genres and styles" in Scott McCloud's 2006 book Making Comics. Awards and recognition On March 5, 2009, the Washington State Senate honored Holkins and Krahulik, both originally from Spokane, for the contribution that they had made to the state, the video game industry, and to children's charities from around the world courtesy of their Child's Play initiative. Later in March, Penny Arcade won the category "Best Webcomic" in the fan voted Project Fanboy Awards for 2008. In 2010, Holkins, Krahulik, and Khoo were awarded the annual "Ambassador Award" at GDC's Game Developers Choice Awards for contributions they had made to the industry. The same year, Time'' included Holkins and Krahulik in the annual "Time 100", the magazine's listing of the world's 100 most influential people. In July 2015, Holkins and Krahulik were recognized as "Multimedia Empire Builders" in Ad Week's 10 Visual Artists Changing the Way We See Advertising issue. See also List of comic strips List of professional webcomic artists List of web comics References External links Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) The Penny Arcade Podcast Child's Play Charity Greenhouse 1990s webcomics 2000s webcomics 2010s webcomics American comedy webcomics Webcomics about fandom Penny Arcade (webcomic) Short form webcomics Video game webcomics Webcomics in print Web Cartoonists' Choice Award winners Metafictional comics 1998 webcomic debuts Comics adapted into video games