#stc issue 111

[samobservessonic]

I remember when this issue first came out that my reaction was “Yeah, we’ve not seen Johnny in ages!” But on this read-through it feels like it’s not been that long since we last saw him. I guess I am able to read the comics quicker than once a fortnight now

Also, yes, you’ll probably see a lot of StC fanworks where Cream & Vanilla are related to Johnny that almost definitely owe their origin back to these panels where he says rabbits have big families

Oh and, the story title is officially Amy & Tekno now, not just Amy. Yes, it’s still Sonic’s World, but still

Because this is a Stringer story, the cast are also wondering where Shortfuse has gone. I like the little detail that Amy isn’t super fond of him, even if she wishes him well. I just think it’s nice that they didn’t completely brush the disagreement between those two under the rug

Like Johnny, I’m impressed by Tekno’s massive TV. But equally I’m raising an eyebrow that she’s invented a Shortfuse Tracker. I guess that since the guy gets himself into so much danger, it’s probably a good idea, if a violation of privacy

You have to admire that Amy always has time for quips, even when being suddenly sent to another dimension

Let’s take a moment to appreciate Amy grabbing Tekno to try to save her, too

Johnny rightfully becoming worried that the writers are noticing how expendable he is

If you live a healthy lifestyle, then you too can fight bug aliens as well as Amy & Tekno

Shortfuse seems to be having his mind controlled by some alien goo thing stuck to his chest. We’ll see how that goes next time, but genuinely, I’d put my money on Amy & Tekno in a fight between them and Shortfuse, so I’m sure they’ll be fine

[hadesknockedupintheunderworld]

A collection of my favorite design/outfit on Fleetway!Tails so far

He is just so🥺💖💖💖💖

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Sonic the Comic Liveblog: Issue 111

New issue! And Tails looks quite adorable in that cloak

Oooooh and here we see a rare double-page spread from StC!

Fuck yeah, Tails just delivered to Metallix a Final Destination style death!

Remember in the early issues when every other panel Tails would say "oh no I wish Sonic were here"? Now our little baby boy is all grown up and murdering robots left right and centre!

Well that's neat

Oh Robotnik's face is a picture

On to a new Tails story and these may be the most British character designs to ever grace the pages of StC

Speaking of Britishness, here's Tails enjoying a 99 Flake

I see this artist is taking the design philosophy of "slapping an animal nose on a human makes them a mobian, right?"

Grimer walked so Agent Stone could run

Anyway, this is a unique new take on a caterkiller design

Really are squeezing in the British cultural references with this story, huh?

For those wondering, "Prosperous" is the name of a town in County Kildare. The first image that comes up when you google it makes it look like Silent Hill

Huh, it's true we actually haven't seen him in a bit.

Rather in the same vein as the multiplying joke as Zootopia

That got a good chuckle

Well geez, I wonder if this has anything to do with that big green thing slapped on the front of his chest

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Jeffrey Herlings and Jorge Prado Triumph at Trentino

The 2018 MXGP of Trentino has concluded at the spectacular Pietramurata circuit! Over 30,000 enthusiastic Italian motocross fans witnessed the best riders of the world championship fighting for the top step of the Trentino podium. Taking emphatic victories were the pair of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing riders, Jeffrey Herlings and Jorge Prado.

MXGP Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings has struggled off the start of nearly every race this season up until this weekend. A top priority of Herlings and his team was to improve his starting and it clearly worked when he took his first Fox Holeshot of the season, the second of his MXGP career in MXGP Race 1.

Behind Herlings on the start was Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP’s Romain Febvre, Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Clement Desalle, Team HRC’s Tim Gajser, and home GP star and Herlings main championship rival, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli.

By the end of lap one Desalle made his way forward past Febvre into 2nd but Cairoli dropped from 4th to 8th which he later stated was due to an issue with his front brake. Once back to normal Cairoli started to charge back to the front passing riders such as his teammate Glenn Coldenhoff and later Gajser among others.

While Cairoli tried to regain positions Desalle kept Herlings in sight the majority of race leaving Febvre in a race of his own. At the finish Herlings won by a little more than 5 seconds over Desalle who had Febvre another 7 seconds behind him. Cairoli took rebounded to finish the race right where he started, in 4th.

In race 2 Cairoli took his 6th FOX Holeshot of the 8 races this season but Herlings was right in tow along with Glenn Coldenhoff making it a perfect start for the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing team. Another good start was taken by Clement Desalle who led the newly signed Marchetti Racing Team KTM of Benoit Paturel and the Monster Energy Yamaha Factory of Jeremy Van Horebeek. For the first three laps Herlings chased Cairoli but on the uphill just after the finish Cairoli missed his breaking point and expected Herlings to go wide who instead dove to the instead and took the lead.

Following the pass Cairoli briefly lost touch with Herlings before reeling the #84 back in. Herlings consistently put in one fast lap after another to which Cairoli was unable to match. In the meantime Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Gautier Paulin spent 17 laps looking for a way around Van Horebeek in 5th and with only 2 laps remain took the spot from the Belgian.

Herlings finished the race 20 seconds ahead of Cairoli to take the overall and reclaim the red plate, winning every race the weekend, and claiming his 70 GP Overall win. Herlings in the press conference said: “I really enjoyed my time here for sure all the fans were rooting for Tony but that is normal, he is Italian, he is a legend in this sport but still they cheered for me which was very respectful. I really like coming here, it was a great 2 days, I enjoyed it a lot and I am looking forward to Portugal in one week time.”

Desalle’s 2-3 finishes topped the 4-2 result of Cairoli for second and third overall respectively. Desalle in the press conference: “It was a good weekend, really consistent and I knew coming here that the start would be important. Overall it is a really positive and consistent result again everything is going good and heading in the right way.”

Antonio Cairoli who finished the MXGP of Trentino in third: “For the championship it is good to finish on the podium always but I know that we could have done better today. Jeffrey was very fast in the second race and I have to say that it was very difficult to beat him with his speed and consistency during the whole race. It was difficult but this is racing and next time we will try to be more consistent.”

MXGP Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 34:45.091; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:05.628; 3. Romain Febvre (FRA, Yamaha), +0:12.837; 4. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0:27.281; 5. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0:31.477; 6. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Husqvarna), +0:42.857; 7. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), +0:46.757; 8. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Yamaha), +0:48.233; 9. Julien Lieber (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:55.110; 10. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:56.049.

MXGP Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 34:31.212; 2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0:20.185; 3. Clement Desalle (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:31.052; 4. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), +0:35.707; 5. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Husqvarna), +0:38.637; 6. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:39.536; 7. Romain Febvre (FRA, Yamaha), +0:40.462; 8. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +1:04.740; 9. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Suzuki), +1:08.638; 10. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Yamaha), +1:09.626.

MXGP Overall Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 50 points; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, KAW), 42 p.; 3. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 40 p.; 4. Romain Febvre (FRA, YAM), 34 p.; 5. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), 32 p.; 6. Gautier Paulin (FRA, HUS), 31 p.; 7. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 29 p.; 8. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, YAM), 26 p.; 9. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, YAM), 24 p.; 10. Maxime Desprey (FRA, KAW), 19 p.

MXGP Championship Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 191 points; 2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 181 p.; 3. Clement Desalle (BEL, KAW), 145 p.; 4. Romain Febvre (FRA, YAM), 135 p.; 5. Gautier Paulin (FRA, HUS), 129 p.; 6. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), 111 p.; 7. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, YAM), 104 p.; 8. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, YAM), 83 p.; 9. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 77 p.; 10. Julien Lieber (BEL, KAW), 72 p.

MXGP Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 200 points; 2. Kawasaki, 145 p.; 3. Yamaha, 143 p.; 4. Husqvarna, 133 p.; 5. Honda, 92 p.; 6. TM, 68 p.; 7. Suzuki, 48 p.

MX2 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing has been unstoppable so far this year and while the first 6 successful races of the season were thanks to wins Pauls Jonass, his younger teammate Jorge Prado has been on the brink of taking a GP himself.

Today the #61 took both of the MX2 FOX Holeshots and in race 1 led every lap on his way to a dominant win. Prado closest competition in race 1 came from STC Racing Husqvarna’s Henry Jacobi.

Jacobi battled to hold off Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Thomas Kjer Olsen. For the first 11 laps Jacobi was successful but Olsen finally found a way by the #29. Jonass was then the next rider to catch Jacobi but instead of being passed Jacobi dug deep and instead passed Olsen 3 laps before the finish.

Prado crossed the line 7.6 seconds ahead of Jacobi with Olsen, Jonass, and Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Thomas Covington rounding out the top 5.

Race 2 was again led by Prado from the start but Covington followed closely. Team HRC’s Calvin Vlaanderen redeemed himself after crashing out of race 1 on the start by running in third to start race 2.

Jacobi also started well and by the second lap was around Vlaanderen and into 3rd. Kemea Yamaha Official MX Team’s Vsevolod Brylyakov had a break through performance in race 2 after starting in the top five and passing both Vlaanderen and Jacobi to take over third.

Vlaanderen returned the favor of being passed to Jacobi on lap 11. On the following lap Jonass and Jacobi came together sending both riders down. Both riders however were able to get up and finish the race.

At the front Covington pressured Prado one lap after another which was to no avail until the 19th and final lap where Covington took the lead and race win in a dramatic ending. Regardless of the 2nd in race 2 Prado took his second MXGP of Trentino overall victory in 2 years over Covington and Jacobi who took his first ever MX2 podium finish.

Martin Racing’s Michelle Cervellin returned to the MX2 class at home this weekend after missing rounds 2 and 3 with a knee injury. Cervellin lives less than an hour from the Pietramurata circuit and made his hometown fans proud taking 7th overall after his 6th and 11th race finishes.

Jorge Prado commented: ‘It is good for me getting up closer to the leader in the points so it was almost a perfect weekend. Jonass is pretty strong and it wasn’t his best weekend but it is a long championship and there is still 16 races left this season’

Thomas Covington in the Press Conference: “First race was pretty decent for me. I have been struggling so far this season and that was a good ride for me. The second race I got a better start behind Prado and I really just tried to stick with him because he was riding a really good pace. I pretty much just went for it on the last few laps, a couple of times I thought I had him but finally made a pass stick on the last lap. It was an incredible race for me and one that I will always remember.”

Herny Jacobi shared his thoughts on his first Podium: I hope I can stick to this performance and continue to ride like that, I know I’m fast, I just need to finish it. In Valkenswaard I crashed and at Redsand also but I think if I find some consistency I can get some more top fives or podiums.

Pauls Jonass, keeping his red plate said: “I would say that the speed was there all weekend, like in free practice, warm up, time practice, everything went good but just didn’t get the best of starts. In a nutshell, the starts were not there, I made a couple of mistakes and crashed which summed up to going 4-9 in the races for 5th overall. Not the way we wanted the GP to go but we are going to keep working.”

MX2 Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Jorge Prado (ESP, KTM), 35:49.470; 2. Henry Jacobi (GER, Husqvarna), +0:07.613; 3. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +0:10.550; 4. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), +0:11.771; 5. Thomas Covington (USA, Husqvarna), +0:12.890; 6. Michele Cervellin (ITA, Honda), +0:18.733; 7. Jago Geerts (BEL, Yamaha), +0:30.941; 8. Davy Pootjes (NED, KTM), +0:38.538; 9. Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS, Yamaha), +0:39.870; 10. Adam Sterry (GBR, Kawasaki), +0:43.836.

MX2 Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Thomas Covington (USA, Husqvarna), 35:29.253; 2. Jorge Prado (ESP, KTM), +0:02.170; 3. Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS, Yamaha), +0:24.692; 4. Conrad Mewse (GBR, KTM), +0:30.510; 5. Calvin Vlaanderen (RSA, Honda), +0:32.592; 6. Davy Pootjes (NED, KTM), +0:37.204; 7. Ben Watson (GBR, Yamaha), +0:38.459; 8. Jed Beaton (AUS, Kawasaki), +0:41.585; 9. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), +0:57.055; 10. Henry Jacobi (GER, Husqvarna), +0:57.795.

MX2 Overall Top Ten: 1. Jorge Prado (ESP, KTM), 47 points; 2. Thomas Covington (USA, HUS), 41 p.; 3. Henry Jacobi (GER, HUS), 33 p.; 4. Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS, YAM), 32 p.; 5. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), 30 p.; 6. Davy Pootjes (NED, KTM), 28 p.; 7. Michele Cervellin (ITA, HON), 25 p.; 8. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, HUS), 25 p.; 9. Ben Watson (GBR, YAM), 24 p.; 10. Jago Geerts (BEL, YAM), 22 p.

MX2 Championship Top Ten: 1. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), 180 points; 2. Jorge Prado (ESP, KTM), 152 p.; 3. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, HUS), 145 p.; 4. Ben Watson (GBR, YAM), 105 p.; 5. Conrad Mewse (GBR, KTM), 100 p.; 6. Hunter Lawrence (AUS, HON), 99 p.; 7. Thomas Covington (USA, HUS), 91 p.; 8. Jed Beaton (AUS, KAW), 91 p.; 9. Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS, YAM), 86 p.; 10. Calvin Vlaanderen (RSA, HON), 79 p.

MX2 Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 197 points; 2. Husqvarna, 167 p.; 3. Honda, 131 p.; 4. Yamaha, 123 p.; 5. Kawasaki, 121 p.; 6. TM, 41 p.

[samobservessonic]

Tails is the ride or die best friend who’d take out an armoured guard more than twice his size to save Sonic

As if Elson’s full page spreads in fight scenes aren’t already glorious enough, get ready for a double page spread!

I’ve said this before, but I’m glad we’re at the stage where Tails is just kind of telling Sonic to cut the crap sometimes. It makes their dynamic feel a bit more even

My boy F.M.K. got crushed by a door :( 

Don’t mess with Tails

I’m sure that Sonic running out on his trial won’t end well, but it looks like this guy isn’t here to cause problems for him

So yeah, as the cover already spoiled, the Drakon Empire are fish. That’s pretty much it

Robotnik also catches up with them, but it turns out that Sonic’s in the clear! The fact that he ran out, had help and the help crushed his opponent with a door doesn’t stand against him winning his trial, apparently. Well, a win’s a win!

We end with Sonic & Tails being escorted out. But while Sonic’s situation today might be dealt with, the Drakon Empire are still aiding Robotnik and therefore it won’t be the last we see of either party

[hadesknockedupintheunderworld]

Gayass man

[samobservessonic]

We’ve definitely seen the Chemical Plant Zone be situated in the middle of countryside in other StC stories, but I’m not bothered enough about it being retconned to also be near a beach. I guess it’s just the go-to factory for when they need pollution stories

I like that they’ve got the swimmers wearing gas masks too lol

Tails is here and seems to be getting a bit more credit than usual. There was a message in the Control Zone at the start of the issue, where Megadroid said they’ve heard the great many requests for more Tails, so we’re going to be getting more of him in future

Amazing. No notes

This story was also set while Robotnik was still on Flickies’ Island. The dude’s been moving about a lot lately, so I wonder if it was awkward to keep track of where he was for the backup stories

I feel like this panel of Grimer snuggling into Robotnik’s chest while looking up at him lovingly needs to stand on its own. My challenge to Stobotnik and Eggline shippers is to draw your OTP like this, too

The badniks attack the beach, but Tails and Mr. Um Actually are here to save the day

Wait, I’m genuinely not sure if I need to explain playing conkers. Is that only a British thing or do you have that elsewhere, too?

Megadroid, you know that isn’t true Regardless, that’s all for this one! I like these short, silly stories that aren’t trying to be more than that

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Speedlines really is in the middle of the comic for the time being. Which is a shame, because I like having them to round out the issues. But for now, here’s Megadroid and this gamer shaking hands in agreement over male gaze character design

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I don’t have anything to say about this Sonic-holding-a-fish cover, except that I think it’s a bit of a spoiler. Though I feel like this issue was included in that random StC lot I bought from eBay a few months back. I really need to sort through my StCs to see which ones I have and which ones I don’t