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[RedAuthar]

I think SatAM was still up in the air when Robo-Robotnik was introduced. I mean, it might have been sorta cancelled already, but I don't think the nail was in the coffin yet. So it certainly couldn't have been Archie's original intention because they'd be stepping on the toes of a show that might still go on. They could retcon it like that later on, but, well, why? I don't see a point.

Oh it was definitely a retcon thing.  

[Shadow]

I often wonder what a SatAM comic would be like if it was picked up by a more professional comic company, like UDON.

[RedAuthar]

I often wonder what a SatAM comic would be like if it was picked up by a more professional comic company, like UDON.

Arguably just because you do not like the comics produced from Archie doesn't make them unprofessional.

However I would love to see SatAM done by UDON.

[Shadow]

I have heard from good sources of people involved in Archie that they are a joke when it comes to professionalism.

[Uncle Ben]

I have heard from good sources of people involved in Archie that they are a joke when it comes to professionalism.

 

doesnt surprise me

[Shadow]

Just look at how they handled the Penders case. A little shit stain like him wouldn't have a prayer going against Marvel and DC. But Archie's constant screw ups gave him more and more leverage that they needed big daddy Sega to settle things.

[RedAuthar]

Just look at how they handled the Penders case. A little shit stain like him wouldn't have a prayer going against Marvel and DC. But Archie's constant screw ups gave him more and more leverage that they needed big daddy Sega to settle things.

Okay...since the Guy who created Superman didn't win his case YEARS BEFORE against DC.....

 

Also I'd like to see this "good Source" before I take your word on it.  Archie Comics hasn't showed any evidence that they are NOT a professional company.  Also judging the whole company just based on Archie Sonic the Hedgehog is a bit unfair.  

[Shadow]

 

Just look at how they handled the Penders case. A little shit stain like him wouldn't have a prayer going against Marvel and DC. But Archie's constant screw ups gave him more and more leverage that they needed big daddy Sega to settle things.

Okay...since the Guy who created Superman didn't win his case YEARS BEFORE against DC.....

 

Also I'd like to see this "good Source" before I take your word on it.  Archie Comics hasn't showed any evidence that they are NOT a professional company.  Also judging the whole company just based on Archie Sonic the Hedgehog is a bit unfair.  

I have spoken to J Axer, and while he is legally obligated not to divulge details over the company, he told me in more or less words that it was the worst company he has dealt with in the industry. Akin to a meat grinder.

[LogiTeeka]

I often wonder what a SatAM comic would be like if it was picked up by a more professional comic company, like UDON.

If they were given the license to publish comics for the Sonic franchise, it'll most likely be based after the actual games themselves instead of SatAM.

[Shadow]

 

I often wonder what a SatAM comic would be like if it was picked up by a more professional comic company, like UDON.

If they were given the license to publish comics for the Sonic franchise, it'll most likely be based after the actual games themselves instead of SatAM.

 

Doing one of the games, SatAM,and Underground simultaneously as different books would be great.

[RedAuthar]

Just look at how they handled the Penders case. A little shit stain like him wouldn't have a prayer going against Marvel and DC. But Archie's constant screw ups gave him more and more leverage that they needed big daddy Sega to settle things.

Okay...since the Guy who created Superman didn't win his case YEARS BEFORE against DC.....

Also I'd like to see this "good Source" before I take your word on it. Archie Comics hasn't showed any evidence that they are NOT a professional company. Also judging the whole company just based on Archie Sonic the Hedgehog is a bit unfair.

I have spoken to J Axer, and while he is legally obligated not to divulge details over the company, he told me in more or less words that it was the worst company he has dealt with in the industry. Akin to a meat grinder.

In that case I take back my comment.

[LogiTeeka]

I have spoken to J Axer, and while he is legally obligated not to divulge details over the company, he told me in more or less words that it was the worst company he has dealt with in the industry. Akin to a meat grinder.

That's pretty much every industry in a nutshell really. You have people who work there and like it, those who put up with it and don't mind it, and some who can't stand their conditions at all. It all depends on their personal tastes and how they felt they were treated.

But that's not really the problem concerning Sonic's overall quality. The comic suffers mainly from having too many "cooks in the kitchen". You have Ian writing down a basic storyline, Mike and Paul's contributions, and both Archie and Sega to overlook the final project to top it all off. What works for one person might not work for others, and considering Sega's tighter grip on the series now-a-days, most stuff we want to see probably won't happen because it doesn't fly well with them.

If they were to give the license to another publisher, they would have to fallow their conditions to a tee as well. And since SatAM is no longer the direction which Sega wants to go, it most likely won't have anything to do with it.

[E122Psi]

I'm not sure projects suffer directly because of having too many people on board, perhaps more because having people without any proper unity and agreement. Medias and series that have multiple member on the creative team actually have the potential to be more well rounded and diverse than those with only one or two limited minds (I personally think that's what made Satam's first season more whole and balanced than the second), it's just you have to get all those heads together on the same line to at least some degree.

 

This is often why we have executives and test audiences in the first place, a team of varied minds who look over the product and see if there are issues or technicalities the creative team overlooked. It's just when both sides stick to close to their own ideals and, even worse, are extremely pig headed and unwilling to compromise. Executives can be blind or hyper sensitive to what the audiences want, while a creator can be stubbornly protective that their own vision stays untouched. If they can finally agree to a compromise on both sides then we can actually get a good product, but if they just continue arguing we can end up with a train wreck or even nothing.