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SONIC PRESENTS KNUCKLES THE ECHIDNA ARCHIVES 3
The epic adventure of Sonic's original "friendly nemesis" continues in the next exciting installment of the Knuckles Archives series! Knuckles and the Chaotix find themselves divided across the world! Knuckles is summoned by the mysterious Athair to help the weary Lost Tribe finish their age-old exodus. But when the Days of Fury threaten to tear Mobius apart, can Knuckles save them all? Collecting Knuckles the Echidna #10-15!
Script & Art: Various
Cover: Patrick "SPAZ" Spaziante

 

 



Diamond Comics Halts Production on Knuckles Archives Vol. 3

Diamond Comic Distributors, the world’s largest English language comic book distributor, has halted shipments of Archie Comics’s Knuckles Archives #3 to retailers on the basis of a copyright infringement notice sent to the company.

A source who requested anonymity through told TSSZ the hold was granted this week, and alleged more claims may be filed with Diamond shortly.  Those claims, the source said, are based on copyrights currently in dispute between Archie Comics and former Sonic comics writer Ken Penders via a civil lawsuit the former filed.

This issue, which assembles the original Sonic’s Friendly Nemesis Knuckles issues ten through fifteen, will still go on sale today at stores that have received their copies, but they will be the only copies circulating in certain stores right now.  That potentially means the release could fall into short supply while the matter is mediated.  For the moment, only distribution of Knuckles Archives #3 is affected, but one can imagine the array of re-issues that could be impacted, given the scope of Penders’s copyright claims that are, as of this article’s publication, still legally valid.

Diamond Comics claims Archie Comics as an “exclusive supplier” of material for distribution to stores, according to the company website.  In layman’s terms, they are the middleman between Archie as content creator and many stores that sell their comics, in particular comic book specialty stores.  Should the matter linger, all Sonic Archives and Knuckles Archives releases could see their distribution affected, as could the long awaited Sonic comic encyclopedia, which is due for release next month.

Stay tuned for further developments.

[RedMenace]

I'm irked, to say the least. But that drawing is priceless.

[RedAuthar]

Seriously......

I don't see how stopping the publication is going to really do anything other then tick off fans.

[RedMenace]

Perhaps Penders believes bad publicity is better than none.

[RedAuthar]

Well that actually usually works for celebrities.



Maybe if he was like Stan Lee he's have like 5% chance of it coming out good for him.

[RedMenace]

With the attitude he's been demonstrating, I wouldn't be surprised if Ken saw himself as a celebrity of sorts.

[RedAuthar]

Yeah. Pretty much. Sad thing is that he's probably go more fame from this then his whole career.

[furrykef]

Ken was a celebrity to me when I was a kid. Now I just realize he's a massive dork who somehow managed to wind up as a head writer on a comic book.

[Speedy_25]

the way i see it, Ken just dug himself a deeper hole that I don't think he'll find the way out of, cause it'll just keep getting deeper and deeper

[Prime]

And the award for 'Biggest Douche On The Planet' 2012 goes to Ken Penders.

This will certainly cause some problems in locating this book once the first batch sell out, especially since sites like Amazon and other retailers won't be selling it till October 2nd and if they can't get any copies, tracking this book could be very hard. It's already sold out on eBay and if the cease of distribution remains, copies could start selling for top dollar.

[zelchias]

Indeed. We must provide him with a Golden Turd trophy. However, unlike other's of its ilk, THIS trophy shall be a real turd, preferably a fresh one, spraypainted gold. It will be delivered while he is walking the street, via a drive by turd toss, hopefully allowing his reward to strike him on the head (against the face if we're lucky). Such is a fitting display of how he is now viewed by the fanbase of the comic he once worked on, and of his overall worth as a human being.

[saber16]

Pender's won't rest until the whole fanbase hates him.

[zelchias]

You meant it doesn't already?

[Prime]

You meant it doesn't already?

He still has his fanboys. But we're probably taking about 12 people in total. Although in Ken's mind, that's probably more then enough to convince him he is still top shit. He probably thinks for every fan he knows of, there must be a million others he doesn't.

[RedAuthar]

I can't believe he doesn't realize by now he's angering a lot of fans. Perhaps he thinks he's going to make up for it and that's why he justifies it but he really can't be so stupid that he doesn't notices he's driving fans away.....

[furrykef]

I think he knows the fans are pissed off, or maybe he figures the ones who are pissed off weren't really his fans in the first place. In any case, I think he doesn't really care, though he's forgetting to ask himself the question, "If everyone hates me, who's going to read my new comic?" Bigger stars have fallen over far less. (Just the other day I read about how Chuck Austen's career was ruined over a single plot point in an X-Men story. Well, that's a bit of an exaggeration, but it was a definite turning point.)

[Shadow]

Ken Pender is if Chris Chan got a career and then fucked it up.

[furrykef]

Nah. Ken is much more insidious than Chris. You know Chris is a nut from the outset. Ken tricked people into thinking he was normal.