Well, since my site's down at the moment (working on that) I might as well toss my two cents in.

Whenever getting answers about the inner-workings of the comic, it's always a good idea to get a direct quote and a link to the statement. The info you got off the Sega boards is flat-out wrong. Since none of the Archie team has a presence there (as far as I know) the one poster's info has to be second-hand at best.

It's as Dirk said - more ads were added to the comic, limiting space. We could've kept the letters and art in, but we'd need to cut the story down. There will be an online version of Sonic Grams eventually, so sit tight. Good things, as always, are a'comin'!

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Ha-HA! Somehow I missed the fact there was no reply button in this thread and made a new one! Fancy that?

No more late-night posting for me =P