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Robotropolis Zone News Recap #3: June 20th - 26th, 2016
This week had celebrated the 25th anniversary of the release of the original Sonic The Hedgehog for the Sega Genesis. (Or Sega Mega Drive for those outside of the US.) Although the day of the anniversary itself was mildly uneventful, there were still a lot of things happening this week.
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Robotropolis Zone News Recap #2: June 13th - 19th, 2016
Welcome to the second edition of Robotropolis Zone News Recap. Not much has happened this week compared to last week, even with E3 going on. Even so, there's still a few things worth going over.
this is literally how they announced wave 2 of the SMB amiibo
not on stream, not via a huge tweet but this
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Replying to some random tweet from December. Classy.
Robotropolis Zone News Recap #1: June 6th - 12th, 2016
Welcome to the first weekly news recap for this blog. (At least for weeks where there's something to talk about.) I used to run Robotropolis Zone as an Archie Sonic blog by posting random images from the comics every day. I may or may not return to doing that in the future but for now I want to try taking this blog in a different direction and the first thing I like to try doing is having a weekly round up of all the Sonic related news that has happened during each week. And this week is a good place to start as a lot has happened this week so let's jump on in!
Enjoy the special sneak peek at the action packed SONIC: MEGA DRIVE #1 coming in July from Ian Flynn, Tyson Hesse, and Matt Herms! Donāt miss this special Sonic the Hedgehog 25th Anniversary one-shot, pre-order with your comic shop today!
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In addition to todayās solicits, I also want to point out that if you donāt live near a comic store and want to get Sonic Mega Drive, you can preorder it from Archieās official website.
http://archiecomics.stores.yahoo.net/sonicmegadrive.html
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #285 Script: Ian Flynn Art: Diana Skelly, Terry Austin, John Workman and Gabriel Cassata Sonic the Hedgehog #285 CVR A Reg: Dan Schoening and Luis Delgado Sonic the Hedgehog #285 CVR B Variant: Evan Stanley The suspense builds for Sonic in āPanic in the Skyā Part Two: Sonic and the Freedom Fighters have faced a crushing defeat at the hands of Dr. Eggman and his entire evil Eggman Empire! Now it becomes a race against time to get back in the fight and save the day! But when Dr. Eggman uses Chip and the power of the Chaos Emeralds, are our heroes already too late? Featuring the second of four connecting covers by comics pro Dan Schoening plus a āGaia Colossusā variant by the excellent Evan Stanley! On Sale Date: 8/17 32-page, full color comic $3.99 U.S. Read More: Archie Action Releases for August 2016 [Solicitations] | http://comicsalliance.com/archie-action-releases-for-august-2016-solicitations/?trackback=tsmclip
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #286 Script: Ian Flynn Art: Diana Skelly, Terry Austin, John Workman and Gabriel Cassata Sonic the Hedgehog #286 CVR A Reg: Dan Schoening and Luis Delgado Sonic the Hedgehog #286 CVR B Variant: Tracy Yardley
āPanic in the Skyā Part Three: The finale to the āShattered World Sagaā is reaching a fevered pitch! Sonic battles Dr. Eggman in a desperate bid to rescue Chip! The Freedom Fighters invade Eggmanās refinery against impossible odds! Rotor flies the Sky Patrol into a no-win battle with the Death Egg! And it only gets more nuts from there! Featuring the third of four connecting covers by comics pro Dan Schoening plus an āEgg Dragoonā variant by Mr. Sonic comics, Tracy Yardley! On Sale Date: 9/14 32-page, full color comic $3.99 U.S.
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SONIC UNIVERSE #89 Script: Ian Flynn Art: Adam Bryce Thomas, Jim Amash, Jack Morelli and Matt Herms Sonic Universe #89 CVR A Reg: Tracy Yardley & Matt Herms Sonic Universe #89 CVR B Variant: Ryan Jampole
Knuckles is about to crack in āShatteredā Part Three: Time is running out for Amy, Knuckles and all of Angel Island! As our heroes fight for their lives, the evil wizard Walter Naugus inches closer to completing the Master Emerald and regaining his full power! Can the gang pull through to stop the wacky warlock? Featuring cover art by Sonic comics veteran, Tracy Yardley and an ā& Knucklesā variant by jamming Ryan Jampole! On Sale Date: 8/31 32-page, full color comic $3.99 U.S.
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SONIC BOOM VOL. 1: THE BIG BOOM (TR) Script: Ian Flynn Art: Evan Stanley, Ryan Jampole, Jennifer Hernandez, Rick Bryant, Jack Morelli and Matt Herms Cover: Patrick āSPAZā Spaziante
Here comes the BOOM! Sonic the Hedgehog and his friends are back and ready to do battle with the evil DR. EGGMAN! This ground-breaking new branch of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise puts a different āspinā on all your favorite heroes and villainsāplus brand new faces and hilarious stories chock-full of action. Written by bestselling Sonic comic scribe Ian Flynn, and based on the hit TV series! Sonic and his friends Tails, Amy, Knuckles and new member Sticks, must come together as a team to explore a new world full of comedy and adventure. SONIC BOOM Vol. 1 collects Sonic Boom #1-4. 978-1-62738-983-9 $12.99/$14.99CAN 6 5/8 x 10 3/16ā TR 104 pp, Full Color Direct Market On-Sale Date: 9/7
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SONIC SUPER DIGEST #17 Script: Various Art: Various Cover: SEGA
Get ready for supersonic action & adventureāitās Sonic Super Digest! Donāt miss all the fun and excitement you love in stories from the Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic Universe and Sonic Boomā¢ comic series! Sonic and his friends embark on daring quests, face epic challenges and run rings around the evil Dr. Eggman! Dash into adventures that only Archie Comics and Sonic Super Digest can bring! Featuring awesome cover art by SEGA and story & art from the biggest names in Sonic comics history! On Sale Date: 9/7 128-page, full color comic $4.99 U.S.
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Sonic Thoughts (Spoilers for #281)
I donāt talk too much about the sonic comic any more because I really donāt have anything nice to say about it anymore but man, the newest issue feels worth talking about. Each new issue feels like weāre aiming for some amazing mixture of peak genericness and boredom. Iām serious, whatās happened here?
StH #281 has just gone above and beyond in terms of awfulness. Iād argue weāre reaching Penders levels of awfulness. Look at this art. Whatās going on guys? Why the hastily slapped on photo of clouds as a background instead of a proper background? Why the miscolored water/rocks back there thatās covered in bizarre square shadows? Why the strangely muted colors (a personal nitpick admittedly)? The lack of proper background continues through the entire main story as most panels are just painted over with gradients. Yawn. Boring. Amateur hour.
And then thereās Dulcy.
Thereās that photo of clouds instead of an actual background again. But Dulcy, whew. Iām going to admit my first thought here was,Ā āWow, nice. Sheās not a fat and ugly cartoon dragon any more.ā My second thought was,Ā āWow, sheās really generic and uninspired now.ā Itās like they took Vector, slimmed him down and stretched him out, then slapped some Spyro features onto the head and called it a day. But okay I guess, she looks like a dragon and does fit into the world a bit better now. Her scaleās nice, sheās a little over twice as tall as Sonic. Sheās no longer awkward in that regard. What bothers me is that now, sheās no longer a European or Asian dragon. Sheās here in Chun-nan, and as weāll find out later, sheās from Chun-nan, so youād expect some Asian inspiration in her design, right? Yet thereās none to be found.
And no, her clothes arenāt Asian inspired. Not in the least from what Iāve found. While her overall body/face design doesnāt really offend me due to it being so bland and boring, her clothing is absolutely terrible. SHOULDER PADS MAN. No Asian armor that Iāve ever seen has had shoulder pads like some American high school footballer. The most simple google search reveals that if shoulder pads were used in China, they were looser and draped down over the shoulder.
But hey, okay, the world of Sonic isnāt exactly based in real life and takes far more fantasy elements than real world elements. Even if you work from that angle, the outfit still isnāt based in Chinese fantasy! Go watch any Shaw Bros martial arts flick or recent Chinese fantasy film. Itās like, come on guys. You couldnāt even bother to give Dulcy a generic Asian female fighter outfit. Itās peak genericness ā thereās almost no visible inspiration behind the clothing other than the idea of clothing itself. Itās the same with her body design. Sheās justĀ ādragonā.
What bothers me the most about this is that we get to see Dulcyās FF team later and theyāre all inspired by generic Asian designs. Aside from the fact that everyone wears sneakers, they probably wouldnāt look too out of place in a Hollywood movie set in China. The characters themselves may not have the slightest hint of personality but at least they look interesting enough to engage the readersā eyes. The designs may not even be that good (I personally think they look more like mid-2000s dA fancharacters than anything you would see in a Sonic game) but hey, theyāre visually distinct and that does raise them up slightly beyond being visually bland. So why isnāt Dulcy the same? Why is she so bizarrely generic?
The story itself follows suit, itās just the same old thing thatās been happening for the past I canāt even remember how many issues. Sonic meets cut-and-paste freedom fighters from that region, they need to go get the gaia keys/temple/person blah blah blah. This storyās made mildly more interesting by having some backstory when Dulcy met Sonic and Sally, which provides the only nugget of an interesting idea here. I like Sonic and Tails in this short backstory.Ā āOh yeah no I just saved this kingdom and stuff, hanging around a bit now.ā Thatās cool. Thatās what Sonicās attitude should be like even now. I donāt know why theyāre not writing him like that.Ā
As usual the backup story is much more interesting than the main story, if only because of the better art. Itās far more emotive and less stiff than the main storyās art. Oh and look, actual backgrounds. That sure is neat. The story itself is a bit eh, I feel like #280 did it better but itās passable. Really my gripe with the story here is that Bunnieās backstory makes no sense, if she was found as a baby she shouldnāt have a different accent unless Rosie or someone is alsoĀ āsouthernā. And why is she moping about like she has no friends and everyone hates her when Sonic and co. have been around for awhile? Or am I getting her backstory timeline confused here?Ā
Perhaps Iām overly critical of all this but really, I feel the comic overall has been feeling really awful lately. And yes, I stand by the statement that weāre starting to reach Penders level of awfulness here, at least in terms of sheer blandness. Weāre not quite fully in Penders territory yet ā thereās still moments of joy in these books and the art has itās moments where it shines, but boy weāre getting close.
In my opinion, the comic has been spiraling downhill since Worlds Unite ended. Although whatās weird is that this is only with the main comic while Universe has remained consistently good.
Part of the problem is that they had decided to split the main and secondary stories into ten pages each when it used to be fifteen and five pages. I think itās a big problem because the main Sonic stories arenāt long enough to be as fleshed out as they should be. It doesnāt allow them to add enough development to the stories or when they do, itās something like this issue where the majority of the page count is spent on the characters just sitting around a table talking with some random new characters.
And thatās the other problem I have. I agree that comic is starting to go into Penders territory but for a different reason. There are WAY TOO MANY new characters being added every other issue and all of them have been getting more focus than Sonic or the main Freedom Fighters. I donāt care about these Chinese Freedom Fighters or this old man and his house that weāll never see again. The reason people buy a comic called āSonic The Hedgehogā is because they want to read about Sonic, who does absolutely nothing of importance in this issue. Heās just there to fight Silver Sonic for the first two pages only for it to be defeated by Dulcy anyway.
Ian and the rest of the Archie team seriously need to dial back on the number of characters they keep introducing because they take too much away from the main cast. At this point, thereās so many that itās impossible to give a reasonable amount of development to all of them anyway. (Remember those Acorn Guards that showed up for one page at the end of Countdown to Chaos only to immediately have their butts whooped by Metal Sonic and have never been heard from again since? What the heck was the point of that?)
The comic does have other problems besides this and when the Shattered World Crisis ends, I want to write a big review of it that goes over all the good and bad things the comic is doing right now but those are definitely the two biggest problems.
From Sonic Universe #70
Cover art to Sonic The Hedgehog #243
From Sonic Super Special #9
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From Sonic Universe #79
From Sonic The Hedgehog #163
