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| Street Fighter #01 |
Story, Art, etc.Udon Entertainment
Publisher : Image
Format : Monthly comic (issue #1 released Sept 4, 2003)
Price : $2.95 |
After a long wait and much hype, the first issue of the Street Fighter
comic was released on Sept 4, 2003. What's there really to say...
it's the same old stuff. If you're any kind of fan, you know all about
the EXTREMELY (I can't stress it enough!) over-used shotoclone storyline.
There really wasn't anything new or interesting, and so far it's looking
exactly like I thought it would (but prayed that it wouldn't!). However,
in their defense, I guess they've gotta introduce new fans to the
series.
I gotta admit that the artwork is as good as it gets. They even gave
Ryu a much-needed personality! And even though they totally wrote
Birdie off as a weak goon, it was nice to see him. They really did
the best with what they tried to work with, but I hate seeing them
try to make one coherent team storyline out of Street Fighter because
that's not possible... too much has to be sacrificed to make it work.
Not even the games make it work! There's also a 4 page mini story
by Joe Mad. where the 'legendary' Ryu vs Sagat fight is stuffed into
3 seconds of reading. I'm the last person who wants to relive that
fight again, but in all honesty, it deserves a whole comic... not
4 pages.
Anyhow, I'm still scared that this comic is doomed to fail because
it looks like they're falling into the same traps as every other group
that has tried to tell the SF story... bad lead characters, old storylines,
and conflicting storylines that lead to the corruption of important
facts. I think this should have been a comic series featuring many
short storylines about all the characters. And then whenever possible,
it should cross over. Oh well... this is just the first issue... there's
no need to panic yet... let's see where they go...
Check your comic store on October 1, 2003 for issue #2. If nothing
else, it'll have a 4 page Shadowloo Cammy vs Chun Li storyline written
and drawn by one of my very favorites, Adam Warren! Go Cammy!!! ^_^
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