@Beau Skunky  
the ones about robin and knux’s mom i didn’t know.

@OptimusPrimevil  
Not sure, though Penders is including Geoffrey & other characters who look similarto how they originally did. Even an expy of Knuckles to. (Which makes him look a bit hypocritical, as he didn’t want Sega/Archie using his characters, but feels he can use their’s & their designs in subtle ways.)
 
Though, the fault was more with Penders’ then Sega. It was more like “How did Ken hope to copyright characters behind Sega & Archie’s backs when they were originally made for their Sonic comic, and resemble Sega’s characters like Knuckles.”  
Ken trying to copyright “Knuckles’ Mother,” or “Robin Hood the Hedgehog,” is like how Chris Chan tried to do that with Sonichu.

@Beau Skunky  
art is really an acquired taste (likenesses with the old characters can’t be used because of the settlement case right?).
 
though what the heck was sega thinking using a bunch of echidnas that are too close to the stuff penders made (or did they think they own the characters anyway but changed it slightly so penders can’t get a cut?).

@OptimusPrimevil  
Back around shorly before Knuckles got his own comic, Sega basically let Ken Penders do with Knuckles what they didn’t want him to do with Sonic. Penders basically gave Knux & his people more backstory then Sonic, as a result,and lots of it.
 
Though, now they can’t use any of the old Knuckles mythos. Ken intends to continue it (or at least past his “Mobius 25 Years Later” series) in what appears to be an odd upcoming sci-fi-ish comic though… >>719017

@Beau Skunky  
is it accurate that archie comics has turned knuckles into what marvel comics did for rom:spaceknight?
 
basically the original source provided more or less a blank slate then they developed a world around that character, enough to create a rich mythology.

@OptimusPrimevil  
No clue, but they were pretty good regardless. (Though, I haven’t gotten to the second crossover yet. Shame, ‘cause I saw other Capcom & Sega series characters appear in it too.)
 
To think Nintendo turned down Archie Comics… (Years back, they tried to pitch a new comic based on their properties. Art from the pitch by Tracey Yardley can be found online featuring Mario, Kirby, and Metroid. Nintendo is notorious for turning down things like that.)
 
We could’ve had an official Sonic, Megaman, AND Mario crossover comic! (I would kill for that.)

@Beau Skunky  
how different would the megaman crossovers would’ve been without restrictions?

@OptimusPrimevil  
Indeed, it’s a shame as the comics used to have alot of freedom and fewer mandates… (Thanks, Ken Penders…) I especially find that the characters can’t change clothes, or have relatives (even Uncle Chuck & Snively are no longer relatives sense the reboot) are quite ridiculous on Sega’s part. (Especially, considering they allowed that for the “Sonic Boom” canon.) I also kinda wish they were still allowed to call Sonic’s homeworld “Mobius,” (which helped differentiate the comic canon from the game canon, something Sega originally wanted ironically) or occasionally call Eggman “Robotnik” sometimes.
 
Funny thing is… In the reprint/collection books (“Sonic Archives,” “Sonic Selects,” “Sonic Legacy,” “Knuckles Archives,” ect.) everything in the old canons is completely in tact & unchanged which may confuse newer readers.
 
Sorry, to go off on a tangent, but the comics were my favorite Sonic canon, and I’m still bummed over the Penders fiasco…  
(Admittedly, some new things in the new canon are nice though. Like the aquatic characters, and reboots of old cartoon Sonic characters like Breezie & Von Schlemmer. The pseudo-“Sonic the Fighters” adaptation story complete with introducing Honey the cat was nice too.)

@Beau Skunky  
It’ll take a penders-level fiasco for MLP to get the sonic treatment (saw some of the restrictions on tvtropes about what the comic can’t and can do. makes me wonder how they could go with that much restrictions).
 
but yeah, lots of artists have different strengths that design-accuracy never becomes a problem.

@OptimusPrimevil  
I feel the exact same way. I guess as you say fans hold fanartists and official artists to different standards. (Which I honestly feel is a li’l bit unfair.) If Jay was a fanartist, I doubt he’d get much hate.
 
Still, personally I’d find it dull if every artist drew in the show style. Fosgitt & this artist are nice change of pace. While some are good at emulating the show, but still retaining their own version of it, (like Andy Price) I kinda wish we had other artists on the comic who have more-so their own style too, but still make ‘em feel like MLP.
 
The official Sonic comic used to have many artists with different styles working on it, but nowadays they seem required to draw in a more Sega uniform style. While that’s fine (some like Yardley & Ben Bates are good at it) I kinda miss seeing the characters drawn in other ways, and in different styles.  
I just hope the backlash over Fosgitt doesn’t create a similar mandate on the MLP comic.

@Beau Skunky
 
@Mellow91
 
really confuses me to no end why some users are mad that fosgitt (and by extension other IDW artists) doesn’t follow the cartoon designs but have no problems with every other fan artist in this site whatsoever (i guess if you’re an official artist, you have to follow the original designs).

@Beau Skunky  
I’m on the fence about Fosgitt’s artwork. But yeah, I do like this unique style here

@Mellow91  
I like it, and much like Jay Fosgitt’s “controversial” art for the official comic book, it’s nice to see official artwork that doesn’t try to copy the show for once.

@RoygbivThePony  
XD  
She probably has Adagio Island instead. :P

@BlazingDazzlingDusk  
Haha XD

Dazzle island and not Adagio? Not cool.

@OptimusPrimevil  
Damn, you Michael Bay! BOOM

@Mellow91
 
@thps48
 

Fun fact, the writer of this book also wrote the “Art of Equestria” book.

@thps48  
Wow, that is a lot of explosions!  
Some bronies like explosions, right?  
Now I am all the more surprised that G1 isnt getting enough love!

In G1, Tirek explodes, Katrina falls down a crevice, Grogar explodes, Lavan explodes… I guess most of them explode. >w<
 
I never looked up Katrina’s defeat. Somepony someplace said how, but many years ago. XD

@TheOtakuX  
I dont think theres anything wrong really with G1 and such, but there are still bronies out there who stubbornly believe that it is worse than it really is when compared to G4.
 
And if you look more closely, the earliest generations did have its share of great (even dark at times) moments!  
I guess it`s a case of judging a book by its cover.

@Mellow91  
What’s wrong with previous generations? I mean, besides 3.5?

@TheOtakuX  
It may be because the artwork style is every-so-slightly reminiscent of previous generations. That doesn’t faze me, but that could be a reason why some don’t dig this

@Mellow91  
Yeah, doesn’t seem girly to me at all.