>>40931
I was inclined to agree with your assessment, but honestly my favorite Flynn arcs are pretty self contained. Worlds Collide is almost entirely self contained, and it's the best, because it's just pure Sonic and Mega Man autism. It's all I could ever want from that crossover. Shadow Fall is basically a four issue direct sequel to Shadow the Hedgehog, it works self contained (except you should know Shadow the Hedgehog) and it's great. It was followed up by two more arcs about Eclipse, basically making a 12 issue Eclipse Saga, but that saga is pretty self contained and pretty great. I also like Scrapnik Island, which is a four issue self contained arc. And the first 12 issue story from the IDW comics was pretty awesome, too.
Now, granted, all my examples do reference the games pretty heavily, but I think that's what you should expect from a game adaptation comic. Worlds Collide is all about just having every Sonic and Mega Man character meet. The Eclipse Saga is a sequel to Shadow the Hedgehog. Scrapnik Island is a sequel to Sonic 3 & Knuckles and Sonic Advance. That first IDW arc is a direct sequel to Forces with some significant references to Heroes. But I wouldn't say this is the same as some of the old Archie lore where Flynn impressed fans by wrapping up ten year long Penders stories, or taking tons of old elements from shitty obscure comics and putting them together. All the cases I'm citing are "let's do direct sequels to plots from the games." But they're all 4 or 12 issue arcs that only really need you to know those particular games.
>>40933
I strongly agree with you about Amy. The thing is that the change was slow enough that it wasn't immediately noticed. Also, I still want to put a lot of the blame on Stanley. But Flynn is certainly not blameless. He was always a Sallyfag anyway. In the Archie comics he actually got Sonic and Sally back together even though they were broken up for years by the time he started writing. Of course this necessitates changing how Amy works in the story. It's not that I'm a SonAmy fan,
Bardonic for life, bitches, but it is that Amy is a main character and is defined by her relationship with Sonic. But Flynn and other feminists are offended by that, so they can't allow it. Sonic can't be too cool for the girl that simps for him. He has to be a loser that simps for the girl that's the real boss that the story revolves around.