Kiel Phegley
@kielphegley.bsky.social
Writer of comics and books for kids. Professor of Children's Literature. STRIKERS out from Lerner Books/Graphic Universe now.
Hahaha. Nice try, but it really just means I still use '90s slang because I am a 44-year-old man.
November 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Hahaha. Nice try, but it really just means I still use '90s slang because I am a 44-year-old man.
Mauro said on his timeline that he's holding the designs just in case we can use the character elsewhere. I have no control over that, obviously, but if they ever asked, I'd say yes in a heartbeat.
November 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Mauro said on his timeline that he's holding the designs just in case we can use the character elsewhere. I have no control over that, obviously, but if they ever asked, I'd say yes in a heartbeat.
This means a lot to hear!!
November 18, 2025 at 2:28 AM
This means a lot to hear!!
We were totally paid. They were extremely nice about the whole thing.
November 18, 2025 at 2:28 AM
We were totally paid. They were extremely nice about the whole thing.
Specifics are something that staffers at publishers know more than me, but comics is generally a razor-thin profit margin business, and there aren't always resources to publish every single good idea. Just one of those things!
November 18, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Specifics are something that staffers at publishers know more than me, but comics is generally a razor-thin profit margin business, and there aren't always resources to publish every single good idea. Just one of those things!
Ha! Too busy at the moment, and I'm more a print guy than a film guy, but good luck!
November 18, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Ha! Too busy at the moment, and I'm more a print guy than a film guy, but good luck!
David has the right of this. A lot of folks at comic pubs these days don't even work in the physical office, so anyone on socials likely had no idea.
I promise you the people at IDW are kind and cool and work very hard to make stories for y'all. Sega too!
I promise you the people at IDW are kind and cool and work very hard to make stories for y'all. Sega too!
November 18, 2025 at 2:25 AM
David has the right of this. A lot of folks at comic pubs these days don't even work in the physical office, so anyone on socials likely had no idea.
I promise you the people at IDW are kind and cool and work very hard to make stories for y'all. Sega too!
I promise you the people at IDW are kind and cool and work very hard to make stories for y'all. Sega too!
The story was set in the past of the IDW timeline, so it won't impact any current plans.
Doubtful it'll get revisited, but as far as I'm concerned purely as a nerd, it happened and is canon, haha.
Doubtful it'll get revisited, but as far as I'm concerned purely as a nerd, it happened and is canon, haha.
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The story was set in the past of the IDW timeline, so it won't impact any current plans.
Doubtful it'll get revisited, but as far as I'm concerned purely as a nerd, it happened and is canon, haha.
Doubtful it'll get revisited, but as far as I'm concerned purely as a nerd, it happened and is canon, haha.
You'd have to ask IDW at a con panel or one of the occasional web Q&As they do. That's beyond my purview as a freelancer. This one-shot had kind of a shaggy dog origin story that I'll probably tell on a podcast someday, tho.
November 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
You'd have to ask IDW at a con panel or one of the occasional web Q&As they do. That's beyond my purview as a freelancer. This one-shot had kind of a shaggy dog origin story that I'll probably tell on a podcast someday, tho.
I thought so too! haha
November 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I thought so too! haha
I'm working on some new ideas with IDW for next year, and I've got one AMAZING project being drawn for Penguin right now, so plenty of Sonic stuff from me in the future. Thanks for everyone's support! Sonic fans are chill people.
November 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I'm working on some new ideas with IDW for next year, and I've got one AMAZING project being drawn for Penguin right now, so plenty of Sonic stuff from me in the future. Thanks for everyone's support! Sonic fans are chill people.
Our editors at IDW were great all the way through! These things just happen sometimes in publishing, and it's crummy. I'm sorry everyone won't get to see the radical new villain we cooked up. I thought the designs were clutch.
Guess the world wasn't ready for "It's The Wicker Man but with Shadow."
Guess the world wasn't ready for "It's The Wicker Man but with Shadow."
November 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Our editors at IDW were great all the way through! These things just happen sometimes in publishing, and it's crummy. I'm sorry everyone won't get to see the radical new villain we cooked up. I thought the designs were clutch.
Guess the world wasn't ready for "It's The Wicker Man but with Shadow."
Guess the world wasn't ready for "It's The Wicker Man but with Shadow."
I honestly don't recall, even though it was a week ago! Baby brain is real over here.
November 17, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I honestly don't recall, even though it was a week ago! Baby brain is real over here.
Maybe for movie 4 it'll come together. I'm an optimist despite all of it!
November 17, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Maybe for movie 4 it'll come together. I'm an optimist despite all of it!
Man, do you have any idea how many shitty phone camera pics I've had to snap of my smudgy screen in order to complete cartoon books because I didn't know this hack?!??
November 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Man, do you have any idea how many shitty phone camera pics I've had to snap of my smudgy screen in order to complete cartoon books because I didn't know this hack?!??
This happened to me earlier this week from a post from 7 months ago, and the pure panic of “please don’t let me go viral” is incredibly disorienting.
November 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This happened to me earlier this week from a post from 7 months ago, and the pure panic of “please don’t let me go viral” is incredibly disorienting.
I had this exact comic delivered to my house via U.S. mail because my grandma bought me a subscription.
November 16, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I had this exact comic delivered to my house via U.S. mail because my grandma bought me a subscription.
See, I’d believe this except he’d never agree to do work they’d give to an intern.
November 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
See, I’d believe this except he’d never agree to do work they’d give to an intern.