Unfortunately I’m doubtful it’ll amount to anymore than an Easter egg, especially since he’s a comic original character, but we shall see!
So I got the A cover and the RI-A Spaziante cover from my shop. The comic is really good. Not sure how much I like the B cover though. However, the RI-B 1:25 variant by Tyson Hesse looks great but the fact that it's already going for like $100 on ebay makes my soul wither because I really want it.
@Boxer Hockey Don't suppose a version of your cover exists without the paper tear effect? Frankly, I'd love to own this as a poster in the future if that ever becomes something SEGA decides to distribute.
I'm debating whether to go buy this today or wait until August to get the "Free Comic Book Day" edition. (I don't like spending money when I don't have to )
The FCBD edition is not going to include everything that the actual paid version does. It'll be a small sample of it.
Yeah. Usually the FCBD is either a small snippet of an issue or it's a smaller original story. But usually it's a sample. It's meant to get you to read the actual issues. There are some times where FCBD issues will be full reprints like in 2009 I think there was an FCBD reprint of the 1st issue of Mirage TMNT. But that's the only time that really comes to mind. But usually with something like this, especially something that came out 2 months prior, it will just be a snippet. I'll still get the FCBD version though just to have it for fun.
So I went to one of two comic shops in my area... and they didn't have it. The owner said that today's delivery was short of like half the comics they were supposed to get, and this was one that was missing from the delivery. I went to the other shop and thankfully they had it. Got the A cover as well as the RI-A Spaz cover. Haven't read it yet.
Normally there's one cover I like way more than the other, but these were both really good. Ultimately went with B. I fell way behind on my reading, so I used the anniversary as an excuse to catch up. I always love how many easter eggs they jam in, especially when they Spoiler: Issue 41 called out Pontaff on writing Baldy McNosehair. It's also nice to not see anything near as bleak as the metal virus arc.
Just to clarify, so people know what they're getting. Sonic the Hedgehog: 30th Anniversary Special contains three stories: Seasons of Chaos, Sonic Learns to Drive and Dr. Eggman's Birthday. https://www.idwpublishing.com/product/sonic-the-hedgehog-30th-anniversary-special/ Free Comic Book Day 2021 Sonic the Hedgehog: 30th Anniversary contains one story: Amy's New Hobby. It also features "Race to the Empire". Since the writing on this segment is credited to editor David Mariotte with art by "Various", it's probably a recap of the main series, using existing art (the solicitation says "Plus, fun extras to catch readers up on Sonic's ongoing adventures, on the road to issue 50!"). This year's Free Comic Book Day is Saturday 14 August 2021. https://www.freecomicbookday.com/Catalog/APR210027 Sonic the Hedgehog 30th Anniversary Celebration: The Deluxe Edition (the hardcover book) should contain all four stories and some bonus material. This is due for release October 2021.
There's going to be a book? Excellent, there was no way I was going to be able to get this as comics.
I just reread the Chao Races arc, and now I'm curious. Starlline is probably going to do some cloning. I wonder if Sega Mandates allows it, but why else would he need Tails fur? Seeing as Ian mimics certain things from Archie days, I wonder if we are getting Evil versions of the characters. To support my theory, at the same page where he's holding Tails fur, we see some test tubes.
If the dreaded evil Sega Mandates didn't allow it, we wouldn't be building up to whatever we're building up to in the first place.
Just a heads-up - Reggie Graham will be running a behind-the-scenes Twitch stream this Saturday about his artwork for the 30th Anniversary comic.
Interestingly, Ian said on a recent BumbleKast (a June one but I don’t exactly recall which), that we shouldn’t worry too much about two worlds, and that’s all he can say for now. Now, this is, officially speaking for the sake of not misrepresenting what Ian said, speculation on my part, but I reckon SEGA’s finally gotten the damn message and is walking back that ridiculous aspect. Hoping it helps lead to a much more diverse and full world like what Archie had going for it, even post-reboot. I know there aren’t really any notable human characters to use outside of Eggman that we’d really be excited for (unless somebody here *really* likes the G.U.N. commander), but it’s nice to see nevertheless, and hopefully opens the door for repeal on other issues the fandom has, like Shadow’s bastardised characterisation.
Hopefully. To be fair, I've yet to get that far in the book myself, but the sounds of it aren't great. On a different note, the first volume of the IDW Collection is out now. My copy came today and I finished reading through it a bit ago. I imagine it's fairly pointless for those keeping up with issues or trade paperbacks as it doesn't have any extras, but if anyone out there is more of a casual reader like me who just wants the issues in a nice presentation it's an easy recommendation from me. The hardback alone feels better than anything I've ever picked up from the Archie Sonic runs back in the day. I can't wait for the next one.
Does Ian mention comics specifically, or is it somehow connected to games? Man, I wish Sega would let the Man write scripts to Sonic games. His stories ain't perfect, but he knows his Sonic and writes good characters. Shadow in IDW is just plain terrible, but I see Ian trying to sneak some hints about his true nature. It's sad, really. Such a great character back in the day, ended as a true Edgelord.
I'm sure they'll be trying to just make it quieter, but still present. Gotta keep them humans out. But hey, if my whinging about it has managed to eject a terrible concept... I must only use these powers for evil.
I read the 30th anniversary special. I'm surprised I ended up enjoying it as much as I did. I'm not big on the Classic Sonic aesthetic. Tonally, the first story reminded me a bit of the OVA and the last of Adventures. The second was just funny and I thought it was cool some of the references they snuck in the art.
Ian follwed up on that in the July 5th 2021 episode (37m 40s): When Ian asked about the situation with Angel Island in Sonic Adventure and other games, how it went from the human world to Sonic's world to the human world again, he was told it was "by a miracle". Ian then follows with "Once again, I can't get into details right now, but I wouldn't be too concerned about that kind of detail anymore. I'll get into it more later, but don't worry about it for now".
