Sonic & Mega Man: A Crossover of Epic Proportions

Sorry in advance that there will not be a Hump Day Music this week due to an announcement of epic proportions.  Crossovers are common in video games and comic books.  They answer tons of what if questions fans might have and offer an excellent chance to have the audience of one franchise be exposed to what makes another franchise so great.  Some of the most notable crossovers are Capcom's VS. Series, Super Smack Bros., Alien VS. Predator, the Mario & Sonic games and the recent Pokemon Conquest.  Just in time for the San Diego Comic Con, easily the biggest and most popular comic convention in the world, Archie Comics has announced a crossover that should get any gamer excited.  Across 12 comics, 3 series and 2 franchises, two gaming icons will join forces for the very first time next year.  Sonic the Hedgehog and Mega Man will team up in this 12 part comic event spanning Sonic, Sonic Universe and Mega Man comics.  This crossover will be handled by Ian Flynn, one of Archie's best writers, and feature the art of Patrick "SPAZ" Spaziante.  Right now, the finer details of this crossover are under lock and key, but more shall be revealed at Archie's Sonic & Mega Man panel at Comic Con this weekend.

As a big fan of both franchises, I am very excited.  I have been reading Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog comics for well over a decade and I did pick up the first seven issues of Archie's Mega Man series, so I do have a history with both series.  Personally, the Sonic comics are my favourite as they deviate from the story of the games and have it govern every story in the comics much like the Mega Man comics.  At the moment, I have not picked up a Sonic comic in months because the grocery store that I would buy my Sonic comics each and every month stopped selling them.  It is a bummer considering the series has really gotten good these last few arches.  I have not picked up a Mega Man comic because I do not like the direction Archie is taking it.  Like I mentioned before, the Mega Man comics followed the games too much with little to no deviation to create it's own identity much like the Sonic comics have.  With this crossover, I am really going to enjoy the new material for Mega Man as it will not be filler or another adaptation of a classic Mega Man game.  Also with Archie's top talents on this project, I know this crossover is in good hands.  While some might saw it is hard to this crossover working because there is not much similar between Sonic and Mega Man, some of the most unlikely crossovers are some of the best.  Just look at Pokemon Conquest for example.  Who would have thought Pokemon and Nobunaga's Ambition would ever work?  No one, but look at how great of a game it turned out to be.  We can speculate all we want, but we will not know for sure until we have the result in our hands.  Right now I just got to say,  great move Archie.  You got this fan excited.