Trivia / Exterminatus Now

• Creator Backlash:
  • The setting the comic is based on was originally a serious attempt to make Sonic the Hedgehog Darker and Edgier. They realized their mistake, and went the Black Comedy route instead.
  • They are also quite critical of their old work, especially anything before Morth's introduction, which they cite as the point the comic Grew the Beard.
• Development Gag
  • Virus apparently sucks at drawing. Guess who draws the strip.
  • Terrible artist is terrible, indeed.
• The Merch: Subverted, as even if the writers wanted to sell printed collections or merchandise, the things the comic is parodying make it awkward. This is, if Sega's lawyers don't go after them first, Games Workshop will. They did sell t-shirts at one point.
• Schedule Slip: Originally updated every Monday and Friday, then just every Friday, then every Saturday. And then every "weekend". And then Monday again. And then "once a month if you're lucky."
• Writer Revolt: The crew received numerous requests for cameos by various fans, and hated all of them. They eventually responded by having the protagonists go about Breaking the Fourth Wall and inserting RedFox from Sprite Comic website The Middle Ground, a friend of theirs. Then, Lothar promptly incinerated RedFox with a flamethrower before Virus addressed the camera and said that they liked RedFox, giving an Implied Death Threat that any cameos by people who requested one would have their characters get treated even worse.
• Write Who You Know: The strip has four authors, three of whom use Eastwood, Virus, and Lothar as self-inserts. Eventually they had to clarify that Rogue and fourth author Silversword are not the same person.

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