Sonic Boom is an eleven-issue comic book series published by Archie Comics. It is based off the eponymous Sonic the Hedgehog spin-off franchise Sonic Boom. The comic began in October 2014 and came to an end in September 2015.
Unlike other Sonic titles like Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Universe released by Archie Comics, which are more super hero action-drama, the emphasis for the Sonic Boom comic series focuses, like the TV series, squarely on comedy, action and adventure filled with tons of gags, fourth-wall-breaking commentary and physical comedy.[1][3] The series has lots of contained, accessible stories and a few over-arching story arcs, and is meant to serve more as a casual fun read than an ongoing action-adventure drama like the other Sonic titles.[1][3]
The series was written by Ian Flynn with art by Evan Stanley.[1] Later on, it was revealed by Paul Kaminski, Executive Director of Editorial at Archie Comics, that the comics would over its last year be co-written with Ian Flynn by Bill Freiberger, Sam Sandak Freiberger, Greg Hahn and Alan Denton, who are writers on the Sonic Boom TV series, to better integrate the comics into the world of video games and television.[4]
The comic series was launched on 24 October 2014 and ended with the eleventh issue on 2 September 2015, though "its stories and characters will continue in [Archie Comics'] other books."[5] This was elaborated in said issue where it is stated that the stories will continue in the Sonic Super Digest and Sonic Super Special Magazine series. According to Ian Flynn, the cancelation of the series was not due to low sales, as the series was "doing fine," or a decision from Sega.[6] Rather, it was because Archie Comics felt Sonic Boom would be better suited in certain places instead of being a monthly-scheduled series.[7]
Synopsis
The main characters of the comics is the title character and hero Sonic the Hedgehog along with his friends Miles "Tails" Prower, Knuckles the Echidna, Amy Rose and Sticks the Badger while Dr. Eggman will be a frequently reoccurring character.[1] Much like in the television series, the comics center around Sonic and his gang of friends, their never-ending search for adventure, and their battles with Sonic’s arch-nemesis, Dr. Eggman, along with other rogues to protect their island home, while facing several wacky experiences.
The first story arc featured in the comics set the comical and whimsical tone for the series, and showed Sonic’s world and introduced the heroes and villains while exploring the character relationships.[1]
This is the second comic book series published by Archie Comics to be based on an animated spin-off TV series from the Sonic franchise, the other being Sonic X.
The series was hinted when a fan asked about it in the 'My Sonic Universe' section in Sonic Universe #65. The editor's reply was censored by a 'Top Secret' emblem.
This is the shortest lived Sonic the Hedgehog spin-off comic series, lasting for only eleventh issues. This beats the Sonic Super Special spin-off series which had fifteen issues.
It is also the second shortest Sega-related series, with the original NiGHTS into Dreams... series being the first with just six issues.
As a running gag, the written sound effects in various issues begins with "Ker-".
Various background characters from the Sonic Boom television series, like Wolfie and Lady Goat, are colored differently in the comics.
↑Archie Comics on Twitter. Twitter (1 June 2015). Retrieved on 1 June 2015. “Archie Comics: The SONIC BOOM comic series will end after #WorldsUnite with #11. Fear not - the stories and characters will continue in our other books.”
