Hey, Boomers!

How could we close out the year without an all-new issue of STC? Well, easily, as it turns out- you wouldn’t believe the abuse I’ve had from the Humes. “It’ll wait until the new year!”, they cried. “The readers won’t mind!”, they said. “You can’t bar the doors from the outside, this is illegal!”, they dribbled. But, regardless of that- and the ensuing telephone call I received from the police- the issue was done. And, to prove it, you’re reading it!

So what does Father Megadroid have in his sack of goodies for you? How about a new adventure in which Sonic meets a face from the past- but will he find himself Speedtrapped!!? The Chaotix Crew are back in the thick of it, getting into another mad scrap as they face the might of Anti-Chaotix! Captain Plunder and the Sky Pirates return in Rabbit/Hole as the Captain drags his crew on another adventure and we have a trip to Sonic’s World as we enjoy A Ray in the Life with Sonic Mania star Ray the Flying Squirrel! That’s not all- we’ve got a special Christmassy Double Sonic tale as Sonic learns that It’s the Most Wonderful Time Loop.

Right, I can’t hang about here all day. I’ve got to get back to the office at STC Towers and let the Humes out. I suppose it’s only fair I let them see their families over the holidays!

Merry Christmas, Boomers!

Christmas Shopping Zone

Now, don’t say we don’t look after you Boomers. Time was we’d stick a free gift to our front cover- some pack of sugary goods or what have you. Our marketing people informed us that sellotaping tat to a digital comic simply wasn’t workable, however, so the freebies mostly went away. That said, while we can’t give you a Parp Puffer this Hedgehogmanay (sorry, I always have to work that one in), we can point you in the direction of some neat last-minute pressies!

GoodCopBadCop is by former Sonic the Comic writer Jim Alexander, who wrote for STC way back when we were still a print comic! GoodCopBadCop is Jim’s take on the Jekyll & Hyde story, a police procedural where the lead character has to do his best to crack the cases he’s working on while also trying to stave off some rather grisly violent urges! You can buy GoodCopBadCop via Amazon by clicking here– and the Kindle version is only £4.99! Bargain!

Jan Swidan, another STC alum- this time of the online era- has designed this super cool Wintery Sonic jumper! Allegedly, this is an “ugly sweater” but I beg to differ. Our Humes have been ugly sweaters since I’ve put the heating on full this winter. You can bag yourself this beauty from Geek Store by clicking here!

Lastly, current day Writer Hume L. T. Fletcher-Copeman has penned Sharper Than a Cyber-Razor Cut: The History of Sonic the Comic 1993-2018. And if you think that’s a lot of words, you should see the first draft scripts he hands in to the Hume-in-Charge. This book covers STC‘s first quarter-Century and features contributions from legendary STC alumni like Richard Burton, Nigel Kitching, Lew Stringer, Richard Elson, Nigel Dobbyn, Roberto Corona, Carl Flint, Ferran Rodriguez, Ed Reynolds, Jamie Jones, Zak Simmonds-Hurn- even some of the shaved chimps we have running the comic now gave their two penneth! You can order the book from Blurb in a physical or PDF form here or a digital form here.

The Mania Adventures Continue!

Those Sonic superstars behind Sonic Mania Adventures- including the wonderful Tyson Hesse- have given us all a super Christmas bonus- a sixth episode of Sonic Mania Adventures! The Holiday Special episode picks up where the last episode left off and features Amy Rose! Amy may not be in the Sonic Mania video game, but you’ll find her and the rest of the game’s hero cast in the pages of this issue’s comic adventures (sans Knuckles, I’m afraid- he’s returning in a couple of issues’ time)!