

My editors at Archie also gave me a chance to start writing, and when IDW began making Sonic comics, I came along for the ride. But I ended up getting an e-mail from the editor at the time asking if I'd like to try doing some freelance illustration work for him! Naturally, I jumped at the chance, and I've been working as a freelance cartoonist ever since. It was just for fun - I thought that maybe it'd get printed in the letters section, and that would be nice. When I was 18, I sent some fan art to the official Sonic the Hedgehog comic series, published by Archie Comics at the time. I discovered a passion for making comics that's shaped my personal and professional life ever since. I found a thriving community of other fan artists making Sonic comics online, which inspired me to start my own. The games themselves were good but what really got me hooked was when I started doodling the characters in my sketchbook the pure joy of teaching myself cartooning via Sonic set my brain on fire and catapulted me headfirst into learning everything I could about the Sonic series. Evan Stanley: I started playing Sonic games around 2005 when my big brother brought home an old Sega Genesis along with Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
