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Published: 2014-11-19 20:08:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 140758; Favourites: 1481; Downloads: 451
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Okay, this news is over two years old, but I only found out about it recently. Back in October 1999, Archie published Sonic Super Special #11, featuring the short story "Ascension" in which Sally undresses and merges with the Source of All to uncover her destiny like her father before her. When this story was reprinted in May 2012 in Sonic Select #5, Archie had taken a firmer stance on Sally's nudity and edited the pages so that she's wearing her vest. In fact, the vest is still coloured blue in the sepia panels as if to say, "Yes! She's got her vest on, readers!"I discovered this by accident when I came across Sonic Select #5 in a comic shop and immediately spotted the change. My initial reaction was incredulous. Was this really necessary? It's not as if the vest really covers up Sally, but for some reason Archie believes this small item of clothing makes the comic more kid-friendly. I guess you could say this was a precursor to Sally's more conservative redesign after "Worlds Collide". So what do you think? Do you agree that the edit was for the best, or do you prefer the uncut version of "Ascension"? You can see a collage of the changes below.
Also, I've decided to share the inked version in case anyone wants to get some colouring practice with this. Feel free to have a go!
(I wonder if drawing Elias means I'll be sued...)
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Because they make the men look like silly cartoons but give the girls hips and curves.Β
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....Seriously? 
I'll keep my original version where Sally has to expose herself directly to the enchanted pool of the magical golden splendor of her family's history and dignity, thank you.
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Oh my god I can see...absolutely nothing! Call the police for indecent exposure!
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elias : before you go in sister put your vest on we don't want soccer moms to complain about you being fully nude them and the bloody fcc
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It's a cartoon chipmunk. Archie is being ridiculous. Her being "nude" during this scene make more sense than her having clothes.
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/facepalm
goddamn censorship
i had the original too lying around somewhere
i remember it very well XD
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Man am I glad I still have the original. While I wasn't aware of the later censorship (and I certainly wasn't surprised by it), the main thing I remember about the story was the guest artwork by Jim Valentino. The fact that he ended up drawing Sally and Elias with near-human proportions helped convince me that letting spandex-and-steroid superhero artists try and draw Sonic and company (who are furries) is a really bad idea.
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That's odd. When you reviewed that issue, you gave Jim Valentino's art a rather glowing score of 8/10.
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When I said that the main thing I remembered about it was the artwork, that wasn't necessarily a 10-out-of-10 compliment. It was professional-grade work but still was all wrong for a furry book. And art is the weakest link for me when evaluating comics; I'm all about the story.
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wait....she's naked? jk I thought the first print was fine. didn't freak me out and I was in 5th grade when it came out...i think. man back then Sonic was everything to me! but nice work!Β
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To be blunt, I really don't care. Sonic actually just wears a pair of gloves and shoes. Logic like this doesn't matter to me as long as story is good.
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This is hilarious! She can meet with Donald Duck and they can share the experience together XD
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.... Considering Sonic gets to strut around neaked this is ridiculous.
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If you think this is ridiculous, just wait until she starts streaking....
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So in Archie's mind, a coat is the difference between nudity and being fully clothed ?
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actually the fact that old Sally design is "half-naked" isnt useful anymore XD why? i was reading information about Sticks of Sonic Boom and there is a policy that states that the female sonic characters standards are to not have underwear (that applies for mobians because i dont think they could have so many perversion if they leave the human characters such as Elise without underwear but who knows?) so dressed characters such as Amy and Rouge have this standards so the same goes to Sally old design.
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So...what, Sally, Rouge, Amy and the other are all going commando?
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if commando means no underwear then yes XD
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That is exactly what Going Commando means. XD
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im saying they are perverts by doing that XD
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Not really. They're animals. There's no sexual connotations involved. There are even African human tribes who are basically naked and we don't admonish them for not having clothes, because their culture doesn't have the "naked = sexual" stigma the Western world seems to have. Also, back in the 90's and earlier, anthros could go about sans clothes without people getting their underwear in a knot over it. Fifi Le Fume from Tiny Toons, for instance, was an amorous skunkette, who served as pupil under mentor Pepe Le Pew, and despite being a girl, she was the only Toonette (the others being Babs Bunny and Shirley Le Loon) to typically forgo clothes. It didn't help that Kath Soucie (who voiced Sally Acorn and N.I.C.O.L.E on SatAM) voiced her using a sultry Frenglish (French+English) accent, nor the fact that, as Pepe's pupil, Fifi chased boys and men in the same manner that Pepe chased cat Penelope. Oddly enough, it was neat freak Hampton J. Pig who didn't mind Fifi's natural odor and ended up being her canon boyfriend in the show (after episodes showing Fifi chasing after Furball and Calamity Coyote, the respective pupils of Sylvester and Will E. Coyote), per the "Prom-ise Her Anything" episode. To this day, some Muppets go without articles of clothing (for example, Kermit the Frog goes about without clothes - unless he's in his "Sesame Street News" news reporter outfit, his sailor suit if he's Muppet Babies [ www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR_hpd⦠]-age, or some other outfit befitting the story being told, such as his Captain Smollett outfit from Muppet Treasure Island [ www.youtube.com/watch?v=czkiRL⦠] - and the Fraggle Rock Fraggles of both genders go without pants (in the following link, they are singing their theme with with Ben Folds and Anna Kendrick: vid8.photobucket.com/albums/a2⦠).
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i was actually kidding, i know your point and thanks for the info
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I don't hate sally's new look in Archie comics but I did like the old one too. I think there should be more female characters which are not covered in clothes. I think it's ridiculous because most of the boys are not wearing clothes...
Β Anyway I have seen pictures of people commenting about 'naked' sonic girls but you created this in a totally different way which makes this more eye-catching and interesting! For example, I like the fact that the scene here is related to the comic pages in the background and this also looks funny and awkward! 
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I don't get why they did that. She already has fur it's not like you see some big boobs or something.
Any I don't understand at all why the colors are altered more. The original seems much prettier
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Careful, Penders may sue you over drawing one of his creations =/
Still, love this pic and all it entails, a fave from me <3
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Penders better back off before Fair Use comes in the house.
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Like 4kids anime it was unnecessary you can still see everything even with the vest on.Β
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Awesome! Β I loved how you made Sally and Elias here!Β Amazing job!Β
I don't care about the naked Mobians,Β actually I think pretty cool. (although a vest makes not much difference) XD
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All I have to say is I used to have the original comic as a kid and I thought absolutely nothing of it, I think keeping her vest on is just a tad ridiculous...
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Not only are you going to get sued but you're also going to jail.
I agree that giving her the vest in the story is silly. It's very badly edited in color wise.
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seeing her in the vest without shoes in that style is so weird.
(you'll only get sued if you don't put "copyright Ken Penders" on your work or something)
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I'll be damned if I write that. It would vindicate Penders' poisonous lawsuit.
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technically archie sued him.
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Love the pic.
I think censoring Sally with just the vest in this is facepalm-worthy, largely because it doesn't cover much, and so what was the point? And to color the vest blue in the all-sepia-toned panels was just moronic, because it breaks the whole "flashback" thing that sepia generally indicates.
As for Sally's "nudity" in general, I just always assumed that, as an anthropomorphic animal, she had fur. Probably reasonably thick fur compared to the other female Mobians (especially the ones who got their origin in games), thus requiring less clothing. At least, that's my headcanon and I'm sticking to it.
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I noticed that too - I'm glad to see someone addressing it!
"Hey, that fur-covered anthropomorphic animal that normally wears absolutely minimal clothing isn't wearing anything this time! Even though nothing needs to be censored and it'll only look silly on someone entering a pool, let's put her vest on, so ridiculously prudish people uncomfortable with the full female form will be satisfied!"
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Yeah that is kind of rediculous that they felt the need to put a vest on her there.Β But at least in inspired this amusing image.Β Plus I have all the originals so I don't need their shameful reprints.
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No, this meaningless censorship and murder of the characters in the original universe is utterly unacceptable.
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No, you can't be sued. Thanks for drawing him, miss the lost characters.
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The vest does seem unnecessary.Β I honestly think people over-react to stuff like that.Β After all, kids are smarter than what adults think.
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Yay! I was making a bet with myself, wondering if this submission would get one hundred comments within twenty-four hours. Your reply crossed that threshold with twenty minutes to spare. Thanks, luv.
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Haha, cool.Β Glad I could achieve that goal for ya.
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I think the vest ruins the moment. It's to strong of a color compared to the surroundings, your eyes go right to it instead of what the scene's suppose to be focused on.
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If you ask me it makes no sense. I mean, She only wears a vest and boots. Like Hershey, only she wears an ascot too until later comics when she's wearing a full body suit. What difference does it make? They're animals, not people and they don't even have anything to cover. Why make the changes? You don't see them putting any of the guys in clothes.
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It's one of those cases where making an issue out of it actually *creates* controversy.
She wasn't nude until they told her to put clothes on.
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On the other hand, does removing Antoine's uniform mean he was overdressed?
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The censorship was REALLY unnecessary because the original looked a bit legit since she's pretty much swimming.Β
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