I signed off of Twitter this past Friday, September 15, with intentions of picking up on Saturday, September 16. That didn’t happen as I was dealing with a number of items – some of a personal nature, some not – and it wasn’t until tonight, Tuesday, September 19, that I was able to sit down and resume what I intended.
As of now, this website will be the main source of any and all information with regards to my upcoming projects, particularly THE LARA-SU CHRONICLES. If you have a question, here’s the place to bring it up. You can always check in with my therealkenpenders account on both Threads and Instagram, but the info will always originate here first.
The piece of art immediately below is a great example. This is something I would’ve posted on Twitter, but I want to use this to make a statement that will no longer happen. If Elon Musk orders all accounts not in use to be pulled – including mine – that’s not a loss where I’m concerned.
The panel above is a scene from THE LARA-SU CHRONICLES: SHATTERED TOMORROWS, and while the character of High Councilor Devan is making the point that life will never be the same and there’s no going back for the Echydn’yas, the same could also apply for those hoping what once was could someday be restored in the future.
The characters I created for the series SONIC THE HEDGEHOG, KNUCKLES THE ECHIDNA and PRINCESS SALLY published by Archie Comics are moving forward with their adventures. THE LARA-SU CHRONICLES: BEGINNINGS makes that abundantly clear as it collects the entire MOBIUS: 25 YEARS LATER saga and heads into totally uncharted territory. There will be no crossovers with SEGA or licensing deals with Paramount or Netflix. Nor will I be seeking any connection with IDW to tie what I’m doing with anything they have planned.
While I will respond to people asking questions about the stories I created or what happened behind-the-scenes during my Archie days, my focus will be on what I’m working on now and in the future. If I were tempted to do anything with IDW, it would on STAR TREK, not SONIC. But even that’s not in the cards as I’m not interested in signing away the rights to anything I create to another company. If someone wants to license my characters, that’s another story. (And for those interested, unless events take a different course, I will entertain offers to license the character Scourge starting November 1, 2023.)
While I’m working to finish up the material to complete THE LARA-SU CHRONICLES: BEGINNINGS, I’m also working to transition all the material currently on display here on kenpenders.com over to thelara-suchronicles.com as that site will be the permanent home to all things Lara-Su and company.
This website will soon shift to focusing on my broader body of work beyond what I did for Archie Comics. Pictured below is a prototype of the new homepage.
Among the exhibits will be samples I submitted while breaking into the comics industry, work I did for various publishers, storyboards for film projects that never got off the ground, and eventually new work featuring my creation THE LOST ONES.
Initially there will be a behind the scenes look at the making of the film I directed, THE REPUBLIC. Eventually I intend to make it available for sale via digital download, but I don’t discount the possibility of making it available on a Blu-ray disc.
That’s it for now. I’ll be back in a day or so with more. I do check everyday to see if I need to respond to anyone posting a query or a comment. Thanks for checking in.
I noticed that the Lara-Su Chronicles: Beginnings book is now listed as $49.99 instead of the previously advertised $35.99. Was this a deliberate price increase, or an accident?
THE LARA-SU CHRONICLES: BEGINNINGS hardcover collection has always been priced at $35.99. I’m not sure what you saw, but I checked the links and all I found was the $35.99 price. If one wants their copy personalized – Example: To Comilla – that’s an additional $5.00, with the cost of shipping in the US ONLY $10.00, making for a total of $50.99 if one goes that route. Overseas shipping costs to a number of locations is already provided if one checks the CHANGE ADDRESS box when going to pay. I am committed to the prices as listed and will not change a thing even if any cost incurred on my end increases between now and the book’s release. That’s a promise.
Right. Must’ve just been a website flub. Thanks for clearing things up!
Anytime. I’d rather people ask questions than settle for misinformation.
I’m so happy to see you moving forward in your projects, up to and including watching the wonderful characters you created go beyond Sonic! Each of them are so full of potential, most of which would be wasted being tied down to the bottom-line of another company’s franchise.
Though my Sonic comic reading has become more sparse as of late, my interest in following the The Lara-Su Chronicles graphic novels has remained as enthusiastic as ever. Looking forward to what comes next!
Felicia, I appreciate your comments very much and sincrely hope I do justice to your expectations where THE LARA-SU CHRONICLES is concerned. The only difference between what I’m doing now and what I did before is that I don’t have Archie and/or SEGA to answer to. It wasn’t that they directed what I should or could do, but what I couldn’t do, which I never knew until I turned in the stories and heard back what they didn’t like. One thing made clear to me over the years is that the fans loved the characters more than Archie or SEGA did.
You may reboot Scourge?