2P START! - Comic

Comic

The comic was created as a collaboration between Ray and Tim; Tim usually thinks of an idea or story line and then gives that idea to Ray to draw in Adobe Illustrator. The comics are usually something funny or odd related to video games and usually involve humorously criticizing an aspect of a recent video game or video game console, creating a story about a video game character, or taking a strange facet of one of the previous and expanding upon it to the point of ridiculousness.

In the comic, both Ray and Tim had comic counterparts, but unlike Penny Arcade's characters, they used their real names and resembled themselves in appearance. Their characters sometimes have appeared in the comics to show the gaming world from a "real life" perspective (though this line has been crossed once or twice, such as in the comic "This is How I Roll" or in the comic "The Makeover"). Tim also had a Mii version of himself, named TiMii, which appeared from time to time. A Mii version of Ray, named DoRayMii, appeared in more recent comics, although DoRayMii was executed worse.

The 2P START! style did have some consistent features. For example, characters were drawn with a relatively thick outline around them and skinny characters were given "Nubby" elbows or knees to exaggerate this fact. The characters of Tim and Ray had specific trademark characteristic themselves: Ray was usually wearing Sonic the Hedgehog's "light speed shoes," and Tim was generally shown drinking Dr. Pepper, his favorite soda (with two noted exceptions: in comic 113 "In Poor Taste," where he is eating Doritos as part of an advertising scheme, and comic 167 "Now Boarding," where he is seen drinking Diet Dr. Pepper as part of the 2P End! story arc). The website's Comic #171, was submitted on May 20, 2010, under the fitting name of 2P FINISH!, where they end the story arc with a comic that fits the role of the end of the series. It is reminiscent of some of the jokes of their comics, and ends with a message that was apparently meant for the comic's Ray, but works for about any fan of the series.