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Mikedawson posted:Ian Flynn was a member for a bit back in '07-'09. He did two little retrospective videos for Cybershell's Sonic megathread but had to quit because he was too busy working on the actual comic. He joined the staff a bit before Penders quit, and was head writer for the remainder of the Archie series and continues to write for IDW. IMO the Archie reboot had the best writing across the franchise. Penders has a weird, mostly-one-sided, hatred of him. Gee, I wonder why?
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Flynn referenced BSS in a backup story. It was quite silly.
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Rhyno posted:Flynn referenced BSS in a backup story. It was quite silly. He also showed up just before the Reboot on /co/ to follow along on 'The Ride' which was a monumental marathon readthrough with no stopping of all of Sonic from Issue 1 to the final published issue at the time (Just a bit before the reboot, like a few months) Jon Gray also showed up (He was an artist on the book) to prove this, he did a reference to /co/ and /co+/ In the 50th issue of Sonic Universe.  Both of them were lovely and were treated with respect even by the lovely people on /co/ and more fanart was made than I could ever have saved. It was an experience.      
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Yeah Ian was a good poster but I never understood why he felt like he needed to impress BSS of all places. He didn't stick around too long after that. 
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So we can add rampant aphobia to Penders’ list of bullshit.
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Nodosaur posted:So we can add rampant aphobia to Penders’ list of bullshit. https://twitter.com/KenPenders/status/1127321162499756034 I guess?
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quote:These are the kinds of character questions writers ask all the time. 
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check the replies, it gets worse https://twitter.com/KenPenders/status/1127489198947127296
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“Where would we be as a people?” asks man who makes terrible garbage comics edit: I hope nobody is getting their information about asexuals from Ken loving Penders, ace people get the shaft all the time but that seems like the ultimate indignity Sailor Goon fucked around with this message at 20:30 on May 12, 2019 |
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Someone replied with "Ask all the infertile people or those that can't reproduce", right??
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"Asexuals are genealogical dead ends and that upsets and terrifies me" is a wild take I was not prepared to hear today. E: Also I love him suggesting that Sonic is a playa. Mikedawson fucked around with this message at 00:04 on May 13, 2019 |
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He somehow looks even more like a pedophile without the mustache than he did when he had it
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Kurui Reiten posted:Remind me at some point to do an effort post on early Echidna civilization and history as told in the first few Knuckles comics and backup stories. I have a lot to say about how the entire loving story is massively, massively wasted potential AND insulting to anyone with a brain. Please, please do.
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Mikedawson posted:E: Also I love him suggesting that Sonic is a playa. That pretty much is how he tried to characterize sonic towards the end of his run. 
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Chairman Capone posted:Please, please do. Well, you have asked. I have access to pretty much all the Archie Sonic comics thanks to Humble Bundle, so I'm gonna reread some stuff from my childhood to brush up, and then I'll get to explaining. Soonish. Eventually. Look, don't wait up.
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yeah if anyone has any effortposts on how bugfuck crazy Penders' writing is, feel free
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I forgot about the time Penders mangled the famous poem about the Holocaust to make it about Sonic, and then had someone paraphrase the stab-in-the-back myth. There was also the time Charmy's friend overdosed on LSD and died. rudecyrus fucked around with this message at 06:04 on May 13, 2019 |
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Suddenly all of his totally not echidnas' faces all make sense.
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Mikedawson posted:"Asexuals are genealogical dead ends and that upsets and terrifies me" is a wild take I was not prepared to hear today.
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rudecyrus posted:I forgot about the time Penders mangled the famous poem about the Holocaust to make it about Sonic, and then had someone paraphrase the stab-in-the-back myth. ...what?
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ManlyGrunting posted:...what? This should help explain things
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In a way yes, but in another far more existential way no
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ManlyGrunting posted:In a way yes, but in another far more existential way no Ken Penders everybody!
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Holy poo poo, I clicked through and looked at this and had this sinking sensation, "wait a second, this seems awfully familiar" and apparently I had the issue immediately following it from some kinda blind buy bag a million years ago. Looking at it as an adult is  as hell. Literally the only things I remember that make me 100% sure are the cover, the scene with the dingoes in the cab, and Knuckles being in like a page and a half in the background in the world's dumbest training montage. I only remember the dingoes because even as a kid I thought they were super overwrought.
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I almost don't want to bother with an effort post on the history of Echidnaopolis, but I think I'll start off with like, the first Knuckles backup stories, the first miniseries, and the first three issues of his ongoing. That should basically give you the basics of how loving bungled this entire thing is.
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Kurui Reiten posted:I almost don't want to bother with an effort post on the history of Echidnaopolis, but I think I'll start off with like, the first Knuckles backup stories, the first miniseries, and the first three issues of his ongoing. That should basically give you the basics of how loving bungled this entire thing is. When I was a kid I thought the Knuckles storylines were super cool and dark because they were complicated and seemed mysterious since I only had a couple random back issues of Knuckles, and they had the added bonus of no Ron Lim art. Obviously Ken Penders is a crazy person, but I think the general idea of having a more fleshed-out and interwoven story was sound even if Penders was about the least qualified person in the world to do it.
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honestly the actual Typhoid Mary of why the comics were Like That during the late 90s/early 00s was editor Justin Gabrie. Penders was a symptom, not the disease.
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Ken Penders is a pretty good example of why you should kill your babies. Don't get married to a dumb idea you had, try to grow as a writer, and be willing to leave your old work behind (so maybe you won't flip the gently caress out when your editor steps in). Most people's actual children would rather their parents let them go at some point rather than cling forever. If he was willing to take on an actually new project instead of throwing a poo poo fit over his old characters, maybe he could've found some real success instead of circling the drain of a minor following from a creepy fandom. Of course, he'd still have the problem of being a total creep, but sadly that's seldom an impediment to success.
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I think the problem is even creative people have one, maybe two worthwhile ideas in their lives. You see it all the time in comics, a writer gets hot on one run/series, then proceeds to never do anything of note ever again; maybe doing work for hire on some A or B tier titles if they're lucky. People like Alan Moore or John Arcudi who maintain a constant output of unique ideas (good or bad) are really loving rare. Hey I should probably put what the hell point I'm getting at too. What I'm saying is it's understandable that he's clinging to the one thing that he's known for because he sure as poo poo doesn't have any other ideas. ryonguy fucked around with this message at 04:41 on Jul 8, 2019 |
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https://twitter.com/KenPenders/status/1150925830131814402
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"Survival of the fittest is the order of the day" sounds like something that would be on a banner hanging over some government building in 1930s Germany.
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Pastry of the Year posted:Meet The Ec'Hy'D'N'Yas t-shirt Maybe it's the awkward banner at the top but this feels like a poster design that was then slapped onto a t-shirt without any edits.
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I'm sure everyone in this thread is already up-to-date on the Thanks, Ken Penders blog but its author just posted an excellent summary / retrospective of the Ken Penders Sonic era and all the batshit therein. Unsurprisingly, I highly recommend the read. The thing that really gets to me that seems to be missing from that retrospective is the abysmal Titan Tails* piece. Penders takes my favorite character and somehow manages to give him a less sympathetic or interesting arc than he gets in Tails Gets Trolled. If you're not familiar, have a bottle of eye bleach handy and take a look. The effort it took to introduce a half-assed 'chosen one' plot, mix in one of the series' most forgettable villains, and then resolve it in the most unsatisfying (and grotesque) way possible is a pretty great summation of the Penders era. And Penders as a person. Thanks for being here for me, suck zone. * god, I wish I was making that up
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beauty queen breakdown posted:The thing that really gets to me that seems to be missing from that retrospective is the abysmal Titan Tails* piece. Penders takes my favorite character and somehow manages to give him a less sympathetic or interesting arc than he gets in Tails Gets Trolled. If you're not familiar, have a bottle of eye bleach handy and take a look.
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Hemingway To Go! posted:That's because that stories writer is Chacon not Penders. drat, well spotted. 
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So has Ken Penders given his review of the Sonic movie yet?
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Too busy waiting by the phone for someone to inquire about the rights to the Lara-Su cinematic universe
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Chairman Capone posted:So has Ken Penders given his review of the Sonic movie yet?
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