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Post by Nigel Kitching on Apr 10, 2010 16:31:23 GMT
To start of Nigel thank you for the many memories I have of your time during sonic the comic and its nice to see your still involved in a way after all these years. Q.1 How did you orginally get started in comics? Q.2 What is your advise for someone like myself (who has a few small house publishing credits under his belt i.e short stories and comic stories)who wants to try and break into main stream comics? Q1: Stuff done for free for fanzines. Q2: Write stuff that somebody might want to buy and get the right person to look at it. Don't expect to work on your own ideas - you need to write for an actual market. Nigel
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Post by Nigel Kitching on Apr 10, 2010 16:32:55 GMT
Nigel, do you still visit this place? If so what is your opinion of #250? I'm not around that much and I'm afraid I haven't read #250 yet. Does this make me a bad person? Nigel
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Post by Nigel Kitching on Apr 10, 2010 16:36:43 GMT
I have always wanted to know this, and I know it's probably a really stupid question... It was called "Sonic the Comic" but why were all those other stories thrown in there? I never really read those when I got my hands on some copies because I read the comic for Sonic and co. I notice that STC-O has taken them out, so I am guessing it was a commercial thing, but was there any real reason they were tossed in a Sonic comic? And also, where did the idea for that black / white cat from the really old issues with Captain Plunder come from? The one that bent reality without explanation? It was a mag based on Sega games but Sonic was the big name and it made sense to use his name in the title. The other strips were there in the comic because the editor wanted them there. Simpson the cat is basically my version of Felix the Cat. He's named after O.J. Simpson obviously. Nigel
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Post by Nigel Kitching on Apr 10, 2010 16:57:20 GMT
Hey Nigel, sorry to bother you with this [censored]. I have possibly the most obscure question ever, from the STCO staff. In 'Casino Night', STC #18 and 19 (the story that introduced the Marxio Brothers), there is a very, very, very minor character that we would really like to know the name of. He's the down-on-his-luck dog who loses everything to Robotnik's slot machines in the first part of the story. We keep getting this character into our backgrounds and it nearly ALWAYS raises the question of what his name is. We would appreciate it if you had a look at your old scripts - did you ever have a name for this guy? He's fast becoming the quintessential background character, carving out a proper career for himself as an extra. If not, then I will have to forcefully demand that you name him. We COULD name him ourselves but there's a general consensus that we don't have the AUTHORITY to do so, such is the high level of STC clearance it requires. Here he is: Bless 'im. What an endearing loser. I like to think that he just spends his days wandering around the zones in his adorable pink pantaloons, terrified of returning home to his wife with no money. Sometimes he goes to the park and just sits, and wonders why. I bet if you heard him sing it would make you cry. Anyway, that's enough from me. I'm afraid he's just called 'Visitor'. I have no idea what to call him to be honest. Then again... How about Felix Plog? Which does have a very tenuous link to the idea of being a loser. Looking at the script I am reminded of what I had in mind when I wrote this scene- apart for just moving the story along. Basically it was a chance to have a pop at gambling which I wholeheartedly disapprove of. Here's the relevant part of the script anyway: "2. In the foreground we have a visitor to the Casino Night Zone - one of the usual cute animal types. He is looking really depressed. In the background we can see Sonic and Porker Lewis hiding behind some crates or something." Nigel
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Post by Tom on Apr 12, 2010 21:32:24 GMT
So you were brainwashing kids with your own personal moral standards then. Seems to have been quite effective on me... all this stuff got right into my head and informed my life choices... oh, lawd...
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Post by The KKM on Apr 14, 2010 10:59:46 GMT
Felix Plog is awesome and should get his own strip. Anyways, I'm afraid I'm going to ask quite a lenghty question. Feel free to ignore it. to put it bluntly, there are a lot of Sonic characters you never used because the comic ended. I am going to supply you with a short paragraph for each of the most interesting ones, and ask you how you would use them. No need for many detail, just something like "hmm, I dunno, maybe he'd do this, this, and meet that?". Or, conclude you don't want to answer such a lenghty thing and ignore me, it's fine. E-100 SERIES (from Sonic Adventure)- More especifically, E-102 GAMMA and E-101 BETA(photos and more detail can be found here) Basically, elite Badniks from Sonic Adventure. ROBOTNIK forces GAMMA to kill BETA, his "older brother", at the beginning of his story in the game, as a test to see who's stronger. Then, they are given the mission to find BIG's friend, FROGGY; only GAMMA succeeds, so the others are sent to exile. With help from AMY, GAMMA develops a free will, rebels against ROBOTNIK, and sets to destroy the other E-100 series badniks, so he can release the animals trapped within. In his last battle, he fights an upgraded BETA; they destroy each other, and the flickis inside each one are released. ZERO (E-100)ZERO is the main villain for AMY's story in Sonic Adventure. He's a prototype of the E-100 series, and his mission is to catch the Flicky AMY protects during the entire story. CHAOChao are small, cute creatures that live in Chao Gardens. They are protected by CHAOS, and normally serve little purpose on the stories of the games- occasionally ROBOTNIK kidnaps them in mass to use them as batteries or something. Their purpose is to serve as a mini-game where the player raises them as pets. SHADOWIf you read STCO-O!, you already know who he is. I'd like to know if you'd give him a different story, though. SHADOW is a Chaos Energy controlling, genetically-engineered, hedgehog, made by ROBOTNIK's grandfather GERALD ROBOTNIK. He was placed in stasis for 50 years by G.U.N., then released by ROBOTNIK; he tries to destroy the world as to respect the wishes he thought GERALD's grandchild, MARIA, had asked him before being killed by GUN- revenge. After Sonic Adventure 2, he goes amnesiac for a while, then the BLACK ARMS invade and he discovers he has BLACK ARMS blood; he was created both as a way to research immortality and to be able to defend Earth against the BLACK ARMS. After that, he seems to have joined GUN as an agent. ROUGE THE BATAnother character already introduced in STC-O!. ROUGE is a thief, treasure hunter, and secret agent. On Sonic Adventure 2, she joins ROBOTNIK and SHADOW under orders from the PRESIDENT, as to spy on them. Later roles include finding a criostasied SHADOW in Sonic Heroes and E-123 OMEGA. She also works for GUN as a support agent for SHADOW. GERALD and MARIA ROBOTNIK (image here)Grandfather of ROBOTNIK, GERALD ROBOTNIK was a scientist working for GUN 50 years ago in the Space Station ARK. He researched immortality so he could save MARIA, his young grandchild, who suffered from NIDS, a terminal disease. He creates SHADOW. He also researches the GIZOID and ancient Echidna culture. MARIA serves as a sister for young SHADOW. GUN decides his experiments are too dangerous and confiscates them on a raid on ARK, killing MARIA in the process. GERALD is arrested, but seems to develop double personality before that; he programs the GIZOID to have a heart and be kind, yet programs the prototype on PROJECT SHADOW, the BIOLIZARD, to destroy Earth. He is killed by GUN. E-123 OMEGAOMEGA is the last of the E-100 Series, who was built to be able to destroy SONIC; however, apparently because of the events from Sonic Adventure, he was immideatly shut off and stored on a warehouse. He has the power of an entire Badnik Army, and isn't powered by an animal. He joins ROUGE and SHADOW in his quest for revenge against ROBOTNIK for storing him in said warehouse, and showing he is the superior robot. Later roles include serving as support for SHADOW and being the one who, in the future, defeats and traps SHADOW when the world becomes afraid of the hedgehog's power. CREAM THE RABBIT AND CHEESE THE CHAOCREAM THE RABBIT and CHEESE THE CHAO are two friends. CREAM is a young rabbit that can fly with her ears and serves to AMY (and later BLAZE) as TAILS is to SONIC. She is very polite and delicate, however has no trouble in destroying huge robots by sending her chao to do the dirty work; CHEESE is like a kamikaze chao, obeying CREAM's every order and attacking whatever he has to. Her mother is VANILLA, who serves as the plot point to CREAM's introduction- she is kidnapped by ROBOTNIK, and CREAM sets to help. There is also another chao named CHOCOLA, but he appeared on one game and was never spoken of again. GIZOIDS, EMERL AND G-MELThese are all interconnected, so I'll join them. GIZOIDS were weapons developed by the NOCTURNUS CLAN, a rival Echidna clan to the KNUCKLES CLAN. They're fighting soldiers, divided by Roman army divisions. Quick quote from Sonic Retro. Apart from all these, we have EMERL. EMERL was the perfect and most powerful GIZOID- so powerful he apparently overloaded and attacked the NOCTURNUS CLAN, so he was shut down and found only 4000 years later by GERALD ROBOTNIK. He has the ability to copy any attack he sees- any attack- and use it. He has a "link" system- he obeys the strongest. So, he starts by obeying GERALD, but observing GUN's weaponry makes him obey them. Apparently after they experiment with a Chaos Emerald on him, he destroys part of ARK, so he's shut down again and found later by ROBOTNIK, who can't get him to work and so clones him into various robots known as E-122 PHI (who all look like grey EMERLS) and dumps EMERL into a beach where SONIC finds him. Basically he slowly gains the ability to talk as he consumes Emeralds and becomes a friend of SONIC and gang. SHADOW manages to override EMERL with a program made 50 years ago by GERALD, so the robot won't overload when filled with all the emeralds. ROBOTNIK however fires a giant laser from his new DEATH EGG, forcing the link system to activate and EMERL to overload with power, with SONIC needing to destroy him. After all this, ROBOTNIK creates G-MEL, from hardware and software of the E-122 PHI models and apparently some of EMERL's as well. G-MEL serves as a helper for ROBOTNIK, integrating all his mechs, until he overloads with emeralds and goes berserk. SUPER SONIC and ROBOTNIK stop him, and later TAILS reprograms him as a good robot that stays with CREAM and VANILLA. BLAZE THE CATBLAZE is a princess from another dimension (except on one game that states she is form the future, but let's ignore that game) that serves as sort of a mix between SONIC and KNUCKLES- fast like SONIC, she is the guardian of the SOL EMERALDS, like KNUCKLES and his Chaos Emeralds. She can also create and control fire to her will. She has a powered form named BURNING BLAZE that functions as SUPER SONIC. She is stoic and serious, a loner. She also has a body complex- saying something about her flat chest guarantees some burns on your face. She befriends SONIC and CREAM and later MARINE. She meets SONIC when she comes to his dimension after EGGMAN NEGA steals her emeralds. Later, SONIC and TAILS end up in hers. I'll edit the rest later, still some 3 characters to write. Again, answer only if you want, I'm just curious on how you'd use them if you'd use them, and maybe you'll be giving ideas for the STC-O! staff.
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Post by redjirachi on Apr 20, 2010 6:31:20 GMT
My questions are 1What is your opinion on the Archie Sonic the Hedgehog comic series? 2:If you could and were to have a crossover{Mobius-Prime meets Mobius-Fleetway ;D} with Archie Sonic comics,set right after the last written arc,how would you do it and what would happen 3:Does SEGA still acknowledge the comic's existence.If they do,what do they think 4:If you were in charge of returning Robotnik's sanity,how would you do it,and would you? 5:Why has Grimer's reason for becoming Robotnik's lackey/top scientist never been shown 6:In-universe,how long do you think it passed from Robotnik's creation to the end of the Chaos Arc
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Post by L. T. Dangerous on Apr 21, 2010 11:19:34 GMT
3:Does SEGA still acknowledge the comic's existence.If they do,what do they think An official Sega blog congratulated the STC-O team on the 250th issue, so I'd have to guess they're aware of it and some of them quite probably read it.
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Post by Emilybee on Apr 21, 2010 21:00:39 GMT
I got a question: (Edit note: Okay a few questions, I didn't intend it, but it came out this way lol)
Well its a well known fact the comics industry works ahead of whats out by 2-4 issues. But from story to finished project, what was the sechdule. As in... How long would sketching take... How many drafts perhaps... When did odd things happen to make it complete...
Basically, what happened from storylines to get to where it did in the shops and in the mitts of us lot?
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Post by leemour1984 on Jun 20, 2010 23:37:37 GMT
how did turbo come about, he only appeared in 2 issues but he's such a popular character
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Post by Nigel Kitching on Jun 21, 2010 14:10:28 GMT
Felix Plog is awesome and should get his own strip. Anyways, I'm afraid I'm going to ask quite a lenghty question. Feel free to ignore it. to put it bluntly, there are a lot of Sonic characters you never used because the comic ended. I am going to supply you with a short paragraph for each of the most interesting ones, and ask you how you would use them. No need for many detail, just something like "hmm, I dunno, maybe he'd do this, this, and meet that?". Or, conclude you don't want to answer such a lenghty thing and ignore me, it's fine. E-100 SERIES (from Sonic Adventure)- More especifically, E-102 GAMMA and E-101 BETA(photos and more detail can be found here) Basically, elite Badniks from Sonic Adventure. ROBOTNIK forces GAMMA to kill BETA, his "older brother", at the beginning of his story in the game, as a test to see who's stronger. Then, they are given the mission to find BIG's friend, FROGGY; only GAMMA succeeds, so the others are sent to exile. With help from AMY, GAMMA develops a free will, rebels against ROBOTNIK, and sets to destroy the other E-100 series badniks, so he can release the animals trapped within. In his last battle, he fights an upgraded BETA; they destroy each other, and the flickis inside each one are released. ZERO (E-100)ZERO is the main villain for AMY's story in Sonic Adventure. He's a prototype of the E-100 series, and his mission is to catch the Flicky AMY protects during the entire story. CHAOChao are small, cute creatures that live in Chao Gardens. They are protected by CHAOS, and normally serve little purpose on the stories of the games- occasionally ROBOTNIK kidnaps them in mass to use them as batteries or something. Their purpose is to serve as a mini-game where the player raises them as pets. SHADOWIf you read STCO-O!, you already know who he is. I'd like to know if you'd give him a different story, though. SHADOW is a Chaos Energy controlling, genetically-engineered, hedgehog, made by ROBOTNIK's grandfather GERALD ROBOTNIK. He was placed in stasis for 50 years by G.U.N., then released by ROBOTNIK; he tries to destroy the world as to respect the wishes he thought GERALD's grandchild, MARIA, had asked him before being killed by GUN- revenge. After Sonic Adventure 2, he goes amnesiac for a while, then the BLACK ARMS invade and he discovers he has BLACK ARMS blood; he was created both as a way to research immortality and to be able to defend Earth against the BLACK ARMS. After that, he seems to have joined GUN as an agent. ROUGE THE BATAnother character already introduced in STC-O!. ROUGE is a thief, treasure hunter, and secret agent. On Sonic Adventure 2, she joins ROBOTNIK and SHADOW under orders from the PRESIDENT, as to spy on them. Later roles include finding a criostasied SHADOW in Sonic Heroes and E-123 OMEGA. She also works for GUN as a support agent for SHADOW. GERALD and MARIA ROBOTNIK (image here)Grandfather of ROBOTNIK, GERALD ROBOTNIK was a scientist working for GUN 50 years ago in the Space Station ARK. He researched immortality so he could save MARIA, his young grandchild, who suffered from NIDS, a terminal disease. He creates SHADOW. He also researches the GIZOID and ancient Echidna culture. MARIA serves as a sister for young SHADOW. GUN decides his experiments are too dangerous and confiscates them on a raid on ARK, killing MARIA in the process. GERALD is arrested, but seems to develop double personality before that; he programs the GIZOID to have a heart and be kind, yet programs the prototype on PROJECT SHADOW, the BIOLIZARD, to destroy Earth. He is killed by GUN. E-123 OMEGAOMEGA is the last of the E-100 Series, who was built to be able to destroy SONIC; however, apparently because of the events from Sonic Adventure, he was immideatly shut off and stored on a warehouse. He has the power of an entire Badnik Army, and isn't powered by an animal. He joins ROUGE and SHADOW in his quest for revenge against ROBOTNIK for storing him in said warehouse, and showing he is the superior robot. Later roles include serving as support for SHADOW and being the one who, in the future, defeats and traps SHADOW when the world becomes afraid of the hedgehog's power. CREAM THE RABBIT AND CHEESE THE CHAOCREAM THE RABBIT and CHEESE THE CHAO are two friends. CREAM is a young rabbit that can fly with her ears and serves to AMY (and later BLAZE) as TAILS is to SONIC. She is very polite and delicate, however has no trouble in destroying huge robots by sending her chao to do the dirty work; CHEESE is like a kamikaze chao, obeying CREAM's every order and attacking whatever he has to. Her mother is VANILLA, who serves as the plot point to CREAM's introduction- she is kidnapped by ROBOTNIK, and CREAM sets to help. There is also another chao named CHOCOLA, but he appeared on one game and was never spoken of again. GIZOIDS, EMERL AND G-MELThese are all interconnected, so I'll join them. GIZOIDS were weapons developed by the NOCTURNUS CLAN, a rival Echidna clan to the KNUCKLES CLAN. They're fighting soldiers, divided by Roman army divisions. Quick quote from Sonic Retro. Apart from all these, we have EMERL. EMERL was the perfect and most powerful GIZOID- so powerful he apparently overloaded and attacked the NOCTURNUS CLAN, so he was shut down and found only 4000 years later by GERALD ROBOTNIK. He has the ability to copy any attack he sees- any attack- and use it. He has a "link" system- he obeys the strongest. So, he starts by obeying GERALD, but observing GUN's weaponry makes him obey them. Apparently after they experiment with a Chaos Emerald on him, he destroys part of ARK, so he's shut down again and found later by ROBOTNIK, who can't get him to work and so clones him into various robots known as E-122 PHI (who all look like grey EMERLS) and dumps EMERL into a beach where SONIC finds him. Basically he slowly gains the ability to talk as he consumes Emeralds and becomes a friend of SONIC and gang. SHADOW manages to override EMERL with a program made 50 years ago by GERALD, so the robot won't overload when filled with all the emeralds. ROBOTNIK however fires a giant laser from his new DEATH EGG, forcing the link system to activate and EMERL to overload with power, with SONIC needing to destroy him. After all this, ROBOTNIK creates G-MEL, from hardware and software of the E-122 PHI models and apparently some of EMERL's as well. G-MEL serves as a helper for ROBOTNIK, integrating all his mechs, until he overloads with emeralds and goes berserk. SUPER SONIC and ROBOTNIK stop him, and later TAILS reprograms him as a good robot that stays with CREAM and VANILLA. BLAZE THE CATBLAZE is a princess from another dimension (except on one game that states she is form the future, but let's ignore that game) that serves as sort of a mix between SONIC and KNUCKLES- fast like SONIC, she is the guardian of the SOL EMERALDS, like KNUCKLES and his Chaos Emeralds. She can also create and control fire to her will. She has a powered form named BURNING BLAZE that functions as SUPER SONIC. She is stoic and serious, a loner. She also has a body complex- saying something about her flat chest guarantees some burns on your face. She befriends SONIC and CREAM and later MARINE. She meets SONIC when she comes to his dimension after EGGMAN NEGA steals her emeralds. Later, SONIC and TAILS end up in hers. I'll edit the rest later, still some 3 characters to write. Again, answer only if you want, I'm just curious on how you'd use them if you'd use them, and maybe you'll be giving ideas for the STC-O! staff. I have never thought about these characters and I don't think I ever will. Sorry to be so brief in response to all of your hard work. Nigel
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Post by Nigel Kitching on Jun 21, 2010 14:15:22 GMT
My questions are 1What is your opinion on the Archie Sonic the Hedgehog comic series? 2:If you could and were to have a crossover{Mobius-Prime meets Mobius-Fleetway ;D} with Archie Sonic comics,set right after the last written arc,how would you do it and what would happen 3:Does SEGA still acknowledge the comic's existence.If they do,what do they think 4:If you were in charge of returning Robotnik's sanity,how would you do it,and would you? 5:Why has Grimer's reason for becoming Robotnik's lackey/top scientist never been shown 6:In-universe,how long do you think it passed from Robotnik's creation to the end of the Chaos Arc 1. No opinion - I have never read any. 2. Never gave it any thought. 3. Don't know. 4. Never though about it. 5. Why should this have been shown? 6. These sorts of questions don't enter my mind. The thing is that although I loved writing for STC it was actually a job. So I came up with ideas and so on that might make a good story with drama and action and so on. There's a limit to how much fretting over continuity is actually useful or relevant. Nigel
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Post by Nigel Kitching on Jun 21, 2010 14:22:46 GMT
I got a question: (Edit note: Okay a few questions, I didn't intend it, but it came out this way lol) Well its a well known fact the comics industry works ahead of whats out by 2-4 issues. But from story to finished project, what was the sechdule. As in... How long would sketching take... How many drafts perhaps... When did odd things happen to make it complete... Basically, what happened from storylines to get to where it did in the shops and in the mitts of us lot? "Well its a well known fact the comics industry works ahead of whats out by 2-4 issues." Really? I never know how people know this stuff. When I worked for STC deadlines and publication dates were never this clear cut. Some of Mark Millar's stuff wasn't printed for months after it was written. When I wrote a series The final part was often written well in advance. So it's hard to give you this king of detail. But. When I wrote Decap Attack with Richard I would turn up at his house with a laptop in the early evening and I would not leave until the script was written. Sometimes this could be quite late. I could pencil and ink a page in a day. Colouring of the five page strip would probably take me a couple of days. I then sent it in before the deadline I had been given. I don't recall how long it took to get into print usually. Nigel
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Post by Nigel Kitching on Jun 21, 2010 14:24:12 GMT
how did turbo come about, he only appeared in 2 issues but he's such a popular character I don't know who Turbo is I'm afraid. I didn't know he had appeared in any issues. Nigel
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Post by The Stiv™ on Jun 21, 2010 21:22:12 GMT
Turbo was from a two part strip called Space Race, in the Shanazar arc, Nigel.
The story was written by Lew Stringer, Leemour.
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Post by Ben2k9 on Aug 3, 2010 18:18:18 GMT
Hi,
Since there is a topic about it, what was Doctor Zachary actually a doctor in? I'm guessing he was a scientist but it is never stated.
Also, if Egmont hadnt pulled the plug and started the reprints do you think you'd still be working on the comic today?
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Post by Tom on Aug 3, 2010 18:56:47 GMT
Nigel answered that question in the thread.
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Post by Ben2k9 on Aug 3, 2010 19:07:38 GMT
which one?
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Post by Nigel Kitching on Aug 5, 2010 12:25:46 GMT
Hi, Since there is a topic about it, what was Doctor Zachary actually a doctor in? I'm guessing he was a scientist but it is never stated. Also, if Egmont hadnt pulled the plug and started the reprints do you think you'd still be working on the comic today? Never gave what Zachary was a doctor in a second thought. Hard to believe I'd still be writing for STC today - something would have happened to put a stop to it.
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Post by Robert Frazer on Aug 5, 2010 14:36:56 GMT
YOU WILL NEVER ESCAPE. Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha!
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Post by segaz on Aug 24, 2010 11:37:09 GMT
Hey Nigel. Few questions for you. 1. In the Sonic the hedgehog 2 instrution manual, it clearly states that Tails can do the Super Spin attack, and that he copied it from Sonic.
But in the comics, he seems unable to do it. How come you took the ability away from him? Just wanted to focus on Sonic?
2.Also, I know you said you didn't always plan for continuity above. Was there ever a time you had to rearrange things later on because you forgot or overlooked something that had been established in the past?
3. Was it hard getting things 'established' in the STC universe so to speak? Like for example, when Sonic was trapped in the special zone, did you go round to all the guys working on stories and say "guys, you can't use Sonic in any of the current strips, he's in the special zone?" Or would Lew come up to you and say "By the way, got this new guy called shortfuse. He's trapped inside armour, and really powerful." How was it done exactly? Did anyone mind?
4.Stuff like Porker Lewis breaking down, or Amy becoming more independent.....didn't anyone else have a viewpoint on these things?
5. I'm sure you've already been asked this, but how much did you ever play the old Sonic games? Complete any of them or what? If you didn't, how did you find out about all the zones and bosses and stuff?
6. How come the front cover often bore no relation to the inside stories?
7. I'll think up some more soon, Nige.
EDIT 8. Who was it again who gave Super the 'ability to pull the moon out of orbit?' If it wasn't you, what do you think of that ridiculously overpowered sentement? I like to think that, because Super was DREAMING, IT WAS A DREAM. And in dreams, we can all do crazy stuff we'd love to do. Maybe he can if he really tried and put his mind to it, maybe he could do something like that, but I believe it'd take more then just a 'Oh, guess I'll destroy the world today!' I don't want to get too much into it here, but one thing Super has shown himself not to be is stupid. And destroying the planet with himself on it doesn't seem so smart. I mean, he still needs to eat and drink and breathe air, right?
BTW. I really love STC. In my ideal world, it'd would still be going today. Sold in shops that is. And also, I don't think I would have rejoined Super with Sonic. But then I guess......what else could you do with him? I'm sure though there would have been something. Siuch as Super joining Sonic's freedom fighters and Sonic having to teach him how to fight. TLDR
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Post by L. T. Dangerous on Aug 24, 2010 17:38:56 GMT
And also, I don't think I would have rejoined Super with Sonic. But then I guess......what else could you do with him? To be completely fair, if there was only one plot thread that needed tying in the final story, it absolutely had to be that one, given it started over a hundred issues prior. I imagine the speedy resolution wasn't what Nigel wanted but it was pretty vital to bring that one full circle if he'd never get the chance again.
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Post by Nigel Kitching on Aug 26, 2010 21:04:59 GMT
1. I don't remember. I must have read that manual but I don't remember anything about Tails and spin attacks.
2. The continuity never gave me the kinds of problems you describe. If I brought back a character I just checked back on the last time they were around. What had been established in the past would allow me to do certain things and prevent me from others I suppose. It never seemed to be a problem anyhow.
3. Well the writers were just me and Lew and, to be honest, we kind of ran on parallel tracks. I never went near Shortfuse (one of Lew's) and he stayed out of the plots I was using. Of course I tried to tie up any of my loose ends so it wasn't a hassle for Lew. When I set up a situation (in the Special Zone for example) Lew was good enough to go along with it.
4. Who? I sold the story to the editor and it was accepted. The business of Amy becoming more 'independent' was what the editor wanted. That wasn't my Amy and when I wasn't allowed to write her my way I just stopped putting her in my stories. This was fine as Lew then wrote her in her own strip.
5. I played the games all the way through up until Sonic 3D.
6. The editor commissioned the covers. It's not the way I would have done it personally.
7. Okay
8. That sounds like a great idea but I don't remember if I wrote it or not - doesn't sound familiar. I don't think it would be surprising at all if Super Sonic ended up destroying himself. He is not a rational being. Actually I think he'd be happy to destroy a whole planet - he'd probably just leave and find other worlds to torment.
Sonic teaching Super Sonic how to fight as part of the freedom fighters? Is this the same Super Sonic we're talking about here?
I liked the way Super Sonic ended up rejoined with Sonic - this was the final issue and it felt right to me.
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Post by Super Sonic on Aug 26, 2010 21:20:39 GMT
5. I played the games all the way through up until Sonic 3D. You're my hero. ;D
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Post by Pitt on Aug 28, 2010 13:36:56 GMT
The cancellation of the comic notwithstanding, were there any stories you wanted to do or characters you wanted to include that you couldn't, either because of space and time constraints or because the editor wasn't fond of them?
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