Flynn to Remain “The Brain Trust”
In an interview from last week’s Comic Con published today on Sonic Stadium, Sonic comics editor Paul Kaminski said two writers will be added, forming a bullpen of sorts for the series.
The writers, not named, will be responsible for “backup stories,” in Kaminski’s words. Existing Sonic comic staffer Tracy Yardley will also pitch in, writing the Babylon Rogue arc for Sonic Universe.
To this point, writer Ian Flynn has been almost exclusively responsible for writing both series, and recently added Mega Man and the still in development Cosmo the Merry Martian to his roster. Despite the workload, Kaminski assured in the interview he will retain most responsibilities:
We have two other writers coming in to do backup stories, so you’ll see a little switch up here and there. Ian’s still the brain trust. He and I get together to workout the storylines for years to come.
The interview can be read in full at the above cited link. It includes an explanation on how Sally has been handled inside the comics of late, and also teases an increased presence by Amy Rose that’s soon to come.
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New writers? Thats refreshing, cant wait to see what they bring to the table.
And more Amy Rose? Thats cool, but she had her own damn arc in Sonic Universe
@Soniman032 She had to share with Cream, Blaze, Shadow, Rouge, Omega, Bark, Bean and Fang. Not so much the Babylon Rouges but now they have their own arc.
yea, Amy does need a solo arc. i’m not a huge fan of her character in any canon, but she is due some solo action or at the very least some Team Rose action (her, cream and big)
It’s good to know they haven’t forgotten about Amy. They seemed to put more thought into her,that is sure to please many Amy fans.And there is A LOT.It’s hard to believe silver’s search for the traitor is finally coming to an end.What’ll happen when he finds him/her?
It’s been obvious that they haven’t forgotten Amy. They HAVE forgotten Charmy’s memory loss with occational nods to it in a single panel before going off to ignore it again. Amy’s not a good example of something forgotten. At all.
More Sonic, less Sally.
I’ve been reading the comics and it’s always with the spotlight on Sally… if they want to make comics about her, they should go back to the dumb Princess Sally comic series they had before.
This is the SONIC THE HEDGEHOG comics.
That’s all I ask for.
@GoldenHedggy
Wasnt the sally comics just a mini-series? hell Tails and Knux had those too and only Knux got a monthly for awhile, Meh, I have no problems with Sally (she only recently got the more heavy screentime so Ian can BLAMBLAMBLAM her in 225 and maybe take her character in a different direction). But yea, it’s a balencing act with all the characters this franchise and the comics have.
I’m sorry to say that (to me) the comic has never been great in the way of writing, and I stopped reading completely at issue 200. I promised myself I’d check it out again if Ian Flynn got the boot and the series got new writers. It sounds like this news is more about new backup writers, so I will have to wait longer.
I will say this: the comic has always had great artwork (at least up to issue 200, which is as far as I have read).
Hope the new writers will work in well!
I think Amy and the Babylon Rogues both deserve their own arcs. A Babylon one sounds almost impossible to not like, but the Amy arc will have to be taken with care, considering how Archie for so many years just portrayed her as a little fangirl eventually turned stalker. She has been better lately, though; she seemed to accept Sonic’s increasing interest in Sally and vice-versa (for now, anyways), and she only mentioned her crush once or twice in Treasure Team Tango.