It sure has been a while since we got the chance to get a new Udon Street Fighter Comic! After finishing their SF2 Turbo run, the company made the decision to cancel the monthly ongoing comics and move into more of a trade based releases. The first book to capitalize on this idea is Super Street Fighter Vol 1: New Generation.

Let’s get something straight, the book, although advertised as an anthology, presents a coherent, ongoing story that is set few years after the Street Fighter 2 Turbo comics. The anthology aspect of the book is the fact that while there is a coherent story that spans few characters and settings, each of these characters mini-storiesis drawn by different artist, while the main story (following Guile and Alex) is drawn by Chamba.  Read more...

If you have, like me, been missing some excellent Udon Street Fighter comics, then today is you lucky day, as the publisher will release Super Street Fighter Vol1  today. The book is a 144 pages long sequel to Udon’s Street Fighter 2 Turbo comics.

While the book is presented as an anthology of stories, it still has one coherent plot that will sure please Street Fighter fans.

Look forward to my, extensive review on the book in the next couple days.

Super Street Fighter Vol 1: New Generation can be purchased from amazon at a discounted price by clicking on the link below:

Over at the Comic con International 2012, Udon comics proved that they have not forgotten about their, excellent, Street Fighter comics series and they announced two news graphic novels that will sure get us, fans, pretty excited.

Before going into the books themselves, Udon announced that they will not be making monthly comics anymore, instead they will focuse on producing two graphic novels yearly that continue the story of our favorite fighters. The books will have the same format as the Ultimate Edition line, which means, larger and bigger pages.

Now onto the books themselves: the first book is coming November of this year and is titled. Super Street Fighter New Generation vol 1. check out the cover below:

Description from udon: “ UDON Comics tackles the next level of Street Fighter action with Super Street Fighter: New Generation! Fan favorites like Ryu, Sakura, Ken, and Guile are joined by newcomers Alex, Juri, Dudley, Hakan, and more for all-out excitement and pulse-pounding battles! This 144 page deluxe hardcover graphic novel hits stores in November 2012.

As we move our Street Fighter comics forward to the SF3 timeline, we’re focusing on the entire Street Fighter cast. For the first time fans will see what happens to the original Street Fighters as SF3 takes place, enriching the larger World Warrior storyline like never before.  Read more...

Street Fighter IV, the complete works, is a graphic novel translated by and published by Udon which contains all the art and work done for the SF4 series (both sf4 and ssf4) with notes from Ikeno and Ono san on almost all the art that is included. The art book is 176 pages long and contains material not found on the previous Japanese edition, like pages for the Arcade edition characters.

Here is the official description of the artbook from Udon: “ It’s STREET FIGHTER IV & SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV: OFFICIAL COMPLETE WORKS! That’s a mouthful and a half, but that’s just how big… and amazing… this new art book is! Containing all of the the official artwork for Street Fighter IV and Super Street Fighter IV as of September 2011, this includes all the original character designs, finished promotional art, the alt-costumes, and tons more! Includes commentary by SFIV producer Yoshinori Ono and SFIV character designer Ikeno! Includes additional material created after the Japanese edition of this book!

This artbook can be found in better comic book stores everywhere as of November 30th, 2011. To find a comic book store in your area, visit the Comic Shop Locator Service at http://comicshoplocator.com/.”  Read more...

Udon comics is at it again! The awesome comic book company is publishing a new Street Fighter Manga that was only known in Japan! the manga in question is a 2 part anthology book made by reknown manga artist Mami Itoh.

from udon: “Written and drawn by Mami Itou (Darkstalkers/Red Earth, ROBOT, Pilgrim Jäger), Street Fighter Gaiden spotlights the World Warriors’ adventures outside the tournament scene. The series is made up of short stories each devoted to a classic Street Fighter character. Fan-favorites like Ryu, Ken, Chun-li, and Guile each get their due, as do many other skilled fighters. Cammy teams up with Delta Red against the narcisitic Vega, T. Hawk has a desert showdown with Balrog, Fei-Long teaches everyone what it truly means to be a martial artist, and Ryu & Ken face off together against their deadliest rival – Akuma!”

The first volume of Street Fighter Gaiden will be out on comic book shelves tomorrow! Until then check out this gorgeous interior art from Volume 1:

source: Udon entertainment

Street Fighter is not only a great successful gaming series, but also a strong comic book series with actual solid continuity. As you know, the main storyline of the Street Fighter comic ended with SF2 Turbo #12, but that does not mean we are not getting any more SF comics. Contrary to that, Udon published another Street Fighter Legends 4 parts mini series, this time focusing on fan favorite Ibuki (after the 2 previous series focusing on Sakura and Chun-li).

The Ibuki mini series was written by the veteran comic book writer Jim Zubkavich and drawn by the talented Omar dogan. The last issue of the SF Legends: Ibuki came out couple weeks ago and it is time to review this mini series as a whole.

The story:

As its title implies; the Sf legends: Ibuki focuses (you guessed it right!) on Ibuki! Who is struggling to maintain a normal high school life while trying to graduate from her ninja school as well. Without spoiling the story, let’s just say that this will not be an easy task, as our ninja hero is threatened by the ferocious Geki Ninja clan, as well as her high school classmate Makoto. Throughout the series, Ibuki will need the help of her clan, her best friend Sarai, her hotheaded class mate Makoto, the African princess Elena, as well as the 100 years old hermit Oro.  Read more...