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Jonathan "Jon" H. Gray is an artist and compilation organizer. He used to work for the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics, which he first began working on in 2003. Nowadays, he contributes to the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series published by IDW Publishing.

History[]

Gray has created plenty of works for Archie Comics, and is mostly remembered for the first story that he drew in Sonic the Hedgehog #134. He provided the Off Panel for both Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Universe, taking the place of Steven Butler as Off Panel artist. Lamar Wells would since succeeded Gray as the Off Panel provider for the regular Sonic the Hedgehog comics.

Credits[]

Cover artwork[]

Archie Comics[]

• Sonic the Hedgehog:
  • #268 (variant cover; pencils)
• Sonic Universe:
  • #68 (variant cover; pencils)
  • #75 (variant cover 7.5; pencils)

IDW Publishing[]

• Sonic the Hedgehog
  • #1 (cover RE (Spencer's))
  • #2 (cover RI-B)
  • #6 (cover A)
  • #11 (cover A)
  • #14 (cover B)
  • #16 (cover B)
  • #18 (cover A)
  • #24 (cover A)
  • #25 (cover RI-B)
  • #27 (cover B)
  • #31 (cover B)
  • #37 (cover B)
  • #48 (cover A)
  • #50 (cover D)
• Sonic the Hedgehog: #1 5th Anniversary Edition (cover RI (50))
• Sonic the Hedgehog's 900th Adventure (cover RI (50))
• Sonic the Hedgehog: Knuckles' Greatest Hits

Writing[]

Archie Comics[]

• Sonic the Hedgehog:
  • #257-#260 (Off Panel)
  • #269-#270 (Off Panel)

Lineart[]

IDW Publishing[]

• Sonic the Hedgehog Annual:
  • 2019 ("Sonic Fan Club")
  • 2020 ("Big's Big Adventure")

Pencils[]

Archie Comics[]

• Sonic Boom (comic series):
  • #9-#11 (Off Panel)
• Sonic the Hedgehog:
  • #134 ("Home: Epilogue")
  • #138-#141 ("Return to Angel Island")
  • #144 ("Love and Loss")
  • #152 ("Sonic's Angels")
  • #192 ("Father and Son")
  • #194 ("Sleepless in Megapolis")
  • #222 (Frontispiece)
  • #229-#245 (Off Panel)
• Sonic Universe:
  • #33-#54, #75 (Off Panel)

Assistant editor[]

Archie Comics[]

• Sonic Boom (comic series):
  • #7-#11

Character designs[]

Archie Comics[]

• Frost Legion Troopers
• Flame Legion Troopers

Rejected/Discarded work[]

Archie Comics[]

• Several concept designs for characters featured in the "Return to Angel Island" arc seen in Sonic the Hedgehog #138-#141. These included designs for Lien-Da, Lara-Le, Wynmacher, Kneecaps, Remington, and an early Dr. Finitevus design with third eye.
• Original Battle Bird Armada and Bean the Dynamite designs; elements of the former were incorporated into the Armada's designs when they debuted in Sonic Universe #17-#20.

Trivia[]

• Gray has stated that his least favorite work in the Archie Comics series is "Home: Epilogue" due to him being the one who drew the infamous scene where Sally slaps Sonic.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Jonathan Gray on DeviantArt
• Jonathan Gray on Twitter
• Jonathan Gray at IDW Sonic Hub Wiki, the IDW Sonic wiki.
• Jonathan Gray at Mobius Encyclopaedia, the Archie Sonic wiki.