Exterminatus Now/Headscratchers


 * IT'S THE IMPERIUM OF MAN! Seriously, this whole concept just rubs me the wrong way. I realize Furries Are Easier to Draw, but still. GAH.
 * No it's not. The entire premise is taking Sonic the Hedgehog's recent Darker and Edgier storylines and cranking it to the max. The only reason Bokurano wasn't used was because the authors probably never heard of it and if they did it was probably too obscure.
 * No, what it was was taking an Old Shame of some of the team, which was a blend of 40K and Sonic, then excising some of the Grimdark bits to make it into a more comedic thing.
 * Besides, they've pointed out both in-strip and by Word of God that it's not the actual 40K universe. Let's see... Nurgle has been replaced by Fernex, there are four good-guy gods rather than just the Emperor, and they've explicitly stated that there won't be any hamster Chapter Masters (except in one caption-contest strip, anyway).
 * It hasn't, never was, and never will be 40k with Furries. It's the bastard lovechild of two concepts that should never meet. There's a reason why it no longer exists as anything more than an extended joke between the creators any more.
 * Hang on a moment. There's adverts. On a comic that is a mishmash of two copyrighted universes. Isn't that highly illegal?
 * Parody.
 * (actual parody, for the record)
 * Ah, right. Fair enough.
 * Also I don't think that the guys ever claimed 40K or Sonic to be their own. GW or Sega going after 4 guys who're doing this for fun sounds a bit of an overreaction to me. Also, parody:)
 * As someone mentioned, actual parody isn't illegal, and while I haven't read the whole series, as far as I can tell, there are no explicit references to either universe, merely constant use of the words "heresy" and "daemon," which as far as I know, are not copyrighted terms, and the fact that it uses a similar art style to that of Sonic. And if using a similar art style to an existing franchise is enough to get you sued, then every anime studio ever is in big trouble.
 * Some locations from the Archie Sonic comics are referenced, such as Mercia (not to mention, well, Mobius itself.)
 * By Word of God, they're still not gonna try publishing it, though. If Sega's lawyers don't murder them, GW's will.
 * Why did they need to seize the payload to implicate the cult leader guy? As inquisitor expies, don't they have unlimited power to arrest and if necessary execute without trial? Or did they need it to track down other cult members?
 * They might need the paperwork to find out who the cult leader was. And some people are rich and powerful enough to be beyond even Secret Police without at least some backing.