[The Growler]

Not sure if this was classed as SEGA news or Sonic news, so I put it here.

http://www.sonicstad...blisher-egmont/

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Ok so you may need to bare with me here on this one. In the October edition of ToyWorld Magazine, they have a few preview pages of the ‘Brand Licensing Europe’ event. This isn't a gaming event, it's a licensing event. Companies attend with the hope of selling licenses to their properties to other companies in order to make products.

And Sega is down to attend with ‘a much larger booth than last year.’ Now this isn't that unusual since Sega have attended the event for the last few years. Along with Total War and some retro titles, the Sonic license is up for grabs.

However, the more interesting tidbit comes near the end of the article in which they confirm that Sega have signed a licensing deal with publisher Egmont.

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Recent licensing deals to have been signed include leading publishers Egmont and Hachette

So who are they? Hachette is a French publisher who are making activity books based on Sonic. And Egmont? Well… long term fans might know them very well. Egmont is the company who purchased Fleetway, the people who made Sonic the Comic here in the UK.

Thats right my friends. Sega have signed a new publishing deal with the people who used to make Sonic the Comic.

Now before we get too excited, they don't mention specifically that it is for Sonic… however, what does support it being Sonic is that when you look at Egmont's current lineup of magazines and books, Sonic is the only active franchise Sega have which would fit in with their range of products.

There is also another reason not to get too excited, and thats down to the simple fact that the comic selection in the newsagent has changed since STC ended. Egmont do not make comics anymore, it's more towards fortnightly actvity books. They do however make one off books.

And to continue the unlikely news, even if it was Sonic the Comic, it's never going to continue from where it left off, far too long a time has passed.

So whilst it might not be a UK revival of Sonic the Comic, it might suggest a one off book, or could we see pigs fly and get a trade collection of Sonic the Comic published by Egmont?

We'll be watching this one very closely.

Source: ToyWorldMag

This post has been edited by The Growler: 09 October 2013 - 10:59 AM

[Overlord]

I am extremely interested in this. It has to be something StC related, surely. Maybe they were impressed after SoS this year?

[doc eggfan]

Egmont still produces comics in Scandanavia, notably The Phantom. Frew in Australia translates these to English to pad out the release schedule of new stories while collating the syndicated "canon" American story arcs into issues.

Not sure if this means anything in this context, as it is probably just isolated to the UK division of Egmont, in which case the above info still holds.

This post has been edited by doc eggfan: 10 October 2013 - 08:01 PM

[MarkeyJester]

I've been waiting a long time for Sonic The Comic to come back to my local shops. As a kid, I was rarely allowed comic books (or even pocket money for that matter), and I think in total throughout the years, I was lucky enough to have had four issues of the original at various points. It would be absolutely wonderful if bringing it back is what they intend to do.

My only wondering fears are; who's gonna write it, who's doing the art, and what Sonic games with crappy storylines will come out that will require an adaption.

[ICEknight]

I have a feeling that the new comic is probably going to be based on the new CG series...

[Overlord]

Man, I'm not even thinking new comic, I just want the same collection of existent issues that Archie's had.

[Ell678]

I hope it isn't something new. StC was just awesome, I would love the opportunity to get them all again - most of mine are ruined / lost.