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| Omar 264th Post
 
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|  "Re(4):Street Fighter Comic 7 page preview"
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Well, reading comicbookresources.com found that Kia Asamiya is also doing a cover and a back up story. Also, Kia is legendary, heheh
This must be a good thing (tm)
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STREET FIGHTER #3
(W) Ken Siu-Chong
(A) Alvin Lee, Arnold Tsang, and Andrew Hou
(Cover A) Alvin Lee & Ramil Sunga
(Cover B) Kia Asamiya
(Cover C - Jo Chen (please inquire about pricing)
FC 32 pp $2.95 Monthly ongoing series
In stores the week of November 5th.
RETAILERS: See order form for incentive program.
NOTE: For every 10 copies (any combination) ordered and received of Street Fighter #3 (Lee or Asamiya covers), retailers will receive 1 free copy of the Street Fighter Chen Cvr #3 for free).
THE CONCEPT:
From every corner of the world, martial artists, boxers, wrestlers and fighters of every conceivable sort perform superhuman acts on their willing (or unwilling) participation in the Street Fighter Tournament-the contest being hosted by M. Bison, the sadistic dictator and leader of the underground Shadaloo criminal organization. Some contestants fight for reasons as diverse as their nationalities... some fight for money, answers, or vengeance, while others fight for reasons completely shrouded in mystery.
Street Fighter, the legendary franchise that revolutionized gaming and entertained players and fans for over a decade with its unforgettable cast of World Warriors, finally hits the printed page with every pulse-pounding Dragon Punch and bone-crushing Sonic Boom intact, just like it was meant to be!
THIS ISSUE:
"Deadly Pasts."
Ryu is confronted and taunted by Master Gouken's murderer in the dark forest surrounding the dojo. Meanwhile, Ken and his wife, Eliza, is unknowingly placed directly in harm's way when Vega, one of Bison's most sadistic right-hand-men, decides to use them to get to Ryu. Chun-Li and Guile, also on Ryu's trail to discover what Bison's interest in him could possibly be, arrive in Japan. But their investigation is abruptly interrupted when a ghost from Guile's past re-emerges.
PLUS! Legendary X-Men artist and Japanese Maga Superstar Kia Asamiya contributes an explosive backup story taken from Ryu and Ken's old training days!
"Nothing suits better than a dead man's shirt"
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| Dash no Chris
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| "Re(1):Street Fighter Comic 7 page preview" , posted Thu 21 Aug 12:43
Thanks for the link, Omar!
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There is a preview page on Maduiera's back up story about Ryu and Sagat's legendary fight. Well two things about it: (a) they are fighting inside a building and (b) Ryu has a red headband. Capcom was never clear on where Ryu defeated Sagat (although Sagat's SF1 stage was in front of some building/dojo if I remember correctly)-- nonetheless I always found the grassland setting from SF2-The Movie and SFA2 stage was cool and sort of the definitive place for the Ryu/Sagat fight. So what I'm trying to say is that I'm a bit disappointed that it's not there. Second, more obvious thing is that Ryu shouldn't have a red headband yet (Ryu gets the red handband after SFA2 which occurs after the Ryu/Sagat fight).
And thanks for getting the nitpick ball rolling, Luisinan -- I was a little hesitant to be the first.
Throughout the SF series, the background stages for Sagat and Adon are usually centered around various structures in the Ayutaya area of Thailand (http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Campus/9369/ayuta.html). The books I've got indicate that the grassland setting at the beginning of the Street Fighter II theatrical anime film is located in Thailand, but nothing more specific than that (and the lack of physical landmarks in both the anime and game versions of this location make it difficult to pin down). I'd prefer to have seen the grassland stage rather than the building interior that Udon is using, but if I had my druthers they'd have gone with Sagat's original SF1 background location. Similarly, I agree that they should've gone with the white headband, a la SF1. Frankly, I'd like to see Ryu's SF1 design emulated in this scene, right down to the red shoes and reddish-brown hair. Okay, the shoes might look a little silly, but I'd like to have seen just a little more auburn in his hair here. Still, I do like the technical execution of the artwork on this page -- nice feeling of physical impact in that last frame.
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Do you know if this version will use the US or the Japanese names for characters?
Not surprisingly, yes it will (on that note, you'll forgive me in advance if I refer to the characters by their Japanese names, but that's how I've known them for the last 10+ years -- old habits, and all). But if they're going to insist that "Nash" is Charlie's last name, I'd've preferred it if his dogtags said "Charles" (I doubt the name on his birth certificate is Charlie).
I'm not too crazy about Nash's death scene just yet. I'm hoping the writers will give us more glimpses into the events that led Nash to his death at Vega's hand -- perhaps doling out these glimpses a scrap at a time, over the course of the series. According to Guile's office scene, he doesn't yet know what happened on Nash's last mission -- I'd like to see the reader discover the details as Guile uncovers them (as he retraces Nash's footsteps, perhaps he'll find some clues intentionally left by his friend, etc.). On the subject of that Guile scene, I think the combination of the tanktop and the office looks a bit silly. If he's in his office, I'd expect him to be in standard Air Force uniform (Guile's going to be wearing that tanktop in just about every fight he'll have, anyway). I just hate to see a missed opportunity to draw an SF character in something other than his usual attire.
Touching on Nash's death again, the presence of all four of the Shadoloo Shiten'nou in that scene really makes me curious as to how Nash got himself into that jam. He's always been depicted as intelligent, so I find it difficult to imagine him taking on all four of them at once. I'd like to see Nash a bit more torn up in that first panel, too. Maybe I've been reading too many Nagai Gou and Urushihara Satoshi manga, but the perfect clothing and single trickle of blood just aren't doing it for me. I do, however, like the two closeup frames of Vega's face as he kills Nash (just wish he hadn't already been smiling at the top of the page...).
The spelling of certain words and names in this comic was something I was interested in seeing. Unfortunately, some of the spellings being used aren't exactly the ones I'd have chosen. For example, I don't care for the spelling "Shadaloo." In Japanese, the name is phonetically rendered as "shadoruu" -- which I'd always romanized as "Shadoloo" (this spelling was also used by White Wolf in their "Street Fighter: The Storytelling Game" line -- one of the few bits of SF canon I thought WW got right...). Other interpretations can be found in different SF media. For example, Masaomi Kanzaki's "Street Fighter II RYU" manga [Tokuma Shoten] spells the name "SHADOLL" (although the furigana next to it indicate that it's still pronounced "shadoruu"). "SHADOLL" was used a few years later in Baba Yasushi's "Street Fighter II V Retsuden Shouryuu Souha" manga [Koudansha]. The Street Fighter II theatrical anime film used the spelling "Shadowlaw," and this spelling popped up in one or two other properties afterward. Prior to CAPCOM vs SNK, "shadoruu" had not appeared in English in Japanese editions of the SF games (if memory serves). Most English editions of these games (as translated by CAPCOM USA) used the spelling "Shadaloo" when it appeared in ending text, etc., but I've never cared for this spelling since it was used in the live-action Street Fighter movie and since I think CAPCOM USA doesn't know shit about their own properties. In CVS however, the name "SHADOLOO" appears center-screen during the opening animation of Vega's stage. I remember being very glad that CAPCOM (of Japan) had finally used and English spelling of this name in one of their games, and that it was the spelling that I preferred. Long story short: I'm disappointed that Udon went with "Shadaloo."
I'm also unhappy to see Hadouken rendered as "Hadoken." When written in hiragana, Hadouken uses 5 characters:
はどうけん
ha - do - u - ken
(the "u" serves to lengthen the "o" sound of the "do" syllable)
Now, I realize that many Japanese will drop the "u" in long "o" and "u" sounds found in their own names when writing them in English (for example, "Tarou" and "Ryuuichi" might be rendered as "Taro" and "Ryuichi"), but I've never agreed with this practice. I prefer to have every single syllable represented when a word/name is romanized, as it allows non-Japanese speakers to come closer to an accurate pronunciation. Therefore, I was hoping we'd be seeing "Hadouken" and "Shouryuuken" in Udon's new series, but it looks like we'll get the shortened versions instead (can't wait to see what happens with Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku). Then again, I'm just glad that they're even attempting to use the Japanese technique names -- the phrase "pulse-pounding Dragon Punch" the first post of the aforelinked thread had me worried that we were going to see a repeat of the "Fireball! Fireball! Dragon Punch!" lameness that was the Malibu SF comic.
I'm not quite sure how I feel about Gouken's death (and his assailant) not being seen firsthand by Ryu and Ken. I'm probably just used to various Japanese manga depictions of this event, in which Ken and Ryu are always present. Curious to see where they go with this one.
As far as technical/artistic execution goes, however, I do like what I'm seeing so far.
--Chris
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| Luisinan 406th Post
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| "Re(7):Street Fighter Comic 7 page preview" , posted Thu 21 Aug 19:24
Hey Chris, keep nit picking for us! It would be cool if you did reviews after each issue came out. I'll probably enjoy the series even if they change the story so much so that Ryu and Bison become brothers, but nonetheless I want to see where UDON deviates from SF canon.
Here's a detail that you and I both missed: According to Tiamat's SF Plot Guide, Ken witnessed Gouken's death. That is real SF history, according to Capcom documents and sources. Just a little nitpick there cause in SF #0 Ryu is the one to discover Gouken dead and he tells Ken about it (kinda like in the SFA OVA).
Now that I think of it, Guile's tanktop in the office scene is kinda weird and Charlie getting killed without being bruised/bloody is also a bit weird. More importantly, isn't it a bit odd that Bison already has his three grandmasters/lords/generals alongside him when he kills Charlie. In SFA Bison is barely starting to gather his Shadolaw generals (Balrog/Vega/Sagat)-- this is also during the time when he kills Charlie.
What I think is going to happen, and I'm not to happy about, is that Udon is going to scrap the SF1 and SFA storylines and just go straight into SF2. That is, SF2 starts immediately after Gouken's death. I get this impression from the materials that have been shown so far and from the writer's own words. The writer told me (at San Diego Comic-con) that the first year of the comic book would be a build up to the SF2 tournament. Well, SF #0 has Gouken's death and that book leads into the ongoing series. Oh oh! I don't think this is a good continuity short cut they are taking.
Nit picks aside, I still enjoy what they are doing. Keep up the good work Udon- even if I don't agree with all of it.
Bored? "160"
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| Dash no Chris
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| "Re(3):Wow!" , posted Fri 22 Aug 07:58
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I used to have an issue of an SF Manga where Ryu enters the SF2 tournament to save a restaurant. It was clearly an imported translated manga. I've also seen a few doujins around. But UDON's comic is the one that is really getting me hyped up.
Ah -- what you had was the colorized (and censored) English-language adaptation of Kanzaki Masaomi's "Street Fighter II RYU" (published by Tokuma Shoten, distributed by Viz). Here's a link to an auction for the Japanese volumes of this series:
http://page4.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/d33497291
Three volumes were published in Japan. The original story arc makes up the first two volumes, while the follow-up story (never published in English) is volume 3. Oh, yeah -- here's Kanzaki's official website:
http://www.masaomi-kanzaki.com/
I highly recommend the works of Nakahira Masahiko (official homepage "Nakahira Works": http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/~n-masahiko /). His CAPCOM-based manga are:
Super Street Fighter II Cammy Gaiden
http://page4.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/d37913876
(originally published in Shounen Sunday by Shougakukan [not Shinseisha, as the abovelinked auction would indicate], this manga was published in English by Viz [first in their short-lived Game On! USA magazine, then as a trade paperback])
Street Fighter ZERO Vols. 1-2
http://page4.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/d37590578
(originally published in Gamest magazine by Shinseisha)
Sakura Ganbaru Vols. 1-2
http://page3.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/c43179415
(originally published in Comic Gamest [Shinseisha's monthly game-based manga magazine])
Street Fighter III RYU FINAL -Tatakai no saki ni- Vols. 1-2
(originally published in Gamest magazine by Shinseisha)
I'd also point you toward Itou Mami's manga, Super Street Fighter II X Gaiden. Unfortunately, I don't have a link for this manga, but here's an auction for Maleficarum, a collection of Itou's Vampire Hunter and Warzard short manga stories:
http://page3.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/c37077882
I was also quite taken with Baba Yasushi's 3-vol. manga series, Street Fighter II V Retsuden Shouryuu Souha. I really disliked the SFIIV tv anime series, but Baba's manga has almost nothing to do with it. He did some really cool stuff with this manga -- completely non-canonical, but I wish his work could've been the basis for the tv series. Here's his homepage, btw:
http://hyper3.amuser-net.ne.jp/~fudousin/
And as long as I'm linking to auctions, here are a few for "Mine's Original Game Comics Vol. 13: Street Fighter ZERO 2 Book" by Yoshizaki Mine (creator of Arcade Gamer Fubuki, and character designer for Shichinin no Nana [Nana Seven of Seven]). This doujinshi was published in 1996 -- good stuff:
http://page4.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/d36406295
http://page6.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/f5597019
http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e29505966
Here's his official website (give it a moment to go from index1 to index2):
http://mnet.nicomi.com/
And here's one last doujinshi auction I ran across while collecting those links. I don't know which irks me more -- the title of the book ("assh-ole-buddy" -- it's a Ryu and Ken yaoi doujinshi) or the English "special moves" listed on the cover (Dragon Punch, Fireball, Hurricane Kick, Air Hurricane Kick). : )
http://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/59388009
--Chris
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| CrazyMax 293th Post
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| "Re(1):Street Fighter Comic 4 page exclusive" , posted Fri 22 Aug 13:52
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"Hot on the heels of the news that the first printing of issue #1 has already sold out before arriving in stores, Image and UDON have provided Newsarama with a meaty preview of Street Fighter #1.
As the publisher has announced, a second printing is already underway of the first issue, with second printings of #1 arriving in stores on September 10th, one week after the first printing arrives."
http://newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5247
Looks amazing, in my opinion. My memories of the awful Malibu comic is gone.
For those of you who get Gamepro free, you're in luck. For the rest of us, a gut churning experience awaits. Last issue Gamepro had a sketchbook of sorts for the Street Fighter comic, the latest issue comes with a forgettable four page exclusive story.
It's basically Sagat whining about losing to Ryu and what happens if he sees him again. But if any of you are trying to become completists with this new series, you may want to check it out.
Man, did it 'hurt' to buy another copy of Gamepro. Two in a row. My first gamepros in I don't know how many years now! Sheesh!
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| TiamatRoar 467th Post
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| "Re(6):Udon PM reply" , posted Tue 2 Sep 23:11
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I remember Gen and Lee where the China fighters... Birdie and Eagle where the England fighters... USA had Mike Bison and some other guy... Japan had that ninja guy. (supposedly related to Ibuki) And... Thailand had Adon and Sagat.
Can anyone fill in the gaps that I'm missing here?
Ryu was the 1P character. Ken was 2P character for VS matches.
Japan:
Geki: Not much info on him. There is no official statement whatsoever that he is related to Ibuki (that rumour started because of a ninja that looks like Geki in Ibuki's background. However, that ninja has an official name and it's NOT Geki)
Retsu: He beat up Dan once for some unknown reason and there's an official art of that. He's also a good friend of Gouken.
China:
Gen: Eh, you all know Gen.
Lee: Officially related to Yun and Yang, but not stated to be their father (and probably isn't, since if he were, it'd be stated instead of the official statement being that he's just "related" to Yun and Yang. ...some people said it says he's their uncle, which would make sense). Not much else I know about him.
USA
Joe: Nothing much, really. Though Cody in SFA3 fights like Joe. Wonder if Capcom was thinking of having Joe in SFA3 instead or just got lazy with Cody's moves.
Mike: Considering the conflicting reports I've gotten from various people, all of whom I trust, I'm not touching the Mike = or != M. Bison issue with a 10 foot pole anymore-_-
England
Eagle: He is NOT a member of MI6.
Birdie: He's white because he was sick ^_~
Thailand
Adon: Not much more I can say.
Sagat: Ditto.
http://db.gamefaqs.com/coinop/misc/file/street_fighter_plot.txt
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| RSJ 767th Post
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| "Re(7):Udon PM reply" , posted Wed 3 Sep 11:54
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I remember Gen and Lee where the China fighters... Birdie and Eagle where the England fighters... USA had Mike Bison and some other guy... Japan had that ninja guy. (supposedly related to Ibuki) And... Thailand had Adon and Sagat.
Can anyone fill in the gaps that I'm missing here?
Ryu was the 1P character. Ken was 2P character for VS matches.
Japan:
Geki: Not much info on him. There is no official statement whatsoever that he is related to Ibuki (that rumour started because of a ninja that looks like Geki in Ibuki's background. However, that ninja has an official name and it's NOT Geki)
Retsu: He beat up Dan once for some unknown reason and there's an official art of that. He's also a good friend of Gouken.
China:
Gen: Eh, you all know Gen.
Lee: Officially related to Yun and Yang, but not stated to be their father (and probably isn't, since if he were, it'd be stated instead of the official statement being that he's just "related" to Yun and Yang. ...some people said it says he's their uncle, which would make sense). Not much else I know about him.
USA
Joe: Nothing much, really. Though Cody in SFA3 fights like Joe. Wonder if Capcom was thinking of having Joe in SFA3 instead or just got lazy with Cody's moves.
Mike: Considering the conflicting reports I've gotten from various people, all of whom I trust, I'm not touching the Mike = or != M. Bison issue with a 10 foot pole anymore-_-
England
Eagle: He is NOT a member of MI6.
Birdie: He's white because he was sick ^_~
Thailand
Adon: Not much more I can say.
Sagat: Ditto.
Thanks alot, that really fills in the gaps for me!
Although, I'd love to see this Dan vs Retsu thing... finding info on this part of the series is REALLY alot of trouble for an avarage shmuck like me.
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| Sano
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| "This book will rule!" , posted Wed 3 Sep 12:20
You can see Ryu give Sagat the Scar in SNH Ryu's SFZ3 ending. No background shown, however.
Dash - Yeah, I remember the SF2V Manga SNH Ryu was completely bad Ass! Regular Ryu was shown drowning in his subconscious, as SNH Ryu patted Ryu on the shoulder and took over! SNH Ryu could heal himself, punched a cyborg/clone baddie as "Ki Dragons" flew out of the baddie because of the punch and he obliterated the baddie with a one handed Fireball! A saw this SNH Ryu before I saw Nakahira's and before he was in the game and I'll never forget it!
Itoh Mami, Nakahira, Kanzaki. etc. - SF's had great Manga talent behind it! Weither or not Studio Udon can surpass these guys remains to be seen, but the Computer colors make the book so beautiful and they actual care, listen and talk to us fans so it has a good shot! All comics are delayed in NYC today until tomorrow because of Labor day, so I have to wait until tomorrow to pick up my Preorders but I literally can't wait! SF#0 was so beautifully done it just got me excited about the book!
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