Archie Sonic Update: SEGA & Archie Are “Talking”, Comics Getting “Resolicited” & “Cancelled” Listings

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1. Sonic Super Special Magazine #14 and Sonic Super Digest #8 were cancelled last month as well.

2. I never receieved the last two issues of the Chaotix pirate arc in Sonx Universe. Is it too late to call and ask for replacement copies?

3. This is it… The end has come 🙁

4. Seems to me that Archie may be losing or letting go the Sonic license and I don’t think it’s just because of the lawsuits since the Mega Drive comic has nothing to do with them, they may be continuing (and rewriting) the main comic just to give it a proper closure.

   Talking about Riverdale that show is really good, I’m not interested in reading the spin-off comics but I’m really glad it was renewed.

5. I was never even considering watching Riverdale, but now I have half a mind to straight-up boycott the damn show if it really is one of the leading reasons the comics are getting the shaft so much right now. I get that Archie wants to expand and promote…well, Archie, but at the expense of one of their most best-selling series in over 20 years!? With the same writing staff no less. XP

   1. You’ve never seen the show, and it’s automatically the blame for your lack of monthly Sonic comic dose?*sigh* This is what makes the Sonic comic fan base look bad. Seriously, get out and do something BESIDES Sonic for a little while. Come on……

      1. Idk, I’ve seen small bits of the Riverdale TV show as well as the supposed prequel tie-in comic, and I’m not really happy with what I’ve seen.
         They made Jughead, Archie’s best friend, into a brooding narrator who’s father is the leader of a motorcycle gang.
         What the flying hell?

      2. Yes. I’m pissed. I want sonic comics, I’m not getting them but this riverdale is doing “well” so I’m gonna shit on it until I get the damn sonic comics back.

      3. Well Presumptuous Piglet, let me reiterate what I just said. I never had any interest in the show. I’ve never really been interested in Archie (the series) in any capacity. So why would I ever be interested in a tv drama based around it? There was nothing there that seemed to demand my support, and it clearly seems that it apparently doesn’t need my support anyway, since they’re pushing the show and all related content to it full-steam ahead whether it’s popular enough or not. I just frankly don’t care about it.

         The only thing that has me pissed off about it is that for one thing, they’re taking the head writer of the Sonic comics and making him the head writer for the Riverdale comic series, and all it’s spinoffs and tie-ins included. Yes, because a spin-off of a spin-off needs more freaking spin-offs. Not only that, but it seems as though Riverdale is all they care about now. I’m not against them trying to bring more focus and attention towards it, again, it’s their new take on their flagship franchise, it only makes sense. What I don’t understand is why it has to rely on Archie’s most successful series being entirely ignored in order to make room for that effort. They aren’t known for much beyond Sonic, Archie, and all Archie-affiliated series like Sabrina and Josey & The Pussycats, they shouldn’t have to sacrifice one series for another.

         And back to being presumptuous, nice to see you assume that just because I have a grievance with a series that might actually be affecting one of my favorite comic book series that I do care about must automatically mean that I have absolutely nothing to do or care about other than Sonic. I’m in to plenty of other series, comic, game, and tv show alike that have absolutely nothing to do with Sonic. I barely even have time to even entertain myself with anything Sonic-related these days, just coming here for news is about as far as I get in that department lately. But no, just because I never cared about Riverdale enough to actually bother watching it when I could be doing something else more interesting instead and now might actually have a reason to be skeptical about it’s existence must automatically mean that I have nothing better to do than obsess over Sonic and the comic series that may or may not be getting canned altogether. You’re SOOOOOO insightful.

         I’ve been fairly rational about the whole thing going on at this point. Really all I’ve said is that now I have even less reason to ever be interested in Riverdale, so boo-hoo, I’m not watching a show I don’t care about for different reasons than I did before, big deal. You’re going on about how being upset about anything, whether it’s justified or not, makes the Sonic comic fan base look bad, when really all you’re showing is how judgmental presumptuous cynics like you are what prove to the rest of the world how disorganized and self-shaming the whole Sonic fan base can be towards itself as a whole.

         And yeah, I’ve never seen the show. Notice how I take no time to even try to say anything about it’s quality, portrayal of characters, and style of tone? Once again, I DO NOT CARE ENOUGH TO WATCH IT, let alone assume whether or not it’s terrible or even worth going ahead with. I’m giving it every benefit of the doubt here apart from it’s effect on the Sonic comics. If you’ve seen the show and you’ve liked it, fine, but if you’re trying to sell it to me, you’re doing a pretty poor job.

         1. Well, I’ve never seen Riverdale myself, but I don’t believe that you should blame anything non Sonic for the delays. For all you know, Sonic Forces could be the reason. More and likely, if cancellation occurs, SEGA of Japan is responsible.

         2. That argument is so flawed that you could easily say the same thing about anything NON-Sonic related being the reason. How the hell would it even be Sonic Forces’ fault? I may as well say it’s Mania’s or even Fire and Ice’s fault, why not Sonic Shuffle and Sonic X-Treme while I’m at it?

            And I’m not a subscriber to the “blame Sega of Japan for everything” club, Archie would be just as much to blame for whatever is going on as Sega is. It’s the same as how both Sega AND Cartoon Network are screwing Sonic Boom over, the same way Sega AND Archie screwed over Penders, and the same way that Penders, Sega, AND Archie screwed the whole comic series over with their legal disputes. It’s never just one source to blame. I can buy Sega of Japan having a huge hand in this, but their hand isn’t the only one. It’s still up to Archie to promote the comics that they have licenses for, you can blame Sega for telling them to be tight-lipped about it, but you can still hold it against Archie for not even trying to offer anything as a means of calming people down. Individual people had to prod for even the vaguest of info.

            And even if they aren’t planning on canning the comic series at all, what is the point of dragging Ian Flynn into the Riverdale comics? He’s a great writer and all, but aren’t there other writers you can assign to this series, or better yet new ones with promising skill that you could hire? I really don’t see what the point of doing this would be unless you really were planning on canceling the Sonic line altogether and started relocating particular talent towards the next big thing you’re trying to push onto center stage.

            Point is, it’s not all black and white. Maybe it was naive to suggest that the new Archie line is mostly to blame (I’d still say it’s a good part of this whole thing going on, the timing is too close together), but it’s no better than just saying “it’s all Sega of Japan’s fault, and that’s it.” When it comes to the comic series, the two main forces always in play when some major development happens are always Archie and Sega. Whether it’s Sega mandating something and Archie having no choice but to submit to that, or Sega having to respond to some bone-headed mistake that Archie made, or both just being equally short-sided at the same time, it’s usually the two of them that alters the fate of these comics. Unless you get 3rd parties involved like Penders, but even then they’re still a huge contributing factor.

   2. The first episode has Moose propositioning Kevin Keller for sex. If you know anything about the Archie comics, that sentence alone should tell you what a bastardization it is. They literally pull every cheap trick in the book to be as edgy and “progressive” as possible, truthfulness to the characters be damned.

      1. And people thought killing Archie off was the low point for the franchise. 😛

      2. Shame. Can’t have any media without leftist messages desecrating them……. That’s plain sick BTW

         1. Well I’m not against the messages themselves, but I do think that trying to paste them on to characters that they don’t apply to is kind of doing more harm than good, you shouldn’t have to alter a character just to get that kind of a message across. If anything you should make new ones to get those messages through.

            It comes off less as progressive and more as manipulative, and using them in a poor or cheap fashion certainly doesn’t help either. Just makes it harder for there to be a platform for that stuff. But I think we should stop being political here, this is kind of getting out of hand.

6. Hey guys!
   I found the court case documents to the “Narrative Ark vs. Archie Comic s” lawsuit with Scott Fulop: https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/15373746/Narrative_Ark_Entertainment_LLC_v_Archie_Comic_Publications,_Inc_et_al & https://www.plainsite.org/dockets/32pno8f1i/new-york-southern-district-court/narrative-ark-entertainment-llc-v-archie-comic-publications-inc-et-al/

   This could be another reason for the recent problems with the Archie-Sonic series

7. They couldn’t even finish fucking Overdrive!?

   That’s it! I’m DONE with buying comics! I’m officially done. Since Bart Simpson and and the Muppets are finished, Mega Man is canned, and Penders happened, I no longer have a reason to set foot in any comic store ever again. I’m done!

   I know there are other comics out there, but here’s an interesting tidbit: I don’t give two shits about Marvel, DC, or any other super heroes out there. I never did. Sonic was my first comic, Sonic was supposed to be my only comic. But since Sonic comics are dead, comics are dead to me.

   I’ve seen what the average comic book fanatic is like. And I will never devolve into that. It’s not healthy or appealing.

   SEGA can move onto IDW (not that it makes a difference), but the Sonic comic will either be lucky enough to keep the 252-verse or retcon everything once again, and Penders still won’t budge and will continue to cause trouble on social media until he drops dead.

   Either way, I’ve given up on a comic that has no sense of how to do a proper ending, fatigued itself for the sake of profit, and long enough for ex-writers to cause trouble behind the readers’ backs.

   I just wanted them to finish Overdrive, now I have two incomplete issues sitting on my self……

   1. 1. You are an asshole.

         1. I’m sorry 😛

         2. @Paramount Piglet: No you’re not.

8. BTW, according to freshcomics.com, Sonic #291 is still go for 4-26-17. YAY!!

9. If they really cancelled Overdrive, I for one will be PISSED. Mega Drive is the first time I’ve genuinely enjoyed Sonic comics in ages. It was like the Sonic spinoff I’d always dreamed of. And the artist himself said, as he was working on the linework for Overdrive late last year, that it was probably the best stuff he had ever drawn. He was that proud of his work on it. I will be beyond upset if that never sees the light of day.

10. Anyone heard any news about the comics lately?

11. Nooo, they can’t cancel the comics before they hit #300! D: Not to mention canceling the Longest-Running Comic Series based on a Video Game Character, and for what reason? Stupid people making stupid decisions. Or ruining everything, I still say everything bad that’s happened is Penders fault. Had he not started all his bullshit the comic wouldn’t have been rebooted, the team not had their ‘leashes shortened’ and it would’ve been fine.
    And Overdrive got cancelled too? D: I loved the art style for it, and was patiently awaiting part three! D:
    Man, what a waste of talented writers and artists, I hope they don’t just try to shuttle the likes of Yardley and Evan Stanley over to their ‘gritty-edgy Archie fanfiction’ series. I was already annoyed with RiverDale marring the covers of the last Sonic Comics I got (Ads go on the BACK, not the COVER ) now I’m just ticked off at it if it’s causing the demise of the Sonic Comics.
    T_T If they DO cancel it, I would hope we’d get some sort of resolution, or a ‘happily ever after’ or SOMETHING, not just left flapping in the wind, y’know? D:

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