>Penders wrote for Archie, liked to insert OCs and stories that barely fit Sonic
>After years, Sega and new Archie editors crack down on him
>Penders quits, or so he says, thinking he's hot shit and Archie would beg him to come back
>Archie Sonic gets by fine without him
>A lot better in fact according to the fanbase
>Gets salty about it for years
>Sonic Chronicles is released
>Have some characters that seem to have been inspired by his OCs, which were never really his to begin with, though the resemblance is superficial at best
>Ken finds out that, due to Archie's incompetense, he can claim ownership of his OCs
>Decides to copyright them to make his own series, and sues Sega
>Archie sues him for threatening them with a cease and desist for using his OCs
>Archie v Penders drags for months due to lack of evidence. Archie claims the original contracts were lost in an office fire.
>Case is dropped, Ken keeps his OCs, but must redesign them so they don't look like Sonics
>Penders v Sega is dropped, he had no grounds
>Despite his "victory" against Archie, Ken is still salty, keeps trying to bring Sega to court and failing
>Meanwhile, he hasn't made any substantial progress on his book in over six years, outside of some infamous redesigns
>He just spends his days on twitter complaining about Trump or acting like an authority on Sonic
