Tragedy struck the planet Mobius today as Doctor Ivo Robotnik, otherwise known as “Doctor Eggman” was found dead in his mountaintop lair at 12:54 pm. While the cause of death remains unknown, experts strongly believe it to be suicide. The mad scientist had tenaciously survived all manner of violent altercation in his 25-year-long supervillain career, but the idle comments of a total stranger on the internet “sent him spiraling into a deep depression,” according to Doctor Robotnik’s nephew and right-hand-stooge, Snively Robotnik.
When asked for his thoughts, Robotnik’s arch nemesis, Sonic the Hedgehog, was quoted as saying “He kept talking about it, but I never thought he’d do it. We all should have been paying more attention.”
Cartoonist FractiousLemon offered his own statement regarding the matter: “What? You’re going to complain about my using dead jokes now? Please. I’m practically a comedic necromancer at this point.”