Sonic and Mega Man!
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The panel ends with audience members getting a ticket to a booth to retrieve gifts.
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Future crossovers? Kaminski: “I can say nothing.”
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Flynn has put thought into bridging the gap between Mega Man classic and the Mavericks.
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Mega Man X is the future of Mega Man classic. Flynn would love to work on Zero and Legacy and so forth, but wants to make Mega Man X an established series first. Kaminski stresses how much control fans can have over future comics by writing in and supporting the comics through purchases.
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The panel acknowledges how surreal drawing Sonic and Mega Man shaking hands was.
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Peppers states that the last few pages of Worlds Collide are at the forefront of his memory and acknowledges that they were the most challenging pages to draw. He reveals an image he drew of Dr. Eggman and Dr. Wily sharing a milkshake.
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When asked if Flynn has any Sonic voice actor in mind when writing, he responds by saying that the voice is a mixture of every voice actor combined with his own voice into “one big snark.”
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Flynn teases that “technically, we will see Mecha Sally again.” He also discusses the difficulty of putting Hyper Sonic in the comics from a story standpoint.
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Kaminski: Archie artists must be good storytellers and hit the model drawings very closely for consistency’s sake as well as hitting deadines. Cavallaro discusses his history in the animation industry and how important staying on model is. He also recognizes how much of a team effort comic production is and how these licensed comics stay consistently good.
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Robot Masters from Mega Man 6, going on, are not built for evil. How they fare after meeting Mega Man will be revealed in Mega Man X. Also, Flynn says: “I try to stay as faithful to the source material as I can be,” but he details that he must take some liberties for the sake of story.
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A fan asks about having another Wily-Eggman storyline. Flynn discusses how he never thought the first crossover would happen, and that he has ideas for a sequel ready to go “as soon as I get the call from Capcom and Sega.”
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The panel turns over to audience questions.
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Kaminski teases “one more debut” before Q&A: a cover created by Rafaela Knight.
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Flynn: New Crusaders is “everything you could want in a superhero book, all wrapped up in one.” Haspiel notes some of the inspiration the New Crusaders had on The Fox.
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Flynn discusses New Crusaders. He states that Archie picked up the legacy of the Red Circle universe and ran with it while still respecting the nuanced backstory.
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Mega Man graphic novels, including Let the Games Begin and The Return of Dr. Wily are discussed as well.
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Sonic Universe’s Treasure Team Tango and Bean the Dynamite Duck are briefly discussed.
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Peppers: “I’ve always drawn Mega Man, ever since I was young.” He thanks Kaminski for the opportunity to finally draw Mega Man.
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Peppers, prompted about his work on Worlds Collide, says “it was awesome. The best part about it was drawing Dr. Eggman and Dr. Wily together.”
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Kaminski reveals that the Sonic graphic novels are the most successful graphic novels in Archie history.
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The panel turns to Sonic graphic novels.
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Kaminski revealed artwork delivered just this morning for Mega Man X and Mega Man issue #30.
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Blackout as a story arc will continue, in part, beyond the four-issue series because it will have “consequences,” according to Kaminski.
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Kaminski teases that this is an incredibly interesting storyline. Flynn notes that the series is based on an obscure Japanese Mega Man game that had a darker tone than the rest of the series. He wanted to maintain that sense of desperation and says that “things are going to have consequences, and dealing with that shows the amount of respect we have for the readers.”
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He teases that “you guys have a lot of interesting reading ahead of you.”
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Cavallaro discusses how challenging illustrating the Mega Man universe is. He has no background with the characters and admits that it is “a deep pool to jump into.”
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Flynn notes that the artists have occasionally brought his content back to him with quizzical looks. He references a recent scene involving Wily, Ra Moon, and cables connected directly into a brain as an example of this.
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Before Mega Man X, Mega Man Blackout is discussed, which follows up on a storyline introduced before the crossover. In this series, Ra Moon blacks out the entire planet.
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Flynn notes that the fan support for the original Mega Man series helped fuel the creation of Mega Man X.
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The following is revealed to an ecstatic audience:
Mega Man X: The journey to the future begins in Mega Man Issue 34, on sale February 2014.
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The panel turns to Mega Man.
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A Sonic Jump Super Digest issue is humorously discussed as well, written by Flynn and illustrated by Peppers.
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Another Super Special issue featuring a story based on Sonic Dash is revealed to audience surprise. Flynn humorously notes the relative lack of story in Sonic Dash and attempted to “squeeze every bit of pathos out of ‘Sonic goes fast’.”
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The Sonic Super Special series is discussed. Issue 9, featuring Sonic Lost World, is set to come out in November. Sonic Lost World will be featured during Archie’s Comicfest as well.
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Flynn expresses that Shadow Fall is a return to a Shadow-oriented storyline fueled by fan demand. A never-before-seen cover for issue 60 is revealed to a warm reception.
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A four-part series called Shadow Fall is introduced next. Pencil artist Jamal Peppers discusses the series and the enjoyment he gets out of drawing it, especially Shadow. An alternate cover featuring Shadow is revealed to ooh’s from the audience.
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The illustrator’s admires his Chibi-ization of the squid looming in the background of the image.
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A Chibi variant of issue 58 is shown, and the illustrator discusses the difficulty of translating Sonic characters into this super-deformed look.
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The “Pirate Plunder Panic” series of Sonic Universe is shown, which ends at issue 58 of Sonic Universe.
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The panel turns to Sonic Universe, which is becoming Archie’s most successful Sonic spin-off series of all time.
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Uncolored pages from issue 255 are shown as well.
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Exclusive pages from issue 254 are shown.
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According to Flynn, the Freedom Fighters have stopped functioning as a team. It is time to put the team back together and get them back into their old habits. Kaminski notes that Sally Acorn is not metallic this time around.
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Kaminski debuts issue 257, in which the Freedom Fighters return.
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Various comic covers are displayed. Flynn and Kaminski stress that Countdown to Chaos truly is the beginning of a series-altering event.
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Artist Ben Bates did a series of four comic covers that all link together. Kaminski encourages the community to email Archie and request a poster of these covers put together.
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Ian Flynn gives a brief overview of Countdown to Chaos to laughter and applause from the audience. Flynn discusses how the changes in it will have a “huge, definitive effect” on the canon of Sonic going forward.
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Kaminski overviews the basic plot line of the crossover.
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Kaminski thanks the community for supporting the Sonic/Mega Man crossover.
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The panel turns its attention to Sonic the Hedgehog.
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The original version of The Shield was released in 1940 and predates Captain America.
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The Shield’s story flashes back and forth between the present and the past set during World War II. The characters Cavallaro discusses serve as the ideal warrior from each time period. An enemy called Mind Mutants are also teased.
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Cavallaro praises his co-workers and reveals some information about The Shield, coming to store shelves with issue two of The Fox on December 4th.
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The Shield emerged as a complimentary comic that appears within later issues of The Fox.
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The panel moves to a series by J.M. DeMatteis and Mike Cavallaro called The Shield.
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The Fox knows parkour and is a very effective crime fighter.
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Dean sought a cross between Apocalypse Now and the Island of Lost Souls, something Paul readily agreed with. Paul also saw a lot of potential in The Fox’s desire to escape his superhero life.
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The Fox is essentially a superhero with no super powers. Dean discusses how to translate that into a compelling narrative. The series opens with the main character desperately wanting to escape being a superhero.
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The Fox emerged from a six-page story written by Dean Haspiel that was later turned into a five-issue series. The series is based on character that were created in the 1940’s.
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Presented is a video teasing The Fox, coming later this month.
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The panel begins with an animated presentation from Red Circle Comics.
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Paul Kaminski introduces the panel.
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What about Megaman X?
So #257 is when the freedom fighters are officially a team again? Sweet!
Can’t wait to see a mega man X ark. I always did like the X series more.
Are there any chances of photos of the covers?
I wasn’t able to take any pictures, sorry.
Its all good.
Could you describe the SU #60 cover, if possible?
No information about the Sonic Underground epilogue from forever ago?
well su#60’s cover is actually #59’s from the previews we saw a while ago. with that said, #59 should be a stand alone story, i.e. the underground story. no word on it yet, though but it does seem like a good guess.
What about St. Jeffrey, King Elias, Julie Su, Saffron the bee, The rest of the secret freedom fighters As well as the other members of the royal family. How Is Lien-Da Along with the dark egg Legion fitting into this? Regina and the fake Snively among the other sub bosses? And poor Snively himself Forever lost in a chamber. Are storylines and Characters being completely dropped just because of Genesis waves and regarding the lawsuits of the characters and With no other explanations other than just Genesis waves? Is knuckles and thrash the devils’s storyline just going to be dropped? Antoine’s coma and bunnie leaving and missing in action becoming full flesh and blood not going to be explained because of the wave? Characters are just going to disappear? How about the Battle bird Armada and the Babylon rogues? I know lots of questions and time will tell but I just hope all these stories are not dropped because “everyone forgot” Due to the waves, especially characters themselves that have built-up a history. How will this fit into 25 years later as well now? What about the Nerbs? Are they still bringing them back as shown in the sonic comic Encyclopedia? I can understand a “reboot ” But I wish they would’ve figured out a better way to close off all the story lines rather them just make them disappear As if nothing mattered. Are the Arctic freedom fighters okay? Will duck bill platypus ever join the downunda freedom fighters again? As he was working undercover. What about the tiny Krudzu Plant the Shard took off with that was thought to be a cure for Sally Robotization even though it looks like This third messed up unpredictable Genesis wave cured that. Is that idea dropped now as no one will remember it? Any chance of Hershey the cat Coming back? it was never for sure that she really died. Maybe even the original freedom fighter fighters that were lost in the void could they come back? Can characters that have died in the past return like Tommy turtle, Nate Morgan or Valdez? Do they really want to wipe clean all the history and start new?There was never any explanation of what happened to Cluck the original robotics pet, where’s Dulcy The Dragon been? It seem that anything is possible unless it’s a legal issue or Sega doesn’t want something In the comic.
Your whole comment explains why I hate this genesis wave bullshit. It’s basically a cheap excuse for business fucking with the story. It looks like we are going to be stuck with this new world, so I’ll read them with an open mind and hope for the best. I just hope we never see another genesis wave again (unless everything is set back to normal, but that probably isn’t going to happen) because I really hate them with a passion. So many promising storylines, just thrown away…