{"id":29335,"date":"2025-11-24T14:50:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T20:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=29335"},"modified":"2025-11-23T15:06:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T21:06:50","slug":"pellnat-stephen-mach-the-hedgehog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=29335","title":{"rendered":"Pellnat, Stephen – Mach the Hedgehog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Is there a word for the feeling you get when you realize that the comic that you randomly bought from an artist at a comics convention was, in hindsight, probably not the best choice out of their available work? Eh, probably not. It’s just that in looking up Stephen’s info for this review, his Upstate series seems like it’s much more my type of thing, especially since I have no attachment to Sonic, or even enough knowledge of the characters to get what I’m pretty sure are most of the jokes in this comic. Still, I had a good time reading it, and that ending got a legit chuckle out of me. As you may have guessed, this is kinda sorta a parody of Sonic the Hedgehog, the lead character of a series of games, comics and cartoons, but set in the far future. Sonic (Mach in this book; if there’s a character actually named Mach and I’m getting this all wrong, I’m OK with that level of ignorance) starts off this comic in a grand fight with the evil Professor, and we’re quickly made aware that this is a flashback and Mach is actually an elderly hedgehog who’s being cared for by a robot. The rest of the book is an appreciation dinner for Mach (that he wants no part in), Mach catching up with an old enemy and, like I said, one fantastic ending. If you’ve got a lot of love for this character\/series I’m sure there’s plenty here that I missed, but if you’re going into it fairly new like me there’s still funny stuff in here. $7<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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