Inside The Pages: Sonic the Hedgehog #268

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1. I really hope Honey wins, just for the hilarity that all the the Freedom Fighters have to model cause I’ll laugh my arse off.

2. I’m assuming sales for this arc are gong to be high based on Homey’s appearance alone. People who absolutely the Archie comics might even pick these issues up.

3. I’ve read this one and took a look a the art style.

   Whoever did the art on this one was watching a LOT of Kill La Kill as that art style is screaming “We Gainax/Trigger now…”

   1. Dude. What on Earth are you talking about? >_>

      It’s just a different style for Sonic comics
      And it’s really rather appealing. Nothing is forever _too_ pretty and clean, you know? ^ ^

      It’s more . . human. . for lack of a better word. I mean how many times do you see Sonic make a silly, goofy face like the one in this comic? XD
      And he says derp, which is Archie’s way of saying “YES INTERNET. WE ARE AWARE YOU EXIST. ARE WE COOL?”

      But. .Kill La Kill and whatever else you’re talking about. . just makes no sense at all >.>
      Like that guy who was Playing Sonic Overture and made a video about it, and he suddenly starts saying that the music gives off “brony” vibes. I mean. . I get it, that’s your opinion, but . . What? XD . . . How can you even relate those things? o_o

      1. You basically just covered my own bases for me. No, real talk.

         First of all, never said it WASN’T appealing, so don’t jump the gun there. It just stands out from the art style they were using in the whole werehog arc.

         Second of all, you pretty much went into “whatever else you’re talking about” making no sense.. kind of implies you don’t even know what the fuck that is. Not gonna bash you for it cause that’s a scrub move which every one else seems to do on this board, so let me just drop the knowledge on you.

         The art style went from polished and detailed like they did in the werehog arc and in Sonic Boom to a more cartoon like style. Since Kill La Kill was the last thing I seen, I related it to that. Since they used Breezie, I’m guessing they were trying to go to that art style of that first crazy as all shit Sonic cartoon. Not hard to see that’s what they were going for.

         So on topic, you can relate the two things since they’re both more cartoon like in art style.

         1. Okay so then basically your logic was. . “This was the last thing I watched, so clearly the writers here must have watched a lot of it for inspiration as well”? >.>

            Also there was a different artist doing the werehog arc. Namely Evan Stanley. The new artist here has a different art style, and that’s about it really 😕
            I don’t think there was any inspiration from Kill La Kill, or Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt.

            Either way, color me a fan of the new style 🙂

      2. Yeah cuz tryhard memehumor is funny when it lacks the context of the internet.

         Lol you have horrible taste xD

         1. Oh, it’s you XD Hello 🙂

      3. It’s the first thing that stood out that it reminded me of. Over exaggerated facial expressions and more cartoon like character models. It looked like the artist was going for something of a Gainax/Trigger style as Kill La Kill is just as well known and popular. Figure if they were using internet memes, then an well known anime company’s art style wasn’t too far fetched.

         Not that it’s a bad thing, but the first thing I could compare it to. As it was just so out of left field I couldn’t help mention it.

         1. Alright that’s fair :3

            Just saying, it’s very odd to apply an entirely different art style, from a completely unrelated show, and credit it as being inspiration for something just because you watched it recently :p

      4. I gotcha. Thanks for getting it.
         Nice seeing I can explain something without it turning into some bullshit internet pissing contest. It’s appreciated on this page, and that’s real talk.

         No exaggeration here, stay classy there kid. I mean that.

         1. MmHmm! You too ^_–

4. I read it and I loves it. The art was diffrent but I found it to fit pretty well.

5. To those who whine about the green eyes… SHUT UP !!! Their just eyes it’s not like their going to kill anybody GOD. I also died at Sonic’s derp face XD

   1. The green eyes are the least of the problems. THAT derp face and this new art design are…..

   2. Not to mention, the cheesier writing. Really ? As if we don’t have enough comedy bullshit in the games and Sonic Boom ?

6. ……The green eyed Sonic is the least of the problems. They’ve turned the main comics into Colors-SLW-Boom 3.0 : the inclusion of Breezie and now Coconut, more AoStH references, more Internet references, MORE Modern games references (Bean saying Baldy FUCKING McNosehair), the art style is more sketchy, exaggerated and cartoony. And who the hell hired Evan Stanley for the main comics as well ??? Wasn’t her enough for the Boom adaptation ?

   Why do they insist ? Why do they want to shove this comedy shit into the last passable Sonic media left ?

   Good thing they don’t publish them in Europe, otherwise the pain would have been harder to endure, but still…..

   1. Because Sonic seems to fare better with fans with comedy. Sure, the comic still has its dramatic stories and serious tone, but a little comedy here and there can’t hurt anything. Heck, even the SatAM series, hailed by many to be the darkest TV series of the franchise, had comedic moments to entertain audiences and lighten the mood a bit.

      You want a more serious Sonic, try watching Sonic 06.

      1. “Because Sonic seems to fare better with fans with comedy.”

         Someone hasn’t seen the sales numbers for Lost World and the Boom games…

         1. Sales are entirely different. I’m talking about overall reception.

   2. Excuse you, what is wrong with having Evan do a lot of the artwork? She is FUCKING AMAZING and I fucking love her style. I practically squee when she does a cover, much less the inner artwork. I’m chalking it up to jealousy. 🙂
      At first I was wondering why Sonic was chibi, then I realized what was going on. This art style is cute, close to Jennifer’s style, but better than that one dude that did the art not that long ago, I forget his name.
      Geez, don’t bash the artists or the writers. It was serious this past arc, I see nothing wrong with a little humour now. Cool your damn jets.

   3. You must have missed how work the style of Ian Flynn : Sometimes he makes more comedic arc, sometimes more serious. That’s how he also work in the megaman comics : We had with him some goofy moment when the Robot Master burned Roll hairs, and some pretty serious moment with Ra-Moon, for instance, and even mature writing when Break man talked with Tempo.

      They didn’t turned the comics into a comedy with this arc, they made a more comedic arc.

      Of course we haven’t had anything as serious as Warzone and Remember the Fallen, or as the endengered species arc, but we had some serious and epic moment with the Dark Trilogy in Sonic Universe. And the Sonic Universe arc is going with a more serious tone, with the origins of Nicole, the backstory of Doctor Ellidy and the whole Phage deal.

      And Evan Stanley worked in the comics before Boom. And here she only do the cover, so lolwut.

      TL:DR : The comics isn’t an ersatz for your need of Adventure-y stories. It’s a media of its own which is sometime comedic, and sometime more serious. 😉

7. Omg! The art is amazing!!!

8. Hideous art? Check.
   Tryhard memehumor. Check.
   Baldy McNosehair? Check.
   Aosth as canon? Che- ok wait wdf?

   Jeez did the comics get ruined. I always disliked them but now…Pontac might ad well be writing this boring drivel.

   Who asked to see outdated Aosth again??? NO ONE.
   Whi asked to see Breezie?? Some random moron character fr thatterrible terrible TERRIBLE acud trip of a cartoon somehow get’s top billing?

   Ian Flynn is about ad good to me as Pontac now.

   1. It’s a more comedic story, thus it appeals to those who enjoy that form of humor.

      Personally, I’m indifferent towards it. It’s dumb, but harmless. If that’s not your thing, why bother?

      Also, no. AoStH isn’t canon to the comics. It’s only using certain elements from the cartoon and refurbishing them, just like its SatAM elements.

      1. lol your a fool if you think this horrid style won’t override and take over the series.

         1. Man, the art style always changes so no, it won’t “override and take over the series.”

         2. And you must be paranoid as hell if you’re afraid of just a few jokes.

   2. Hi ^ ^ Thank you for sharing your opinion.

      Your trolling attempts aren’t very clever. If you don’t like Sonic, then what are you doing here?

   3. Breezie is here to remplace Mogul in the whole “Buisness man owning casino”, and as 6S already worked on the Casino under Mogul Reign, using another AOSTH character is the best way to replace Mogul.

      And meanwhile, in the Sonic Universe serie, we have the whole deal about Nicole and her origins, the new ennemi Phage… And it’s drawn by Tracy Yardley :p So for this style “taking over” and Flynn being a “new Pontac”… lol

      I would be more worried how the penciller would work on more “serious” issues, even on more action-y.

9. I have many comics with dIffrent art. I welcome this as opposed to the unusual look sonic went through during the” slapped by Sally” era. It’s possible they wanted make a direct homage to Aosth and that art style.

   1. My thoughts exactly, with the AoStH aspect, however archie has been having different artists draw for the comic since the “slapped by Sally era”.

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