List of Sonic the Hedgehog printed media explained

Sonic the Hedgehog has been the subject of many different spin-offs across printed media.

Comic books

Several comic books have been released, each establishing a different storyline focused around Sonic.

In the UK, there were also a short-lived Sunday comic strip and a series of Christmas annuals. Whilst there were some slight connections (both projects occasionally featured the work of regular Sonic the Comic artist Richard Elson), the projects were largely separate from one another, with the Sunday comic and annuals preferring self-contained gag strips over Sonic the Comics continuing plot lines and maturer stance.

Gamebooks

A series of six Sonic the Hedgehog Adventure Gamebooks were published in the UK between 1993 and 1996 by Puffin under the Fantail label.

Manga

Several Sonic the Hedgehog manga series have been published in Japan and as of 2023 were never officially published outside Japan, nor in any language other than Japanese. In addition, Sonic fan-made dōjinshi made by a variety of artists (including Kōshi Rikudō) have also been released.

Sonic the Hedgehog Story Comic (1991)

A three-chapter promotional tie in to Sonic the Hedgehog distributed alongside the Japanese magazine Mega Drive Fan. It serves as a short adaptation and introduction to the game, and features unused concepts from this one such as Sonic's rock band, making it the first appearance of Vector the Crocodile.

Sonic the Hedgehog (1992-1994)

In 1992, Shogakukan published the eponymous Sonic the Hedgehog manga. The manga was written and conceptualized by Kenji Terada and it was illustrated by . The manga details the story of a hedgehog boy named Nicky who can turn into the superhero Sonic the Hedgehog. It also featured Miles "Tails" Prower and Doctor Eggman as well as introduced Amy Rose and Charmy Bee into the franchise before their debut in video games.

Dash & Spin: Super Fast Sonic (2003-2005)

Dash & Spin: Super Fast Sonic (ダッシュ&スピン 超速ソニック Dasshu ando Supin: Chōsoku Sonikku) is a serialized manga illustrated by Santa Harukaze (春風邪 三太 Harukaze Santa). It was printed via the Japanese manga magazine CoroCoro Comic published by Shogakukan, famous for publishing many manga adaptations of video games (including adaptations of Super Mario Bros. and Rockman.EXE (MegaMan NT Warrior).

Dash & Spin contains several short stories, including omake (extra) koma stories, published as an anthology and later collected in two tankōbon (volumes). Volume 1 was published in July 2003, while Volume 2 was published in February 2005. The stories are often very slapstick. Dash & Spin includes many Sonic the Hedgehog characters, including Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles "Tails" Prower, Knuckles the Echidna, Amy Rose, Shadow the Hedgehog, and Doctor Eggman.

Novels

James Wallis, Carl Sargent and Marc Gascoigne, under the collective pseudonym "Martin Adams", wrote four Sonic the Hedgehog novels based on the origin established in Stay Sonic. They were published in the UK by Virgin Publishing.[1]

Michael Teitelbaum's series of Sonic novels published by Troll Associates:

Sonic X novels published by Grosset & Dunlap:

The pocket-sized novelizations of the Sonic the Hedgehog live-action films, by Kiel Phegley, published by Penguin Young Readers Group:

Others

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Interviews: James Wallis . Allan Sugarbaker . 24 September 2001 . OgreCave.com . 22 January 2012 . I teamed up with Carl Sargent and Marc Gascoigne to produce four more Sonic books, novels this time, for Virgin Publishing, under the pseudonym of 'Martin Adams'. . 26 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150926013526/http://www.ogrecave.com/interviews/jameswallis.shtml . live .
  2. News: Sonic Sales Soar . https://web.archive.org/web/20000915080507/http://www.fullyarticulated.com/publishedwork.html . dead . September 15, 2000 . . July 5, 1994.