Sonic the Comic/Trivia

• Creator Backlash: Writer Nigel Kitching has shown dislike for Amy Rose's development in the comic (which was actually due to Executive Meddling insisting on having a more suitable female role model), resenting not having the freedom to develop her and making her a Flat Character compared to her male friends.
• Executive Meddling: The reason for Amy being changed into a tomboy.
  • And the reason that the series went fully reprint.
  • Technically Amy as a tomboy was supposed to be a part of her nature in the games, but the comics emphasized it far more. It's often considered a good change. But the original writer was allowed to write the Adventure arc, so she went back to her old self. She notably didn't fight much, if at all, in that arc and mainly just comforted and gawked a lot.
    • Technically any negativity towards this direction was less towards turning her into a tomboy and more the writers were directly asked to make Amy the most mature and least flawed member of the team (and of course, completely desposing of her crush on Sonic). It's especially ironic considering how similar their original rendition of Amy was to how the games would later develop her.
• Old Shame: Mark Millar wrote the first half-dozen or so issues of STC, and for a long time he insisted that he only took the job to pay for his wedding. In this video, he apologises for inflicting his issues upon us.