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Post by Charles on Sept 17, 2015 13:06:30 GMT
Sonic the Comic #268It's here! It's got violence! It's got Marine being very Australian! CHECK IT OUT
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AoNoChaos
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Post by AoNoChaos on Sept 17, 2015 18:08:57 GMT
This was a fantastic issue and one of my favourites so far! The main story had an amazing conclusion with so much action and drama; I was on the edge of my seat the entire time! I haven't felt so tense reading something in a while. The art in the entire arch was really great to, pleasant to read as well as look at. Amy's strip was awesome as well. I have to say I'm a huge fan of India Swift's work; the action was amazingly done and Pete's colours really brought it together! Plus Tekno has finally returned, the poor thing. It was also nice to see Shorty come back! Now hopefully we don't get a long winded backstory of his over and over. Ahem. Art was great for both strips; Holly getting more screen time was very pleasant and Marine was well made! Overall the entire issue looks great, was written really well, and had both an amazing conclusion and exciting set-up to what's to come. Well done all around!
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Post by Fools in Miru on Sept 17, 2015 23:05:42 GMT
I liked both Marine the Badnik hunter and the defeat of Super Sonic. And now both Tekno and Shorty are cyberniks. How cute. I'd say, I'd like to see more non-Sonic strips, even just more Decap Attack.
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Post by BlackHole on Sept 19, 2015 9:11:42 GMT
Ooo. Ooooooo.
They used 6 or 7 fake Emeralds to draw in Super Sonic (I'm unsure because there's only 6 colours being flung from the Floating Island, so I'm assuming the Master Emerald was the legit one despite one of said flung colours being green), lest they risk dropping the Floating Island onto Mobius). They were all green, so possibly made from the same Emeralds as the current Master Emerald from the Kohenyu Graveyard. Super Sonic's energy looks like it was being drained before he was flung out. They were ejected and appeared to have been powered and changed colouration. Super Sonic looks like he was drained into 6 or 7 new Emeralds, that were subsequently powered.
Did you just create the Sonic the Comic versions of the Super Emeralds?
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Post by Pinchetel on Sept 19, 2015 21:15:05 GMT
Chaotix are free yay. And they have a headline role in the next issue? That's quick turnaround. What's also been quick is Tekno; can't believe the last time we saw her and Shortfuse was in #254, where they separated ways after reaching Mobius (forcefully for the latter). Wonder how long ago Tekno was caught and made into a Cybernik, she never gets a break.
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Post by Chigs! on Sept 24, 2015 15:42:13 GMT
Wahooo! So pleased to see this issue finally up, the creation of the "Amy Vs..." and "War Machine" strips in particular this issue have been a long time coming for me - It occured to me the other day that I've been knocking ideas around with the team for how to write them for the last 5 years! Unleashed has been a labour of love these past few issues for all the artists involved and its been a joy to see taking shape over the last year or so - everyone's made great contributions to the story art wise and Pete's colours tie everything together brilliantly - its going to be tough to top this, but you'd best believe we've got some spectacular stories in the pipeline which are sure going to try their best! At some point in the future I'd love to show off the design process behind Shortfuse and Tekno's new looks, almost all of our artists had a crack at throwing ideas into the pot and they are a real collaborative effort - I hope people like them! Mike will be the first to agree that this story has been a looong time coming and I've argued the toss with him over the script an awful lot to get it as good as it can be and its initial two word hook was already bloody amazing! Add to that India's gorgeous artwork and another consumate performance from Pete on colours and it all adds up to one of my favourite stories this issue! Of course I am insanely proud of how "War Machine" has turned out - Its one thing to write a bonkers script with guerrilla warriors and mad max moto bugs but quite another to have artists take those ideas and run with them in new and unexpected ways - I'm so grateful to Blueike and Mambo for breathing life into this story and I cant wait to see part two out there in the wild! The second Tails strip was an unexpected pleasure for me - of all this strips this issue its had the shortest gestation period but when the idea is that perfect already there's nothing to stop it wizzing down the pipeline and it serves as a nice counterpoint to all the other crazy stuff we've got in this issue - they said we couldn't find a place for Marine in STC but I hope LT, FatPanda and Tom Campbell have proved the doubters wrong!
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Post by neoamon on Sept 25, 2015 12:15:41 GMT
Great Issue 9/10. I am glad to see Tekno and Shorty are back. Can someone please explain what happen to Sonic, and Super Sonic at the end of Super Sonic's story, is Super Sonic separated from Sonic again, was Super destroyed, or merely suppressed inside Sonic. Also is the Cybernik armour Shorty is wearing in Tails' story the one Tekno created or one Robotnik created. It does seem a bit like karma that at the end of the Set arc Tekno forced Shorty become a Cybernik, and now Tekno is forced to be a Cybernik.
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Post by Sam on Sept 25, 2015 15:11:49 GMT
I've not read it yet, but I wanted to say to everyone involved that I realise the forum isn't what it once was, but I hope you understand the love and appreciation for your hard work and artistic talents (drawings, inks, words) are as present and strong as they were when this place was a hub of activity.
I would hate to think that the performance of here is a reflection on your good work.
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Post by RedDevilDazzy on Sept 28, 2015 10:54:24 GMT
I have a couple of questions, will be very thankful for answers. 1) How many years roughly has Sonic been on the run, and 2) Is Sonic any closer to clearing his name? Sorry if this is off topic a bit.
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Post by neoamon on Sept 28, 2015 11:36:22 GMT
I've not read it yet, but I wanted to say to everyone involved that I realise the forum isn't what it once was, but I hope you understand the love and appreciation for your hard work and artistic talents (drawings, inks, words) are as present and strong as they were when this place was a hub of activity. I would hate to think that the performance of here is a reflection on your good work. You mean their excellent work Sam and it isn't a reflection on your excellent work.
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Post by Chigs! on Sept 28, 2015 15:53:12 GMT
I have a couple of questions, will be very thankful for answers. 1) How many years roughly has Sonic been on the run, and 2) Is Sonic any closer to clearing his name? Sorry if this is off topic a bit. Let me see what I can do! Based on some of the conversations we have on here, I'd say your questions are some of our least off topic! 1) I expect you are asking in regards to "In-universe" but for fact fans out there, while things had been bubbling under the surface since #239's "Inside Story", things really came to a head in #245's Ultimatum, which has a cover date of April 2008, meaning for us readers its already been a whopping 7 and a quarter years since this all kicked off - how time flies! Erm... >_>; Of course for Sonic, hardly any time has passed at all - issues 245-247 happen over a day or two at most, #248 implies that a few days have passed while Sonic battles under a volcano while the events of #249 could be argued to be taking place roughly the same time as the previous issue. 250 again is at best a week or so after that, issues 251- 254 seem to be over the course of a few weeks, while rivals in #256 references the events of #255 taking place a few days previously. Things mosey along with adventures every so often (lets assume one or two a week?) until #262 and the start of Hog Hunt, then #265's "Sonic Vs Silver mentions he's been tracking Detoniks for at least 3 days prior to the start of the strip, so that's a week at least aded to the total. The start of Unleashed in #266 could be assumed to start either the same day or perhaps the next, bringing us up to the conclusion in 268, almost a day later soooooo... by my count I make that a few months? less than 6 if you're going to be really generous and spread things out quite liberally I think - does anyone have a more accurate calculation though? Happy to hear your theories! 2) If you're asking "Will we be waiting another 7+ years?" then I can happily tell you the answer is definitely NO! On the flipside though, having just trashed a big chunk of Mobius including the Emerald Hill zone as part of Super's rampage, I think its safe to say it won't be a plot thread that can be resolved by next issue - sorry!
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Post by RedDevilDazzy on Sept 28, 2015 16:33:35 GMT
Thanks Chigs, apperciate it man.
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Post by BlackHole on Sept 29, 2015 9:06:02 GMT
Of course for Sonic, hardly any time has passed at all - issues 245-247 happen over a day or two at most, #248 implies that a few days have passed while Sonic battles under a volcano while the events of #249 could be argued to be taking place roughly the same time as the previous issue. 250 again is at best a week or so after that, issues 251- 254 seem to be over the course of a few weeks, while rivals in #256 references the events of #255 taking place a few days previously. Things mosey along with adventures every so often (lets assume one or two a week?) until #262 and the start of Hog Hunt, then #265's "Sonic Vs Silver mentions he's been tracking Detoniks for at least 3 days prior to the start of the strip, so that's a week at least aded to the total. The start of Unleashed in #266 could be assumed to start either the same day or perhaps the next, bringing us up to the conclusion in 268, almost a day later soooooo... by my count I make that a few months? less than 6 if you're going to be really generous and spread things out quite liberally I think - does anyone have a more accurate calculation though? Happy to hear your theories! You forgot The Christmas Mag between O-Issues 259 and 260, where the presence of the Ultimax indicates this takes place when Sonic's on the run. So we've gone over a year, plus O-Issue 261 where Sonic is celebrating his birthday (I maintain that was his 18th birthday, due to how determined Tails was to get the cake to him. He wanted Sonic to at least have a nice 18th, due to how it's usually seen as a milestone birthday). So he's been running from 3008 PGW* to 3009 PGW*. (*Post Great War)
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Post by neoamon on Sept 29, 2015 10:43:12 GMT
Blackhole if you by Post Great War you mean the Enchina Drakon war, then it should be 8008 PGW* to 8009 PGW* (*Post Great War), because the Drakon Enchina war happen eight thousand years ago, it has been brought up in the comic in the Chaos arc, Vichama arc, and the battle with the Gizord.
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Post by Chigs! on Sept 29, 2015 11:08:58 GMT
Interesting points, well made! Damn these significant markers of time confusing things! :S So, a year has passed between christmas stories between 244-245 and the one between 259 and 260 the start of the war and Sonic's fugitive status falling early on in that time period. Ah, but what of #265's Big the cat Christmas story? So really if we're counting christmasses then really 2 years should have passed? I think the answer to all this is perhaps, STOP WITH THE CHRISTMAS STORIES ALREADY (or find a way for Mobius to celebrate christmas every 6 months or so!)
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Post by BlackHole on Sept 29, 2015 18:14:14 GMT
Sorry, I don't know where I got 3000 from. Probably Futurama.
Regardless, I'm working on a timeline for StC. Unofficial nor not endorsed by the makers in any way, bar me running it by Adamis.
For O-Issue #265, I consider it the same Christmas as 2012's Christmas Mag, if only for the sake of simplicity. 2013 didn't focus on the Sonic cast and 2014 didn't have it as the main focus. Not to mention there's no establishing that "It's the second Christmas since the war started", it's just a fun little story that can really fit anywhere. So Big goes around the world on Christmas Eve, delivering presents, before returning to run the bar for the Christmas Day party hosted by the Kintobor computer. I like to think the Santa hat he's wearing is the same one he wore while delivering presents.
But that's my opinion.
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Post by The Shad on Sept 29, 2015 19:48:12 GMT
find a way for Mobius to celebrate christmas every 6 months or so! Clearly Leon Day is a recognised holiday on Mobius.
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Post by Chigs! on Sept 30, 2015 17:25:11 GMT
Sorry, I don't know where I got 3000 from. Probably Futurama. Regardless, I'm working on a timeline for StC. Unofficial nor not endorsed by the makers in any way, bar me running it by Adamis. For O-Issue #265, I consider it the same Christmas as 2012's Christmas Mag, if only for the sake of simplicity. 2013 didn't focus on the Sonic cast and 2014 didn't have it as the main focus. Not to mention there's no establishing that "It's the second Christmas since the war started", it's just a fun little story that can really fit anywhere. So Big goes around the world on Christmas Eve, delivering presents, before returning to run the bar for the Christmas Day party hosted by the Kintobor computer. I like to think the Santa hat he's wearing is the same one he wore while delivering presents. But that's my opinion. My god, that's so perfect you'd think we'd planned it! And now I have learnt about LEON day - I'm sure there is some corporate sponsorship opportunities there!
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Post by BlackHole on Oct 1, 2015 21:16:05 GMT
My god, that's so perfect you'd think we'd planned it! If yah need any more fanw**k about continuity in Sonic the Comic, I'm your guy as I've said, I've narrowed the length of time passed in the comic to at least 9 years, 6 months. Because continuity issues can never stop Doctor Who fans!
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Post by Charles on Oct 1, 2015 21:33:38 GMT
A significant bit on the "does Sonic clear his name" plot should be coming out in our very next issue - it won't be wrapping up but there's a path & end in sight! Not to mention some fallout continuing from this issue (which War Machine has as well). Big stuff's a-brewing! the Santa hat he's wearing is the same one he wore while delivering presents. NICELY DONE.
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Post by neoamon on Oct 5, 2015 10:27:00 GMT
I know this is off topic, but I have a question for the "Humes who think they're incharge" when is Megadroid going to get his own story? Can you please give him, his own story.
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Post by RedDevilDazzy on Oct 5, 2015 13:07:42 GMT
Man neoamon, it's been a long time since he's had his own story. How many has he had again? Is it 2?
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Post by Prowler on Oct 7, 2015 17:04:13 GMT
Loving the Unleashed storyline here, but one thing's been really grating on me though.
I mean, considering Super Sonic had just absorbed not only the Omni Viewer's power, but the gray emerald - the control emerald - itself, it didn't seem to make Super any more powerful whatsoever. In fact, even Silver was able to 'hurt' Super (or should've it been "Hyper Sonic"?) with that chunk of rock.
Let's not forget that Super was looking the most dangerous and invinciblle during the Running Wild saga (and not forgetting the fight against Brutus). I know in this issue Super said "I wasn't even trying", but it felt like Super didn't seem dangerous enough to me.
But to make my opinion a little more balanced here, I will guess the idea is that the story wouldn't work well if Super was TOO powerful to handle.
How do you do a spoiler on here? I've got a theory about the jetissoned Chaos energy.
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Post by BlackHole on Oct 8, 2015 10:08:06 GMT
Silver hit him with the rock in the previous comic, and even then Super Sonic tells him "I'm not even trying!" so Super was probably just messing with whoever dared to actually attack him in a way that 'dropped' him, not hurt, just literally shoving him into the ground. It's not beyond the realms of Super to mess with people by making it seem like they're being effective, as I'd wager he was doing in Issue #184 when Tails thumps him and he lets out an "oww!"
In 268, Super's never actually hurt, from the looks of it. Just stunned, as happens in the games, as he recovers immediately and no worse for wear, versus characters like Silver: where Silver flies into him hard enough to bury both, Silver comes out looking dishevelled while Super just bursts from the ground with a smirk and kicks the Chaotix's collective bums. Never once does Super appear legitimately hurt, just "...they hit me. Amma smack 'em back." Even at the end, when he's being pinned, I'd wager Silver's doing all the work there, otherwise Super'd easily swat them to one side.
You spoiler by [ spoiler] [/spoiler ] without the spaces.
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Post by Prowler on Oct 9, 2015 22:11:39 GMT
Seems like we will never know for sure Anyway, BlackHole will have already read my spoiler theory from Sonic Retro's STC:O thread on it, but for those on here that isn't on Sonic Retro After the Chaos energy was jettisoned, it looks like it's split up into several pieces.
My immediate thoughts from seeing that is the idea that they will become STC's equivalent of Colours' Wisps - and it wouldn't surprise me if there is some sort of twist to them (like them being evil instead of good) Could I be in the right direction with this maybe, if you're allowed to say?
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