List of Sonic the Hedgehog printed media
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Sonic the Hedgehog
has been the subject of many spin offs in printed media.
In the UK there was also a short-lived Sunday comic strip
and a series of Christmas annuals
. Whilst there were some slight connections (both projects occasionally featured the work of regular Sonic the Comic artist Richard Elson
), the projects were largely separate from one another, with the Sunday comic and annuals preferring self-contained gag strips over Sonic the Comics continuing plot lines and maturer stance.
s were published in the UK between 1993 and 1996 by Puffin under the Fantail label.
(ISBN 0-14-090391-7) Book 2 - Zone Rangers, James Wallis (ISBN 0-14-090392-5)
Book 3 - Sonic v Zonik, Nigel Gross and Jon Sutherland (ISBN 0-14-090406-9)
Book 4 - The Zone Zapper, Nigel Gross and Jon Sutherland (ISBN 0-14-090407-7)
Book 5 - Theme Park Panic, Marc Gascoigne
and Jonathan Green
(ISBN 0-14-037847-2) Book 6 - Stormin' Sonic, Marc Gascoigne and Jonathan Green (ISBN 0-14-037848-0)
made by a variety of artists (including Rikdo Koshi
) have also been released.
series was based on the Sonic the Hedgehog
franchise. The series, published in Shogakukan
's Shogaku Yonensei (literally "fourth-year student") was written by Kenji Terada
and it was illustrated by .
The manga, which started in 1992, was about a hedgehog boy named Nicky Parlouzer who can turn into Sonic the Hedgehog. Along with Miles "Tails" Prower
, Sonic fights Dr. Eggman.
Nicky has several friends in the "real world", including little John, his friend Amy (a prototype/first incarnation of Amy Rose
), and Charmy (a prototype/first incarnation of Charmy Bee). Nicky also encounters a lizard bully named Anton Brooke and his little brother, Matt. Nicky's family at home includes his mother, Brenda, his father, Paulie, and his little sister, Anita.
magazine Coro Coro Comics, who is famous for publishing many manga adaptations of video games (including adaptations of Super Mario Bros. and Rockman.EXE (MegaMan NT Warrior
)).
Dash & Spin was never published outside of Japan
, nor in any language other than Japanese
.
Dash & Spins volumes contain several short stories, including omake
(extra) koma stories, published as an anthology
. The stories are often very slapstick
. Dash & Spin includes many Sonic the Hedgehog
characters, including Sonic the Hedgehog
, Miles "Tails" Prower
, Knuckles the Echidna
, Amy Rose
and Dr. Eggman.
Dash & Spin finished publishing Volume 2 in February 2005.
James Wallis, Carl Sargent
and Marc Gascoigne
, under the collective pseudonym "Martin Adams", wrote four Sonic the Hedgehog novels based on the origin established in Stay Sonic. They were published in the UK by Virgin Publishing.
Michael Teitelbaum's series of Sonic novels published by Troll Associates:
Sonic X novels published by Grosset & Dunlap
:
Sonic the Hedgehog (character)
, trademarked Sonic The Hedgehog, is a video game character and the main protagonist of the Sonic video game series released by Sega, as well as in numerous spin-off comics, cartoons, and a feature film. The first game was released on June 23, 1991, to provide Sega with a mascot to rival Nintendo's...
has been the subject of many spin offs in printed media.
Comic books
Several comic books have been released, each establishing a different storyline about Sonic.- Sonic the Hedgehog (promotional comic book released in 1991 and featured in Electronic Monthly and Sega Visions magazines)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie ComicsArchie ComicsArchie Comics is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the Village of Mamaroneck, Town of Mamaroneck, New York, known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones. The characters were created by...
, US) 1993–present - Sonic the ComicSonic the ComicSonic the Comic, known to its many readers as STC, was a UK children's comic published fortnightly by Fleetway Editions between 1993 and 2002...
(FleetwayFleetwayFleetway, also known as Fleetway Publications and Fleetway Editions, was a UK publishing company which mainly produced comic magazines. For a time owned by IPC Media, they are now a division of Egmont Publishing....
, UK) 1993-2002 - Knuckles the Echidna (comic series) (Archie Comics, US) 1997-1999
- Dash & Spin; Super Fast Sonic!! (Coro Coro Comics, Japan) 2005
- Sonic XSonic X (comics)Sonic X was an ongoing comic book series published by Archie Comics, based on the English dub of the Japanese anime of the same name. Like Archie's other title, Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic X features SEGA's mascot video game character Sonic. It began in September 2005 and was originally meant to be a...
(Archie Comics, US) 2005-2008 - Sonic UniverseSonic UniverseSonic Universe is a comic book series set within Archie Comics's Sonic the Hedgehog continuity, designed to expand the horizon of that fictional universe. Sonic Universe deals with various characters throughout the fictional universe, including Shadow the Hedgehog, Knuckles the Echidna and many more...
(Archie ComicsArchie ComicsArchie Comics is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the Village of Mamaroneck, Town of Mamaroneck, New York, known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones. The characters were created by...
, US) 2009–present
In the UK there was also a short-lived Sunday comic strip
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
and a series of Christmas annuals
Annual publication
An annual publication, more often called simply an annual, is a book or a magazine, comic book or comic strip published yearly. For example, a weekly or monthly publication may produce an Annual featuring similar materials to the regular publication....
. Whilst there were some slight connections (both projects occasionally featured the work of regular Sonic the Comic artist Richard Elson
Richard Elson
Richard Elson is a British comic book artist best known for his work on Sonic the Comic, 2000 AD and Thor.-Biography:Richard Elson is a fine art graduate with over sixteen years experience as a cartoonist and illustrator....
), the projects were largely separate from one another, with the Sunday comic and annuals preferring self-contained gag strips over Sonic the Comics continuing plot lines and maturer stance.
Gamebooks
A series of six Sonic Adventures gamebookGamebook
A gamebook is a work of fiction that allows the reader to participate in the story by making effective choices. The narrative branches along various paths through the use of numbered paragraphs or pages...
s were published in the UK between 1993 and 1996 by Puffin under the Fantail label.
- Book 1 -
James Wallis
James Wallis may refer to:*James Wallis , writer, games designer and publisher*James Wallis , New Zealand politician*Jim Wallis, Christian writer and activist*Jimmy Wallis, English field hockey player...
(ISBN 0-14-090391-7)
Marc Gascoigne
Marc Gascoigne is a British author and editor.He is the editor, author or co-author of more than fifty books and gaming related titles, notably various Fighting Fantasy gamebooks, Shadowrun novels and adventures, Earthdawn novels and adventures, the original Games Workshop Judge Dredd roleplaying...
and Jonathan Green
Jonathan Green
Jonathan Green can refer to:*Jonathan Green , freelance writer of fantasy and science fiction*Jonathan Green , journalist and author*Jonathan Green , , naval surgeon, dermatologist...
(ISBN 0-14-037847-2)
Manga
Several Sonic the Hedgehog manga series have been published in Japan. In addition, Sonic fan-made dōjinshiDojinshi
is the Japanese term for self-published works, usually magazines, manga or novels. Dōjinshi are often the work of amateurs, though some professional artists participate as a way to publish material outside the regular industry. The term dōjinshi is derived from and . Dōjinshi are part of a wider...
made by a variety of artists (including Rikdo Koshi
Rikdo Koshi
, is a Japanese manga artist, his most notable work being Excel Saga. Rikdo is a graduate of Kyushu Sangyo University and lives in Dazaifu, Fukuoka.-Works:...
) have also been released.
Sonic the Hedgehog (1992)
The 1992 Sonic the Hedgehog mangaManga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
series was based on the Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog series
Sonic the Hedgehog is the best selling video game series released by Sega starring and named after its mascot character, Sonic the Hedgehog...
franchise. The series, published in Shogakukan
Shogakukan
is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, manga, non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.Shogakukan founded Shueisha which founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group, one of the largest publishing groups in Japan...
's Shogaku Yonensei (literally "fourth-year student") was written by Kenji Terada
Kenji Terada
is a Japanese scenario writer, anime director, series organizer and novelist. He is probably best known for writing the first three games of the Final Fantasy series, his work on Batman: Dark Tomorrow, and as the series organizer and main script writer for the Kimagure Orange Road series...
and it was illustrated by .
The manga, which started in 1992, was about a hedgehog boy named Nicky Parlouzer who can turn into Sonic the Hedgehog. Along with Miles "Tails" Prower
Miles "Tails" Prower
, better known by his nickname , is a character, as well as the main deuteragonist in the Sonic the Hedgehog series of video games, comics, animated series and film released by Sega....
, Sonic fights Dr. Eggman.
Nicky has several friends in the "real world", including little John, his friend Amy (a prototype/first incarnation of Amy Rose
Amy Rose
, known earlier as Rosy the Rascal, is a video game character who appears in most of the Sonic the Hedgehog series of video games developed by Sega's Sonic Team, debuting in Sonic CD as the third recurring protagonist. Amy Rose was created by Kazuyuki Hoshino and based on one of Kenji Terada's...
), and Charmy (a prototype/first incarnation of Charmy Bee). Nicky also encounters a lizard bully named Anton Brooke and his little brother, Matt. Nicky's family at home includes his mother, Brenda, his father, Paulie, and his little sister, Anita.
Dash & Spin; Super Fast Sonic!!
Dash & Spin (Subtitled Chousoku Sonikku) is a 2-part published manga illustrated by Santa Harukaze. It was printed via the Japanese mangaManga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
magazine Coro Coro Comics, who is famous for publishing many manga adaptations of video games (including adaptations of Super Mario Bros. and Rockman.EXE (MegaMan NT Warrior
MegaMan NT Warrior
Mega Man NT Warrior or Mega Man Battle Network, known in Japan as , is an anime and manga series based on the Mega Man Battle Network video game series...
)).
Dash & Spin was never published outside of Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, nor in any language other than Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
.
Dash & Spins volumes contain several short stories, including omake
Omake
means extra in Japanese. Its primary meaning is general and widespread. It is used as an anime and manga fandom term to mean "extra or bonus". In USA, the term is most often used in a narrow sense by anime fans to describe special features on DVD releases: deleted scenes, interviews with the...
(extra) koma stories, published as an anthology
Anthology
An anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler. It may be a collection of poems, short stories, plays, songs, or excerpts...
. The stories are often very slapstick
Slapstick
Slapstick is a type of comedy involving exaggerated violence and activities which may exceed the boundaries of common sense.- Origins :The phrase comes from the batacchio or bataccio — called the 'slap stick' in English — a club-like object composed of two wooden slats used in Commedia dell'arte...
. Dash & Spin includes many Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog series
Sonic the Hedgehog is the best selling video game series released by Sega starring and named after its mascot character, Sonic the Hedgehog...
characters, including Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog (character)
, trademarked Sonic The Hedgehog, is a video game character and the main protagonist of the Sonic video game series released by Sega, as well as in numerous spin-off comics, cartoons, and a feature film. The first game was released on June 23, 1991, to provide Sega with a mascot to rival Nintendo's...
, Miles "Tails" Prower
Miles "Tails" Prower
, better known by his nickname , is a character, as well as the main deuteragonist in the Sonic the Hedgehog series of video games, comics, animated series and film released by Sega....
, Knuckles the Echidna
Knuckles the Echidna
Knuckles the Echidna is a video game character of the Sonic the Hedgehog game series, including spin-off games and comics. His first appearance was in Sonic the Hedgehog 3, released in 1994 to introduce a new rival for Sonic. He was presented as an antagonist who was tricked by Dr. Eggman into...
, Amy Rose
Amy Rose
, known earlier as Rosy the Rascal, is a video game character who appears in most of the Sonic the Hedgehog series of video games developed by Sega's Sonic Team, debuting in Sonic CD as the third recurring protagonist. Amy Rose was created by Kazuyuki Hoshino and based on one of Kenji Terada's...
and Dr. Eggman.
Dash & Spin finished publishing Volume 2 in February 2005.
Novels
- Stay Sonic by Mike PattendenMike PattendenMike Pattenden is a freelance journalist and writer. He began his career in the entertainment games industry before moving into music journalism. He was formerly Reviews Editor at VOX magazine then music correspondent at The Daily Express. He now writes about topics ranging from music to sport,...
developed the "Kintobor origin", first introduced in the Disney Adventures comic book, in much greater detail. This background was used as the basis of most subsequent UK Sonic stories, including Sonic the Comic.
James Wallis, Carl Sargent
Carl Sargent
Carl L. Sargent is a British author of several roleplaying game-based products and novels.-Early career:...
and Marc Gascoigne
Marc Gascoigne
Marc Gascoigne is a British author and editor.He is the editor, author or co-author of more than fifty books and gaming related titles, notably various Fighting Fantasy gamebooks, Shadowrun novels and adventures, Earthdawn novels and adventures, the original Games Workshop Judge Dredd roleplaying...
, under the collective pseudonym "Martin Adams", wrote four Sonic the Hedgehog novels based on the origin established in Stay Sonic. They were published in the UK by Virgin Publishing.
- Book 1 - Sonic the Hedgehog in Robotnik's Laboratory 1993 - Sonic attempts to rescue his friends from the eponymous lab.
- Book 2 - Sonic the Hedgehog in the Fourth Dimension 1993 - Sonic and Tails try to prevent Robotnik from altering history, encountering the Organisers - human scientists who maintain the laws of Time and Space - and helping them against the mythos creatures, paramilitary mythological creatures who are trying to exist in reality. Sonic briefly altered history so Robotnik was never formed, but had to change it back to stop the mythos creatures altering the Big Bang.
- Book 3 - Sonic the Hedgehog and the Silicon Warriors 1993 - Robotnik imprisons Mobians inside a vast computer system, forcing Sonic and Tails to battle thinly-veiled versions of other computer game characters ("Road Warriors IIStreet Fighter IIis a competitive fighting game originally released for the arcades in . It is the arcade sequel to the original Street Fighter released in and was Capcom's fourteenth title that ran on the CP System arcade hardware...
"). It featured many puns and frequent breachings of the fourth wall, with Sonic directly talking to the reader on several occasions. - Book 4 - Sonic the Hedgehog in Castle Robotnik 1994 - Robotnik creates a robotic duplicate of Sonic and situates himself in a classic horror movie villain castle, protected by likewise common horror movie creatures.
Michael Teitelbaum's series of Sonic novels published by Troll Associates:
- Sonic the Hedgehog 1993
- Sonic the Hedgehog: Robotnik's Revenge 1994
- Sonic the Hedgehog: Fortress of Fear 1995
- Sonic the Hedgehog: Friend or Foe? 1995
- Sonic & Knuckles 1995
- Sonic Xtreme 1996
- Sonic Activity Book 1995
Sonic X novels published by Grosset & Dunlap
Grosset & Dunlap
Grosset & Dunlap is a United States book publisher founded in 1898.The company was purchased by G. P. Putnam's Sons in 1982 and today is part of the British publishing conglomerate, Pearson PLC through its American subsidiary Penguin Group....
:
- Meteor Shower Messenger - Paul Ruditis 2005
- Spaceship Blue Typhoon - Diana Gallagher 2005
- Aqua Planet - Charlotte FullertonCharlotte FullertonCharlotte Fullerton is an American writer of television, novels, comic books and video games.- Biography :After graduating from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Arts in Cinema-Television/Production, Fullerton worked at Fox Kids Network working her way up to Writer/Producer...
2006 - Dr. Eggman Goes to War - Charlotte FullertonCharlotte FullertonCharlotte Fullerton is an American writer of television, novels, comic books and video games.- Biography :After graduating from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Arts in Cinema-Television/Production, Fullerton worked at Fox Kids Network working her way up to Writer/Producer...
2006 - Battle at Ice Pallace - Charlotte FullertonCharlotte FullertonCharlotte Fullerton is an American writer of television, novels, comic books and video games.- Biography :After graduating from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Arts in Cinema-Television/Production, Fullerton worked at Fox Kids Network working her way up to Writer/Producer...
2006 - Desperately Seeking Sonic - Charlotte FullertonCharlotte FullertonCharlotte Fullerton is an American writer of television, novels, comic books and video games.- Biography :After graduating from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Arts in Cinema-Television/Production, Fullerton worked at Fox Kids Network working her way up to Writer/Producer...
2007
Others
- Where's Sonic? and Where's Sonic Now? were two books using a similar idea to the Where's Wally?Where's Wally?Where's Wally?, published in the United States and Canada as Where's Waldo?, is a series of children's books created by British illustrator Martin Handford. The books consist of a series of detailed double-page spread illustrations depicting dozens or more people doing a variety of amusing things...
/Where's Waldo? series, each page presenting the reader with a different puzzle inspired by a level from the Sonic games. Published by Ladybird BooksLadybird BooksLadybird Books is a London-based publishing company, trading as a stand-alone imprint within the Penguin Group of companies. The Ladybird imprint publishes mass-market children's books.-History:...
Ltd. - Look and Find Sonic the Hedgehog Another book similar to Where's Waldo; each page is a puzzle with hidden objects and characters from the SatAMSonic the Hedgehog (TV series)Sonic the Hedgehog: The Animated Series is an American animated series produced by DIC Entertainment with the partnership of Sega of America and was based on the Sonic the...
storyline, but in locations from Sonic games on the Genesis. (ISBN 0-7853-1139-4) - A series of other children's books were written by Ladybird. These include two puzzle books, a coloring book and the picture books Robotnik's Oil and The Invisible Robotnik. Sonic the Story was a book explaining Sonic's transformation from brown to blue.
- A series of children's picture books were published by Golden Books, featuring the art of Art Mawhinney. Titles include, Up Against a Wall, The Secret Admirer, and Sonic's Shoes Blues
- In the UK, two Sonic The Hedgehog yearbooks were published in 1991 and 1992 by Grandreams Limited. These featured one-shot comics normally involving Sonic foiling Dr Robotnik's plans (but included one Shinobi comic), SegaSega, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...
game reviews and other novelty Sonic and Sega-related features such as an "interview with Sonic". - Two 32-page softback books, featuring early strips from Sonic the ComicSonic the ComicSonic the Comic, known to its many readers as STC, was a UK children's comic published fortnightly by Fleetway Editions between 1993 and 2002...
were published in the UK in 1994, titled "Sonic The Hedgehog Beats The Badniks" and "Sonic The Hedgehog Spin Attack".