http://www.johnbaldry.com/index1.asp
Sadly John Baldry died this past Tuesday after a long battle with illness aged 64.
Although he is best known with Sonic fans for his excellent portrayal of Dr. Robotnik in Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, he is best known everywhere else for his Blues music career. He had a Number 1 hit in the UK during the 1960s and is also credited with starting the careers of many British musicians, including Rod Stewart.
He will be missed.
Sonic Gems Collection is now available to preorder for Gamecube on Play.com for £14.99. The release date is stated as October 7th. Here's a link
http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=stcs3&page=title&r=GC&title=688821
For all those in the US, Sonic Gems might be... "lacking". Basiclly, the Streets of Rage Trilogy does not confer with the E rating, so its been omitted from the US version. Why they couldn't change the rating is beyond me.
It's unknown whether the PAL version will include this ommission. However, we can expect Vectorman 1 and 2. If you're wondering why Sega doesn't add Chaotix and SEGAsonic instead of games few of us have heard of, you're not alone.
By the way, the Sonic CD soundtrack is the US version and there may be game improvements, such as team battles in Sonic Championship.
Scource:Sonic News
Archie's Sonic The Hedgehog #151 is on sale in comic shops starting today.
Source: Diamond Comics
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.
