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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 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.