![]() Today, that number rarely escapes the single digits. One moderator, who’s been around the subreddit since its heyday but asks to stay anonymous, sheepishly shared with me a spreadsheet from 2014, in which the team logged over 1,000 total “mod actions” in a month. The mod team reports a few posts per week, the majority of which are reposts from rage comics that were drawn up six or seven years ago, but there’s the occasional scrap of original content that filters through the front door every blue moon. The inscription enshrined in the sidebar sums up the fruits of their labor nicely: “It’s still alive! Kinda…” The front page of r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu, taken on July 30, 2019. The subreddit will never resemble its former glory, but at the very least, it serves as a decent, well-curated tomb. Together, they purged the trolls and returned r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu to its intended state a place to post rage comics without a shred of irony. When they obliged, and he became a moderator, he went ahead and modded me.” “I got in contact with him, and then eventually in contact with Reddit officials requesting to give him modship. I can’t remember exactly what he said, but he’d express a desire to bring back law and order to the subreddit,” remembers Chase, when I interview him over Discord. “Upon discovering what was left of my favorite subreddit - decrepit, defunct, rampant with trolls - I stumbled upon a user in the comments sections of various posts. Chase spent most of his middle school years laughing at rage comics, so it was heartbreaking to find the subreddit left for dead, a feeding ground for those who’d wish to tarnish its memory. The front page was turned into a wasteland of low-effort posts, often completely unrelated to the titular comic format, each equipped with comment sections stuffed with juvenile bickering. As rage comics had slowly dissipated from internet culture, a roving band of shitposters had moved in to squat on the bones of a dead meme. That puts it above r/halo, r/doctorwho, r/adventuretime, and dozens of other vibrant fan communities on the site.īut when Chase, an 18-year-old from the Midwest, returned to the subreddit last year, he found it in disarray. The epicenter for rage comics, one of the defining fixtures of Reddit’s native language, stands tall with 852,000 members. It has also been clarified that characters and events introduced at Archie Comics will not be included in the new ongoing series.By sheer numbers, r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu will always be one of the most populated forums on the internet. IDW has stated that the new series will be more closely tied to the plot of the video games, with the first story "Fallout" taking place immediately after the events of the game Sonic Forces. Sonic the Hedgehog #1 debuts this week and the series will be published weekly for all of April with a total of four issues being released before settling into a monthly schedule. The new series is prepared to be a starting point for new fans, even with a familiar voice still working behind the scenes. Artist Tyson Hesse, another longtime contributor to the franchise, will also join Flynn. They also announced that longtime writer Ian Flynn would remain on the new series - for now - guaranteeing a continuity to tone and style. Given the extensive history between Archie Comics and Sega, it came as a surprise when it was announced in July 2017 that IDW Publishing would be creating a new series of Sonic-related material. It also officially rebooted Sonic continuity. It's an incredibly fun story that ties all of the best characters and elements of these two video game franchises into a coherent universe. "Worlds Collide": The very first crossover between the Sonic and Mega Man franchises took place in Sonic the Hedgehog #248-251, Sonic Universe #51-54, and Mega Man #24-27. The series also crossed over with Mega Man, another video game-inspired series written by Flynn that began in 2011. ![]() Both Sonic Universe and Knuckles the Echidna focused on supporting characters and their stories. Sonic the Hedgehog has been accompanied by a variety of other ongoing series throughout its history. Only key characters from the video game and those created by Flynn remained, avoiding any potential legal problems in the future. ![]() And so, Flynn rebooted all of Sonic continuity in Sonic the Hedgehog #248. While various characters' and stories' legal status became unclear, there was a decision to reboot the series while at Archie Comics. This has led to subsequent suits and counter-suits, also involving video game producers EA and Sega. In January 2009, former series writer Ken Penders filed a lawsuit against Archie Comics attempting to copyright his various creations while working at the publisher. As any reader of long ongoing series from other publishers like Marvel Comics or DC Comics knows, that amount of time can lead to some confusing elements.
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