BumbleKast Q&A for March 15th, 2021

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PRIORITY Q&A

Olgilvie Maurice

Hey is it possible for you guys to say, "We want to give a shoutout to Ogilvie the Blue the one and only true Sonic Imposter" ? That would be awesome man!

Digamma

Let's take a question I've asked you in the past and ƎϨЯƎVƎЯ it: Would there be any sonic characters (games, archie, idw, etc) that would be like "if they were in Drogune they'd be Orkune"? Obviously this whole excercise is for fun, not to be taken the most seriously, but I do find it a neat thought experiment.

Diane W.

Since you’re never going to release Lost Hedgehog Tales due to outside forces and instead being using for ideas for the IDW book, I may as well ask[...]

Scruffymatt

Alright fellas, since you agreed on my last "who would win" question so easily, let's try another: Bane vs Mr. Freeze. Who wins?

AWF

What process do you use for thinking ahead when it comes to writing, when youret taking turns writing with someone else? With you and Evan both working on your own arcs for the main comic now, do y'all have to pass ideas back and forth, to make sure neither of you "accidentally" plot-block the other by writing a situation that would interfere with something the other planned on writing?

Over at Sonic Legacy (haha plug), we have several writers working on multiple issues at any given time, so there's always the "issue" of making sure everyone's on the same page. Do you and Evan (and anyone else you've ever written with) ever had to just sit down and be like "ok, this is what I want to do, this is what you want to do, how do we make this work?"

Ideria

Hi Ian and Kyle ! Following Le_vrai_yugi’s question from last BumbleKast Q&A (regarding the existence of French versions of IDW Sonic, which indeed do exist, if i’m not mistaken we have four volumes covering issue 1 to issue 16. And then it kinda stopped for…some reason), it made me curious. Do you Ian, as a comic writer (whether it be Sonic IDW, Sonic Archie or Drogune) get to take part when it comes to translating a comic from english to another language? I don’t mean the translation itself but do you get to meet those who will be translating in their languages and or have to send the script to them ? Or is it all taken care of by the publisher and or letterer or someone else entirely? I’m curious to know how this whole process works, if you have the answer…

Andrew D.

Where can I read all of Drogune so far in its intended reading order? What is the reading order? I know at this point there was a spin off for the manga contest. Is there anything else? And is the reading order also the chronological order? Basically I’m looking to finally read Drogune, and I don’t know where to start.

Scurvy Piratehog

Who would win in a fight between Espio the chameleon....and the Shredder?

N'Oni

Is there any Tailoring Commission that Honey the Cat wouldn't take?

Papadripopolous

So, Ian, seems you've altered the BKC site to finally mention the Dark Horse ARMS comic as a cancelled project. Did something change, you got some confirmation the project's dead, something like that? Does this mean you can talk some more about the project, or are you still just overall NDA'd into tomb-like silence? If you can, feel free to take this as the cue to ramble about it as long as you feel comfortable about.

STANDARD Q&A

K McConnell-K

Hi Ian, my question is about something said in Issue 9 of the IDW Comics. On the way to Angel Island, Rouge speaks to Shadow about the fact that he's not usually one for team-ups and Shadow responds "I'm here for my own reasons". And I was just wondering, what were Shadow's reasons for going? Was it just so he could fight Neo Metal Sonic or is it something else that might get revealed later?

Or am I looking too much into a simple line?

Either way, keep up the amazing work and I really look forward to what you and Evan have planned for the future.

Jack H.

What was the deal with making Ra Moon the creator of the Star Droids? It seemed a little weird given how Ra Moon, while related to whatever alien species made it and the Star Droids, seemed more related to them in their origins rather than Ra Moon being the progenitor of them all.

Also, if you have the time, favorite Mega Man Robot Master? It can also include the spinoffs like Mega Man and Bass.

Yadiel N.

Ian, will metal sonic 3.0 ever appear in the IDW series? (and since I miss shard, will we ever see this man become him, please ;-;)

Andrew P.

I was wondering what would a piece of media, show,game,movie,etc. that feels very familiar to Sonic ether with character dynamics, story beats, or visuals? In my opinions, the 2012 cancelled Disney XD show Motorcity, a heavily stylized animated show abut a bunch of car driving youths led by a cocky guy and his cowardly but endearing engineer friend fighting a balding man played by Mark Hamill, is one of my picks.

Another would be the Mission Impossible series, specifically those made after the 2nd one. With Tom Cruise as a fast paced improviser, Simon Pegg as his dorky techie buddy, and Ving Rhames as the stern but friendly strongman.

Your answer doesn't have to be applying Sonic to a preexisting IP, it could be IPs with tonal, aesthetic, and storytelling similarities as well. I just wanted to give out some similarities to 2 things I haven't heard anyone else talk about

Norah V.

Hope you had a happy holiday during this hell of a year, but this question is directed towards Ian. So my question is, do the Hooligans ( Team Hooligans consisting of Fang the Sniper / Nack the Weasel, Bean the Dynamite and Bark the Polar Bear ) exist in the world of Sonic or at least in IDW, because I remember in Sonic IDW Issue 3, Part 3 of the "Fallout!" Segment, Sonic looking at Rough and Tumble and telling Knuckles "Wow. These guys make the Hooligans look like class acts.". When this was said was Sonic referring to Team Hooligans or just general hooligans like clowns because the font without caps makes it unclear, and either way, would you ever plan to introduce them to the plot in any way because it would be fun to see them tangle with the Bad Guys, especially Rough and Tumble, or the Babylon Rogues, and how would they act would they be like how they were in "The Champions Arc" of the Sonic Archie comics Post-Reboot, or different, if different then how would they be?

Aaron M.

I've always wanted to make my own sonic comic fanseries like sonic rebound and I was wondering if I could get your consent to base it on the idw comics & use characters like Tangle and Whisper within my series? Also could i reintroduce lupe the wolf in this series?

Aussie Mate

Can you explain why you are so firm when it comes to Lost Hedgehog Tales stuff?  I understand that with IDW, there's a chance something can see the light of day, as well as the fact that this won't pay the bills.  I  It's just been almost a decade and this is really feeling like a "Winds of Winter" or "Half-Life 3" scenario

It'd be nice if there were a Lost Tales Special, since I know this can easily become a "If you give a mouse a Cookie" sort of a thing.  I just don't understand why there can't be some sort of middle ground.

P. L-Martin

Ian: I've noticed that there seems to be a lot of Christmas and Halloween themes for the Sonic characters pushed by SEGA. From alternate outfits to various promotional material such as artwork. I was curious if you knew rather or not Earth holidays such as Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Halloween, Chinese New Year, etc... Are celebrated on Sonic's/Blaze's World, and if they aren't then what is the Sonic's/Blaze's version(s) of holidays seen on Earth that have been promoted so much by SEGA such as Halloween and Christmas.

Kyle: Are you guys bilingual? Or do you only speak in English? Curious because I'm sure some viewers have wondered.

Miles T Prower

For Ian - Have you ever cried or got emotional while writing a scene? I would be very surprised if you weren't but if so, which one?

For Kyle - Have you ever cried or got emotional while *reading* a story from Ian? If so which one?

Sega Nintendo

Can you bring Tangle back in IDW Sonic Comic?