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Kamal
I don’t know if it’s because of I’m used to SatAM, but hearing Tails refer to Sally without using “Aunt” seems odd to me.
Also, when did Amy become his regular co-conspirator?
And when is she going to finally give up on Sonic and jump Tails? 😛
G30FF
*insert lengthy maniacal laughter here*
No good will come of this. At least I hope not, because let’s face it, good just isn’t funny.
In other news, Incentive Zone returns!
This weekend is also Canadian Thanksgiving, so we probably won’t have a comic ready for Monday. If not, we will return on Wednesday!
Gear
Yes, Incentive Zone is back. Vote today to see my personal views about the new Nicole.
G30FF
Yes, I know we’ve been late for the last few days, but now we’re going to make a conscious effort to change that. Look for some possible big changes coming up within the next few days too!
What can we say about Tails? He learned to be a dick from the master. And I don’t mean Superman. So Nicole is getting her body back… I wonder where we could be going with this…
Kamal
My, but Sally’s getting rather bitter.
I know we’re a couple months late for this particular parody, but we do have the comic planned out far in advance minus the one-shots and fillers, and this is just where Nicole happened to end up.
Kamal
And thus the twain shall never meet again. (One can only hope.)
Now I know I didn’t get every chara in on the fun, but I couldn’t figure out any good jokes for Knuckles. And as for Johnny and Lewis, well, I just don’t like them.
Kamal
I know our North American readers may be scratching their heads right now, but trust us; those familiar with STC should be laughing their asses off right now.
And I just realized I haven’t resolved everything.
And I think I figured out how. See you Wednesday!
G30FF
Okay, I have to get this off my chest. After Monday’s comic, we’ve received a few complaints from people upset about how we handled this story. One reader on our forum expressed anger with our use of the word British in place of the word English in our comment, which was an honest mistake on our part as we did not know any better, and that I rectified. Another forum reader was upset by our portrayal of UK Robotnik’s insanity, in that we portrayed him as TOO insane. At the end of the UK comic series, Dr. Robotnik was completely clinically insane and depressed, so I don’t think him spouting gibberish when prompted is too outlandish. And a third reader sent in an email the other day to tell us that they lived in England and that we offended them. They did not leave us any explanation of how we offended them.
Power Rings has hardly had any complaints before this point. This single strip has garnered us more complaints than any strip before it. Yes, all three of them. That I know of. Now, when we started this arc we had no intention of setting out to try and offend anyone reading. We wanted to parody a Sonicverse that we just hadn’t used before, ie. the UK comic, Sonic the Comic. Now, Kamal is the only one of us who has read the entire series, he did so as research for this storyline, and he is also responsible for the dialogue. He found that the UK comic used a good deal of English slang and euphemisms, and as such set out to emulate this in our parody. We did not mean to offend anyone from England or the UK.
In short, we’re sorry if we upset or offended you. We hope that you will continue to read us either way, and in the future, I ask that if you feel the need to write in and express your dissatisfaction with our comic, please tell us what exactly we did that made you so upset in the first place. The last thing I want to do is play a guessing game about things that may be wrong. And if that doesn’t help, take consolation in the fact that this arc is almost over and that we have something better planned for afterward.
Kamal
A long set-up for a rather short joke, I know, but at least I get to showcase my shaky grasp of English euphemisms! Huzzah!
Gear
That comic’s all well and good, but wait till you see Incentive Zone today! It’s sweet! Click the waffle!
Kamal
It’s the Angst-O-Thon with your host “Spazzy” Sally!
Reading STC, I never understood why, so close to the end of the series, Nigel Kitching decided to kill off one the main characters. At that point in production, everyone at Fleetway probably knew what was coming. So it seemed less than a gimmick to boost circulation and more like giving the forks to all their loyal readers.
Of course, if any of our UK readers know the real story behind it. Feel free to let us know.