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ft. The Wandering Fox Whew....that was quite a retrospective. For the past few weeks, I went over Sonic the Hedgehog comics I once read and (used) to enjoy. As you know, I don't look at those comics very favourably anymore. Upon re-evaluation of the issues for said retrospective, I found a myriad of problems I either never noticed or chose to ignore because I was a blind fanboy who didn't know any better. Now looking through the eyes of a critic, the flaws are that much more

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 and Part 6 here. Here we are ladies and gentlemen, the conclusion of A Way Past Cool Retrospective. After the atrocity that was Mecha Sally, we can only go up from here, right? Sadly...no, no we're not. When it came to the reboot era, I tried to give it a chance, but it just didn't work out for me in the end. The old universe, the one I got into in the first place, was gone and the story I had been invested in was never getting a conclus

Written by The Wandering Fox Freddy: At last he’s doing a non Doctor Who essay. Teddy: Maybe he’s gonna get more views on this? Freddy: Well we’ll see once this goes up. That we shall guys. Hello it is me, The Wandering Fox. You can look at the title and assume instantly what I’m talking of but let me give you some extra context. Sonic the Hedgehog has been going for up to thirty five years (well next month) and in those years we’ve had hundreds of characters come along to th

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5 here. Welcome back to A Way Past Cool Retrospective everybody! It's been a wild ride so far, but now we're getting into the most infamous era of the comic. The era that ultimately killed Archie Sonic going forward. What do I mean by that? You'll see as in this part we cover the Mecha Sally saga, the Endangered Species Arc, and the infamous lawsuit that doomed the comic and led to the reboot era. (sighs heavily) This is going to be pa

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 here. Last time we saw the fall of Dr. Eggman, the rise of Snively, the formation of the Iron Dominion and the fall of said dominion. As of now, things are unsettled in New Mobotropolis thanks to Nicole being corrupted, Eggman's back in charge and Sonic and Sally are a couple again. So how does this next batch of issues turn out? Let's dive in, and I'm covering quite a lot of them today. We're going over issues which introduced more chapters

Part 1 and Part 2 and Part 3 here. Now we're getting into some really big issues! This part will be the most interesting for me to cover of any part of this retrospective. Why? Because we're entering the period where we got the fall of Dr. Eggman and the rise of the Iron Dominion. During my days as a fan of Archie Sonic, the Iron Dominion saga was genuinely my favourite period of the comic. Yes really. This arc that is infamous for being padded out and full of characters catc

Part 1 and Part 2 here. Welcome back to A Way Past Cool Retrospective everybody! I hope you're enjoying it so far and are ready for more as we go into Part 3. For this part, I'm covering Enerjak Reborn, the Mammoth Mogul saga and the Bold New Moebius saga. That's a lot of issues to cover, so let's just get right into it! Oh and if you feel I've been too negative towards the comic so far, rest assured, I'm going to be a little more positive this time around as I feel these are

Written by The Wandering Fox Freddy: This is quite a surprise, didn’t think he’d try this for the blog. Teddy: Well you gotta give it to him, he has his ideas. And I only hope this idea works out. I won’t be surprised if it doesn’t get many views but hey, I wanted to share it. Hey everybody it’s me, the Wandering Fox, and as you can see by the title I thought of this. Sonic the Hedgehog and Doctor Who. Can such a crossover work? Well we kinda did have it already. No Sonic, th

Part 1 here. Greetings Sonic fans! Welcome back to the Way Past Cool Retrospective! Last time, I covered Issues 160-170. They weren't very good. So hopefully this batch of issues will be an improvement. For this line-up, we're covering Issues 171-179. For these issues, we have Shadow's backstory being explored, Fiona turning traitor, the marriage of Bunnie and Antoine, Flynn's first milestone issue and a two-parter about Sonic and Tails fighting each other! ... Wait, what was

I'll never forget how for a period of my life, I was actually a fan of Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog comic book. It was around the 2010's period when I first discovered this comic. Around 2010 or so, I got back into the Sonic franchise and just wanted to consume all things Sonic related (don't take that the wrong way). I began rewatching Sonic X , I played several games I'd never played before, including the infamous Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 game, I began regularly reading the

Part 3 of my Archie Sonic retrospective is now available via paid access over on my Patreon page! This post won't go live for another two weeks, so if you want to see this post before anyone else, make a pledge of £10/$10 or more and earn yourself a sneak peek at what's to come! https://www.patreon.com/posts/media-essays-way-155663835?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link #themediamanblog #patreon #patreonpreview #e

I have no new blog post for this week, but I DO have a sneak preview of what's to come available exclusively on my Patreon page. If you want to see my next blog post two weeks early, then make a pledge over on Patreon and get your first look at the second part of my Archie Sonic the Hedgehog retrospective! In this part, I cover Issues 170-179. Make a pledge today and get your first look at my next post before anyone else does! :D https://www.patreon.com/posts/media-essays-way

I have no new blog post for this week, but I DO have a sneak preview of what's to come available exclusively on my Patreon page. If you want to see my next blog post two weeks early, then make a pledge over on Patreon and get your first look at my Archie Sonic the Hedgehog retrospective! In this part, I cover Issues 160-170. Make a pledge today and get your first look at my next post before anyone else does! :D https://www.patreon.com/posts/media-essays-way-154665803?utm_medi

Now this is one heck of an interesting subject for today's post. Not only is it the first time that I'll be reviewing an audio story, but this is a Sonic the Hedgehog audio story. This franchise hasn't dabbled much in-terms of auditory media, so this thing really was quite the surprise. For those who don't know about it, the official Sonic YouTube channel released an audio-story titled The Chaotix Casefiles back in February and it was released weekly until the series conclu

Crossovers are those kinds of things that have limitless potential. Just look at ANY fanfiction or fan art and you'll find all kinds of wacky ideas for crossovers. You even get official media that gives us wacky crossovers such as Batman/TMNT or Justice League/Power Rangers or RWBY/Justice League and many, many more. This essay is about one such crossover idea today, and that's "What if characters from Sonic the Hedgehog played Duel Monsters?" Yu-Gi-Oh! is the kind of pre

Written by The Wandering Fox Freddy: Well this is quite the essay. Teddy: Yeah, didn’t the Media Man say it’s redundant because he reviewed it. Yeah he did, but I explained to him that Doctor Who TV, the website, lets it’s members do reviews of episodes to give their own opinions. I thought it’d be nice to give my own opinion on the movie we watched, cos I know Sonic 3 is liked by a lot of people and is a big talking point in our group of friends. Teddy: I see. Will you be

The 2020's really has been Sonic the Hedgehog 's big comeback, hasn't it? After being reduced to a joke during the late 2000's and throughout all of the 2010's, the 2020's feel like they've been taking pity on Sonic and have given him the big break he was looking for. No joke, it's amazing how much things have taken a leap in quality or how Sonic's become so much more popular and beloved since this decade began. He has three critically beloved and successful movies, he got a

Written by The Wandering Fox Freddy and Teddy were chatting with each other as the Wandering Fox got everything ready. Freddy: He won’t...

Written by The Wandering Fox Teddy: I can smell something good about this essay! Freddy: Oh yes I can! I don’t see any negativity or...

Written by The Wandering Fox Freddy was hiding the Cynical Crown with a weary look on his face. Freddy: Oh bugger I hope he doesn’t need...