Pro MTG Online
Pro MTG Online, or "PMO," is a self-updating Magic-related web comic.
History
PMO began in February of 2006 at http://pmo.hostiz.com. A year later Hostiz was destroyed, so Douglas Buel of The Magic Lampoon gave PMO sanctuary at http://pmo.magiclampoon.com in February of 2007. Finally it found a permanent home at the Magic humor site Good Gamery in April of 2008.
The original intent of Pro MTG Online was to prove that a web comic better than any existing Magic-related web comic could be generated using only MSPaint and complex procedural algorithms. As competing Magic-related web comics perished around it, PMO continued onward to become the oldest still-updating funny Magic web comic on the internet.
There are currently over 200 PMO comics.
At the 100 comic mark, a contest was held asking readers to submit their own PMO-style web comics. The winning submissions were published.
Style
PMO is drawn using MSPaint, usually only in black and white. Its font is generally Arial 8pt, bolded. At first, special effort was put forth in order to make it seem like the artist cared very little about the visual quality, but this has changed somewhat over time (though not completely).
Secrets
The 135th comic began a labyrinth which ended at a secret PMO forum, which was annihilated when Hostiz was destroyed. Now it leads... elsewhere.
There's secret "invisitext" on every comic.
It was originally claimed that the comic had an anonymous author, until it was eventually revealed that the comic drew itself.
External links
- Pro MTG Online, the comic we're talking about here
- Good Gamery, the Magic humor site that currently hosts PMO