honored by this! As one of the "creators, " the one with the dog collar and the "fashion" my wife got thrifting, I genuinely think there's nothing else like it. Certainly, there aren't any other shows where people blend and drink comics. At the time, we would debut new episodes live at the PAX conventions and we even did panels featuring the creators after the show!

[horrortheater]

Honestly, I wish this show came back. It not only teaches people a bit about webcomics and what goes into them but is also pretty refreshing, then the bacis trash reality TV, especially with today.

[nakropka]

22:15 OMG SHE MADE SLAY THE PRINCESS??? I ADORE THIS GAME

[SpicaSpice]

I've been watching your videos since 5th grade. I'll be graduating this year and I'm happy to see you still thriving! Thank you for being apart of my childhood and inspiring my art 🩷

[THENOEYEDGIRL_]

lavendertown can i just say that ur videos are such a comfort to me, last night i woke up from a nightmare crying and shaking and your vids calmed me down back to sleep 😭 I love your videos so much thank you

[VoidCael]

I was so happy Abby found success and was able to keep working at her craft. Coming from a poor background is such a harsh barrier for pretty much everything.

[thlayliroo]

19:07 there was a follow-up for some of them, actually! "Penny Arcade - Strip Search (Part 1)" and part 2, both posted Sept 2015. part 1 followed up with Alex, Nick, Monica, Amy/Trystan, and Abby, and part 2 focused on Katie!

[InfamousPizgah]

This video is so good. I almost cried when she started talking about how well some of the artists are doing. I’ll be watching Strip Search and hope it gets a season two.

[savannah]

a reality TV show where everyone seems to generally get along, support each other, mostly tell jokes, doesn't shy away from the more serious topics the contestants might bring up, the actual focus is on the contest and it's related areas, and there's real world career opportunities for the contestants afterwords that aren't just more reality TV shows? sign me the heck up

[amochikaay]

Like halfway through I was like “did abby make slay the princess?” Crazy she’s become so successful now, I definitely tip my hat off to her!

[playfulwriter]

I INTERRUPTED MY HONEYMOON TO WATCH THIS

[mofthemoth]

watched this video going "wow i dont really know anything about this but i like hearing lavender talk sooo" ONLY TO GET TO THE ENDING AND FIND OUT ABBY WORKED ON SLAY THE PRINCESS AND MY JAW GENUINELY DROPPED

[maximumdinosaur]

8:48 you are so right i cannot stand looking at the webtoon home page and EVERY CHARACTER LOOKS THE EXACT SAME??