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| 2 | * CreativeDifferences: This is the official reason for Rodney Caston leaving the strip. The reality is ''far'' more complicated. |
| 3 | ** We don't know exactly what happened, and we likely never will because both of them signed [=NDAs=]. The few details we've gotten from both of them over the years suggest that Rodney got bored with writing the strip pretty early on, leaving more details to Fred, then disapproving of the direction Fred wanted to take things; the last strip Rodney wrote by himself (aside from a couple of one-offs several months later) was, ironically, [[http://megatokyo.com/strip/132 a strip showing the different ways their characters viewed the world.]][[labelnote:±]] It's not a coincidence that immediately after this strip ran, Megatokyo switched to its now-standard chapter format.[[/labelnote]] Although Rodney wasn't contributing much of anything to the series, his name was still on the masthead and he still owned half of the copyright, something Fred came to resent. Eventually, Rodney agreed to let Fred buy out his half of the IP, and Rodney's name disappeared from the masthead at the end of April 2002,[[note]] comic #253, a DPD sketch published 1 May 2002, is the first one to credit Fred alone,[[/note]] with earlier strips receiving an OrwellianRetcon to change the copyright info. |
| 4 | * TheMerch: [[http://www.megagear.com/ MegaGear]] |
| 5 | * RuleThirtyFourCreatorReactions: Early in the run, Fred Gallagher (in)famously said that if he saw porn of ''[=MegaTokyo=]'' characters, he would stop producing the comic. As it turns out, this declaration only dissuaded his fan base, whereas it served as ''incentive'' for the sizable population who dislike ''[=MegaTokyo=]''. He has apparently since dropped this threat ever since A) it became clear most of the folks doing it were just trying to get him to cancel the comic, and B) his own NSFW artwork was brought to light. |
| 6 | * ScheduleSlip: There's a reason ''[=MegaTokyo=]'' fans are widely considered some of the most patient and forgiving people in the webcomic world. ''[=MegaTokyo=]'' is in the running for the distinction of being the most notorious still-ongoing webcomic example of the phenomenon, especially since the birth of Gallagher's son. Haven't checked it in about a decade? Got a free twenty minutes? You can get caught up. |
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