Good evening, Newgrounds! Haven't made a blog post in a while, because frankly we haven't had a lot to show off for 2024. Year was tough on a lot of our artists, and priorities had to be set for irl issues. With that said, though, we do have plans lined up for 2025 that we want to share!
2023 was a great year for the Sonic Legacy comic, with the team being able to crank out issues on a bi-monthly schedule for a while! Sadly, we were not able to continue that pace when 2024 rolled around, and it may prove to be difficult to get back to that pace at current standing with the amount of team we have currently active and available at a whim. What we plan on doing is, once the Death Egg Saga is finished with issue 18, and the cooldown issue of 19, we will be restructuring production to focus on one to two issues at a time with dedicated teams paired up who can synergize and bounce off of each other well, so that we can work in 'shifts' and leave plenty of free time available with the other artists.
Currently, Issues 13 through 19 are currently in development at various stages of completion. If we're really lucky, we can have Issue 13 out within the next month or two, depending on scheduling! The goal is to have at least issue 18 out by the end of the year. Mobius Legacy Issue 4, featuring Tempest after the events of Issue 5, is also in the works!
After the Death Egg Saga concludes, we will be opening the door to the broader world within Legacy, covering far more original stories while still tying the games to them. "Echoes of Time" will be the next arc, covering a loose adaptation of the events of Sonic CD, followed by "Shattered Sky", a three-part arc regarding the Battle Kukku!
We are also still working on Spirit of Mobius, although we have decided to convert it into comic format instead of pursuing animation. It will be a while before it will be completed as it is a lower-priority task.
We are also back to work on updating our Wiki pages, which has been neglected for quite some time! The goal for now is to update or create at least one page per day, which should catch people up on the story and lore while we wait between issues!
Lastly, we wanted to let everyone know that we're still holding the doors open for new artists to join the project! Right now, we're in desperate need of spare inkers and colorists to ease the workload on our pencilers picking up additional tasks to help release the issues. If you like the world of Sonic and want to help bring this ongoing story to the public, consider auditioning on our Discord server with a couple pages of original comic work you've created! We'll cover the finer details of the audition process within the server itself, don't worry.
