Saturday, 22 November 2025

Sonic The Comic - Re-Illustated!

Back in the 1990s I was a writer for several years on Fleetway's Sonic The Comic, creating new adventures for Sonic the Hedgehog including coming up with new villains and co-stars. It was a very popular comic at the time, with a loyal fanbase, and now some of those skilled fans are creating their own Sonic adventures. 

The latest publication, Sonic The Comic Reillustrated No.5, came as a pleasant surprise as the issue is a tribute to my career! Almost 50 of those talented artists have re-illustrated a story I wrote in their own styles. It features the origin of Shortfuse the Cybernik, a character of mine that was a favourite with the readers, and now they've reimagined the saga for this edition. 


Each panel of the ten page story is drawn by a different artist and they've all done a fantastic job! 


The back of the issue includes a feature on various characters I created, plus fan art and a letters page with reader's memories of my STC strips. 

I was totally stunned by this warm, heartfelt tribute and it really means a great deal to me that they've invested their time and talents. It's a very slick and professional production too! My thanks to the editors Angelbless and Kathy Murdoch and each and every contributor! 

You can download a copy of Sonic The Comic Reillustated No.5 yourselves entirely free at this link:

https://stcr.nevira.net/stcr05.html 

 

6 comments:

STC Reillustrated said...

We're all delighted that you like it, Lew! And by the way, our designer usually runs off a few physical copies as a treat for contributors too, so if you'd like a hard copy do let us know how to get in touch to sort out sending one to you :)
- Kathy

John Davidson said...

Hope you enjoyed my extra shiny Shortfuse! 😁

Lew Stringer said...

Yes please, Kathy. Message me on Instagram or Bluesky or wherever and I'll send you my address.

Lew Stringer said...

It looks great, John! You all did fantastic work.

McSCOTTY said...

That's a great thing that these guys have done to honour your work Lew. You must be rightly chuffed

Lew Stringer said...

I certainly am, Paul. It was such a nice thing for them to do.