Hey guys, yet another text wall. BRACE YOURSELF.

So first off hope y'all got some laughs from "$eG@!" For those who didn't already know, it was an April Fools joke that Corinne and I came up with a long time ago mainly based off of Chris Thorndyke's obsession with Sonic the Hedgehog. It started with the brokeback spin on Sonic X Episode 1's final scene, then I came up with the whole deal about the different versions of Sonic waking up and having other characters in bed with him etc.

Tossed in Knuckles dancing, gotta few other ideas from the likes of CZ and Cailen and threw the whole thing together in about a week and a half. It was fun to do, Tom was gracious enough to slap it up there on the front page even though it didn't coincide incredibly with their April Foolks joke this year, BUT it did better than expected so it was kept on the front page a bit longer than just April Fools Day. So no, obviously we're not doing a full-fledged SEGA/Sonic themed collab, but this'll have to do.
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Funnily enough I've been on a bit of a Sonic kick these past couple weeks since I began working on $eG@!, as I've inadvertedly reminded myself that I love Sonic Adventure 2 and that was the game that got me interested in the character and franchise again after years of having no new Sonic stuff (on my end) since the Genesis/Megadrive games. But yeah!

In the midst of this, good bud Psyguy, who by the way is open for casting in other flash cartoons in case you guys happen to be looking for voices (wink-wink), is now going to be doing his own flash series called "That's My Sonic" (yes, the name's based on the ol' sprite comic of the same name) where essentially all of us hopped on Skype and make some silly chatter (in-character of course) after which he animated us AS various Sonic characters. He'll be doing full episodes once we have everything figured out, of which I'm really lookin' forward to. I'm set to voice Shadow, plus various members of the Parody Rangers cast will be involved as well. More stuff from that'll surely come up over the summer.

While TMS is Psy's pet project that I'm glad to be part of, we also came up with a joint-project that I think Parody Rangers fans'll really get a kick out of. Those've you who remember the original 2nd Episode of Rangers, in which Renaldo had a fantasy scene about having his own set of Power Rangers based after himself; this joke will basically be getting a spin-off short all about the "Supah Crazy-Ass Renaldo Rangers!". We sat down and wrote the script together, s'about 3-4 minutes (probably less) and Psy's commissioned me to do the animation for it. This little extra bit we're doing all on our own and isn't part of the whole sponsorship deal with the Feature Movie, but I think you guys'll gets more than a few laughs out of it. The animation process hasn't started just yet, but look out for it within the next month or two.
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Renaldo Rangers' progress hasn't started just yet since I'm currently still working hard on my coloring job for that indie-film, plus I'm happy to say that "There Was This One Time" is VERY close to coming out! The coloring process (ironically) for that cartoon is over halfway through as I'm striving to polish this up as much as I can. By the end of April it should be all done. I'm incredibly proud of how it's turned out so far and this is one project I'm hoping to get as much feedback and critique on as I can get. I'll make another announcement about it later on.
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Last but not least, I wanna say thanks, actually! I won't bore you guys with the drama-filled details but the last few weeks have been a bit of an emotional roller coaster for me and I've had to deal with a lot issues and problems going on i my life that've given me endless amounts of confusion. It's at this time that I'm very glad that I have my family, my closest friends both online and off that I can really trust and depend on in weird times like this, not to mention that you guys, despite honestly not knowing me incredibly well as a person and just by my work are nice enough to leave comments, send messages, write reviews or even just WATCH my stupid crap that I draw on a computer screen every once in a while. "Fandom" is typically a concept that bothers me and I'm very shakey about, especially when it applies to myself outside and in. Regardless, I truly appreciate you all who've stuck with me and enjoyed my work...hell, even the people who DON'T. At least ya took the time (I'm assuming) to check it out and form an opinion about it in the first place. So for all the support, in whatever way you've given it, I appreciate the thoughts and hope you'll continue to do so. I've still got tons of plans and stuff to give back to the viewers, the community, my fellow artists and just Newgrounds in general.

WHOOSH.