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Posted by Ken Penders on July 06, 2005 at 18:01:36:

Yes, it's that time again, and like clockwork, I'll be there, along with Macklin's drawing of Queen Sally and Julie-Su from M;25YL. (You're going to be there as well, right, Macklin? ;-)

I'll be seated at Table JJ-2 in Artists Alley, so don't be shy. I'll be signing autographs, looking at portfolios, doing sketches, the same ol' same ol'. And yes, I'll have back issues available.

As for the original art collectors among you, the key new piece available this year is the complete art to the 12-page story THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UNKNOWN: PROTOTYPE from SONIC #146 which Steven Butler and I putting up for auction. The starting price for this puppy will be $1000.

I'll be there from Wednesday Preview night until early Sunday afternoon, after which I generally close up shop and enjoy the last two or three hours walking the show with my family.

As usual, there will be all sorts of surprises and attractions throughout the convention, and I even believe Sega may have a presence in one form or another at the show. I'll have more details when they become available.

See you at the show.

Source: Ken's Message Board
Link: San Diego Comic-Con Official Site

A couple of things to keep in mind when reading:

1) Mike answered these just before Memorial Day weekend.
2) He asked me to delay releasing them because the board went down due to the EzBoard attack.
3) If you rather just get the original Word file (or a text version I made up quickly if you don't have Word), go here.
4) As the Mobius Forum is back up, his responses make up the rest of the post.

In honour of his 14th birthday, Sonic the Hedgehog has been treated to his own interactive retrospective at Federation Square in Melbourne, Australia (corner of Flinders and Swanston St).

June 23rd, 2005 was Sonic the Hedgehog's 14th anniversary! Let it be a happy birthday to the greatest video game character of all time, one of the few franchises now that stands for true gaming and not constant mass appeal!

Happy 14th birthday Sonic the Hedgehog, and many more!

Just saw this press release about Video Games Live announcing its tour dates. I'll be watching this in LA!

If you have archie Sonic #150 you may already know this {I'm still waiting for #148} but the Sonic X {mini}series is set to debut on September 21st, perhaps to coincide with Season 2 of the cartoon.

In a recent article, Sonic Team head Yuji Naka has expressed interest in all three next-gen consoles:

PlayStation 3 - "I am very interested in its high-quality graphics capabilities. It's equipped with a graphics chip that's twice as powerful as the high-end [graphics card] for the PC, which allows it to make realistic expressions that haven't been possible before."

Revolution - "I look forward to the 'new kind of fun' that's unique to Nintendo, and I expect that there will be a lot of surprises, such as the unannounced controller. It's also great that we'll be able to play Famicom and other games via download. I hope Sega games will be playable as well." [Note: A number of Sega games have been released for Nintendo consoles by Sunsoft.]

Xbox 360 - "[Microsoft has] used its knowledge from Xbox Live to evolve their network, making its services and controls even more convenient for the user, which I think is a very attractive point."

Source: Gamespot Article

According to an IGN Article, there will be more hidden games in Sonic Gems Colection:

"Sources in Japan are reporting that, rather than just one entry in the Streets of Rage series, Sega will be including all three entries as part of the collection. Streets of Rage apparently won't be alone. Sega will also be including the original caper game, Bonanza Brothers with the collection, our sources report. And this, apparently, isn't the end of the fun in this fun-filled collection."

Could this mean the inclusion of other missing games, namely Segasonic and Chaotix?

you have all probably noticed but if you didn't the price of Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog has gone up 6 cents to $2.25.

IGN.com have added some new Shadow the Hedgehog videos. They show some unseen footage including one with Sonic!