Line #20 Recap/SonicTheHedgehogIDW30thAnniversaryFCBD2021


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:A comic about comics given away on a day for free comics. Odd, ain't it?[[note]]Cover art by Tracy Yardley[[/note]]]]
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5	\|\|Written by: \|\| Gale Galligan, David Mariotte\|\|
6	\|\|Year: \|\| Four\|\|
7	\|\|Release Date: \|\| August 14, 2021\|\|
8	\|\|Story Count: \|\| 2\|\|
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10	A special one shot issue for 2021's Free Comic Book Day. Like the ''30th Anniversary'' issue, it's set in the past, featuring the classic incarnations of Sonic and his friends.
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12	Amy invites Tails over for some lunch, but he quickly finds out that she really called him over for material for a comic book she's making based on their past adventures. Tails convinces her to let others read it which Amy reluctantly agrees to, though is apprehensive on what others may think of it. Being especially worried when the book is shown to Sonic himself.
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14	Also included is a brief recap of the IDW series since it's inception to get new readers caught up. Covering from the "Fallout" arc to the (then current) "Zeti Hunt" arc, this summary helps readers get set up for Issues #44-49 and the ''Imposter Syndrome'' mini-series.
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16	This Free Comic Book Day special and [[Recap/SonicTheHedgehogIDW30thAnniversarySpecial the celebratory anthology]] released earlier in the year would get printed together as part of ''Sonic the Hedgehog 30th Anniversary: Deluxe Edition'' (sans the aforementioned recap portion).
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19	!!''Amy's New Hobby'' contains examples of:
20	* ColorFailure: When Tails goes show Sonic the comic, there's a panel where the colors drain completely, showing Amy and the crowd's nervousness on how he'll react.
21	* ContinuityCameo: [[VideoGame/SonicTheFighters Bean, Bark and Honey the Cat]] (this being her first appearance in the IDW series) make some quick appearances in the crowd shots. Also three of the animals seen in the crowd are actually the animals that were part of Sonic's band back in his prototype phase.
22	* ContinuityNod: The story Sonic tells Amy at the end is his recount of some of Eggman's Badniks attacking him for Eggman's birthday which happened in the 30th anniversary issue.
23	* ADayInTheLimelight: The story is focused on Amy and her hobby of making comics about her friends.
24	* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: One comic depicts Ray giving Mighty a stacked hamburger for lunch. Mighty tried to lightly squeeze it down a bit and ended up with condiments sprayed in his face.
25	* MythologyGag:
26	** Amy's car from the ''VideoGame/SonicDrift'' games, Breeze, is seen at the start of the comic greeting Tails and later watching Tails show Mighty and Ray Amy's comics.
27	** A "Future" sign from ''VideoGame/SonicCD'' adorns part of Amy's house.
28	** One of the comic pages [[Anime/SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie depicts Sonic fighting Metal Sonic while quoting some lines from the Sonic OVA]].
29	** The cover has a sticky note that is covered by Sonic's hand. [[IfYouCanReadThis Taking a close look at it]] reveals it to be part of the lyrics for [[BraggingThemeTune "Fastest Thing Alive,"]] the intro theme of ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM''.
30	** Sonic praises Amy's drawing of him by calling it [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog "way past cool!"]]
31	* SelfInsertFic: An InUniverse example that is also PlayedForLaughs, where there are some strips that show Amy being part of the adventures that she possibly wasn't there for or never been on. There's even a strip that shows Sonic confessing to Amy, though the top portion has been ripped out while a tiny Amy doodle {{squee}}s at the possibility.
32	* ShoutOut: Amy being an artist references Doryan Nelson's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MSogBOCLIs fake commercial]] for ''[[VideoGame/SonicMania Sonic Mania Plus]]'', which depicted her as the game's cutscene animator.
33	* ShowWithinAShow: The comic is about Amy making a comic about her and friends past adventures.
34	* StylisticSuck: The portions showing Amy's comics are done in a simplified manner, like someone drawing with colored pencils and the like while being drawn on notebook paper (one of the pages of such even being ripped off). This is to show how Amy's still developing her drawing skills and finding her own style.
35	* VillainsOutShopping: One of the comics Amy draws has her retelling how Sonic and his friends lined up at a new Chili Dog stand, with Bean and Fang also wanting to try it out. Bean and Bark later show up at Amy's place to read her comics, even worried about how Sonic would react when he arrives.

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