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Capcom Comics Line Planned
Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to an IGN article discussing a new range of US-bound Capcom comics. Produced by Dreamwave, who are well known for their new Transformers comics, the Capcom-licensed series will include Megaman, Darkstalkers, Maximo, Devil May Cry, and Rival Schools in the first wave, which start debuting in August. Dreamwave also has a preview gallery up on their site.
They're going to make it into a "drag-it-out battle" between the characters, rival gangs of monsters.
And they're going to explain why they have this rivalry.
Okay, great. Except...
THAT WAS THE WHOLE POINT OF THE GAME.
The game is where the ass-kicking belongs (and rightly so!). Before the game (as in this comic), there was no ass-kicking. They were getting to the ass-kicking, but rest assured, it had not come down to fisticuffs.
Just bizness, as Demitri would say.
If it doesn't involve Morrigan fucking some poor sap, and then blackmailing them (or killing them), it's not worth it. How else could she have managed to get Berial taken out so convienently! Alas, Dreanwave is too pussy to break with the Comic code, so we will have all that beautiful art by Lou Kang go to waste at the safe edge of sensuality and controversy.
So, in conclusion, American Capcom comics = Gay (at least this one).
If you want background story, download some MegaMan RPG roms and watch the Darkstalker OAVs. Oh, and Devil May Cry does not deserve to be a comic. It's such an overdone topic in that medium that it makes me want to vomit.
Christ people.
THIS THING CAN TURN ON A DIME, MACROSSZERO STYLE ALSO FUCK BETA, ~NYORON
Anyone remember the laserdisc video game Dragon's Lair? It came out in 1983, and to celebrate the 20th anniversary there's a comic book coming out.
They're a real up and coming company. They actually make comic books worth reading again. I think a lot of people got turned away from comics as it 1) became too commercial with the first few Batman and Spiderman movies, 2) They started to show off art and tout the great artists that each company had versus spending time on the plot, 3) Comic companies fell into dire straights as they fought each other trying to compete, and 4) Our generation got older.
Mind you there are a few gems of writers out there that put out consistent work. Dreamworks did a masterful job on the Transformer series, and their new line looks just as promising. Their comics have depth, and the art is vibrant like Image comics were when they first came out. However, the Dreamworks storyline actually had consistent depth. This band of characters at Dreamworks are bring an obvious asian visual flair to comics that the market is starting to pick up. We're not talking about Japanimation, but some of the chinese air brushing techniques.
...I'm not touting Dreamworks just yet, I'm surely not a great fan of the Capcom characters, but what they did best was bring back characters from the 80's (Now GI Joe, and TMNT), that I used to watch as a kid, and revitalise them for a new generation as well as bringing back people like me who are now in their 30s back into reading at least a more comic books.
Does everybody forget how screw up the US Mega Man, Darkstalkers, and Street Fighter cartoons were? They are nothing but low rating, badly written stories! Given US companies only interested in making quick cash at ANY COST, this will be nothing but another piece of trash that pollutes the comic scene. Besides, Japanese already did all that, and will do much better than any American basterdizations.
is an employee of Dreamwave or a raving fanboy.
Of course, no one will read this follow up post, and I've got Karma to burn, so I'm just going to flame on.
D4RK H0R5E 4EVA!!!!!111
Brining you only the finest.
THIS THING CAN TURN ON A DIME, MACROSSZERO STYLE ALSO FUCK BETA, ~NYORON