I'm out of the loop, there was going to be a Shadow mini?
>>151324190It was supposed to a comic for Year of Shadow but kept getting delayed
>>151324190>>151324141One Shot
>>151324141Based on the title, was it going to be about the Shadow Androids?
>>151324887No >>151324235
>>151324887There was going to be a new OC villain
I thought IDW was dying so these people would go away
>>151325573They got more money and scaled down their company. Last I checked they're still losing money.
>>151325718Doesn't this have to do with Diamond Comic Distributors shutting down?
>>151325573Nah, they're okay for now.
>>151325772That's a whole other thing and I don't know what became of that. If you're talking about the Shadow comic it's because Sega is picky as fuck when it comes to Shadow and probably kept asking for changes.
>>151325792>and I don't know what became of that.They got a new distributor and its business as usual.
If Sega was more hands off, we'd have more fun stories.
>>151325892You can blame Penders for that.
>>151325911Penders never worked for IDW. This id Sega at fault.
>>151325934Sega is more hands on because they don't want another Penders to happen.
>>151325934Sega being "hand off" resulted in pic related, which immediately convinced them to hold a tight leash on any extended Sonic media made after that point.
>>151325992There were a lot more good than bad stories in hindsight. The Sonic Universe stories were some of the best things made under both Archie and IDW.
>>151325992Except Ian took over right after that and it wasn't until years later that Sega began tightening things. Even after the lawsuits they were nowhere near as bad nearing the end of Archie than how they've been since IDW. The real reason is that they want the Sonic brand completely in line with what they want. And they've began stripping things even from their own shit like Amy's lust for Sonic. It's typical corporate brand shit.
>>151326049Archie still had some old contracts that let them use SATAM/AoStH stuff.Also, Archie wasn't being shilled as canon to the games.
This will boost sales
>>151325992Archie was just as batshit and out of character following Penders’s departure.
>>151325892Sega needs to be more hands on if anything. IDW is supposed to be canon yet everyone is horrifically out of character. The worst is Silver who doesn’t even slightly resemble the character he’s supposed to be.
>>151326049>The real reason is that they want the Sonic brand completely in line with what they want.Duh. And since they were hands on with IDW from day one, they can enforce it.
>>151325892How hard is it to just accept that the people writing the comic are just not good at it?
>>151324141It was delayed by almost two years and the IDW staff hate and don't understand Shadow. This wouldn't have worked.
>>151326125Yeah, nobody is debating against that? You do realize Sega let Penders win that case because it would mean the destruction of Archie comics right? They killed three birds with one stone. Cut all ties Archie, poach any of the good artists, and make their own comic under their control. It worked flawlessly. I recall their was a quote by some YouTubers about Sonic making weak games but making up for thay in their power as a brand. Basically, they make shit game decisions but excellent business decisions which is why Sonic is still the game after all these years while other furry mascots have went and died.
>>151326049>they want the Sonic brand completely in line with what they want.Sega hasn't made a game worth caring about since Shadow.
>>151324141Looking at the writer for this and what he's done before didn't inspire alot of confidence in me anyway.the covers looked sick as hell thoI'll wait patiently for the Sage mini-series by Daniel Barnes. At least I KNOW that'll be good.
>>151326491Sega didn't really care who won the lawsuit, they just wanted it over. The fact that they let Archie keep going proved they still didn't care much about it as long as the licensing checks came in.
>>151326142>IDW is supposed to be canonThe 5th biggest mistake they have ever made
>>151326522I doubt a mini for one of the worst and boring characters could be that good.
>>151326580Did you just not pay attention during Frontiers?I love her regardless.
>>151326639unfortunately I did, because I had to endure trash like thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pwwvJzKULc
>>151326522>Writer: Kiel Phegley>works:>https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B01EA57ZTYYeah, it doesn't seem like he's worked any actual comic books. Just promotion material and harmless kiddy books. I am gonna go out on a limb and say it wasn't the OC that got it canned, but rather, the plot might have been too generic. Not trying to bully the guy but he probably needs more experience in the comic books field.
>>151326696Its Shadow. Sega is extremely anal about what Shadow can do. They just made IDW edit a scene where he threatens Sonic with a sword so the sword is erased.
>>151326580>one of the worst and boring charactersLiterally, how is she any worse than six deadly shots? She's an AI with a daddy complex. She's one of the best minions Eggman's ever had because she could possibly pull a Skynet in the future after Eggman is long dead. Plenty of writing material there to work with (especially since Silver has had NOTHING to do for years now...).
>>151326768>They just made IDW edit a scene where he threatens Sonic with a sword so the sword is erased.Is that actually an issue? It's the same problem as Shadow using a gun. He already has Chaos spear and Chaos blast. Why does he need a weapon when he can just use those at point-blank in someone's face?
>>151326871According to Sega of Japan that was "too much of an escalation".
>>151326871Sega is weird. Their culture is very taboo over guns, yet made Shadow famous for using one.
>>151326893There are not really wrong, too be honest. Shadow should have gotten over his angst by now. Holding a sword to an annoying person is what 2005 Shadow would have done. Shadow remembers Maria clearly and rejected Black Doom now so he shouldn't be pulling things like that. Otherwise, it's showing he's still vengeful which means Black Doom should have been able to control him easily which would be a plot hole.
>>151326796>Literally, how is she any worse than six deadly shots?Easily, boring as shit character, with cringe wholesome family shit for reddit points. Ew. Also lol at calling her the best, she's on the bottom of that list.>because she could possibly pull a Skynet in the future after Eggman is long dead.I too saw twitter trend
>>151327058>Reddit>TwitterGo back
>>151324141>radical new villain we cooked up>designs were clutchThese "people" are so fucking gay man, please cryo-freeze me until they're all dead and rotting. And that's not how you use "clutch".
