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L to R: Porker Lewis, Johnny Lightfoot, Tekno the Canary, Shorty the Squirrel/Shortfuse the Cybernik (Cybernik suit to the right).
When NM said that he drew from every form of Sonic media, he meant it. Next up is the team from Great Britain's Sonic the Comic by Fleetway! These guys were the toughest and most expensive to have commissioned due to the radically different art style, but I think they made the transition to the Archie-esque style well.
Tales of Sonic the Hedgehog can be read here at...
Archive Of Our Own (main website)
or
Fanfiction.net
Original artwork by WaitoChan.
Sonic Gals Galore!^^
More SONIC GALS!!X3
Hector/Hectoria and Dawn are from Archie Sonic X Comic Book
Dr. J. Kintobor from Archie Sonic the hedgehog.
Redesign of Ovi from Sonic the Comic belongs to Frostthehobidon.^^
Redesigns of Fleetway Amy, Carrotia and Merlina belongs to Drawloverlala and Haruko/Clockwork Klaus.X3
Fem Sonic belongs to someone else. If you know who did it please tell me.
I understand not liking something or that it is not to your taste. But I am tired of things that I like being shit on constantly. If you don't like it or prefer something else, don't keep bringing it up or getting rude at someone else for liking it. Of course, this post is about the whole IDW vs Archie, but I believe it can be applied to many things.
I grew up with Archie somewhat, but only a Readers Digest every 4-6 months because we rarely went out. I grew up with disjointed comics and honestly? bad art. I have some of Tracy Yardley's back before he really got into a groove and colourers didn't really seem to care so there were lots of off-model colouring. When we finally got internet at my age of 14/15, I was immediately drawn in by the UK's Sonic the Comic. It was odd, it was trippy, and overall very memorable and fun for me (even if unintentionally). Amy was my favorite character and I would draw and write her like STC's scrappy tomboy Amy (doesn't help that I was doing archery at the time so I latched onto a cool female archer character). However, there wasn't very much recognition for my favorite comic, so I made do with Archie.
When Archie Sonic was canceled, I was upset a bit, but I saw it coming (fuck Ken Penders). When IDW picked it up, the consistent art and bright colours lured me in as well as building off of what Forces should've been (which is to say "good"). I loved Tangle and Whisper and for a bit Whisper was my new fixation (Rouge will forever be my absolute favorite Sonic female). But I noticed a massive amount of hate. I knew this would happen because fandoms rarely let a cancellation slide, let alone a fandom like Sonic. Especially to be replaced by another series with no returning original cast.
However, I was hoping it would disappear over time and Archie Sonic is remembered as "fun, dramatic, and mostly well written." especially as it was the longest running video game based comic ever (that I know of). But it hasn't. IDW isn't perfect, Ian Flynn isn't perfect, Sega isn't perfect, nor is Sonic Team. The writing can be off, Flynn does have the odd urge to put random music lyrics into dialogue awkwardly, Shadow is...off putting for any fan to say the least, the pacing could be better, and the constant delays are incredibly annoying.
Criticism is one thing, but constant hate and shit stirring is another. Please stop and be kind to your fellow fans. There are plenty of Sonic media for anyone. Whether it be games; Classic era, Adventure era, "modern" era, etc. Shows; SATAM, AOSTH, Prime, Boom, Underground. Movies; Sonic Cinematic Universe, OVA. Or Comics; Archie, IDW, STC, manga, etc.
So please calm down and either enjoy or at least appreciate what we have or go back and reread what you already love. Or make your own. That is always an option. I do sometimes, I even created a "Reboot" universe of sorts with my sister (though i am too scared to share it)
Sonic Is AroAce And No One Can Change My Mind
Trip the Sungazer but in Sonic the Comic art style
Sonic the Comic Trip & Metal Trip
I know I’ve been MIA for a few days, but I had a very good reason. On Sunday I took part in my third ever archery competition…and I won!
That’s my second win out of three, alongside one second place!
So, to celebrate, I thought I’d try my hand at giving the Fleetway version of Amy Rose a slight re-imagining. I never got a chance to read the Fleetway Comics myself, them being cancelled before I was eight, but god did they look fun! I’m sure had I seen them on the shelves I would have ran right to them, but…I just don’t think I ever saw them on the newsagents stands?
Either way, from what I’ve seen they did a phenomenal job with their take on Amy Rose, and given that I already loved her from the mainline games it wasn’t gonna be hard to grab my attention.
For the piece itself; I decided to blend together aspects of both classic and modern, but rather than a hammer, I figured that Fleetway Amy would have some knowledge of traditional archery form (given how she wields a crossbow) and basically decided to lean into that angle. I know Fleetway Amy wore baggier, arguably comfier shirts, but that’s not always the best thing for archery—or barebow archery specifically—you don’t want anything that the string can whip against because it can knock your arrows off course; and even mm at the start can translate to whole inches or more at the target’s end—so I gave her more of a running-gear fit style shirt but paired it with a set of practical and fun as hell cargo pants! Actually, I feel like it works as a callback to the 90’s/00’s style anyway? And that was a fun style to revisit anyway, especially in Amy’s classic-era colour scheme! Also kept the modern pattern on her boots, but repurposed them to be a little more outdoorsy.
So, yeah, that was my weekend!
Alternative background style of my redesign of Fleetway Amy as a barebow archery champion; I just couldn’t decide what I liked more. On the one hand, the other is more dynamic…but this one has glitter!!
Fleetway boy
feeling motivated right now.. i'm going to rewrite the entirety of sonic the comic
How is your story going?
good! it might take a few more days for the first chapter to be published (I am writing on quotev) because of a whole lot of writing block, but I'm pretty sure I'll get some inspiration eventually!
Before I start, I will say that it is perfectly okay to just not like the comics. I'm not trying to force anybody to start liking the comics.
Why do so many people in sonic fandom hate the comics so much just because of certain characters' characterisation? Like do you realise characterising certain characters differently in a non-canon and alternate universe isn't 'destroying the writing' or whatever people say it is. Even if both Sonic the comic and Archie were written after many characters' main personalities were fully set in stone, they'd probably still write them differently because it's an adaptation. Because it simply wouldn't be interesting to read a comic without any changes. Personally, I find things like Sonic being written as a jerk really good for the story of the comics, but I'm not saying that it's better than the game's characterisation or that the comic's version is the 'real' characterisation. Different characterisations fit different media.
Amy Rose (Sonic the comic/ fleetway)
Have to say I haven't read the comics, but she is the best version of Amy rose >:3
