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| CrazyMax
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|  "Finally the SF2 comics is official"
, posted Wed 2 Apr 03:43
Courtesy of Comicon.com's the Pulse...
IMAGE COMICS TELLS THE PULSE...
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Image to Publish All-New Street Fighter series by UDON
Image Comics announced today that UDON Entertainment Corp. (AKA UDON) has obtained the license to develop comics based on Capcom's STREET FIGHTER, and Image will begin publishing the new series in September, with a special preview book available in August. STREET FIGHTER will be available in English worldwide, excluding Asia.
"We couldn't be more pleased to add STREET FIGHTER to the Image lineup," commented Image Publisher/Vice-President Jim Valentino. "What Erik Ko and his crew have done with these characters is truly stunning, and whether you're a long-time fan of the video game or you just like great-looking comics, you're going to want this book!"
STREET FIGHTER was first developed as a video game by the Japanese company Capcom and quickly became one of the most popular arcade games of the '80s. An action fighting game, STREET FIGHTER features different characters from around the world participating in a massive tournament. Each fighter has a unique history and they all have their own special moves that makes the game more exciting than the regular side scrolling shooting games that were common at the time STREET FIGHTER was first released. The game's characters have proved so popular that a number of crossover games have been published, incorporating various other popular properties, among them Marvel's X-Men and Spider-Man.
"STREET FIGHTER is a landmark in arcade and console video games," said UDON's Chief of Operations, Erik Ko. "It defines the combat fighting game genre that is still very popular nowadays. And the SF franchise is alive and well after almost 15 years, with various incarnations of the game still available in arcades and home console systems."
Ko continued: "Essentially, STREET FIGHTER is to video games what Star Wars is to film. Everyone who has played video games is familiar with STREET FIGHTER. And with various generations of the SF games available, it has created a whole universe of characters and everyone who has played the game loves at least one or two of them."
STREET FIGHTER will be written by Ken Siu-Chong, whose past credits include Marvel's Taskmaster, X-Men Unlimited, Fantastic Four and Mangaverse: Avengers Assemble. In addition to STREET FIGHTER, Siu-Chong is currently working with DC Comics on Robotech under the Wildstorm imprint.
The artwork for STREET FIGHTER will be handled by a rotating creative team that includes Alvin Lee, Arnold Tsang and Andrew Hou. Lee and Tsang will be doing the black and white art, while Tsang will also be doing colors with Hou. Lee is perhaps best known to the US comic readers through his run on Marvel's Deadpool and Agent X. Tsang is well known for his cover paintings, and has collaborated with various comics superstars, including Jim Lee, Joe Madureira, J. Scott Campbell, Michael Turner, Salvador Larocca, and Chris Bachalo. Hou is an up-and-coming colorist with credits on a number of high-profile projects, including Ultimate Daredevil & Elektra and Sentinel from Marvel Comics.
"Doing a STREET FIGHTER comic is our dream come true," enthused Ko. "We've all been highly influenced by the Capcom art style and getting involved in this project has been very exciting for us. We choose this to be our first independent project because STREET FIGHTER has such a wide array of characters, each of which are unique in his/her own way and there is just so much interesting story to tell."
Capcom is equally excited about the prospect of seeing STREET FIGHTER translated into comic book form. And according to Capcom USA Agent Marc Mostman, choosing the creators to produce the book was relatively simple:
"UDON has a great team of energetic new artists who seem destined to be the next wave of hot comic talent. They're genuine fans of Capcom and especially the STREET FIGHTER series of videogames. The product development process has been very smooth. So far, the STREET FIGHTER artwork submitted for Capcom's approval has been incredible, even the STREET FIGHTER game producers are impressed! "
Mostman also noted that Capcom was looking forward to re-introducing the world of STREET FIGHTER and its characters to the comic book medium, adding that the property's 15th anniversary is in 2004 and that UDON will help Capcom set the stage for "big plans next year."
STREET FIGHTER #1 will be available for order in the July issue of Diamond Previews and will arrive in stores in September 2003.
I'm curious as the what the big plans for next year are...
The SF2 pic colored
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| Luisinan 291th Post
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| "Re(3):Finally the SF2 comics is official" , posted Wed 2 Apr 16:39:
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I'm amazed all these US companies keep wanting to produce SF merchandise. Resaurus had their SF Toys, now a new company is making more. We have another US Street Fighter comic.
What is even funnier, can anyone honestly say SF has the popularity it used to? There hasn't been a ad for a SF, much less Capcom fighter on US television in probably 9 years. While I enjoy 2d much more, 3d fighters is where the money is at, and rarely do I run into anybody who plays Street Fighter or even knows it is still around anymore.
I see your point Mike. But on the other hand, no on knew that the new Transformers comics would be such mega hits.
I think what you have to take into account is availability and quality of the merchandise being sold. A lot of the old SF merchandise simply wasn't that good or wasn't packaged very well.
This on the other hand, looks to be a quality product. A lot of Transformers fans started buying comic books because the Dreamwave artwork was so beautiful. I see the same with this. People will want to get it because it's nice, even though they my have stopped playing the game a long time ago. Just like Transformers, old fans came back because the new comics were nice.
I really look forward to this. I hope it succeeds so that we get more SF comics. Here is a link to two pages of interior artwork. I don't know if someone has already linked to them.
SF Article
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| Luisinan 291th Post
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| "Re(1):StreetFighter has been rehashed into ob" , posted Thu 3 Apr 00:46
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I guarantee this will be their spin off version and not really follow the story line from the games. (You know what I mean. Obviously, it will still hit some of the major marks like Ryu being the main guy and Bison/Akuma being the boss etc. Don't take it badly, I like the first few original SF games. Generally speaking I like them all up to SFA2.)
I can see the problem with that. But on the flipside, Capcom has a very shallow continuity and history with SF. Just read the SF Story FAQ compiled by Tiamat to seet that. As long as they follow the general mythos and don't dramatically change the personality of the characters, they should be fine. SF2 the movie did this very well.
Writing an SF story is tough anyway. Believe me. When I heard rumors that Dreamwave was going to get the license on some Capcom property, I thought up a kick butt storyline to submit to them. It ties in the Alpha storylines with the SF3 storylines, and it even explains why Ryu and Ken had supercombos in the alpha series but not in the SF2 series (well, untill ST). If anyone wants to hear it...? I can post up a brief summary of it.
And I have no intention of writing a fanfic. I write original fiction. Just visit the link in my sig.
Luis
p.s. When the heck is the second Alpha OVA coming out! I am getting very impatient.
p.p.s. I really do hope that Capcom is planning to celebrate SF2's 15th anniversary with SF4. Maybe that's why they took a break after CvS2, cause they wanted to work extra hard on this project. I don't want to get excited but damnit, I want SF4.
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"Re(1):Finally the SF2 comics is official" 
Poppy!
"Re(2):Finally the SF2 comics is official" 
I mean, if Cammy isn't, than only one female will be in there. I'd even be happy if somehow Sakura or some other Alpha people were included, but oh well. We'll see when the comic is out. 
"Re(1):Finally the SF2 comics is official"