BumbleKast Q&A for March 8th, 2021

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PRIORITY Q&A

Dove

Hey guys, wasn't that last question awesome? Anyway, Ian: Bucky O'Hare SWAT Kats Gargoyles If you could choose to write an at least 24 issue comic on any of these franchises, which would you choose? Which would you be most excited for?

megakirbs

Hello! I absolutely loved the Metal Virus saga and Cream's portrayal especially. I felt it demonstrated a side of Cream we hadn't seen before. Do you currently have any plans for Cream the Rabbit in the next IDW arc? She is my favorite character, thanks!

Scurvy Piratehog

Something I noticed in the IDW books...the way the metal virus saga begins... in the Aftermath a huge Battle for the sake of the world, Eggman has amnesia thanks to a gem with incredible powers. ( the phantom ruby ) Amnesia Eggman is also based on concept art Eggman. ( the colors of Mr Tinker.) Then a person wearing purple, who admires Eggman. And who is an expert on a gem with incredible powers ( Starline and the warp Topaz ) Brings Eggman’s memories back.

Then when the Metal virus saga ends...in the aftermath of a great battle, Sonic has lost his memories thanks to a gem with incredible powers. ( the warp topaz ) and Amnesia Sonic is based on concept Sonic. ( The name Needlemouse ) then, a person who wears purple, and is an expert on gems with incredible powers ( Blaze and the Sol emeralds ) Brings Sonic’s memories back.

Basically? The Metal Virus Saga ends the way it began....Was this intentional? If so, that’s kinda brilliant!

Digamma

was volume 1 of Cosmo originally going to be a full blown ongoing that got caught up in Archie transitioning to having it's non-Archie (the character) books into miniseries? I don't remember you guys ever calling it a miniseries before it started, and the two volumes have very different structure and pacing when compared between each other. actually I guess you could extend this question to the Mighty Crusaders book from around the same time

Jib

I was curious, in the forces comic and the game, we never got to see how Shadow took down Infinite's squad as well as his reason. (Unless he just saw them as a major threat when he heard Rouge exclaim something took down Omega) Were you ever planning to include that in the comic? And if not, how do you imagine it happened.

Ink Pants

Most Webtoons comics are formatted vertically for mobile. I know firsthand how much work is involved but I've always thought Adam's gorgeous artwork would flow really well in that style. It'd also allow you to have extra large panels since you don't have to cram an entire page into a thin canvas. There are a few limitations to the format and you'd essentially be doing it twice if you wanted to keep the more traditional layout as well, but I was curious if it was something that had crossed your minds.

Diane W.

This one is very late but I just want to get it off my chest; the one thing that I hate about Roger Craig Smith leaving the role as Sonic is that we are never going to have a Sonic game with Smith voicing Sonic where the problems of the 2010s era are addressed in a respectful manner, just as the Characterization of the characters like Sonic and Tails, as well as the Character Derailment, removing any development they had over the past decade before we got to that point, like The Simpsons Movie did with ‘Jerkass Homer’. Do you still think there should be a Sonic game, with Smith voicing Sonic, where he’s put into a situation where the metaphorical anvil gets dropped on how he’s characterized in the 2010s era, how he treats his friends, or how he tells his jokes, very poorly, or even the other characters and how they’ve acted since the 2010s such as Tails, or Shadow?

Johnny_B_Goode

Let's rewind back to the first episode of Sonic X. If you could put Sonic & co in any city in fiction at all as a result of chaos control gone wonky, which city would you pick? Open-ended crossover shenanigans ensue!

AWF

Having worked on the Transformers x MLP crossover, I have to ask, who's your favorite Transformer? Can be from any form of media. Also, bonus question for both you and Kyle, if you were a Transformer, what would your alternate mode be?

Scruffymatt

Hey fellas, how's it going? Are you having a good podcast? Good, good!

I've been replaying the Donkey Kong Country trilogy, and it got me wondering. What do you guys think are some of the best video games trilogies that are out there? You don't have to limit your answers to just groups of games specifically identified as trilogies (such as the Sonic Advance trilogy, Sonic Riders trilogy, etc), but can also include groups of games that are consecutive in a series (for example: Super Mario Bros 3, Super Mario World, and Yoshi's Island).

STANDARD Q&A

Tik Tik

Does Sonic canonically see the world through a cartoony lens? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY_H4d68IUc that last couple lines from this progressive commercial just seems like a bit of a tidbit that SEGA believes to be true but doesn't tell the fans

Cassidy J.

Hey Ian, about Wave the swallow, I’ve been wondering if she’s actually wearing some sort of tube top/bra/bikini top, or is it just feathers that looks like a top like that. I’ve always wondered this as I was never able to figure it out. Thanks.

Vlad C.

In IDW #32, Blaze uses [Sol Emeralds] to cure Sonic's amnesia, restoring his memories. What is the extent of this memory power? Can the Sol Emeralds bring back memories from Sonic 06, tying into the theories that Blaze remembers 06? Are the Chaos Emeralds capable of the same or similar feats in regards to memory restoration?

SamuraiJo1

If you had live in an Adventure/Modern era city/country, which ones would it be? Examples being Spagonia, Station Square (assuming its been rebuilt) Central City, Soleana, Atabat, etc.

Le_vrai_yugi

Hello Mr. Flynn I love your work on the Sonic Comics But there is a problem is that I am French and I do not speak English and I want to read these works ... Are there French versions or will I have to translate 100% myself? Thank you for answering me I owe you all my respect.

SumTingWong

I'm not sure I understand the outcome of the Penders v SEGA lawsuit that was made while Sonic was still being published by Archie Comics. Does the list of mandates (no excessive emotion, Sonic isn't allowed to 'fail' etc) still apply in full to IDW Sonic publications?

Yes94

I have a question but i don't know if it was answered before by sega, is shadow immortal?

Slinky

will there ever be LGBTQ+ characters in sonic idw?

Nicholas P.

Going off of a certain line in Shadow the Hedgehog, is it actually considered in-character for Shadow to steal candy from babies?