Ramble: I Lost All Faith in Ian Flynn and SEGA (?)
2/28/2026 Addendum: Looking back at this blog, maybe I was a bit too harsh with what I said about Ian Flynn around the end about him being a coward. I'm still disappointed with what happened, but perhaps there's a small chance things could change. As for SEGA, while they may not exactly be clowns, I still don't like how they handled all of this.
Below is the original blog I wrote.
As some of you know, Archie Comics' Sonic the Hedgehog comic has been dead for over 8 years now, and in 2013 before the comic was cancelled, the comic was rebooted, thus eliminating many characters in the process.
In the same year of 2013, Ian Flynn announced Lost Hedgehog Tales, which would have revealed what could have been for the pre-reboot Archie Sonic universe. The first chapter was released in 2015, but in 2016, it was shelved due to some legal issues. After the comic's cancellation in 2017, it would seem the project would start work again, but that wasn't really the case. Since then, we never really got updates for the project, other than it being on "indefinite hiatus". Even worse, sometime in 2020, the project was removed from the Bumbleking website altogether.
Ian even avoided answering questions related to LHT on his show Bumblekast, and to make things even worse, he stopped answering Sonic-related questions altogether since 2025 due to issues as announced in this video. Apparently, SEGA had something to do with it.
In May of 2025, I decided to message Ian on Bluesky, as I said this:
What does he say in response? Nothing. He instead blocks me.
He hasn't unblocked me ever since, nor did he explain why he blocked me. I even tried to message Kyle Crouse about this to try to find out what was going on, but he hasn't responded either. I wasn't even trying to be malicious, as I was just being critical.
As of 2026, Lost Hedgehog Tales still isn't released, and the Bumblekast still won't answer Sonic-related questions. With all of that, I have lost all my faith in Ian Flynn and SEGA.
Ian Flynn is pretty much being a coward for blocking anyone who expresses any disappointments they have with him (assuming I'm not the only one he blocked for any reason he may have), and I lost a lot of respect for him, if not, all of it.
As for SEGA, that's no surprise. I remember how much they screwed with the Archie Sonic comic with their damn mandates, and seeing how they're possibly responsible for what happened with Lost Hedgehog Tales and the Bumblekast, they're nothing but a bunch of clowns.
So yeah, I've lost all my faith in these two, and remember, it's not that Ian Flynn blocked me, it's why he did. And sorry if I was a little harsh in those last two paragraphs, but I could have been a lot meaner.
Also, if Ian Flynn blocked you on Twitter/X or Bluesky for expressing any civilized criticisms, then please let me know about your experience.