>>88469405Largo didn't leave MT, Fred-chan kicked him out.
Basically, Dark Horse came to Piro and said "we want to sign a book deal with you for MegaTokyo".
Piro went to Largo and said "I'm sick of doing MegaTokyo and want to do a comic called Warmth instead but I'll give you $2000 for your half of the comic and I'll keep doing it. So you can either accept nothing and what you created dies and I'll go on to another webcomic or you take the $2000 and at least then what you started will live on and you'll get $2000."
Faced with the choice of "nothing" or "$2000" Largo reason that $2000 was better than nothing and sold Fred-chan his half of the comic. Fred-chan already had the contract drawn up, had him sign it right there then rolled it up, popped it in a tube, turned around and walked away without saying a word.
This happened at a convention. He later announced he had a book deal which Largo didn't know about when he sold. Largo got very drunk at that con too and had many an unflattering thing to say about Fred-chan.
The real kicker was when Scott Kurtz congratulated Largo on the birth of his first child and said "At least this is one creation of yours that Piro won't be able to steal from you."
Fred-chan had a complete hissy fit on his rant page at that one saying that $2000 was a fair price because he could have just quit the comic altogether.
