Ian Flynn has proven to be a great writer who can go from light-hearted to dark without ruining the overall tone of what makes Sonic enjoyable. Which is why I wish they'd put him on the games. Pontac and Graff have been the main series writers since Sonic Colors and they've gone from "pretty good" to downright awful. Before Sonic, Pontac and Graff were the writing team behind "Happy Tree Friends". The cartoon where cute critters died in horribly gory ways.
Sonic Colors story was actually pretty good. It was lighthearted through most of it until Sonic and Tails realize that the captured wisps aren't just enslaved, but the energy Eggman's been using from them is slowly killing them, which leads to Sonic taking things seriously and stopping Eggman's scheme. Tails is shown as confident and a bit more independent of Sonic and
Eggman's PDA's are hilarious.
Sonic Generations plot wasn't great but was serviceable enough since all it needed was to tie-in all these levels from different eras and that's it. The story itself wasn't epic and didn't need to be.
Lost World went straight to hell. I mean, it opens with Sonic failing to nab a container of critters Eggman drops. Sonic and Tail follow it toa land in the sky called the Lost Hex. Somehow, the container managed to land on the ground without all the critters inside being dead. They then have to team up with Eggman to fight the most generic villains that are still part of the games and comics, the Deadly Six. I hate them. Also, this is where Pontac and Graff start to ruin Tails. He becomes egotistical and jealous of Sonic for no reason.
Sonic Forces completely ruins Tails by making him a coward who can't function without Sonic around. Classic Sonic is ret-conned into being from another dimension for no reason. Sonic has been "tortured for months" on a space station but is seen equipping at (not) Zavok like nothing's happened. It's too dark for its own good and some of the dramatic lines are so bad, you can't help but laugh. Basically, Pontac and Graff can't do "dark and edgy" to save their lives.
Do I need context or something for that comic? That strip is kinda just there. Confused as to why it's the given example
I mean I don't disagree because I saw it done ok in the old fleetway comic.
Basically, the IDW Sonic is a new continuity from the Archie ones that takes place right after the events of Sonic Forces. Eggman has been defeated and had lost his memory. He was eventually found by the Chaotix making and fixing the toys in a small village where he was called "Mr. Tinker". He was happy making toys and genuinely became a good person. Shadow found him and tried to kill him, but Sonic stopped him because he believed that since Eggman lost his memory, he was a new person that couldn't be killed for his past actions.
A platypus mad scientist by the name of Dr. Starlight, who was a big Stan of Eggman, found him, kidnapped him and gave him his memories back. Eggman repaid Sonic kindness by unleashing a deadly, metal virus that turns everyone it touches into mindless robot zombies or "Zombots". The virus was still in the experimental phase so even Eggman can't control the Zombots. Sonic's infected but his speed holds the infection back. He has to keep running or he's a mindless zombot.
This one's darker than most as it's taken a lot of the heroes. Vector, Charmy, Shadow, and new favorite, Tangle.Ian is putting Cream the rabbit through hell as she was originally helping cheer up the survivors, and then she lost her two chaos, her mother, and is now infected too.
Despite such a dark storyline, there are still some funny moments and plenty of action.
Yes, I know the irony of a Sonic comic taking place in a pandemic, but this story started last year and is wrapping up.
