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Sonic Team Interview

This can definitely be considered purely a rumor, since we've seen no evidence to back it up (yet) - it was posted on the IGN boards. Supposedly, Sonic Team told a Japanese magazine that the GameCube SA port would have more improvements than SA2:Battle did.

Or at least, I think. Sonic Underground is being replaced by Sabrina the Animated Series on Teletoon. The last day of Underground will be... August 30th. Oddly, that day is the 3rd Anniversary of Sonic Underground in the US.

After 6 months of downtime, LOSTArtists is back up. Most of the site is going through the passes of being restored, but the hosted forum is fully-functional. LOSTArtists hopefully could be fully up to speed within the coming weeks.

Gamesradar.com has posted some more screen shots of the Mega Collection for Gamecube that'll be released in November in the US.

Source: Gamesradar.com

I recently caught up with Ken Penders at the San Diego Comic Con and this is the exact conversation:

Info On Gamespot.com

Sega of America announces that the Sonic compilation will be released in the US.

Sega of America has announced that the Sonic Mega Collection will be released in the US. The collection includes Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Sonic & Knuckles, Sonic 3D Blast, Sonic Spinball, and Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine. The Sonic Mega Collection is currently scheduled for release in November on the GameCube.

By Giancarlo Varanini

Source: Gamespot

This was posted by Ken Penders:

It's that time again, as I gear up once again for the San Diego Comic-Con.

At the moment, I'm scheduled to be seated at table AA-7 in Artists Alley. Dawn Best will be at my table unless fate intervenes and she somehow lucks into one for herself.

At the moment, I'm not sure if I will be doing commissions or not. Before I do anyone else's my first priority is finishing up something I owe to a fan who's been extremely patient with me. Beyond that, I'll probably charge $50 for convention sketches. I'll charge more if the request goes beyond one character.

Regarding Sonic and Knuckles back issues, I'll be showing up with quite an extensive selection of back issues, Chances are I'll sell out of certain issues quickly as a result.

I'll also have plenty or original art for sale. I've already posted some of the special pieces that will be on display at my table for sale up on ebay.

The art on Ebay is the following:

• Sonic #114 Cover (ends Aug 4 1:17am Eastern--Aug 3 10:17pm Pacific)
• Knuckles #1 Cover with Spaz signature (ends Aug 4 1:22am Eastern--Aug 3 10:22pm Pacific)
• Knuckles #2 Cover (ends Aug 4 1:27am Eastern--Aug 3 10:27pm Pacific)
• Knuckles #24 Cover (ends Aug 4 1:32am Eastern--Aug 3 10:32pm Pacific)
• Super Special #12 Splash Page (ends Aug 4 1:38am Eastern--Aug 3 10:38pm Pacific)
• Sonic #107 Cover (ends Aug 4 1:48am Eastern--Aug 3 10:48pm Pacific)
• Sonic #110 Cover (ends Aug 4 1:53am Eastern--Aug 3 10:53pm Pacific)
• Sonic #115 Cover (ends Aug 4 1:58am Eastern--Aug 3 10:58pm Pacific)
• Sonic #116 Cover with Rouge's first appearance on a cover (ends Aug 4 2:07am Eastern--Aug 3 11:07pm Pacific)
• Brotherhood Data File in Sonic #112 (ends Aug 4 2:13am Eastern--Aug 3 11:13pm Pacific)
• Amy Rose Data File in Sonic #112 (ends Aug 4 2:19am Eastern--Aug 3 11:19pm Pacific)
• Tails Data File in Sonic #112 (ends Aug 4 3:13am Eastern/12:13am Pacific)

Source: Ken's Comic Book Stories & Art

And after the usual struggle of 3 months, Issue 4 of the Season 3 comic on FUS is finally up for downloading. It's a pretty big issue, 17 pages plus some other stuff. I hope you all enjoy it, it took a long time to get everything sorted out for this issue (and I mean it).
Head do http://www.satamsonic.com to download. It's under projects in the Sea3on Comic section. and I'll thank everyone not to point out all the spelling errors in this issue ;)