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>>94062539

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It might not be possible but I hope this opens up the possibility for the last Sonic Mega Drive issue to be released.

>>94062575
Don't get your hopes up.

IDW will use the lore from Sonic games and nothing else. Nothing from Archie comics will turn up at all.

>>94062590
You say that like it's bad.

>>94062554
huh, well that didn't take long

>>94062607
It's not, just some anons are very tied to the Archie lore and are bound to be disappointed. IDW will basically start an entirely new story, think of it as an alternate version I guess.

They probably won't even introduce new characters. There are enough in the games to satisfy story telling I think.

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>>94062590
I kinda hope they take on Ian Flynn as a writer again. He has been doing a good job with the comic. It would also be nice to see some of the better Sonic artists come on over for the new comic. Especially Tyson Hesse. I also like Ben Bates but he seems to have stopped doing comics, at least for a while.

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>>94062618
But at the same time there is such a huge fan base for the freedom fighters that it might be a good idea to keep the team around in the comics. But at the same time it might be best to start with a clean slate. I would be cool with them adapting the games and throwing in some original stuff as well. Expand on the original games like they started doing. The Archie comic ended in the middle of an adaptation of Sonic CD.

>>94062661
I think they'll adapt the games and expand from there.

Using any Archie stuff is murky legal territory, so easier just to ignore it all and start fresh.

>>94062661
It is a pretty good way to gauge the stance the comic is going to take. Fans of sonic want to see the freedom fighters, more than just sonic & eggman in green hill zone, ian flynn, all that good shit.

We'll know just from the previews whether they're in Egoraptor's camp and just wants to make a comic distancing itself as far away from everything related to sonic as possible.

>>94062618
12 issues long Big the cat comic series. Think about it.

SEGA literally announced this as "wanting to take the series in a different direction". So whatever they're hoping for, it's nothing like Megadrive, nothing like Universe and nothing like the main comic.

>IDW

Huh. Things actually turned about better than expected.

>>94062693
But it seemed like Mega Drive was doing really great so I don't see why they wouldn't want to ride that gravy train. It's basically what if they found an unreleased 90's Sonic game from the Sonic, Sonic 2, Sonic CD and Sonic3/Sonic and Knuckles era.

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So I was going through the archives and noticed something interesting about this picture.

He's using the fucking font from Gradius 3.

https://www.spriters-resource.com/arcade/gradius4/sheet/46081/

He just ripped it straight off, I've played that game a thousand times. Sadly American copyright laws aren't my expertise, but I'm pretty sure unlicensed use of a font is an invasion of intellectual property.

>>94062752
https://www.quora.com/Do-companies-get-sued-for-using-fonts-illegally

>>94062590
Thats a good thing

>>94062752
It may be a free font online that copies the style, that is very commonplace. They sometimes just have very slight differences from the original that you would not notice unless you looked very closely.

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>>94062590

does that mean Honey can show up?

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>>94062539
I just want Metal Sonic. Is that really so much to ask for?

>>94062752
someone should throw a paint ballon at the table

>>94062575
if it follows this kind of format and doesn't bring back those shitty terror... freedom fighter fan characters I might start picking it up

>>94062793

Metal Sonic is a game character so all but guaranteed you chode

>>94062722
Thats Sonic Mania

>>94062836
But Mega Drive is also that but in comic form.

>>94062554
that was fast

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So does this mean no more Snively?

Thank god the shitty convoluted OC fueled Archie series is gone. Thank you Ken Penders, god bless your soul.

>>94062752
How does this man have the money to afford a table at Comic-Con?

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>>94062539
They're starting fresh, right? Archie lore is a mess and I just want to put all of it behind me.

>>94063035
It does seem likely that they're going to start fresh. But I suppose we will hear more in the coming months.

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>>94062752
>he could actually afford a table, let alone any decals
so, did anyone actually stop by?

> Penders is already talking about suing IDW
Just a little more until he gets fucked in the ass.

>>94063161
IDW is a premier publisher.

>>94063161
He is?!

>>94063161
can't wait for him to become the Brendan Fraiser of the comics industry

>>94062627
I really hope so to, I just want to see him unhinged with bullshit mandates on Sonic, like what he did during golden era (170-200 ish).

Sonic has been a solid money maker for Archie for years and the fact that Flynn not only kept it afloat up to almost 300 issue, but also almost exclusively kept afloat Sonic Universe up to 100 issues will give him good chances.

>>94063161
Wasn't he just telling people on Twitter that IDW can't pulish and pre-2005 material or something like that?

>>94063161
What the fuck could he possibly sue them about?

The worst they can make is reprint enchiladas OCs.

>>94062752
>visit his Twitter for the first time today
>all the people still keeping up with him are furries
Checks out.

>>94063161
That's not what he means. Like >>94063248 said, he's just letting everyone know that IDW can't use any of his characters without paying him. Which is stupid, because IDW probably won't want anything from the old universe anyways.

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>>94063248
>>94063334
Here's the tweets so people can see.

>>94063161
I don't think he said anything about suing. He was just saying that there won't be any Penders characters in IDW's comic unless if they pay him. As if they'd even want to use his characters in the first place. He was also bragging that his take on Sonic would sell better.

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Why the fuck is Mike Tyson on the poster? Why is he wearing a space suit?

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>>94063346
Oh no, how will they ever manage?

>>94063334
He's not exactly wrong, IDW love their reprints. It's probably how the make most of their money frankly.

>>94063350
Penders is such a terrible artist. He ruined the comics for years, and yet it was still allowed to exist long enough to redeem itself

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>>94062627
I really want Flynn to be given the chance to write this property for a publisher that isn't going to fuck him around over and over again. A Flynn run where he's not constrained by trying to clean up the shit Penders dumped on the floor of the Sonic canon could be tremendous.

And like >>94062618 said, even without the Archie characters there are a fuckload of characters in the official games that could fill out a massive cast.

>>94062674
It would be great if they went the route of adapting all of the games in chronological order, making tweaks to the story as they go so it all flows as one narrative with original arcs and characters developing as they go along.

I really want to see new adaptations of Sonic 3 & Knuckles and Sonic Adventure 2.

>>94062930
Why not just have the ceiling drop down and squish him

>>94062539
>only agree to do the mlp comic because they don't want to lose transformers
>do a comic for the only property with an even more autistic fandom.

>>94062539
Hoooly shit

I did not fucking see this coming

Honestly, I'll be surprised if IDW doesn't at least reprint collections of the post-reboot Archie run. It'd be a quick way to make back some of the money on the license.

>>94062923
Well, I mean, this IS Sonic we're talking about...

>>94063493
I wouldn't say the Sonic fanbase is more autistic, but that's only because I've seen the kind of shit that hides within the MLP fanbase
>Someone wrote a story about some anthro with long toenails scraping out brain matter from someone's head and eating it
>FROM the nails

>>94063346
>I would totally win if I tried, you guys

>>94063375
I am still mad at myself for not picking up that snake themed classic horror anthology.

>>94063519
I had a kek

>>94063540
He wouldn't dare to try it for two reasons.

1. Against a company that isn't completely incompetent, he would get fucked in the ass.

2. Any further legal shit might jeopardize the already tenuous ownership he has of "his" characters.

>Sega COULD just keep the numbering and continue, as they own all rights and have published the comics without Archie's consent in other territories.
>but they won't
>They COULD publish the finished, unpublished issues.
>but they won't

Why's it gotta be like this.

>>94062684
Would read.

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>>94062539
>IDW
oh joy, even more characters and mini plots that eventually lead to no meaning for the overall comic

>>94063849
You misunderstand, there won't be an overall comic anymore. It's just gonna be minis and ads for new games forever.

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>>94063460
>Focke-Wulf

I grew up with and love the comics but I do enjoy seeing the butthurt that this era of Sonic is finally over.

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Who are the SatAM/Adventures characters licensed under? It'd be nice to see them as a spin-off team, kind of like the Chaotix. Sonic and friends can have their own vidya tie-in adventures, while Team Sally can have original adventures or somehting

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>>94062539
what about Mega Man?

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>>94064033
Don't think there are any plans since it's Capcom related. But Udon is coloring the Mega Man Megamix comic so that's something.

>>94062590
That's horseshit. IDW takes all iterations into account when it makes comics. Just look at their turtles. It takes a lot of inspirations from several iterations.

>>94063982
>SatAM
ew

>>94064088
It also depends on what kind of restraints SEGA are putting on them.

>>94064072
This looks Getter as fuck. I dig it.

>>94064164
That is literally all it depends on. Without restriction it would be a matter of time until some references or outright content gets taken from Archieverse. IDW is both lazy in nicking shit from others but tuned-in in terms of what fans want. Basically they're the perfect company for adaption of large or older properties.
Again, just look at their turtles stuff. Satisfying.

>>94064192
Though the turtles have more meat to pick from. Sure Sonic has the games and the cartoons/anime and other comics such as Fleetway. But I am guessing SEGA probably only wants them to use game characters. That is probably enough for a comic but then IDW can't pick and choose as nicely as they can with the TMNT comic.

>>94063982
>>94062661
>>94062682

SEGA hates the Freedom Fighters, they're not coming back you autists.

>>94064168
Ariga is the best. He has good taste in manga and his Pokemon designs are tight.

>>94064470
have they ever officially stated that?
it seems like something they would be indifferent about as long as they arent in the games

>>94064530
After the reboot, Sega wanted Archie to stop using the Freedom Fighters, too, and Archie had to beg and plead consistently to get Sega to let them keep them.

>tfw you only wanted Honey and Nicole (Lynx) to make through.
I feel terrible.

>>94064594
Honey's a Sonic the Figthers character, she still has a second chance. I didn't even like Archie Honey to be honest

>>94064362
My fear is that Sega will want them to use only the most recent characters and forbid using characters like Bark, Mighty, etc.

Question: What would happen if Penders died? Would the licences for "his" characters go to his family or be nullified?

>>94064898
Only one way to find out.

>>94064898
They'd almost certainly be considered part of his estate and go to his wife.

>>94064921
Take one for the team, anon. Find your biggest carving knife and go meet him.

>>94063982
The SatAM,Boom, and AoStH characters are pure Sega.

Sonic X isn't and Underground is a gray area.

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>>94063346
Does Penders really not realize that IDW nor any sane comic company for that matter will ever want to deal with him after that shit between him and Archie?

>>94062575
This.
>>94065328
Penders is the posterboy for cognitive dissonance.

>>94064072
I was hoping there was some small chance that Archie could continue their Mega Man comic with Sonic gone from them but this thing from Udon pretty much destroys that. On the other hand, I haven't read Megamix yet so this will be a good time to start.

I guess right now, I just want IDW to finish the trades for the post-reboot Sonic issues and somehow swing Capcom into letting them release Worlds Unite Vol. 3.

>>94064898
I guess they would go to someone in his family who would probably attempt to sell them to Sega because what else would they do with them?

>>94065508
Mega Man was a disaster sales wise, that's why we got the second crossover in the first place and why we never got a series for X.

Udon's a masterpiece in comparison, you can't go wrong picking it. I'm going to double dip because the colors look amazing.

>>94065560
I'm looking forward to Mastermix, it's just that Archie's take on it was very good and it's mostly what got me into Mega Man.

I do have the second and third volumes each of Megamix and Gigamix but neither of the first volumes and I don't want to just start from volume 2. I have flipped through them a few times, the artwork looks very good and I will definitely be buying this colorized version when it comes out.

>>94065271
>The SatAM,Boom, and AoStH characters are pure Sega.

To be more specific, AoStH, SatAM, and the Archie and IDW Sonic comics (aside from the Pendered stuff) are specifically owned by Sega of America. This means that characters and concepts from those can appear in any game published (e.g. Spinball, Mean Bean Machine) by or any show or other material (e.g. the IDW comic) licensed by SoA. However, it also means that Sega's Japanese and European branches can't make anything with these characters and concepts, instead importing what SoA makes or licenses (e.g. the Archie comic eventually came to Europe years after the Fleetway comic got cancelled; Spinball and [eventually, by way of Sonic Mega Collection] Mean Bean Machine got exported to the Japanese market).

Boom, on the other hand, is owned by SoJ. This means that characters and concepts from this series can appear in material made or licensed by SoJ's child companies (e.g. the Archie comic) , as well as anything made or licensed by SoJ (e.g. the actual show, a Japanese-French co-production; Sticks appearing in one of the Mario and Sonic Olympics games).

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>>94065508
Well the Udon stuff is just old material being split up and re-released in color so it wouldn't really HAVE to stop a Mega Man comic. But Archie's Mega Man comic went on an endless hiatus for a reason I would assume.

>>94062781
I hope so

So, all the Archie comics are NOT collected, in trades, correct? Especially the last few comics I'm sure aren't collected. Is there a list of what Sonic issues are not in any collections?

I've got the Sonic Selects and a few archives because I prefer reading hard copies to digital, so I'm just curious what the holes in my reading will be if I decide to finish it up.

>>94062781
She probably can, but the question is if she will.

Cream's been in a few games, so I'm sure she's safe, but does this mean no Vanilla any more? She was half the reason I got into the comics in the first place. Any chance of getting a new MILF at least? I'd settle for the twin-quadruplet bandicoots from the Boom show, I guess.

>>94065893
Vanilla was introduced in Sonic Advance 2, the same game as Cream. In fact, that rescuing her was Cream's motivation.

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>>94065930

>>94062590
but thats literally what Sonic Megadrive is

>>94065785
I doubt Capcom would want two Mega Man books from two different publishers coming out at the same time.

>>94065831
>Cracks knuckles
Sonic Archives collects every issue of the main series up to #91. That is exactly the point where the Dark Ages gets into full swing so you probably wouldn't want more volumes of that anyway.

Sonic Saga Series collects Ian's pre-reboot issues but they only got up to #194 before being cancelled. That's about only half of them before the reboot. The Sonic Genesis arc (226-230) has it's own trade and the Best of Sonic Villains hardcover has some more issues from the end of the pre-reboot run.

Sonic Universe only got to #32. Archie was going to start a separate series for the post-reboot Universe arcs but that never happened.

The post-reboot main Sonic issues only got four volumes. There's a possibility IDW could finish them but we don't know yet.

Sonic Select is the one trade series that actually got finished. It has most of the earlier special issues and miniseries (Some got left out for various reasons) but the order they got released in is fucked up.

Sonic Super Digest has more of the later post-reboot issues but the paper quality is poor and the order is messed up.

The last volume of Worlds Unite never got released.

>>94062682
>Fans of sonic want to see the freedom fighters
I think you are overestimating their appeal.

Sonic fans want sonic and the main game friends like tails and knuckles. not the extended comics cast.

theres en entire split between the sonic comic fans (AKA the furry autist community) and the games fans (regular autist community)

>>94063019
>How does this man have the money
He doesn't. His wife does.

>>94066026
No that Anon but Mega Drive was not based on a specific game but rather made to be what a game around that time could have been like.

I'm looking forward to the fresh start. I didn't like anything Archie had to offer, not even the Ian stuff.

I didn't like his work on Mega Man either.

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So to someone who's only ever watched SATAM how much of that plot is in the other Sonic material?

Like, is Eggman trying to turn everyone into robots?

>>94065831
Man I was gonna tell you exactly what they missed but this other autist
>>94066036
beat me to the punch.

TL;DR, there's about 70 pre-Ian comics that never got collected, and then like 60 Ian issues that never got collected, and like 15 pre-reboot Universe issues. IDW could probably get away with selling trades of the Post-Reboot stuff, but you're still looking at like 150 comics that never got trades and never will. Granted, most of those are shit that you don't want to read, but there's a few good stories in there.

>>94066225
The comics, both pre and post reboot, take a lot of influence from SatAM.

>>94066036
I'm gonna clarify this because I wanna.
Select got literally every single issue spinoff book before Worlds Unite except the ones they legally couldn't reprint.

>>94066225
Eggman puts animals in robots to power them. Using this army of robots, he aims to take over the world and change it into "Eggmanland".

If I recall, there's never been an attempt to actually turn people into robots in the games. Stuff like the Metal line are just robots he made.

There was actually a character, Gamma, in Sonic Adventure who was powered by an animal and that was a focal point of his arc.

>>94062590
We'll see.

>>94062823
>fan characters
You keep using that word. It doesn't mean what you think it means.

>>94066225
The comics kinda keep the broad strokes. Vaguely. Not really.

Nothing else is really like that. Eggman just puts cute animals into robots for his troops and tries to make the world into a crazy neon circus dedicated to fueling his ego.

>>94066225
SatAM had some really badass backgrounds

>>94066306
Well I mean I'm sure they could reprint Naugus Games if they really wanted to but why would they?

They also skipped Super Special #'s 6 and 13 (And 3 if you want to be technical) in favor of them being in Sonic Archives instead.

Sonic Live and Super Special #7 were the ones skipped for legal reasons.

>>94066389
Dude I love generic sci fi props colored in various shades of gray and brown.

>>94065328
He's almost certainly literally autistic so probably not.

>>94065328
The thing is, I kinda want him to try. I want him to crash and burn.

>>94065508
I really don't want to have to wait for that sleazy sweaty fuck to die before I can get reprints of all of Archie Sonic.
Maybe his wife will leave him or Sega will sue him for stealing art and he'll have to sell the shit.

>>94066479
>There will never be a full size hardcover omnibus series collecting the past Sonic issues
I know the pain.

>>94066079
I will forever be amazed that an ugly autist like Penders managed to marry a lawyer.

>>94066400
>Well I mean I'm sure they could reprint Naugus Games if they really wanted to but why would they?
The whole situation with Gabrie seems to be a convoluted mess and I wouldn't even be surprised if they skipped every Romy Chacon story and 113 if the Archives continued.

But yeah, everything else except Live and #7 (and one other Gabrie story) were in Select or the Archives. It would be way more of a pain if they collected the numbered issues but didn't collect all the fucking spinoff stuff.

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>>94062539
If IDW gives it the treatment they gave TMNT, this might be great.

If they give it the treatment they gave that other all-ages series, it'll be a disaster.

>>94065328
I still think he knows, but wants that payday and likes pissing on the people who dislike him.

>>94066566
Their MLP writers seem to be have quite a high internet presence based on a few jokes I've seen in the comics, so I'm hoping they see how well received Boom is on the internet and take it in that direction.

>>94066566
>a cartoon about colorful marshmallow horses
>problematic
Jesus Christ. Some people are just made of tissue paper and can't handle anything.

>>94066566
I really hope they bring in the same writer as before. If they bring in the same creative team, it would be amazing.

Sonic as a comic series can be a pretty tidy money-maker for IDW with brand recognition that goes beyond that other series' current iteration. That and Sega is no doubt going to be fairly strict with it after the shit that happened with Archie for years.

>>94066566
>going to horse for anything other than technicolour bullshit
Jej. Why the fuck would you kid yourself like this? It's just a cartoon

Reminder that Sally x Nicole was basically canon

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>>94066687

>>94066479
They aren't married.

Anyway, I don't see what you and
>>94066529
are upset about aside from your nagging OCD. All of the 90's stories were collected (bar like five that nobody cares about or wants). Every single relevant part of Knuckles is collected if you even care about that shit. Almost every good issue from Ian's initial run is collected.

The only things left they could have collected that would have been worth it are a few Ian stories, a handful of stories from 2001-2005, Return to Angel Island, and Universe. I mean, the latter two suck, but otherwise it's a pretty damn complete collection as is.

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>>94062539
>Archie finally got killed and lost sonic
>people kept meming about hwo IDW might pick up it
>it comes true
>most likely gonna stay with game stories and such
>but might use the forgotten people like Wendy, Kukku, Mighty, etc

>>94066687
>Openly allowing your subjects to challenge your authority
>Refusing to exert your authority in disputes
I feel like there's a fundamental misunderstanding here about what constitutes a "princess".

>>94062539
Hoping for a proper reboot without the cartoon cast involved. I've been wanting to see an actual take on the game canon's world for a long time.

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>>94066766

>>94066687
>That immediate change in the pink one between panels 1 and 2.
That's bad. You can't be that wishy washy unless that's the actual joke. Her calmness in panel 2 only works if she was already lax in panel 1.

Damn amateurs.

>>94066829
>Leaving in the Youtube UI.
Step up, senpai.

>>94062590
Don't get your hopes up.
IDW will use the lore from from the Mirage Comics and recent cartoons and nothing else. Nothing from Archie comics or the 80's show will turn up at all.

Don't get your hopes up.

IDW will use the lore from the Marvel comics and Gen 1 and nothing else. Nothing from Animated/Unicron Trilogy/anything else will turn up at all.

Don't get your hopes up.

IDW will use the lore from OG Godzilla and nothing else. Nothing from other Toho Kaiju or even the 98 movie will turn up at all.

>>94066687
Sega is going to be with IDW every step of the way, for good or bad. I doubt at the very least that out of character writing will be an issue. Not after how low Penders took the Archie comic.

>>94066858
In the case of the pink one, anything goes.

>>94066810
I don't know the story of the right side but if those cows are actively causing a public disturbance, then she should have taken action.

>>94066687
Is that Andy Price on the right? I really liked what he did with Luna during the festival, that's surprising. Or is he just the artist and Katie Cook is the writer? I'm never sure how these things work. I still have no fucking idea if it's Barbucci or Canepa that I actually like.

>>94063247
i dont get why he'd be "unhinged" now in terms of not having to cater to corporate mandates - its still Sega calling those shots here just like before

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>>94066780
I'm more disappointed at the fact that the earlier issues were only ever collected in small digest sized books with some shitty filter over the coloring or in a cheap collection that is full size but with low quality paper and in black and white. That and I just prefer hardcovers over paperback in general with anything. I can live without the rest of the pre-Ian stuff.

>Almost every good issue from Ian's initial run is collected
If they had gotten one more volume of Saga Series out and made it to #200, I would agree with this. The fact that the last volume they did release ends in the middle of the Scourge arc will forever urk me.

>Universe sucks
Just fuck you. Alright?

>>94062575
Not likely. Legal reasons will probably prevent it, like when they got Transformers from Dreamwave and had to reboot instead of continuing.

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Why the fuck does Sonic need comics period?

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>>94066975
>public disturbance
Knocked out the sherriff, razed the town, extorted the citizens and burned down a barn.

>>94067005
Art by Price written by Cook.
Price's art is good, although he keeps doing the same faces and old references and it gets tiring after a while.
Cook started out okay but she takes way too many liberties with characterization, and flanderizes every character that's not the focus for that arc into a fourth wall choir commenting on the situation. She's taking a break now from the series but it's not like the other writers are much better.

>>94063499
"New and old comics" was part of their statment

>>94066970
Listen, I get it, but that's just bad construction for your comic. The level of stress she's showing undermines the second panel entirely. Even in that archetype it doesn't work. Mild fear can work, but not pupil shrinking, teeth clenching distress. It just doesn't flow unless you have a transitional panel or emphasize the emotional whiplash.

I know these comics do worse, I had to buy a truly dreadful one for my niece...shit, was it two or three years back? This kind of stuff just awakens the inner comic nazi.

>>94067135
>I had to buy a truly dreadful one for my niece...shit, was it two or three years back?

Do you recall which one? The ones from the first year were generally pretty good, after that it's mostly bad or mediocre with a good one every few months.

>>94067115
Ah, okay, that's good. I have a Price print hanging up, and I'd hate if he just went to shit later. Season 7's been pretty good so far and that gives me high hopes that the movie will inject some new life into the series. Honestly, if it wasn't for all the time I spend in Equestria on f-list, I wouldn't mind if it just kind of peters out. It's been long enough.

>>94066057
No. Classicucks won't read comics in the first place

>>94067166
Unless the movie does really well S8 next year might be the last. At least S8 was planned to be the last they said yesterday at the panel.

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>>94067115
Ah, it's the "I don't wanna use my powers because of plot" bullshit. Always a classic...

>>94067127
It was "to bring Sonic comics to fans new and old."

>>94067068
>urk
Irk.

But yeah, Ian's peak on the core book was around the 170s to 190s. Hedgehog Havoc and Thicker than Water not getting collected stinks, but the rest is kinda fine being left alone. Iron Dominion was balls outside of Universe and most of the rest was buildup to 225/230.

>Universe sucks
No, I said the latter two not being collected sucks. As in, they're the biggest shame here. A couple issues at the end of an arc, a few scattered one or two parters, that's not so bad. The single best story the comic had for about 100 issues straight and several of the best stories the series ever got not getting collected? THAT'S garbage. They should have been way higher priority. We ended up getting a full collection of Mobius 25 Years Later instead of RtAI, like what the absolute fuck.

>>94064072
>coloring it
BUT ONLY BOUGHT THE SIX UNCOLORED ONE A LITTLE WHILE AGO!

>>94067220
Thicker Than Water is in one of the reprint magazines at least.

>>94067202
>"I don't wanna use my powers because of plot"

They do it all the time. But I can accept Kryptonite McGuffins like "her throne is made of magic-canceling crystal" or "the enemy can drain magic", but "muh moral code" is just silly.

>>94067193
Aw well. It was a good run. Good thing my most used mlp character is a griffon so I can keep using her without changes even if the series dies.

>>94067163
God, I can't remember, it was some kind of thing to do with the DJ one I think? Some kind of big party. The panel composition (or lack thereof) was just awful. It screamed lazy, rushed job by an untalented artist.

I'm pretty sure it was a special issue, but knowing IDW that's like half their output and probably doesn't narrow things down.

No fucking Ian
No buy

Honestly, a competent re-adaptation of the two Adventure games would be pretty neat.

>>94067275
Ian has done Turtle issues for them and there's no way IDW doesn't have an idea of how desired he is. I'd be more shocked if they didn't get Ian honestly.

>>94067275
I'm angling for a Hesse omnibus, with the last issue of Megadrive: Overdrive included (kinda like what Archaia did with the unpublished Muppets comics Roger Langridge did before BOOM! lost the Disney license).

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>>94067265
It's literally the sign of a shit writer.

Make the hero struggle because they've been encased in concrete or they're actually dealing with a personal hangup that's long been established, not because they feel it's not okay to punch someone today in particular.

>>94067275
They literally said they're looking at new and old talent. Ian has a freelance contract with IDW. He's gonna write SOMETHING for it.

>>94067265
IF they at least try to justify it in-universe with some type of item or device, alright, I'll let it slide. But I do get annoyed when "muh moral code" comes up, especially if using their powers would have help someone in need.

>>94067350
>Hesse Omnibus
They'll just do a MegaDrive trade that has Overdrive in it, possibly Genesis of a Hero 1-4 as well.

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>>94067220
>mfw all that shit with Monkey Khan was supposed to be a joke, but backfired hilariously on Ian

On a more sober note, how long do you think Archie will last now? I mean, they're getting cheap hype with all the weird crossovers (I liked the Archies/Ramones one-shot) and the TV show is doing... okay, I guess? But they've been fucking up a lot, what with the shitty kickstarter and their management going full retard more than once...

Frankly, what with Disney buying Marvel and Viacom buying the TMNT, I could easily imagine some multimedia corporation going "Sure, we'll buy Archie, why the fuck not?"

in all honesty sonic always needed a fresh start. all the penders shit is still canon to archie sonic no matter what. hitting the reset button was for the best.

>>94067516
They did hit a gigantic reset button already though, soft reboot or not it did wipe that shit from the slate completely, including rewriting backstories and past events.

But yeah, a true fresh start will be nice. I do hope some of the post reboot new characters are fair game, I liked the Egg Bosses.

Is there an 'essentials' chart for the Archie comics? Or a general issue number where it's good to jump in once Flynn got on board?

>>94067396
>40 issues of trying to repair a character's reputation.
>Have her jump on a guy's dick immediately to make a crack and the old stuff.
>Set yourself back over a year AND inspire people to shit on both characters.

Fucking magic.
Seriously though, I hope they don't put him in as a head writer for IDW's version. He writes good stories in a vacuum but is absolutely terrible about long term plans and writing "continuity" issues.

>>94067474
They've been slowly dying for longer than you or I have been alive, anon. They'll always exist, they'll just keep scaling down.

>>94067560
Literally just read until you're sick of it.

Personally, I think #40 is a good stopping point as it has nearly the same status quo as when Ian's run starts, but if you bother to dredge further you may as well bear it all so you can be amazed by how bad it gets.

>>94067275
He'll get on. Whether he's a main writer or not, we'll see.

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>>94064088
>>94064164
Pretty much, their only restrictions are what the prime rights holders allow
Toho is notoriously shrewd and stingy with their kaiju rights and look what IDW has been doing their Godzilla comics

>>94067552

Give me freedom fighters, egg bosses, relic, and the fish people and you have my blessings. If you can only get me the first two, I'll live.

>>94067474
I have a feeling that Riverdale may be the start of an eventual buyout by Warner Bros, with Archie living on as a DC imprint.

>>94062590
> My dad works at SEGA

>>94067564
To be fair, he didn't expect that idea to actually get picked and kinda fucked himself a bit when it did

YAAAAY I WAS THIS CLOSE TO HAVING TO GROW UP

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How can one man be so fucking delusional?

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>>94067560
This is all I've got.

>>94067620
>an eventual buyout by Warner Bros, with Archie living on as a DC imprint
They have precedent for this. DC printed Star Comics for them in the 90s and it wasn't a total loss.

>>94067677
Maybe because no one wants to make a scene and just being nice to you just because or you're lying.

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These are brave new frontiers friendos, this leaves the all important question what kind of new waifus will we find?

>>94067677
Unless he starts getting continuously harassed at conventions he won't get the message.

>>94067755
> previous licensing destroyed over OCs
> oh boy what new OCs will we get

did you eat a bowl of stupid this morning

>>94067745
I'm surprised no one has tried to mess up his booth. Not out right attacking him (that just ain't right) but like flipping his table or something.

>>94067807
The news wasn't final before. Give it time.

>>94067796
Not that anon but I'm pretty sure any new characters introduced WILL belong to Sega, no question. They've learned from last time...

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>>94067677
>yfw he picks a fight with IDW this time and loses

>>94067796
The previous licence was destroyed because Penders is a jew and Archie is incompetent.

>>94067560
>Essentials
*#25, especially since it's echoed as the ending of the Archie comic in #290. Great adaptation of Sonic CD.

*Triple Trouble, because it's just goofy and fun.

*Mecha Madness, because it's just stupid fights and pinups with robots.

*#23, because it's my favorite, has a big Jack Kirby sendup, and has a very important backup story.

*Sonic Quest, but only the latter two issues because the first is just unnecessary setup and continuity. It has Sonic in a giant robot fighting Eggman and it's rad.

*Giant Robotno from Sonic Super Special 8, also in the Sonic Specials "Zone Wars" trade. It's drawn like shit, but it's actually a pretty well written story that homages a bunch of Japanese properties.

*The Tails Miniseries. It's just goofy and Manak's art is charming as hell.

*The Knuckles Miniseries. I personally don't like it, but it introduces Enerjak and that's important for later. It also happens to be vague enough that you can pretend Enerjak is way cooler than he actually is.

*The Sally Miniseries. This shit is so fucking bad you have to read it. Like really. It also comes back as a cute easter egg later.

*Icon Part 1 and 2 from #62 and 63, because it's a cute story that matters later.

*Tossed in Space's first two issues, 126 and 127, because they're charming.

*Return to Angel Island, which I believe is 138-141? It's a dedicated satire to everything Ken Penders ever wrote. Way better if you read his garbage stories first. Seriously, it does more with Penders' ideas in four issues than he did in a decade all while mocking them.

Can't really think of any other essentials, but a lot of the first 50 issues are mediocre at worst and there's a few cute ones scattered across 51-159. 51-75 in particular is nowhere near as bad as 80-159 or so.

>>94067796
Anon, that only happened because Archie was retarded at managing their contracts. We're getting OC's

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>>94067796
>No new OCs
>In a fucking Sonic book of all things
You're the retard in this situation

>>94067677

I really want to go over to artist's alley and talk to him. Just see if he's cognizant of how pointless and damaging what he did to Archie to get his worthless characters back really was. Not that Archie didn't deserve it. But after looking at his tweets, I'm sure the answer is no. No, he does not.

>>94067845
None of his OCs will appear and IDW likely will never have reprint rights

At this point the best he could attempt is to complain over similar storylines but he has no legal standing and IDW's representation could attempt to collect legal fees from his wife

>>94062575
I like that art a lot

>>94067719
DC's licensed stuff from them multiple times.
It really comes down to whether the owners think that continuing digests eternally or a single buyout will make them more money overall.

>>94067899
The object isn't to make him suddenly see the error of his ways, Anon. It's simply to convey how disliked he is to his face. Nonviolently, we aren't those schmucks in the UK who thought throwing water in Dobson's face was a good idea.

>>94067914
He probably will try to attack them for storylines like the stupid egotistical fuck he is.

>>94063488
>ruining your own house like that
Dude, he clearly has it under control, its not like he is going to be outsmarted by a porcupine or something

>>94067995
Alternately egg him on and concern troll him so he DOES sue IDW.

>>94067560
171 is a really good Ian issue to jump in on.
It's a one-shot about Shadow that goes over the info from his self-titled game, but handles it pretty well. The B-plot is Knuckles punching the shit out of a robot lobster. The ten issues before that are a two parter, continuity wank, a continuity reliant two parter that sucks, ANOTHER continuity wank two parter, and yet more wank. You can read 160/161 and the backups for the rest first if you want, but the core stories for 162-170 will just make you more confused.

>>94068054
>continuity wank
>knocking out dozens of lingering plot threads and trimming down the cast is wanking

>>94067995
If they try to do anything echinda related he might make his move but I'm sure IDW will have their shit in check unlike Archie so I'd love to see Pender try and fail.

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I can't be the only one who's excited that Archie Sonic is dead and the shot of a fresh start can I?

I fucking hated Archie Sonic and I hope no one involved with that atrocity jumps ship onto the IDW project.

>>94068116
Pretty much. It's meant to sate the hardcore fans.

A lot of writers just fucking ignore shit continuity and overwrite it as it comes up. Instead Ian was hired to do a bunch of wank and purge things definitively because the fanbase was rowdy and cares way too much about it.

Darkest Storm, Rouge's interrogation, MXYL, they were all pretty terrible issues that existed just to push sales and revise continuity. The ADAM issues were *okay* but still only existed to rally fans and consolidate plot points in-universe instead of ignoring past writers.

>>94068140
If IDW knows how to work with DC, Disney, Hasbro, and Toho.

I'm pretty sure they know how to get their shit together.

>>94068147
What's with the sudden influx of people who only know about the comic from screencaps of the worst shit via Tumblr all of a sudden?

Like for real, what kind of person who actually gives a shit about and pays for comics would be upset if Tyson Hesse or Diana Skelly continued to draw Sonic comics?

>>94062627
>I kinda hope they take on Ian Flynn as a writer again.

Goddammit.

NO.

We've had Flynn as the exclusive writer on the Sonic comics for TEN FUCKING YEARS. Don't you want to see if anyone ELSE on the fucking planet has any ideas? Don't you want something DIFFERENT? Jesus Chris, let someone ELSE have a fucking chance to write some Sonic comics. It can't be all-Flynn until the end of time.

>>94068259

I don't consider Tyson Hesse to be part of Archie's stable.

>>94068284
We actually had other writers, but only temporarily.
One of which was his wife, admittedly.

>>94068147
I'm happy that the comic might get to be in competent hands in the future. I'm pretty tired of Archie fucking things up so badly that it interferes with the stories.

I disagree with the latter part of your post though. There were a bunch of talented people working on Archie Sonic, and I hope they will return.

>>94068304
But Diana is? She's done less shit for them than he has. Tracey's a good artist too, he'd be fine for backups. ABT, JenHen if she can get her head out of her constantly depressed ass and meet deadlines, Evan Stanley, none of them are really worth getting upset over returning.

A combination of the current art stable and some new blood would be good, honestly. And as long as they aren't in charge of where the book goes, I don't see any harm in Ian or Aleah or Evan writing a few stories here and there. Shit, that'd be a good thing in Ian's case, all his best Sonic stuff is when he's just writing quick little one shots.

My ideal scenario is one in which Overdrive and GoaH4 get published in a "Classic Sonic" trade with the rest, reworked versions of Ian's solicited stories come out, and some of the FFs stick around as side characters who occasionally pop up instead of core cast members while some other writers try to take the book in a new direction.

If they still keep improved characterization of certain game characters like Shadow and Omega while taking out the OC garbage this will be amazing.

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I-IDW Megaman when?

flynn did the sonic/tails bromance so well. his tails is probably my fave incarnation of the character.

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>>94068531
Anon, I...

>>94068531
lol

>>94066687

Fuck off already /mlp/.

IDW don't care about your shitty franchise. That why they don't give a shit about the quality.

Other comics like TMNT, Transformers or G. I Joe get a good treatment.

Don't put Sonic in the same sack just because your comic is shit and nobody care

>>94067068
>This page

This was the moment that made Kukku one of my favorites. I hope IDW will use him and still keep him as a kooky badass.

>>94068589
You're an idiot if you don't realize it's a trait shared by all comics in the category of "all-ages".
Those are all, with almost no exception, where B and C list writers go to phone in bad scripts for a quick buck. Exceptions happen when you have people like Ian Flynn or Don Rosa who genuinely care and aren't complete autists.

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>>94067068
Were Kukku and Bean going to be connected?

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>>94062682
>sonic & eggman in green hill zone
You keep saying that, but how many times this has happened in comics?

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>>94068707
Fuck you too buddy

>>94068709
Pretty sure Bean was supposed to be an ex-member of the Battle Fleet or something

>>94068707

Sure dude. Show me another IDW all-age comic example. Probably only MLP get that shitty treatment because they actually deserve it.

At least I can give my thanks to your shit eating fandom to keep away all those shitty writers from the real comic of IDW

>>94068752
There's something I don't trust about that picture

>>94068752
About five, I believe.
Sonic the Comic, Sonic Kids, Sonic X, Genesis, Worlds Collide (granted, Mega Man was there), and Genesis of a Hero kinda (Not green hill, but a third Scrap Brain). That's to say nothing of SEVERAL early issues being in Green/Emerald Hill in all but name and checkerboard.

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>>94062539
Doctor Knuckles, Knuckles with Eyebrows, Future Knuckles, Maroon Knuckles, Grandpa Knuckles, Knuckles with a Jacket, Super Mario Knuckles, Elder Knuckles, Indiana Knuckles, Villager Knuckles, Knight of Knuckles, Purple Knuckles, Knuckles with a Goatee, Female Knuckles, Knuckles with Sandals, Cold Knuckles, and Knuckles appear in these comics?

>>94062627
I like Ian Flynn, but I would like to see what other people will do with it. He's good, but I don't feel like the series has to be married to him.

Do hope he gets some more work quick though, comics are a volatile business at best.

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But the ultimate question is will they give Amy toes?

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>>94068904
It's ok.
>>94068916
Ignoring the Britbongs and X, doesn't sound like something on "Oh god enough of fighting the wreckingball machines we have it once a season" level implied.

>>94067286
what, you didn't like Archie's one issue Sonic running into Shadow and then them telling you to buy and play SA2?

Or their wonderful adaption of SA1 where Tikal isn't drawn the same way twice, where game appears for only and handful of panels, where it takes place inside a secret mountain city cause Archie couldn't creatively reconcile the games story with their own, where Amy could fly cause the writers did know she couldn't?

>>94062752
>https://www.spriters-resource.com/arcade/gradius4/sheet/46081/
>Es are nothing like the booth
>Ss are nothing like the booth
You gave me hope that you'd given us another reason to shit on Penders but that font looks nothing like the Gradius 3 font

>>94068976

early yardley stuff (large, 3-toed paws) are the only acceptable way of portraying barefoot sonic characters.

>>94063786
Archie probably could say no to that if they wanted. They wouldn't have any say on any concepts or characters made within the issues, but they probably have certain rights to the issues themselves, much like DiC had animation rights.

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>>94068709
>>94068835
Yeah, it was implied here.

>>94067674
if the existence of a video game licensed comic book was the only thing keeping you from maturing you have more problems than you may think

>>94067755
hm, i wonder what Sophie Campbell flavored Sonic would look like

>>94065893
>but does this mean no Vanilla any more? She was half the reason I got into the comics in the first place.
She was in what, two issues?

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>>94068976

I prefer toes over what the the anime or sonic game art does with there feet, they look like weird toeless lumps or stumps.

>>94069125
>Two bird characters
>both green
>must be related
Low key don't hate this tho

>>94066952
>or the 80's show
>the 80's show
>80's

Anon, I have to tell you something.

Sonic wasn't a thing in the 80's. At all.

>>94064585
[citation needed]

For God's sake, Sally's had merchandise in the 90's in I think it was Australia's Sega theme park.

It still counts.

>>94062682
>Fans of sonic want to see the freedom fighters
No, I want a comic of Amy trying to seduce the reader who is some off-panel guy she's with.

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>>94062590
Sounds good to me. Why do we need the Archie elements again? We have enough game characters to use as is.

>>94062930
I fucking hope so, God I'm sick of his flip-flopping with sides.

>>94069272
i was deliberaly parodying the post i was quoting by using other properties that IDW has that draw from multiple incarnations

the first is Turtles, the second is Transformers and the last is Godzilla. the 80's show being referenced there is the one for TMNT

Best girl

>>94064072

FUCK!

>>94063346
>1 of the positive reactions
>1

Poor guy.

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>>94069336
The twist is, she's practicing in front of the mirror.

>>94068304
>I don't consider Tyson Hesse to be part of Archie's stable.
Well you're wrong, because he was.

>>94063982
I want to know who exactly thought an enclosed amusement park in Sydney based off an obscure cartoon would possibly make any money/

>>94065762
That was very informative, Anon, thank you.

>>94064766
>Honey's a scrapped Sonic the Fighters character

FTFY.

>>94069450
Australians are weird.

>>94069474

Still exists. Hell, just let IDW do a Fighting Vipers comic to be on the safe side.

That really needs to happen. Just a massive crossover of every Sega IP they can get.

>>94069474
She's in the port.

>>94069531
>That really needs to happen. Just a massive crossover of every Sega IP they can get.
Yeah! And I bet that we could get Capcom in too! It'd be great!

>>94069564

I'm sensing sarcasm.

If they did, Kaminski wouldn't be around to fuck it up this time. Just Ian free to write what he wants.

>>94067090
>People want comics.
>Sonic has a bunch of characters who will only get appearances in comics since Sega is all about bland homogenization right now.

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>>94069418
I'd be fine with that. I never liked Sonic and Amy as a pairing anyway, as a retarded teenager I paired her with Tails. Then I realized how fucking stupid "pairing" was after middle school and knocked that shit right off.

Sonic characters don't need to be in dedicated relationships. That's what the internet is for.

>>94069531
>>94069584
Wasn't the crossover why Archie couldn't pay royalties, leading to another lawsuit?

>>94063350
>Ted Nugent the Echidna

>>94069650

They could pay, it just cost them a bundle. So much they had to drop Mega Man and focus on their precious reboot.

>>94069545
My bad, then. The only version I have is on GameCube's Gems Collection. I didn't know the HD versions had her.

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>>94068925

>>94062682
>Fans of SatAM want to see the freedom fighters
FIFY

>>94069673
So it was stupid then. Why isn't it stupid now?

So how's this affecting Archie comics since they've lost their biggest moneymaker

>>94069713
A lot of the tertiary Ducks are boring and unnecessary, but at least most of that family tree has enough sense to be dead.

>>94069732
They'll either be dead or bought out within the next year. Screencap this.

>>94069713
They don't look very much alike besides being ducks Ken

>>94069732
They have a comic where Archie fucking died and came back as a zombie or some shit, and now they have 2 parodies of The Walking Dead, one version with Archie and one with Sabrina.

They're struggling to stay relevant. I don't think kids these days have any fucking idea who Archie is.

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Best girl

>>94069790
The Sabrina one has nothing to do with zombies.

>>94069820
I honestly wouldn't know, all I read was some kind of PR about how they're always sold out and the most pre-ordered or some shit.

>>94069818
she's up there

>>94069713
>those genetic dead ends
Feels bad [duck] senpai

>>94069713
Ludwig is Scrooges bother in law?

About all I would like to see carry over from Archie is the cohesive universe Ian created, and the AoStH/SatAM characters, even if they weren't at the forefront. As much as I'd like to have seen the OCs developed, I can live without them. Just give me obscure game/cartoon characters!

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I hope that means we're closer to getting this crossover .

>>94070035

>Lego Dimensions
>Sonic gets a figure
>Flash does not

>>94070035
that's not Rainbow Dash

>>94065328

I'm sure I'm not the only one who's theorized this, but I firmly believe that he's hoping that the fanbase will vouch for him. He's hoping that the fans of the pre-reboot material will scream loud enough and long enough that whoever is holding the license will give in and approach him about using his stuff. That's gotta be why he thinks he has a chance of getting royalties or maybe even getting hired by IDW.

Too bad for him that that little fantasy is never coming true.

>>94068284
Flynn has never been in a position to write Sonic where he wasn't forced to clean up Penders' messes in one way or another. This is an opportunity for him to actually get to mold a Sonic comic to his vision from the very beginning and yeah I am interested in seeing that.

>>94071295
the fans of the pre reboot material have gotten together to make a Sonic the Comic style online continuation
they don't care about him because anyone who knows his name knows its his fault it happened in the first place.

>>94062793

i wanted metal sally...

>>94071589
I'm not hyped for that seeing how his Penders-free Megaman book was all buildup all the time

>>94069020
>As long as I discount examples it works!
X is just as valid as the main comic.

>>94069093
>Archie probably could say no to that if they wanted.
They actually can't.
Ian's comics were reprinted in several countries without a dime being paid to Archie. Sega wholly owns the rights.

>>94062539
So what is the difference between mega drive and the normal comics

>>94072422

I might actually start getting a little hype from this IDW thing if you can give me a source in that one Anon

>>94072051
>All the good issues aren't directly about the games.
>People tell him to stop fucking doing Masters one by one because it makes for horrible pacing.
>"I BETTER MAKE MEGA MAN THREE A WHOLE YEAR LONG!"

He literally only finally started to understand right when the comic got canned. We were FINALLY going to get the main cast developed and fun standalone issues.

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>>94072034
>sally's spats and jacket were based on the armor she wore as mecha sally

>>94069125
All Bean and Kukku both have access to the invisible hammerspace they pull bombs from, which in my head is called the Explosive Force

>>94072610
http://archiesonic.wikia.com/wiki/Archie_Sonic_in_Germany
http://archiesonic.wikia.com/wiki/Archie_Sonic_in_France

The Archie staff didn't even know about it until fans brought it up. This isn't an Archie TMNT situation. As the Archie staff has said multiple times and *their own lawyers* have said when things went to court, Sega owns the comic content. Full stop. They own all of it. Archie paid to be able to produce and distribute and nothing else. They have literally zero rights here.

>>94072771
Addendum: This was after the Penders lawsuit, too. They were letting people publish comics with Ken's characters in them. They literally do not fucking give a shit about IP claims in this matter.

IDW likely won't reprint content with Ken's stuff to avoid litigation, but there's pretty much nothing stopping them from reprinting the reboot.

>>94072771
So this means there's a strong possibility that Overdrive will get released because they'd have to be braindead not to. Cool.

>>94064585
The problem seems to be that SOJ doesn't understand the point of the Freedom Fighters and want to promote just the game characters, while SOA can't really do shit with them despite their relative popularity among the American Sonic fandom because Japan won't OK it. Honestly for characters that only appear in extra media they're surprisingly popular. It's kind of weird.

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>>94072371
>discount
You're unbelieveably dense. Did I have to specify "in the main run" just for you? Maybe you'll count dozens of unrelated fancomics for starting in Green Hill Zone too?

>>94067075
IDW has reprinted Dreamwave stuff since then.

They reprint Marvel stuff too. It all depends on how the license works. With Transformers they got most of the backlog to release as they see fit because Hasbro owned it all. The only thing they didn't get was comics featuring Marvel characters and they smoothed that out with Marvel.

>>94072862
Maybe. Eventually. It all depends on factors at play and whether Sega wants to, and Archie could make it a hassle even if they don't have a leg to stand on.

Given IDW's history with previously serialized works, I think reboot reprints would be a matter of when, not if, but Sega's opinion on it is the deciding factor. The unpublished issues is a more nebulous matter. Either way, IDW is almost certainly going to push for it, so pray foe their success.

>>94072888
When the extra media is a big TV show and decades of comics, it's not so weird. SoJ doesn't need the point of the Freedom Fighters since they didn't really make Sonic to need them, the franchise was built to stand completely without that version of a supporting cast.

>>94072911
>Officially licensed Sonic comics doing something doesn't count unless it's in this specific periodical.

Sonic X is canon to the main book. Sonic Kids was in a special issue. You ain't got any idea what you're talkin about, nerdman.

>>94069956

uncle, Matilda is Scrooge's sister.

>>94069310
Ian said they had to make a case because Sega suggested starting from scratch.

It's been exaggerated since by fans, and Sega's stance on Western Sonic media has changed dramatically in the last five years. We're at the point where Sonic comic artists are being commissioned to animate for the games.

>>94069727
>Why isn't it stupid now?

Idw has more money and better business management sense

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>>94073041
>special issue
You said it yourself, it's not common at all. That's as stupid as complaining that some Knuckles-oriented issues are featuring Angel Island.

>>94073303
>It's not common at all.
>Literally the single most used location from the games.
>The EXACT same thing happens every time.
>The location has been used incessantly in the games.

Listen, I'm not against using the game locations, but a lot of people are real fucking sick of Green Hill.

>>94073220
That would be brother in law, Anon.

>>94073392
Personally speaking, I'm not sick of it... I just wish they'd use more locations from the original trilogy. It's mostly Green Hill, maybe Casino Nights every now and then.

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>>94073392
Oh god, they'll have to resort to reading the remaining 95% of content not about Green Hill Zone. What a terrible self-inflicted fate.

>>94073220
yeah that tree seems to indicate that Ludwig is marries to Matilda making him Scrooge's Brother in Law

>>94072975
IDW will probably push for a mini to finish off the main Archie canon in some way too. They've done it with a number of comics in the past, and they're generally good at working through licensing issues so I could see them even smoothing out Penders shit a bit for reprints honestly. I mean these people have gotten Marvel and the Mouse to budge on shit before. They're miracle workers.

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I don't care what they do as long as we get the hot dog vendor from Unleashed as a recurring character.

>>94074263
Here's the problem. If we're talking about the post reboot stuff, that world was finishing up it's first developments so there's a coherent, whole world to write for. I still want more of that since it didn't have Penders baggage.

Lost hedgehog tales era things being wrapped up I would be completely for, however

>>94074602
Throw in Professor Pickle and you've got a deal

>>94073607
...yes? I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish by insisting Green Hill isn't overused and then saying this. Nobody minds using the game zones. The Archie comics already fucking did that. The next issue was going to be in Studiopolis for fuck's sake.

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>>94076148
I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish by insisting Green Hill is overused. 4 instances over 200+ issues is not "overused" and I'm pretty sure that Robotropolis or Knothole appeared about as often. Yet I'm not crusading against the former because Spin City exists. Complain about stories, not backgrounds.

>>94062590
>>94062607
>>94062539
Personally, i'd be relieved to just have a reboot. Western comics get so fucking convoluted and full of themselves at times.

>>94069388
Fuck in a good way or a bad way?

>>94066858
>>94067135
Nah dude
Pinkie is like a pony version of Deadpool in terms of randomness and 4th wall breaking

>>94067228
Well your in luck, the first issue is only 80 pages so it's just half or a third of the first trade o they are taking it slow and you can collect them all again over a long slow period.

>>94068589
I hate to stick up for the ponyfuckers but MLP is one of IDW's best selling comics. Autism is a hell of a thing after all.

>>94076478
Do I have to pull out a marker and underline "has been used incessantly in the games?" It's the most overplayed stage in the franchise, games, comics or otherwise.

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>>94067350
That would be the dream. Or have Mega Drive 1-3 collected in a hardcover. With a bunch of sketches and extras.

>>94076671
That has absolutely nothing to do with what I said, anon. Like, go read a Deadpool comic. He doesn't just randomly fluctuate between opposing emotions unless that's the point. Comics are a visual medium and have follow-through.

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Here is a recently released page of Penders' new graphic novel. It is physically painful for me to look at.

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>>94067958
Yeah, Tyson Hesse is one of the best artists the comic had.

>>94077029
>Reusing your own promotional art
Really man?

Also, Remington was extremely androgynous. Like, he could easily be mistaken for a girl. Now he looks like an old, wrinkly bulldog with a nasty ass mustache? What the fuck?

Like, where's his iconic lock of hair? Did he change the hat because it's too similar to Knuckles'?

>>94066952
>Nothing from Archie comics or the 80's show will turn up at all.
Hooray!

I really hope that they bring on Matt Herms since he has been doing some really nice coloring work on the comic.

>>94077029
I feel like he used Cobra (from Space Adventure Cobra) as reference for St. John. I don't know why, I just feel it in my bones?

>>94077132
He's talking about TMNT, where both things happened, genius.

>>94069084
But 5 fingers and three toes is kinda weird.

>>94077245
He's teasing fans who said that shit when in the end it wasn't true. The current TMNT pulls from everywhere and puts it's own unique spin on things too. Same with Transformers (Even during Furman's run), and Godzilla.

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I just want Sticks to still be around.