BumbleKast Q&A for January 18th, 2021

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PRIORITY Q&A

Bradley T.

Hi! My son, Sandy, is working on a Sonic Christmas play, and wants to know if you have any ideas for dialogue and drama? The plot idea is that Eggman is trying to destroy Santa so that Christmas will not come, causing chaos that will make it easier for him to form his Eggman Empire. Sonic uncovers the plot when he sees Eggman's ship heading toward the North Pole, with badnicks and Metal Sonic riding on top. Thanks!

Blue Mickey Mouse

I could be way off-base with terminology I’ve probably heard in science fiction numerous times but I have a question about the dialogue in Mega Man volume 5. When Proto Man is first awakened he is asked for a self-diagnostic. He replies that all his systems report “nominal”. I often have to look up words I never end up solidly understanding/remembering but when I searched “nominal” it went into a bit trickier territory than the first few common definitions. I understand it means “as intended by design” but before landing on that I saw that word is used in describing energy capacity in photovoltaic devices aka solar-powered. The comic mentions numerous times that Proto Man was originally built with a faulty solar core (which Wily states to have replaced with a nuclear one, haha, that’s it’s own joke) was there intentional wordplay around that concept?

I’m actually asking this as I read for the first time so sorry if this doesn’t get addressed anyway between the printedmaterial or Q&As. As I’m sure you know this material is hard to come by in physical form.

Diane W.

according to the Japanese translation of Sonic Lost World, Eggman actually resurrected the Deadly Six, meaning that the Deadly Six had to have died at some point long ago, then was “miraculously” brought back by Eggman sometime after discovering the Lost Hex. I know you probably don’t know this as this was never mentioned in the English version of the game, however, if you were to rewrite Sonic Lost World, or even a some-sort of sequel, or a story that connects to Lost World, would you include the “Eggman resurrected the Deadly Six” titbit and address it fully by showing the full story? Or at least ask SEGA, or the writer of the game Harumasa Nakajima, how Eggman resurrected the Deadly Six after discovering the Lost Hex?

Scruffymatt

Hey there fellas, how are you going? If SEGA decided to add DLC to Sonic Team Racing, what would you like to see as new content? What characters do you think would work well as new teams, and what zones from other games would you like to see as inspiration for new tracks?

Andrew D.

If Sally and Antoine were to return to the IDW comics, what animals would you like to see them as, assuming squirrel (according to old Archie material) and coyote are off the table due to being made up by Archie? And would they keep their surnames?

AWF

After issue 36 came out, I've seen a lot of people saying that like how Evan is writing Shadow. This comes after seeing many people complain about how you wrote Shadow. My question is are there any chatacters you're required to include, that maybe you'd rather not? Or chatacters you're just not sure how to write? I often worry about whether or not in writing chatacters "correctly", and I just wonder if that's something you've ever struggled with.

Johnny_B_Goode

Since you don't get a ton of questions about the New Crusaders or Mighty Crusaders: What was your favorite part about working on those books? Did you have a favorite character in either series?

Chris A.

Will the sonic the hedgehog encyclo-speed-ia include sonic’s appearance in the comics?

Joe (via Ko-Fi)

In your most recent show you mentioned that you know Sonic Chronicles is not "canon to the modern Sonic storyline". One interesting reference that was brought up in that game, though, was the seed left behind by Cosmo at the end of Sonic X. Tails seemed to have been cultivating it in one of his workshops, if I recall correctly, though it's been long enough that I might not be. My question is whether Sonic X was canon enough that something along those lines could conceivably show up in the IDW book. Not if it will or is planned or anything, of course (don't worry, I've read the FAQ!). Just if Sega has already made it clear one way or the other, if that makes sense.

STANDARD Q&A

Tik Tik

Ian and Kyle. I've been having a bit of a back and forth with people. I've always enjoyed compiling a reading order for Sonic Comics, but with season 3 of IDW, I've been having criticism on my choice of putting Bad Guys after issue 35. My critics say that Bad Guys happens between 32 and 33 and should therefore be read first, but I say that because of plot elements that happen in 33-36, reading Bad Guys first would spoil the mystery in the arc. I like to cater to people who may want to binge the whole comic at some point in the future, so I figured preserving the mystery was better than preserving chronology, but I'm curious where the two of you lean on this little conundrum. Should new readers read Bad Guys first and know immediately who the hooded figure is in 33, or should we get the revelation naturally by reading 33-35 first and then go back to bad guys to see how it all went down?

Cassidy J.

In the newest IDW Sonic issue what kind of creature is Clutch? Also, I know Belle is a wooden robot, but what kind of creature is she based on?

Rockmario4

It often seems to me that SEGA is trying to forget the period from Adventure to Unleashed ever happened, lately. What's something from one of those games that you'd love to see return?

The Legendary OU

Hello, Ian & Kyle!

Are there any plans to add the Off-Panel or any similar gag strip to the IDW series? (It’s fine if you can’t / don’t want to answer because of legal issues etc)

Jim J.

Do you have any knowledge or opinions on why we haven’t seen Gemerl and Marine in the Sonic games for over a decade, and do you think we will ever see them again in the games?

BRQE

I'm really enjoying the development you are giving Zavok in the Bad Guys mini series. I always did like him and I hope you give him and the rest of the Deadly Six more development in the future So my question is: If you were given the opportunity to give backstories to the Zeti and the Lost Hex what would be your ideas? I always thought it was missed potential for Lost World not fully explaining about the Zeti and the Lost Hex.

Waffle Wolfe

What was Dr. Starline and Metal Sonic's relationship while Starline was working for Eggman? Starline always referred to Metal as an "it" as opposed to a "he", and never really seemed to view him as his own person. Was Starline jealous that it was Metal who awakened Eggman's memories?

Tony C.

Someone on Tv Tropes wrote that you disliked Shadow due to all the mandates he's associated with, and you try to avoid writing him. This was deleted due to a wrong source. Could you confirm if this opinion is actually true?

Hektor S.

Do you know who owns the rights to Scourge? Is it his original creator, Archie, Sega, or some mix of the three?