Sonic Comics! They burrrrrn! D:
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Happy 100th episode Linkara, Great Video.

Second that! Congratz Linka... err.. Linkara!

Third that! Cant wait for more!

PS: Angel reference FTW!

Wow, that was... horrible, just horrible. Glad I never read it.

...but I assure you the main series is quite awesome at times!

EDIT: And did anyone make out what he said that was dubbed "Carly Simon?"

Nice review Linkara! I like the metal version of the theme song.

Should have shown 90's Kid headbanging to it.

yeah, he should actually keep this version, i know that some people may prefer the usual one, but i really like this one! you could keep most of the origional imagery and just modify it here and there to fit the pace of the version used in this opening

also, i thought it was really awesome that almost the entire site contributed to the closing theme for my personal favorite reviewer's 100th video.

I think the Western ballad theme fits Linkara more. It's more classic and oldschool. That and Linkara tends to bash the hard rock sort of stuff with 90's Kid a lot.

Me too :)

Loved the ending :P

THIS COMIC SUCKS

i think there pretty good

Awesome as always Linkara, congrats on the 100th. Nice to see your take on Sonic. Let's hope for another hundred! =D

AWESOME!!! and, I AM A MAN!!! Sonic is probably my favorite game character.Do you wanna make up your mind comic?-Me:NO! lol =D just pure badass Do a review on maybe a Hellboy comic? sweet. =)

Hey Linkara, awsome episode! Congrats on 100 episodes.

And I just found TGWTG.com last week and I really love your videos. Im new to american comics so its fun to see the worst thats out there.

Edit: Oh, and your theme song is way to catch. I CANT GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD! XD

welcome to the site dude and the congrats on 100 linkara

Linkara's gonna teach you all a lesson you must learn! =D

this was an amazing episode and in my opinion one of your best

also the TGWTG team should put together a band based on everyones preformanc

If all the TGWTG team put together a band and released a CD or something of that nature, I would be one of the first to get it. That was one of the best parts of the entire video. Great job everyone. =D

Seriously though, CONGRADULATIONS LINKARA. XD

It's been a good ride this part 100 episodes and I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say that I'm excited to see another 100, as long as you still have fun doing it. This was a great way to celebrate it, because this comic, of course, sucks.

Also, that different version of your theme at the beginning was pretty awesome. I definitely wouldn't mind if that played at the start of every one of your videos, although the regular version is also great. Either way, awesome job. As always, keep up your great work Linkara. =)

Totally and freaking awesome. Whole site singing your song bit was by far a the highlight of the episode. can't wait for episode 150 and 200! XD XD XD [color=aqua][/color]

why is the theme of the good, the bad and the ugly in the background of linkara's new theme?!

Because he is that awesome XD

Personal opinion is that ONLY Clint "Biggest Badass" Eastwood is cool enough for that theme.

lol fine with me ;)

Why is Sonic grinning like a PIMP daddy when hugging two children?

Must be the games messing with his head. After all when you star in a (bad) game with a love sub story between a blue hedgehog and an under aged girl your perception is screwed quite thoroughly.

The creepiest thing is that he's grinning pike a pimp daddy while the little boy is crying, and the girl is looking at him submissively...

100 episodes down and another 100 to go. Chances are there will be even more after that. Because, if there is one thing this show has taught me, there is no end to crappy comics.

*raises glass of fine liqueur*

Here's looking to the future. Excelsior!

Sonic. Those were the days... before this comic happened.

OH HELL YES. Brilliant! XD THANK YOU, man! This issue has been pure shit for so long, it's nice to see it get ripped a new one, royally.

The guy who wrote it also drew it, aside from the fact that those are his son and niece. I don't think you touched on that fact. Comic-wise, yeah, this is the epitome of self-insert fan fiction.

And Steve is holding a remote control if you look closely. Isn't that great? SO much effort put in to this thing. You can really tell.

Sorry if I'm a little excitable. You have a fan for life now. :shy:

Did you ever get around to checking out SatAM? I'd be interested to hear what you think of that, too. =)

Indeed; You do are very exitable

Great review, man. It's amazing how you pulled all that off too! Good luck with the next 100 episodes! =)

Okay! I loved the ending where you got practically everyone to sing the opening. That was great! Especially Dr. Isano's part because of the line he sang.

Plus the scenes from past episodes (and Kickassia), that was good too.

Happy 100! And I hope there's another 100 episodes!

Okay...I'm gonna be the girl who plays this card...*taps* This thing on?

...What kind of things would Robotnik want from Sally and not Tails or the walrus...

And you're all now thinking about it. Have fun with that. My work continues o.o

I also don't know what's worse, Linkara's power rangers toys, or the fact I got all those references...(Why yes I did toss one of my own).

Happy 100! *ritualistically sacrifices an Archie comic on the altar*

He wants Sally to get into the kitchen and make him a sandwich, of course!

That's a rather amuzing fact to notice. Not less creppy. But amuzing indeed

Great 100th episode Lewis, and hopefully one hundred more will come. I'm glad your show has gotten so much success, you really deserve it. Congrats!

So does Liz live with you now, or was she just stopping by? Are you two, you know, a thing? If you don't mind my asking...

Congratulations on making it to 100 episodes, Linkara! That's awesome! Keep them coming, AT4W is a very good review show, and I always look forward to see what you have to say about crappy comics!

I LOVED the "Sliders" reference too! I didn't know that many people knew about that show to tell you the truth. I thought I was in a small minority there!

Good 100th episode, and very nice choice of a comic. I loved the singing thing at the end.
Although I was hoping for some more plot...
Where can I find the version of the theme song you used at the beginning?

I loved the song/cameos at the end! Good job! And is Liz your girlfriend? I'm just asking because I'm wondering why you guys moved in with one another. Sorry if I'm being nosy.
But great job on the video and please bear with the bad comics for a hundred more!

Happy 100th, Linkara. Hope you have several hundred more! & it looks like Sonic's luck in comics is as bad as it has been in video games the past 10 years or so.

I am not a comic book fan at all, but I still watch your videos anyway because you are a funny guy, nice work.

here's to another 100! love your vids Linkara!

Happy 100th episode, Linkara
I hope to see a 100 more. =D

Yes, Sonic Live is bad; it's deservedly reviled by everyone who knows about it. Linkara made a great choice of what to review. But it should also be noted, that the comic was also a one-shot special. It is in [i]no[/i] way representative of the Archie Sonic comic as a whole. The main series is in no way "bad" as it is "strange", and has over the years evolved to be an entirely different beast from the Sega version of the mascot.

So for anybody interested in further looking into the comic after this review, here's Archie Sonic the Hedgehog condensed into three "eras":

The first era, the "Gallagher Era", named for the main writer at the time, Mike Gallagher. This was back when everyone who worked on it was convinced it wouldn't last very long. Much its stories and settings borrowed liberally from the games, Adventures of Sonic and SatAM. Gallagher and his main artist at the time, Dave Manak, worked previously on humor-driven liscensed comics, like ALF and Rocky & Bullwinkle. Because of that, many Gallagher/Manak stories were driven by bad puns, sight gags and Marx Bros.-style slapstick humor. This "era" is not particularly memorable, as previously stated all involved were convinced Sonic wouldn't last long, but some key groundwork for the series' future was laid here. Gallagher is a capable writer when the situation needs him to be, though, as anyone who's read "Mecha Madness" can attest, and Gallagher still looks back on his Sonic run fondly.

The second and most famous (infamous) era, the "Penders Era", named for the writer most associated with the book, Ken Penders. When it became obvious at around issue #30 that the SatAM cartoon was what most fans wanted the comic to follow, Ken Penders took the reigns and transitioned the comic away from slapstick and more towards becoming an ongoing action/adventure comic. Story arcs focused on rescuing King Acorn's body and mind from exile, the introduction of other Freedom Fighter groups, and the escalation in conflict between Sonic and Robotnik. This was all happening amidst the comic collapse of the 1990s, the SatAM cartoon's cancellation, and Sega's struggles during their transition from Genesis to Saturn. So prospects on the comic's future were grim. This future "outlook" led to the writing of the 4-part "Endgame" arc, with Issue #50 serving as a potential finale.

Well, #50 happened, and the comic surprised everyone by actually *growing* in popularity, and on it went for another 100 issues with Ken leading much of the way.

In that time, Ken's run experienced numerous creative peaks and valleys (some would say deep valleys), and a bevy of different artists and co-writers. Ken's time on the book was so long that it probably requires its own recap, but the key thing to know is: Nearly everything the comic is today, both the good and the bad largely ca...

I didn't see the OP mention which era the bad art was in, but I can attest that EVERYTHING in #92 was horrible (basically, the characters in every single panel were directly referenced from previous artists in previous issues. The artist just ripped off better artists, and the result was catastrophic). There was also a bad run during the OP's "Penders era," which I'd like to note is more like the "Penders/Bollers era" since Karl Bollers did a very large majority of the main stories from about issues 51 to 150. When Steven Butler took up the Knuckles backstories and James Fry was found to be unreliable at getting his issues done on time, they hired Ron Lim, who is apparently a professional comic book artist, but ... ugh ... he draws humans okay, but the Sonic cast? Not so well. It's a matter of preference, but I thought it looked god awful.

The last time I remember seeing Ron Lim's art was in 159, after which Tracey Yardley took over, whose style is totally compatible with the Sonic the Hedgehog short, fuzzy animal style.

Anyway, I think if anyone's talking about any era of bad art, it's stuff between ~80 through ~110, when they started alternating artists more often.

I found an image comparing the art styles of every Sonic comic artist since the beginning, though I don't think a lot of them are terribly accurate in representing the artists' run as a whole:

http:// img17.imageshack.us/f/ allsonics01.png/

...Aaaand I'm not finding any examples of Ron's art via Google. Sec, I'll just scan a few pages and upload them myself. Sec...

EDIT: Wow, way off on the issues where they started alternating comic artists. But after 220+ issues and my mind tending to block out the bad ones, my memory's kinda fuzzy.

Note that this is what Princess Sally's original design is supposed to look like:
http://i54.tinypic.com/ 23u6az7.jpg

But anyway, example of Ron's art:
http://i56.tinypic.com/ mt5ac8.jpg

Example of Many Hands' art:
http://i52.tinypic.com/ 2qdd5zb.jpg

Examples of the talent that has been known to grace the pages:
http://i55.tinypic.com/ 2jcc0a8.jpg
http://i52.tinypic.com/ 6ejehx.jpg

In comparison, some artists may -not- be all that bad, but it sure looks that way when you get a main story with art like the first two artists' examples and a second story with art like the 2nd batch of examples.

I hope that clarifies things a bit.

Yay for J.Axer and Pat Spaziante!

Yeah, both of them are great artists.
Particularly, I've seen excellent non-Sonic art from J. Axer as well. See?
http:// jayaxer.deviantart.com/
Evidently, he works with Udon now for their Street Fighter comics amongst other projects.

I didn't say anything about the art. I divided the "eras" according to the writers. I did say which writers worked with which artists the most, (Manak drew for Gallagher, Yardley for Flynn) but I didn't comment on their quality.

Yeah, I was kind of wondering where that first comment was getting the whole "what the hell is all this about bad art?" schpiel. It seemed a little off-base. :eyebrow:

thank you for clarifying that. Yes, the older comics WERE very weird looking. I think I saw this picture of Chaos Knuckles once and it was hideous. I was mainly referring to Tracy Yardley, who is awesome. I'm sorry you didn't get that I mostly meant the current comics.

and @Erinaceus, you said that "Kids don't care that much about continuity or art quality" [b]art quality[/b] that made me think you were implying that the art quality was bad, but kids don't care. plus, last episode, Linkara said that one reason the requesting fans gave him for reviewing this series was "bad art" and I guess they too meant issues in the early to mid 100s. sorry I misunderstood.

#37-#50 is the best (IMO) issues of the series. The only thing worse that Sonic Live was the 25 Years Later storyarc (geez, it was dull with no action!).

Amazing! I never knew so much went throu the Sonic Comics.
Say; I say on a comic store something about a "Sonic X" Comic any chance you know anything about it?

Happy 100th episode!!! Great review as always too. Love the ending there. I feel bad about all the comics you're goint to review in the future from the list you showed us.

God this comic was creepy as hell.... o_O

Great review Linkara! I loved the whole TGWTG crew singing Gunslinger at the end! =D

Nice to see you made it to 100 episodes. Here's to another 100.

Oh yeah am I the only one who saw resemblances to "Last Action Hero" in this comic?

I'm pretty sure that was the idea they were going for with the whole last game cartridge hero thing. Surprised Linkara didn't make a joke about that instead of the Last Starfighter, points for the reference to one of my favourite childhood movies though.

Sonic Live, ugh! Cringe. I'll be looking forward to the Sonic Image Crossover.

like when the entire TGWTG crew teamed up for the theme song at the end. Here's to another 200, Excelsior

OMG OMG OMG THE NEXT ISSUE OF NEUTRO! Linkara, I have waited to hear that ever since I started watching you! Thank you!

Sorry to say that that's not what I meant, since sadly there was only one issue of Neutro ever made. ^^;

Way to get the poor guy's hopes up! :snicker:

Aw man, now I feel like an idiot...
But I'm sure you know that there's a comic with 12 issues you reviewed a long time ago!
(Dramatic music) U.S.1.!!!! Whiiiich I'm sure you get requests for every day. Darn

wait. I thought i saw the distressed watcher's shadow during the closing credits. Was that him or was I mistaken?

Let us pray you are not