(From STC #50 “Captain Plunder & His Sky Pirates!” - Script and Art by Nigel Kitching, Lettering by Elitta Fell)

This whole sequence was unbelievably funny the first time I read it, I couldn’t stop laughing for absolutely ages- I had to put the comic down and come back to it later I was laughing that hard.  This story and the first Decap Attack story are among the funniest things STC ever ran; Nigel Kitching wasn’t just a masterful storyteller, he was also the master of visual gags in STC (and he still is- in a single panel he contributed to STC-O he crammed loads of sight gags and callbacks to previous strips).

(From STC #48 - Graphics Zone)

No, of course I’m not mocking children’s art, you fiends!

The Graphics Zone had a Tails theme in this issue.  So here’s Tails on a skateboard by a young Boomer.

What I’m interested in was how an STC hume evidently didn’t want there to be any copyright trouble with Nike, so added a black line to the drawing, creating the brand name of Wike.

(From STC #106 “Out of Work Hero” - Script by Lew Stringer, Pencils by Roberto Corona, Colour by Nigel Dobbyn, Lettering by Elitta Fell)

In this story, Shortfuse comes round after having been kept on emergency back-up systems after being encased in molten lava to discover Robotnik has been defeated.  Amy suggests he tries a normal job instead and this is the end result.

For some reason, I find the idea of Shortfuse selling double glazing absolutely hilarious.

(From STC #106 “Zero Zone Part 1” - Script by Lew Stringer, Pencils by Andy Pritchett, Colour by John M. Burns, Lettering by Ellie de’Ville)

I’m in a “not bad art, just hilariously funny” mood today!

(From STC #82 “Changing Times” - Script by Lew Stringer, Pencils by Carl Flint, Colour by Steve White, Lettering by Elitta Fell)

!STITNAM

And there we have it.  I think (hope!) that’s every important character in STC/STC-O history (so far).  As you can see, it’s mega huge and it took forever.  You’ll be pleased to notice none of the pictures are obscured by speech bubbles or sound effects EVEN THOUGH THE STC-O TEAM EVIDENTLY WANTED TO MAKE THAT DIFFICULT FOR ME (PLEASE STOP WITH THE MASSES OF TEXT ARGGHHH jk I love you all really).

Also, I realise Tumblr won’t display this at full size, so I also uploaded it to DeviantArt: here.

Enjoy!

Don’t worry, that’s the plan, I’m just teasing the final piece.  I’ll have it properly sized and downloadable upon completion!

And here’s the sociogram, with all the characters on it.  I just need to add a bit of text, a header and, of course, portraits of the characters (which I’m working on now).

I’m pretty sure I’ve got every recurring and notable STC character in it (from the Sonic stories, at least).  I’m also pretty sure there is no way I’m doing the pictures tonight so give it a few days!  Hooray!

After a couple of hours work today, here’s where we’re at.  75 characters to go!

(From STC #1: “The Fear Pavillion Part 1” - Script by Alan McKenzie, Art by Jon Haward, Lettering by Ellie De’Ville)

Shinobi depicted here, using the ancient ninja technique of sticking a pink feather duster between your teeth and tickling your enemies in the face with it.