Thalia
Artist Hume
I used to be schizophenic... but we're all right now
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Post by Thalia on Nov 12, 2004 10:00:11 GMT
Sonic & Techno VS The Trickster. Bleurgh. . I agree with him *points up* That or Superzone, Bravehog or any number of cheesy fillers. What was that one with the anorak called..... I didn't mind the Cam 'n Bert strips myself.... --Thalia
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Tom
Ex-Hume
Hume-who-used-to-think-he-was-in-charge
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Post by Tom on Nov 12, 2004 11:11:01 GMT
You're an ungenerous lot!
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Post by The Tikal who had no Toes on Aug 19, 2005 14:00:26 GMT
Nooo, I LIKED Cam 'n' Bert! Erm, I wasn't very impressed by the jokey stories, like all the ones about the Eldorado Zone, or the ones with pisstakes of celebrities like the Gary Rhodes one. Tails got some bad stories; IMO he is better when he's being the Zonerunner or fighting goblins. And I agree with the person who commented on Amy and Tekno, those two characters have great potential and they shoudn't be given crap storylines. Oh, and I'm not keen on Captain Plunder either.
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Post by Stuntman Fifteen on Aug 19, 2005 14:56:43 GMT
Not like Plunder? There are some people who'd murder you for that. *hides knife behind his back*
Plunder rocked! The worst pirate on the planet, poor sod, he could never get a break. If not being cursed with bad luck, then it's running head first into Mr. Fry or being K.Oed by his hapless cook, cartoon cat Simpson. (Who for some reason reminds me a lot of Baldrick) He had some great stories too. Return to the Sandopolis Zone, The Spice Maidens, The Idol, loved them all.
Worst ever story? Has to be The Trickster. The art was innovative, what with all the CG colours, but the story would make a hippo puke. Complete waste of 10 pages, IMO.
Decap were brilliant as well, but that's for another thread.
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Post by Raxadian on Aug 19, 2005 15:05:42 GMT
Got pink
Earth spirits
Hero hour
And yeah "Sonic & Tekno"...
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Post by Lost Mercenary on Aug 19, 2005 22:10:48 GMT
Almost nearly every single Amy and Tekno adventure that involved the Ring Of Eternity. It was the biggest hunk of [censored] that STC ever did.
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Post by Raxadian on Aug 20, 2005 8:47:52 GMT
Almost nearly every single Amy and Tekno adventure that involved the Ring Of Eternity. It was the biggest hunk of [censored] that STC ever did. Well, yes. I only liked the planet where everything could be created with the mind.
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Post by Devo DrakeFox on Aug 20, 2005 17:40:17 GMT
The whole first six issues of STC were rubbish, now that I look back on them. The story didn't REALLY kick off until issue 8 when Sonic and co. were sent 6 months into the future, giving Robotnik time to take over the world.
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Tom
Ex-Hume
Hume-who-used-to-think-he-was-in-charge
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Post by Tom on Aug 20, 2005 21:22:08 GMT
Millar's Sonic was poor.
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Post by Dave on Aug 20, 2005 22:21:43 GMT
I didn't like the Knuckles story, which was where a kid named Tim apparently gets abducted by an egg robot, and Knuckles chases it everywhere, but he loses track of it. Then he goes to tell the parents, and the kid hid in the closet all the time.
Wasn't very good lol.
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Post by Mambo's Here! Look Busy! on Aug 20, 2005 22:26:39 GMT
Sonic the Human and all the other early ones like that one where the giant green robot gewts turned into a house!! XD Man they needed Nigel Kitching!!
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Post by Dragonsteincole on Aug 20, 2005 22:36:45 GMT
Sonic the Human and all the other early ones like that one where the giant green robot gewts turned into a house!! XD Man they needed Nigel Kitching!! You can't really include the first few issues and stories. The comic was only just getting established. (Using his 'D' In Ecenomics & business here), you would need to attract a fanbase quicky in order for a comic to stay financially viable, so you would use stories that appealed to kids, who would buy the comic (via their parents ;D) and hopefully become repeat buyers. Once you have that fanbase, then you can diversify and change the product (in StC's case: add newer characters and move onto more dramatic/better-paced arcs (Knuckles' return to the Floating Island pre #100) and stories (Running Wild, Chaos Saga). I agree with the others that the Ring of Eternity stories were filler with some contunuity thrown in to disguise the fact. Look at the stories: nothing significant happened in them, and nothing really was achieved by them, apart from padding out Amy and Tekno's resume' (granted, they found Shortfuse in outer space, but honestly, who really cared when they did?)
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Echinus
New Boomer
If I have something worth saying, I'll say it.
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Post by Echinus on Aug 20, 2005 22:54:29 GMT
The one Amy & Tekno story I did like was when they discovered that dinosaurs in spacesuits (just say that to yourself!) seeded barren planets with life. The ending was the best when Amy says: "I always thought there was another creator of life" and the dino's reply is: "I never said who we work for!", accompanied by a wink.
That is the sort of subtlety I like, leaving the rest up to the reader to decide.
In addition, I thought "Sonic the Human" was a funny and imaginative filler.
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Post by Raxadian on Aug 20, 2005 23:58:11 GMT
I didn't like the Knuckles story, which was where a kid named Tim apparently gets abducted by an egg robot, and Knuckles chases it everywhere, but he loses track of it. Then he goes to tell the parents, and the kid hid in the closet all the time. Wasn't very good lol. You forgot the fact that the robot was destroyed and Knuckles thought the kid had died. So knuckles was going to tell then he couldn’t save the kid…
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Post by Mambo's Here! Look Busy! on Aug 21, 2005 9:36:48 GMT
eh? Why cant I include the early stories? It was still STC! I mean, The Origin of Sonic was #8 and that was brilliant, Im sure youd count that as an example of greatness so why not say the less strong stories are examples of bad STC stories?
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Post by Lost Mercenary on Aug 21, 2005 11:35:22 GMT
It wasn't until issue 8 that STC really kicked off. I mean I wasn't too fond of the stories before that. Like when Tails is first introduced to us a badnik was not somethig I really liked.
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Post by Raxadian on Aug 21, 2005 14:33:30 GMT
It wasn't until issue 8 that STC really kicked off. I mean I wasn't too fond of the stories before that. Like when Tails is first introduced to us a badnik was not somethig I really liked. Well, “Robofox” wasn’t a bad story, for fans of the games at least.
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JJ
Script Hume
Bit of a hack, really.
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Post by JJ on Aug 21, 2005 15:35:08 GMT
Personally, I think it wasn't until issue 4 that the comic really started to find its voice, even though Richard Elson didn't debut until #7. And we all know who debuted in #4, don't we?
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Post by Raxadian on Aug 21, 2005 16:01:50 GMT
-Sonic the Hedgehog - Day of the Badniks Script: Nigel Kitching Art: Ed Hillyer
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Tom
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Post by Tom on Aug 21, 2005 18:39:52 GMT
the comic as a whole was fine, it was just the lead strip that wasn't working.
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Post by Lost Mercenary on Aug 21, 2005 21:44:10 GMT
True. The Shinobu, Golden Axe and Kid Cameleon stories were what were leading it at the beginning.
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Post by Mambo's Here! Look Busy! on Aug 21, 2005 21:46:01 GMT
Kid Chameleon kicked ass, tho it confused me the first time I read it. There shouldve been more of it, man.
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Post by The Tikal who had no Toes on Aug 22, 2005 12:23:32 GMT
I LOVED Kid Chameleon, it was quite dark compared to some of the other STC stuff. And I really liked Shinobi, Golden Axe, Eternal Champions, Rocket Knight, Sega Pirates and Mutant League Baseball as well. Decap Attack was alright but I went off it after a bit. And I didn't like Marko's Magic Football that much either.
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Post by Dave on Aug 22, 2005 17:06:43 GMT
The story where it gave a stupid reason for Amy turning pink. She was exposed to the same stuff as Sonic apparently. That was rubbish.
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JJ
Script Hume
Bit of a hack, really.
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Post by JJ on Aug 22, 2005 18:23:48 GMT
The story where it gave a stupid reason for Amy turning pink. She was exposed to the same stuff as Sonic apparently. That was rubbish. There's already been an extensive argument on this, but you are so right. The annoying thing for me is, if I want to explore Amy's past in my own stories I have to respect Lew's story. Let's face it, if I completely ignored 'Amy's Secret Past' (like I want to), it would make me a bit of a b*****d. I wasn't too keen on the story of Tails' past either. *shakes fist at Lew, then remembers all the good things he did for the comic*
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