Your favorite Sonic writer with the profile pic of a Pokemon; enjoy the mixed signals
Author of Sonic fic "Surge the Green Knight"
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It's time for a special season of Sonic Saves!!! Featuring the OC's of @bumpsyp1ains, @shatter-song, @themightyhumanbroom, @lanolinfan, @napstabl00k, @khalewren, @fyairo-chrysalis, @mirenheart, @skojukebox, @ash-rose-milf-era, @theaussieblue, @lucariowrites, and of course myself.
24 different original characters from our various Sonic AU's, fanfictions, or general creation. All pitted against each other to see who among them is the most beloved in the eyes of the masses.
You know the deal by now. One team up for elimination every post, and the one who gets the fewest votes is out of the competition!
First on the chopping block is this set of twelve! It's time again to
You should go read my comic, HILDA THE 13TH, over on my Neocities page. Up until now I hadn't really bothered posting them here, but since I have no other way to get the word out (at least aside from those subbed to my RSS feed) I figured I'd best get the word out here.
Chances are you're probably gonna be starting from the beginning. If that's the case, click here.
If you're up to speed and want to read the latest comic, click here.
Here's the first four comics in the series, for the uninitiated:
If you like what you see, there's plenty more where that came from! For the first month, this was a daily comic strip, but starting this past week I shifted to a slightly slower schedule of 2-3 posts per week to give myself some breathing room.
And in case you just want the RSS feed link right away, here it is.
It has to be uncomfortable sleeping next to a pincushion. Now Imagine the pincushion slept on you instead. You just know Tangle and Whisper never have to deal with this crap when they snuggle.
Probably my best piece of work yet. I broke my ankle 2 months ago, and have spent a lot of time artsy fartsying around while I recover. Mostly image editing, but I learned enough to improve my overall art skillz to drastically improve my work(I drew this while procrastinating on learning how to 3D model, so much art junk in my life right now) Just… don’t look too closely at the hands, I never want to draw those again. I took pictures of my own hands as reference, couldn’t make that work, traced over my own hands, and still am not happy with them. I hate hands.
I spent an inordinate amount of time making sure Lanolin’s boobs looked okay. My headcanon for why she’s got such a large bust for a Sonic character is that it really is mostly chest floof. I went into this wanting to do a picture completely devoid of line art, but I did not succeed and found that beyond my current skill. Maybe next time.
Back when I was drawing pictures for my Owl House fics a few years ago, I discovered a revolutionary shading technique only used by art pros. That’s right, just use black on a mostly transparent layer! … guess which technique I forgot about until I was 95% done with the shading on this pic? I am not a smart person… though, to be fair, no one is smart with boobs right in front of them.
Happy 20th anniversary to the Babylon Rogues. <333
If it wasn't for these absolute lads and the game they originated from, i wouldn't be in the Sonic fandom anymore. They helped me through the lockdown and many, many terrible points in my life in which i felt very lonely, and further fueled my passion for drawing.
I love them and the Riders series so so much.
Welcome again. Are you still here witnessing me losing my sanity over kids' comic books?
Of course!
After that frustrating mini story about Jet and his "grand adventure", the Babylon Rogues return back in another special story, this time from a one-shot book called "Endless Summer". This is another slice of life story, so we already don't expect anything grand here. I'm okay with that.
As much I was pissed with the last story, the cover of this comic book gave me a lil bit of hope it would be at least a fun reading. It's good to see the Rogues playing other sports outside of riding EXG.
Also this is Tracy Yardley great return at drawing the Rogues after Archie Comics' "Babylon Rising" (Sonic Universe 33-36) from 2011 and 2012. He will get some help from Thomas Rothlisberger to finish the book. You can see the difference in the style! Gale Galligan is the writer of this special. They have written few other mini stories with other characters in IDW Sonic 30th anniversary special. Let's see how they can handle the Rogues.
Cover is nice! I like this perspective and all the characters actively playing the game. Too bad for the colors in my honest opinion because it looks very flat for a cover art that should attract you to buy it. Also small nitpick: the colorist didn't have a reference sheet of Jet in front of them because the marks around his eyes are mixed up (the black stripe should be close to the eyes, not the red one).
RI variant for Endless Summer.
If I could buy the original book, then this would be the cover I would pick! i love B/W artworks so much.
Fun fact!
In Roblox's Sonic Speed Simulator, the creators used the designs of this comic book to create Summer Jet, Wave and Storm!
Wave and Storm's designs are a revision from already existing outfits called Tidal Wave and Tropical Storm, originally from the mobile game "Sonic Forces Speed Battle".
However Jet's outfit is brand new! It is not based from prev skins.
"Tidal Wave" and "Tropical Storm" renders from Sonic Forces Speed Battle (2019)
"Summer Jet", "Summer Wave" "Summer Storm" renders from Sonic Speed Simulator (2024)
Ok, enough with the cover art. Let's read the story!
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Story starts with Sonic searching for a pal who would love chill with, eating a snack and just go to the beach. Of course the first one he would visits is Tails, but he's too busy updating the Tornado and he's very close to finish it. So Sonic has no other choice but to find someone else...
Running around the Restoration HQ, Sonic find Jewel stuck behind her desk finishing her paperwork. He asks her to join him, but she refuses because she's full of work to do. Sonic asks sarcastically if people like having a good time around there, but Jewel catches his attention.
Jewel feels like Tangle and Whisper have forgotten her. Sonic feels bad for Jewel and asks her to join him in a mission.
That mission being: chilling on the beach with Tangle and Whisper.
A small lie for a good reason.
They enjoy eachother's company and play some beach volley together, but the ball gets tossed far away from them, landing over a small hill nearby.
Oh, would you look at that? Even these infamous thieves need some chill time at the beach after working hard in their heists and treasure hunting. (I'm not sure if these skinwalkers actually work hard in the IDW comics, but let's pretend they are their game counterpart this time).
Of course Jet needs to make a drama out of everything, but we all know he just wanna annoy Sonic to challenge him to something, which they will. Sonic and Jet are two sides of the same coin after all.
While Jewel and Whisper were trying to be reasonable after all the BS the Rogues have gone through in the past stories, Tangle seems jumping to the conclusion too fast. Not cool!
Tournament? Actually, it's not that bad of idea.
The challenges consists in disc catch, swimming, sand sculpting and surfing.
Team Sonic win disc catch and sand sculpting. The Rogues win swimming and surfing, of course. You can't compete with surfing masters, both on water and in the air! Honestly, it seems like Jet does possesses artistic skills. That statue of himself is very pretty. Ahah!
Also Storm lost one of his big feathers for some reason. He looks like a giant version of Wave.
Last but not least, volleyball! Whoever loses will need to leave the beach. Well, we know how kids books work: the protagonists must win, so yeah prepare yourself Rogues, because another humiliating defeat is on your way. I just hope that the match is at least interesting to read and look.
It's useless I do the commentary for every page here but the Rogues are winning 19-20, because most of the mistakes Team Sonic made are Jewel's fault. She feels very insecure about herself and that doesn't make her focus on the game. It kind of reminds myself back in high school, I really hated playing volleyball and I wasn't very good either.
Sonic hypes Jewel up and she gets some confidence back to fight the Rogues.
Thanks to Jewel's strategy, which consisted to manipulate Jet's ego and keep Wave and Storm far away from him, Team Sonic wins the match and the Rogues have to leave the beach, as promised.
Ah Jet. When will you learn that Sonic and his friends have got plot armor and will always be better than you, smarter than you, faster than you, etc. etc. According to SEGA, you can't win shit, not even a volleyball match. It's sad to be honest but at least it wasn't an EXG race. That would've hurted way more, am I right?
As promised, the Rogues take all their belongings back to go away, but Jewel asks them to stay here, offering some snack and enjoy the day with them. Cute!
Ah yes, big brain Wave is back at it again x2. She knows what buttons she needs to press in order to convince Jet to stay and just enjoy the rest of the day at the beach. Truly an evil mastermind here! Just for the extra food.
Honestly this page is very cozy and the whole comic feels okay. This is a good example to show to fans that Sonic doesn't hate Jet or viceversa. They are just cocky rivals headbutting everytime they meet. I'm not sure where Sonic fans got the idea that Sonic can't stand Jet, but it's one of the many, MANY misconception this fandom has got about the Rogues.
Votes:
Art: 8/10!
Characters do not feel static and they are very expressive. Sometimes they meme too much with the Rogues facial expressions but I can see why they do it. Sonic Riders was a very expressive game at the time. The colors are vibrant to look at, both digital and on paperback. Perfect palette for a sunny day at the beach.
Story: 7/10!
This is probably the best IDW story with the Rogues in it. They show new skills we never see in the games and just have a fun time in the end despite losing the game. I didn't ragequit reading this again, so that means something! Alright.
Next time: Sonic the Hedgehog's 900th Adventure (2023)
I will get mad again with this one, don't you worry.
A handful of donation sketches I did for my friend's GFM campaign to raise funds for her cat's medical bills. There's a bunch more, but just wanted to put up a small sampling to not spam too many images at once.
I'm still accepting requests from anyone who donates $25 USD or more and shows me their receipt/proof of donation! All I ask is that you limit requests to one canon Sonic or MLP character, and keep the prompt SFW.
What happened to all the vehicles that Sonic and Tails left behind the last time they came to Sol? Are they considered royal property and used for recreational purposes, or were they torn down for scraps?
"Most of them were scrapped. Fine vehicles, but without Tails' know-how and a constant stream of empowered material, they're rather unfeasible to maintain in working order." Blaze sounded regretful, and who wouldn't be? They were easily some of the most advanced technology on her world for a time that wasn't some variety of plundering (or murdering) robot.
"I can fix smaller stuff up like that in a jiffy!" Marine naturally lead with the aspect she was proud of, though the usual broad grin started to falter and her eyes started to avert for the second half. "But, uh... The bigger ones'r kinda outta my league, mate. I'm better at driving then I am at making, much as I hate to admit it."
"The Aqua Blast and the Deep Typhoon were disassembled for study. And for parts for the Ocean Tornado, which we still keep in the Imperial fleet but scarcely use these days." Blaze sighed. How long had it been since she'd stepped foot on its deck? She sighed, fondly remembering Sonic and Tails' trip to Sol, regardless of how much trouble had come with it."
"And the Wave Cyclone-"
Marine snapped Blaze out of her happy little daze. She stiffened, coughing into a fist and failing to suppress a blush. "We do not need to talk about the Wave Cyclone."
"Aw, don't get all embarrassed, Princess!" Placating pats found Blaze's back. "Was a real shame y'had to kick it at Johnny like a thousand pound football, but the explosion it made was ripper!"
Shout out to the doctor who responded with complete sincerity when I (on anesthesia) uttered the phrase “chat are we cooked” in her medical professional vicinity. You’re such a real one for that fr fr
