Line #1 Trivia/SonicTheComic


1	* CreatorBacklash:
2	** Writer Nigel Kitching has shown dislike for Amy Rose's development in the comic, resenting not having the freedom to develop her and making her a FlatCharacter compared to her male friends due to [[ExecutiveMeddling the higher ups insisting she be a more suitable female role model]].
3	** Creator/MarkMillar wrote the first half-dozen or so issues of ''STC'', and for a long time he insisted that [[MoneyDearBoy he only took the job to pay for his wedding.]] In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DZosqpI6-c#t=3m23s this video]], he apologises for inflicting his issues upon us.
4	** In the final print issue, Nigel Kitching acknowledges that ''Sonic No More'', a bizarre strip where Robotnik steals Sonic's powers and turns blue in the process, didn't go as well as had been planned.
5	* EarlyDraftTieIn:
6	** At least one early comic showed Splats, an unused rabbit Badnik from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1''.
7	** ''Sonic the Comic'' -- and the majority of other UK-produced Sonic media -- adapt the "Doctor Kintobor" origin story that had been produced to promote the first game in the US, to the point that until ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'', the "Kintobor" backstory was considered by British fans to be ''the'' canon since the world presented matched the games and most media agreed on the backstory.
8	* ExecutiveMeddling:
9	** Amy being changed into a tomboy was mandated by the higher ups; Amy as a tomboy was supposed to be a part of her nature in the games, but the comics emphasized it far more. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools It's often considered a good change]]. Any negativity towards this direction was less towards turning her into a tomboy and more the writers were directly asked to make Amy [[CloserToEarth the most mature]] and [[FlawlessToken least flawed]] member of the team, and [[ShipSinking completely desposing her crush on Sonic]]). It's especially ironic considering [[HilariousInHindsight how similar their original rendition of Amy was to how the games would later develop her]].
10	** Amy's debut story, "Girl Trouble", appears have to have had a minor editorial tweak, as fan podcast ''Sonic the Comic the Podcast'' received a copy of Nigel Kitching's original script and noted that Sonic's reaction to having to get Amy out of a mess she got herself into had been changed from an annoyed "What a drag!" to a less in-character "Women!"
11	** During a fan made series of videos detailing the history of Super Sonic, the creator of the videos had an opportunity to meet with some of the writers for the comic and asked why Super was given amnesia in Issue 100. The writers explained they did so because all of them were having trouble figuring out how to write around such a powerful character.
12	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Unlike its American counterpart, it's unlikely it will be officially archived into books. The comic officially left print in 2002 after a year of reprints, and only eight of the early ''Sonic'' strips were collected in the very obscure and very short paperbacks ''Sonic the Hedgehog Beats the Badniks'' and ''Sonic the Hedgehog: Spin Attack.''
13	* NoExportForYou: The comics were only released in their home Europe.
14	** Subverted specifically for the ''Rocket Knight'' comic. John Fairhurst of Limited Run Games reported that [[https://twitter.com/LimitedRunJosh/status/1745514999311655332 he managed to get the license]] so it can be added as bonus material for copies of '''Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked!'', a CompilationRerelease of the classic games.
15	* TruerToTheText: To the Western backstory Sega had provided, and to the visual style and concepts shown in-game, with a large number of Zones being direct translations from the games to the comics.
16	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
17	** After ''Sonic the Comic'' went reprint-only, writer Nigel Kitching posted some of his intended ideas for stories on the STC mailing list - [[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sonicthecomic/message/7455 here]] and [[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sonicthecomic/message/7501 here]] for example. Some of those ideas were later adopted by the STC-Online {{Fan Webcomic\|s}}.
18	** Kitching also suggested that Robotnik should have another redesign after he was transformed back into Kintobor while on Shanazar, this time using the design used for Eggman in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''.
19	** Nigel Kitching was originally going to use [[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM Snively]] as Robotnik's assistant, as he thought that he was required to use the character as the television cartoon was debuting around the same time. When he discovered he didn't have to, he created Grimer instead.
20	** Kitching's original description of the Kintobor Computer, as related in a message to a fan podcast, made note that the character was to be a father figure to Sonic that he may eventually rebel against. Such a rebellion never occured.

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