Background Pony #9907
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And who knows how long the Sonic comics would have lasted if it wasn't for all the lawsuits.
For those that don't know Ken Penders, a former writer for the comic, decided to sue the comic for continuing to use the characters he created even though everyone signed a contract that gave Sega ownership of any characters created for the comic.
Archie lost their copy in a fire or something and naturally Ken Penders pretended to have not signed such a thing (after years of admitting that he did). The lawsuit went on for years and resulted in the comic having to be rebooted to remove certain characters. Then later on Ken Penders encouraged another former writer to sue Archie/Sega (this time over royalties with the reprinted issues).
This was the last straw for Sega and when it came time to renew the comic license with Archie, they chose not to renew it and insteadhgave the license to IDW.
And who knows how long the Sonic comics would have lasted if it wasn't for all the lawsuits.
For those that don't know Ken Penders, a former writer for the comic, decided to sue the comic for continuing to use the characters he created even though everyone signed a contract that gave Sega ownership of any characters created for the comic.
Archie lost their copy in a fire or something and naturally Ken Penders pretended to have not signed such a thing (after years of admitting that he did). The lawsuit went on for years and resulted in the comic having to be rebooted to remove certain characters. Then later on Ken Penders encouraged another former writer to sue Archie/Sega (this time over royalties with the reprinted issues).
This was the last straw for Sega and when it came time to renew the comic license with Archie, they chose not to renew it and instead