Sonic the Hedgehog (comic strip)

Sonic the Hedgehog, also commonly referred to as Sonic Sunday Strips, are serialized comic strips published by UK newspaper News of the World between 10 October 1993 to 2 April 1995. All of comic strips are being written by Barrie Tomlinson and drawn by Richard Elson and Sandy James.

Overview
Sonic the Hedgehog comic strips have simple premises centering around the numerous encounters between Sonic the Hedgehog and Dr. Ivo Robotnik. Numerous Badniks and gameplay elements from Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 are featured along with Emerald Hill Folks and some additional characters. Tails also appears near the end of the comic strip line. The comic strip is closely related to the British Sonic the Comic comic series published by Fleetway Editions that also ran during that time, with numerous elements such as characters breaking the fourth wall, Robotnik's sudden appearance change and him using egg puns are originated from the UK comic series.

All comic strips are written by Barrie Tomlinson while for the first 51 strips are drawn by Richard Elson, the main artist on the British publication Sonic the Comic. Lot of later Richard Elson's strips were also colored by John M Burns. Sandy James later took the drawing job since October 1994 towards the end of the comic strip.

Between October 1993 – April 1995, over 70 comic strips were produced. The comic strip has became quite obscure around the fan community for many years until August 2016, when huge amount of comic strips are being archived on Tumblr blog under the title "Sonic Sunday Strips".

Characters
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 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Dr. Ivo Robotnik
 * Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Animals
 * Flicky
 * Sally
 * Chirps
 * Johnny Lightfoot
 * Porker Lewis
 * Joe Sushi
 * Badniks