IDW Publishing and SEGA have announced that their new and upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog Comic series will begin in April 2018.

The new era of Sonic comics will be commemorated with a “4 week long event”, with the first 4 issues published within the first 4 weeks of the comic’s debut.

Both companies have also announced long time Sonic fan Ian Flynn has been roped in to write for the new Sonic comic. The team of artists who will be joining Flynn will be made public in the future.