Sonic and the Social Network
April 15th, 2009
It seems like our Black Doom Awards are fertile grounds for comic ideas! Obviously, Ray’s Black Doom Award this week was the inspiration for the comic. It was fun to think through what Sonic’s page would really look like if he were real (sorry Ray, he’s not), although Ray would probably agree here that this was harder than we thought it would be.
Well, it certainly didn’t help that I was trying to set up my new computer while doing this comic, and going to Facebook for research reasons would get me distracted every single time…
Funny, but there’s a glaring error. Where’s Rouge? XD
Actually, something else to say, I love these sort of comics, because there’s all sorts of subtle details that make it funny, things like Black Doom posting at an hour that doesn’t even exist (if you wanted to do a real time, you should’ve done 4:44, that’s apparently Japan’s 13), and Sonic’s notes.
And y’know, I was complaining about Rouge, but Tails isn’t even there. XD
Haha, nice. Oh Sonic’s facebook page, it is so messed up. I like how you added your podcast as a post by dooms eye. 862 pictures? Did you just put that or is that really how many screenshots there are on his facebook? Shadow should have said “LETS GET MOVING”, though i doubt you guys played 06. Chip should have said “Want some chocolate?”
I have a lot of comments on this one…umm…how exactly is that Tikal? Does she do some teleport-y thingy that I’m not aware of?
It’s a spoiler of sorts from ‘Sonic Adventure.’ Remember those glowing orbs you touched for help? Remember the voice?
NCG, I love this one! Awesome subtle details and it really looks like Facebook. Keep it up, 2P Start is just as good as it’s always been. (If not better 🙂
This is great! Good attention to detail guys! One of my favorite comics so far.
That I came across this comic via Facebook made it even funnier. I was clicking on the ‘Show Older Posts’ link until I remembered that it was just a static image. Then I was sad…
Oh, and I love that Chip uses all capital letters.
This is BY FAR on of the BEST comics I have seen on this site, hands down!!
10/10
NCG!
Great Job!
I love it!
From now on, every time I say “this comic used to be good”, know that THIS comic is what I’m referencing!
PS. I like how Sonic is contemplating suicide on Monday, and by Wednesday Chip is telling Sonic to Jump! XD
Vaguely. It’s been a while since I played it, and I only played it once. But I know enough of what you’re talking about to get it.
Every time I scroll up, I notice another joke. Fantastic job!
On a separate note, I think this comic accurately depicts the current state of Sonic the Hedgehog.
I don’t appreciate you throwing omochao and Tikal in with those other people >_> . Anyway, nice recovery from last week XP
6:66? What the hell? Oh great. You broke the space time continuum. Looks like reality’s gonna end now
*Shloooooooooooooooooooooooorp!*
There we go. Right on time
Very nicely done. Now I’m just worried that with every new post, there’s a joke I missed.
AWESOME!!! Facebook Comic! Love this! 😀 😀 😀
– Self-referential comic is it? Black Doom’s talking about your podcasts now? 🙂
– Why does sonic have a Pokemon application bookmarked on his bar? 😀
– And why is the “Just Friends” button “Just Classic Friends”?
– You forgot ads! You could have totally made some really amusing ads, like advertising the latest Mario game! 😀
– Oh yeah, and last I knew you couldn’t make a transparent profile picture. Believe me, if I could, I would. 🙁
AWESOME COMIC GUYS!!! PRESS “A” BUTTON TO JUMP!!!
He got hooked while in Brawl.
Helps filter out many of the new characters that really mean nothing to him.
Thought about it – but our comic was limited to this width. I had to squeeze what I could in already.
It is possible – in a way. At one point I made an image that included the background, then made sure it lined up correctly once uploaded. Sonic’s sly like that too – so I’m sure that’s what he did.
I think that this is a great comic. Honestly, it’s been said, but it warrents being said again. it is the specific attention to detail that really makes these kinds of comics funny. Its the little things, like what sonic is currently listening to, and snively Kintobor that really made me laugh.
Great work guys, in fact so good, that I won’t hide my comment behind a bunch of anagramed letters!
Nice way to approach an video game based comic.
It did not make me laugh, but at least i grinned for a moment 😀
Guess thats because im not really into this facebook stuff.
I hope nobody comes up with a Twitter Mario Cross Over, wehre tweets that he is on shrooms right now 😀
See u next week, keep the good work.
GREAT comic guys! One of my favorites in a while. 🙂 The detail is fantastic- I can tell a lot of work was put into it. I can only imagine how Ray must have struggled to not be distracted by the allure of Facebook 😀
AMAZING!!! Great Comic!
so many jokes into one! I loved the insane amount of sidekicks instead of friends. and the notes im going back to my roots and the Just Kidding, this time im really going back to my roots.
This is a great comic! It looks exactly like a facebook page! But there’s just one more thing I would have done to make it funnier . . .
Under the friend’s list, I would have put Ray as one of Sonic’s friends! 😛
All I have to say is….this comic use to be good….
…But now it’s great! (Mwhahahaahahahaha, I’m sure to get comment of the week with this!)
Haha, good comic this week guys. I found the Chip’s similar stories particularly funny.
Really, out of all 307501 sidekicks, only 16 are online? I find that hard to believe…
Anyways, nice comic! I loved this one, and all the small details you put into it like Kintobor liking Eggman’s post.
But there’s no new Banner yet 🙁 Oh well, the comic was still great and I’m sure there will be a banner soon.
*Ignore the “the” in front of “Chip’s”. I’m a moron.
Why does Robotnik use “Eggman” as his name on Facebook instead of “Dr. Ivo Robotnick” or “Dr. [first name] Kintober”
Also, I am pretty sure that Snivly was never given a last name considering that Kintober was Robotnik’s last name (before the fateful day when the tremor in the Earth disturbed the chaos emeralds, fusing their energies with Dr. Kintober and a half eaten egg, thus changing him into his current shape and somehow changing his name).
Here’s one for yah,
HEY PEOPLE LOOKING AT THIS PAGE, CLICK THE RED BUTTON IN THE TOP-LEFT CORNER TO STOP YOUR EYES FROM BLEEDING.
This comic is hilarious!!! Keep ’em comin’!!
CKcheeseboy likes this.
I like all the subtler jokes, like “6:66” and “7 similar stories”.
This was hilarious, I was on Facebook at the time when I read this, and I actually laughed out loud. There were more than 10 jokes on this, and I was looking around for ages. My favorite was the Shadow joke. You grasped him perfectly.
Awesome Comic Guys! When I first saw this, I thought it was a popup or something. 😛 All the small jokes and references make this comic one of my favorites.
Here is the 2pstart that I love. Thanks for the great comic. The joke is much better than the last comic. So I can safely throw away my comment from last week.
Wow, If you just replaced my mom and her friends with Sonic and his hanger-ons and we’d have an almost perfect match…. Exept for black doom wanting to kill Tim and Ray…
hmmm… Kill Tim and Ray?
Hey, Anyone want to take this Opportunity up? I feel a mutiny coming on..
🙂
Avast!, I Shall protect them!
Ha, I love the amount of detail in this one. Great job guys!
Too lazy to log in…
I can see Sonic uses that popular pokemon application. or is it really Ray?
Epic. Great job guys. I love all the little jokes in it.
*****
Great comic, I love all the hints everywhere makes me laugh at the number of sidekicks!
Haha is he going to his home page? 😛
You are missing his name next to settings, but that would have taken too much space….
Oh is that Safari Beta? I haven’t bothered to DL that yet :S
Don’t recognize the top right.
When I read this… I had 16 friends online too O_O.
Anyways, LOVE this one 😀 hehe
Snively- Nice nod there. But where’s Sally? I think we all know she should be there somewhere… 😉
Answers! Wow! Thanks Ray! 😀
Um, I’ll have to side with zijjh with this one. After such an AWESOME comic, there’s no way we’re mutiny-ing (or maybe it’s coup-ing) against Tim and Ray! We’ll protect you Tim and Ray from Black Doom’s insidious neuro-serum that freezes you in place but still allows you to speak even though you can’t move your mouth! And from coup stagings! 😀
As opposed to having original art and not simply being a Photoshopped screenshot of a massively popular website?
Hah, somebody had to be the critic this time. 😛
Of course, I’m joking. Parodies are my favorite!
http://nemesis.hacking-cult.org/MegaDrive/Documentation/Sonic/SonicBible.pdf
Seems like no better time then to post this, haha.
Great comic guys, and thanks for getting back to my emails the other day.
Nice! I was half expecting Chip to chime in for a third time =]
Wait, you mean he’s not?
OMG I LUVVEE THE BANNER, BEST EVA!!
FYI Woot for first post [spoiler]about the banner o_o[/spoiler]
I noticed the “2P” on the banner too! Hahaha
This specific one is one of my favorites now, I bet there will be copycats springing up everywhere soon.
(I just rose from my grave) ^_^
wow, just truly wow. Keep up the great work
As a huge sonic fan, i find it kinda sad that there’s a facebook page SEGA put up… WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM! HE USED TO BE SO AWESOME! C’MON RAY, YOU PROBABLY AGREE! Where did it all go…. 🙁
Yeah, I don’t get the logo. I saw it awhile ago, but…yeah. Probably because I don’t have a facebook. XD
So Ray IS the second player! Now that you mention it, With Tim’s actually running the website and he writes the comics, all Ray does is draw the comic…
I call third player!
Am I the only one who actually gets it…
It’s the bubble that pops up when you get a new announcement on Facebook.
Ahh. Thought so but just wasn’t sure
Ooh, I’m dying to ‘like’ Sonic’s status.
Wait, if Tikal is a ghost, then how is there a picture of her… PARADOX (Even when i dont know what that is exactly)
you made a mistake with the site’s URL. facebook.com/home goes to the homepage, while this is a profile, and would usually have a different URL
Well, the loading circle is going, so he is obviously navigating to the homepage, but it hasn’t loaded anything yet…
Yeah, lets go with that…
Just Love it!!!!
I detect a comment of the week coming…
Wtf? How did that first quote get in there?
…You figured it out…
…You see, the reason why Sonic hasn’t been having good games lately is because he’s too busy playing Pokemon and drawing comics…
…That’s right. Sonic is really…RAY HARGRAVES!
…You figured it out…
…You see, the reason why Sonic hasn’t been having good games lately is because he’s too busy playing Pokemon and drawing comics…
…That’s right. Sonic is really…RAY HARGRAVES!
*crowd gasps*
*dramatic music begins*
NCG! Every piece of text in the comic is hilarious!
BTW: I wrote this comment on my DSi!
Brilliant
Good Job. Have fun playing for less time while I play Ds and gba games for longer. Also a question (srsly) how many megapixels is the camera.
Why doesn’t this comic show up on the archives, or have a name at the page title?
I dont really know how many MP it is, but the 0.3 MP seems about right. I think the picture quality fine though. I never really play gba games anymore, so it doesn’t bother me,i can play them on my old GBA if i want, and SD cardsupport & DSi ware is worth the trade in.
Sonic uses Facebook AND a mac?!?!? It all finally makes sense!
Is the fact that the poison gas was invisible the thing your gonna make fun of from Shadow? That’s possible. What about the fact that it paralyzes everyone, but in the next scene they can all give you helpful words of encouragement? Because everyone knows that when you talk, you don’t use any muscles whatsoever.
Press the “A” button to jump!
Anti spam
Can I keep this up jumping? Press the “A” button to jump!
Press the “A” button to jump!
Press the “A” button to jump!
Press the “A” button to jump!
Press the “A” button to jump!
Press the “A” button to jump!
OMG amazing. 😀 Totally great.
I’m not sure if he’s gonna get yelled at, or get comment of the week. Although I think he’s a little late for mention in the podcast, though.
Still awesome, however.
Just listening to the podcast, and I have to say I assumed at first that Tim, with all of his l33t html skills, just locally saved the html and stylesheets of your facebook page, swapped out the text and images in the html and was done with it. Sounds like poor Ray had to spend a long time on the photoshop (which is very convincing!).
I also note that true to his word in the Lame Show, is using Safari 4. =)
If this were the forums, I’d be all over his case on spamming. But this is Tim and Ray’s territory.
Why does it say “In a relationship with Princess Elise”?
Also, sorry to say it, but I’m not really impressed with the Marine picture. You can only see half of her face!
It was the only relationship Sonic’s had that could truly make people groan. So I figured why not bring it back?
This was done on purpose to mimic Facebook’s style of choosing a small area of someone’s main profile as their mini icon – even if it’s not centered
6:66 could just be in metric time.
Secondly, this comic is perfect apart from the fact that you used Safari.
HEY SONIC PRESS THE ‘A’ BUTTON TO JUMP!
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I gotta see this page. Can someone provide a link, please?
I couldn’t find it by searching Facebook.
Oh yeah, and Charmy’s name is “Charmy Bee,” not “Charmy the Bee.”
*Intense nerdy anger*
What is this I don’t even…………
This would’ve been better if Eggman’s comment was PINGAS!