Daniel Barnes

This article is about a real-life person.

Information in this article is about real-life people, companies, and objects, which do not relate to the in-universe Sonic series.

Daniel Barnes is an American writer who has contributed to the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by IDW Publishing.

Credits[]

Writing[]

IDW Publishing[]

Sonic the Hedgehog Annual:
- 2022 ("Weapons")
Sonic the Hedgehog: Scrapnik Island:
- #1 (story one)
- #2 (story one)
- #3 (story one)
- #4 (story one)
Sonic the Hedgehog's 900th Adventure (pgs. 19-24)
Sonic the Hedgehog: Chaotix's 30th Anniversary Special

Trivia[]

Daniel Barnes' favorite Sonic Frontiers major boss track is Find Your Flame and believes it's better than Infinite.^[1]^[2]
Barnes' favorite Sonic character is Knuckles the Echidna.^[3]
Barnes' favorite Sonic game is Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles; his favorite Sonic comic mini-series is Scrapnik Island.^[4]^[5]
Barnes has stated that his current goal is to be able to write Sonic comics that are "as good" as Sonic and the Blade of Courage.^[6]

External links[]

References[]

↑ Barnes, Daniel (14 August 2023). ✪ daniel barnes ✪ on X (English). Retrieved on 18 October 2025. "after much consideration, and it growing on me more and more, for almost a year, I think I can say that Find Your Flame is my favorite boss track in Frontiers"
↑ Barnes, Daniel (27 September 2025). ✪ daniel barnes ✪ on X (English). Retrieved on 18 October 2025. "ok find your flame is better, I’ll give you that"
↑ Barnes, Daniel (24 October 2023). ✪ daniel barnes ✪ on X (English). Retrieved on 18 October 2025. "See, Sonic 3 is an entirely different kind of game and not really comparable There's also a much lighter focus on narrative. Knuckles is literally my favorite Sonic character -- I don't think he needs his own entire campaign If anything, give Knuckles his own open world game"
↑ Barnes, Daniel (18 October 2024). ✪ daniel barnes ✪ on X (English). Retrieved on 18 October 2025. "this week marks the anniversary of both my favorite sonic game and my sonic comic miniseries both featuring mecha sonic mk 2"
↑ Barnes, Daniel (1 October 2024). ✪ daniel barnes ✪ on X (English). Retrieved on 18 October 2025. "i’m a geezer, so I think sonic 3 & knuckles is still the best sonic game ever made. it’s also the one I played the most as a kid others grew up with Heroes, or Unleashed, or 06 and its *their* favorite. and I totally get it. that’s okay too"
↑ Barnes, Daniel (18 October 2025). ✪ daniel barnes ✪ on X (English). Retrieved on 18 October 2025. "currently, my goal is to be able to write sonic comics that are as good as sonic and the blade of courage still working at it, but that’s the level I’d like to reach"

IDW Publishing staff members

Writers		Ata · Barnes · Dutreix · Flynn · Galligan · Goellner · Graley · Hammerstrom · King · Kochalka · C. McElroy · G. McElroy · J. McElroy · T. McElroy · Mutchler · Phegley · Scott · Stanley · Swift
Pencils		Bryce Thomas · Bulmer · Curry · Fonseca · Gray · Haines · Hammerstrom · Hernandez · Lawrence · Peppers · Skelly · Stanley · Rothlisberger · Tramontano · Wells · Yardley
Inks		Amash · Bryce Thomas · Bulmer · Curry · Dutreix · Fonseca · Froese · Graham · Gray · Haines · Hammerstrom · Hernandez · Keane · Lawrence · Mack · Peppers · Rothlisberger · Smith · Stanley · Tramontano · Wycough · Yardley
Colors		Bove · Breckel · Bryce Thomas · Bulmer · Curry · Dutreix · Fourdraine · Graham · Herms · Hernandez · Ito · Lafuente · Pinto · Pirrie · Stanley · Tramontano · Unger
Letters		Breen · Lee · Widick
Covers		Arq · Baker · Bates · Breckel · Bryce Thomas · Bulmer · Cruz · Curry · Delgado · Dell'Otto · Dutreix · Elson · Fonseca · Fourdraine · Fuji · Gates · Gibson · Graham · Gray · Haines · Hammerstrom · Herms · Hernandez · Hesse · Huang · Hughes · Ito · Jampole · Karasuno · Kim · Kingdom · Knight · Kraft · Lafuente · Lawrence · Lide · Neofotistou · Oz · Peppers · Pinto · Rothlisberger · Sakai · Sarkaria · Schoening · Skelly · Smith · Spaziante · Stanley · Starling · Takeyama · Tramontano · Uekawa · Unger · Wells · Yardley
Editors		Barber · Boone · Brown · Eisinger · Farmer · Hughes · LaPera · Mariotte · Niño · A. Simon · K. Simon
Art Directors		Lee · Levesque · Robbins
Publishers		Goldstein · Marsham · Ryall
Presidents		Bennington · Goldstein · Ryall
Production		Nattalie
Licensing		Cisneros · Jo · Kiyotaki · Sonic Team · Tsai · Webber

V·T·E · Category

[1] Barnes, Daniel (14 August 2023). ✪ daniel barnes ✪ on X (English). Retrieved on 18 October 2025. "after much consideration, and it growing on me more and more, for almost a year, I think I can say that Find Your Flame is my favorite boss track in Frontiers"

[2] Barnes, Daniel (27 September 2025). ✪ daniel barnes ✪ on X (English). Retrieved on 18 October 2025. "ok find your flame is better, I’ll give you that"

[3] Barnes, Daniel (24 October 2023). ✪ daniel barnes ✪ on X (English). Retrieved on 18 October 2025. "See, Sonic 3 is an entirely different kind of game and not really comparable There's also a much lighter focus on narrative. Knuckles is literally my favorite Sonic character -- I don't think he needs his own entire campaign If anything, give Knuckles his own open world game"

[4] Barnes, Daniel (18 October 2024). ✪ daniel barnes ✪ on X (English). Retrieved on 18 October 2025. "this week marks the anniversary of both my favorite sonic game and my sonic comic miniseries both featuring mecha sonic mk 2"

[5] Barnes, Daniel (1 October 2024). ✪ daniel barnes ✪ on X (English). Retrieved on 18 October 2025. "i’m a geezer, so I think sonic 3 & knuckles is still the best sonic game ever made. it’s also the one I played the most as a kid others grew up with Heroes, or Unleashed, or 06 and its *their* favorite. and I totally get it. that’s okay too"

[6] Barnes, Daniel (18 October 2025). ✪ daniel barnes ✪ on X (English). Retrieved on 18 October 2025. "currently, my goal is to be able to write sonic comics that are as good as sonic and the blade of courage still working at it, but that’s the level I’d like to reach"

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]