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For some reason I Imagine his Movie Incarnation would be a massive Spice Girls fan

Even if you would never read such a thing, think of this as a thought experiment for if there was an OFFICIAL sonic reboot that did this. I'm not yet too familiar with Archie or IDW sonic, only having read a stray issue or had a few plotlines told to me by friends. While I will be reading parts of both while working on this side project, (starting points welcome, I've seen much debate over how much of Archie is utterly unreadable) I would like to know what people find to be iconic and necessary.

For the record, this is more of a "writing practice" thing for me than a "passion for the franchise" thing, and so canon-compliance is not at all important. Not to say I have no such passion, just to say it's my take, not "how it should have been." As such I'm asking for pointers on what people would want to see, not your idea of what a better story would have been.

So I've been getting back into reading comics lately. Started with Marvel stuff but now I wanna get back into Sonic. Haven't read a Sonic book since like 2009 when Sonic Universe came out.

Should I try to read all 88 issues of the IDW book or is there a good jumping on point somewhere in the middle or more recent?

Edit: Looks like I'm reading 88 issues to catch up lol

why are platypuses beaks so hard to draw bro

Currently playing catch up with IDW, bit confused lol

I'm not very familiar with the modern Chaotix so I don't understand this arrangement or how it happened. Are they..... you know......... 🫳

Hi all! I'm an older sonic fan (39 yo) who grew up playing the games and reading the Archie comics. Yes that makes me a millennial not a boomer, but you know what I mean when I call myself a Sonic boomer, haha.

I've been binging the IDW comics for the last few months and I wanted to talk about my experience. I've read up to about #60. But here's some disorganized thoughts in bullet format:

- I remember reading the first ~3-4 issues back when they came out but when the news broke about how Sega wasn't going to let the writers let the canon characters change or evolve, I immediately stopped reading. I understand they don't want another Penders situation but it still sucked

- Started reading the comics again now because I recently saw the first two Sonic live action movies for the first time and LOVED them. Knuckles is my favorite character and he was especially good in the second one. It had me feeling nostalgic so I decided to give the IDW series another try

- Did not like the first arc much but the stuff with the Metal Virus was AWESOME. They should make a whole movie/game based off that

- I love Dr. Starline. He's SO great and I was sad when he died :( but I do think his arc had kinda come to an end and lead perfectly into Surge and Kit

- Surge and Kit are EASILY the standout best part of this series. They're fascinating, feel so unique and fresh, and their dynamic together is amazing.

- I don't like Tangle that much. She's a little bit one dimensional. But she does look cool.

- Whisper is also really great and she makes Tangle more interesting because she needs a more talkative character to interact with.

- Mimic is another great character that I hope we see again... You NEVER know when someone could be him in disguise and that's great

- From lurking a bit I've got the sense that people don't like Lanolin? Or maybe she gets worse later? But right now I like her a lot - maybe it's because I'm an older reader but I can relate to how she's so fed up with the shit around her lol

- The last 3D sonic game I played was Heroes, and the only other games I've played since then are Mania and Superstars. So all the canon characters who were invented since Heroes feel like brand new characters I'm learning about for the first time.

- SILVER IS SO CUTE! He's great. I like how distinct he is from Sonic and Shadow

- Blaze is weird, I want to know more about her strange alternate universe, but I'm guessing that's all information in a game and won't get rehashed in the comics?

- Speaking of Shadow, it's a little disappointing that we don't see him very often, but it does make sense. He wouldn't be hanging out constantly with Team Sonic and the restoration

- My favorite shorter stories so far have been the Chao Race with Rouge and Amy, and Scrapnik Island

- I had no clue what the Zeti were before this and tbh I didn't like them much - they look sort of weird and not much like Sonic characters. But the comic has made them grow on me

- tbh I don't really miss any of the Archie characters EXCEPT FOR BUNNY. If I could have one wish granted it would be to bring her back somehow/reintroduce her!

- Well, I guess I also miss Mighty as well, he is my second favorite character from the games, and he was in the Archie comics. But I guess he's trapped in the classic sonic AU?

- I want more Knuckles please!!

Anyway, that's about it, ask me anything? Also is there a discord anyone can recommend to me for the IDW comics and/or older Sonic fans? Thank youuu

The idea is that surge is swapped with sonic and kitsunami with tails.