This Sunday evening in Toronto, UDON and The Beguiling are throwing a bash to celebrate the softcover release of Street Fighter Tribute

WHEN: Sunday Sept. 28 starting at 6pm
WHERE: The Beguiling- 601 Markham Street, Toronto, ON, Canada

DETAILS:
The official TRIBUTE launch party will feature over a dozen artists and authors signing and sketching for fans, including acclaimed Toronto comics creators Cameron Stewart, Scott Hepburn, Alex Milne, Arthur Dela Cruz, Eric Kim and UDON creators and staff including Alvin Lee, Omar Dogan, Joe Ng, Christine Choi, Eric Vedder, Joe Vriens, Matt Moylan, Jim Zubkavich, Saejin Oh and many more! It’s going to be the biggest gathering of artists represented in the TRIBUTE book all in one spot.

Bring your comics, RPG books, video games - anything you want signed by the artists, or you can purchase books, comics, posters and prints at the party and get them signed on the spot.

The STREET FIGHTER: TRIBUTE LAUNCH PARTY will also feature a Street Fighter video game tournament (with prizes provided by UDON), and the evening will be capped off by a Street Fighter-inspired musical performance by Toronto rockers MACKENZIE KING (formerly known as OPG).

The STREET FIGHTER: TRIBUTE LAUNCH PARTY starts at 6PM at The Beguiling, 601 Markham Street, just around the corner from Honest Ed’s. The Street Fighter II tournament will take place beginning at 7PM at The Plum Room of Rocco’s Plum Tomato (just across the street from The Beguiling). MACKENZIE KING will play Street Fighter theme songs at The Central (right next to The Beguiling) beginning at 9PM.

All events are appropriate for all ages, and are completely free to attend.

For more information, visit:
Street Fighter Tribute Launch Party page
Tribute Party Facebook Event page
Tribute Party PDF

Street Fighter II Turbo #2
Story: Ken Siu-Chong
Art: Jeffrey “Chamba” Cruz and Joe Ng
On sale: November 2008
Synopsys:
Kick it into turbo! Cammy’s back in the employ of would-be-dictator M.Bison, but who’s side is she really on? Has her deadly Killer Bee persona returned, or has she decided on her own that Bison is leading the winning team? Plus Ryu faces ghosts of his past, present, and possibly even his future! Also in this issue, a bonus back-up story featuring the secret origin of Abel from the all-new Street Fighter IV!

The Darkstalkers™ are the things that go bump in the night! From ghoulish monsters and sexy seductresses, to deadly hunters and ancient evils, Darkstalkers features one of the most diverse casts of any videogame series, and is among Capcom®’s most beloved properties. 

Now you can see all the artwork that went into tis fan-favorite monster-brawler with the Darkstalkers Graphic File art book. Within are character profiles, production artwork, unused character designs, move charts, gameplay techniques, character endings and much more.

Eagle One Media has teamed up with UDON and Capcom to realease UDON’s Street Fighter comic series as animated comic DVDs. The DVD version of the series will add animation, voice-over, sound, music, and special effects, to bring to you a non-stop entertaining anime/animation-style feature length film that simply plays on your DVD player. First up is UDON’s iniital 6-issue Street Fighter arc - “Round One: Fight!”

See Eagle One Media’s full press release for more details. 

And if you still have read Street Fighter Vol.1 in print form, pick it up now from amazon.com!

Street Fighter comics have returned! Street Fighter Remix #0 is now available in comic shops everywhere,so head on over to your local retailer and pick up your copy!

Street Fighter Remix #0 Features 3 all-new stories leading into our 3 upcoming comic series: Street Fighter II Turbo, Street Fighter Legends: Chun-Li, and Street Fighter III !

And once you’re done with SF Remix #0(and have of course told all your friends how much you loved it!), look for Street Fighter II Turbo #1 just around the corner, arriving in October! And it will be followed by at least 1 new Street Fighter comic every month. We hope you all agree that it’s great to to have SF comics back!

UDON gave two new interviews recently about the new Street fighter II Turbo comic series and other upcoming Street Fighter projects. Each features exclusive artwork and details on the new comics and plotlines, so you’ll want to check them book out:

ComicBookResources.com interview (with Ken Siu-Chong & Jeffery “Chamba” Cruz)
IGN inteview (with Ken Siu-Chong & Matt Moylan)

Street Fighter® is back! After a nearly two-year absence from monthly comics, UDON is bringing Capcom®’s Street Fighter video game franchise back to the four-color page. The new Street Fighter comics begin this August with Street Fighter® Remix #0, a one-shot prelude issue featuring three all-new stories, each of which leads into a new UDON comic book series. 

The first of these stories is Street Fighter® II Turbo, with art by the ultra-dynamic Jeffrey “Chamba” Cruz (Sinbad: Rogue of Mars). Continuing UDON’s core Street Fighter storyline begun in the studio’s previous Street Fighter and Street Fighter II comics, Turbo brings the world’s fiercest fighters together for what might be the most important tournament of their lives. And with M. Bison running the show, you know the stakes will be high! 

Next up, UDON makes its first venture into the world of Street Fighter® III in a story drawn by Joe Ng (Transformers, Red Sonja). Featuring a whole new cast of characters including burly pro-wrestler Alex, the towering giant Hugo, and sexy she-ninja Ibuki, Street Fighter III fast-forwards to several years after the Street Fighter tournament. Plus, alongside the original Street Fighter III cast, you’ll also find out what some classic Street Fighter characters are up to in this new Street Fighter era. 

The final Remix story is a lead-in to the 4-issue Street Fighter Legends: Chun-Li mini-series, focusing on the early exploits of Street Fighter’s loveliest female fighter. Long time UDON artist Omar Dogan (Street Fighter Legends: Sakura, Robotech) brings to life the adventures of a young Chun-Li, freshly recruited into the ranks of Interpol. The series will reveal for the first time the tragic events that sent Chun-Li on a collision course with the evil Shadaloo organization, as well as fill in the histories of several other important Street Fighter characters. 

Between the upcoming live-action Street Fighter™: Legend of Chun-Li film and the new Street Fighter® IV and Super Street Fighter® II Turbo HD Remix video games, this fan-favorite fighting game property has never been hotter. Street Fighter’s 20^th anniversary begins with the comics, as Street Fighter Remix #0 arrives at comic shops everywhere August 27, 2008.

STREET FIGHTER REMIX #0
Release Date:   August 27, 2008
32pp   Full Colour   $3.95 US
Diamond #:   JUN084287

To celebrate Street Fighter’s 20th anniversary, we’ve made sure all of UDON’s Street Fighter trade paperbacks are back in print. Not only that, but the new printings of Street Fighter Vol 1-3 also feature special foil covers, just like the recently released Vol.4 TPB! They make a great addition to any Street Fighter collection. All 4 volumes of Street Fighter are available now.

And, just so no book feels left out, we’ve also given the foil treatment to the new printing of the Darkstlakers Vol.1 TPB. We’ve also increased the paper quality from earlier printings for a thicker book and truer colours. This titles has been out of printing for a while, and is one of our most asked about books. Now everyone can enjoy Darkstalkers Vol.1 in this handsome collected edition.

Street Fighter Vol 1: Round One: Fight!
ISBN: 978-0-9738652-0-2    Order now from:     AMAZON     BARNES&NOBLE    TOWER

Street Fighter Vol.2: The New Challengers
ISBN:  978-0-9738652-7-1    Order now from:     AMAZON     BARNES&NOBLE  

Street Fighter Vol.3: Fighter’s Destiny
ISBN:  978-0-9738652-8-8    Order now from:     AMAZON     BARNES&NOBLE     TOWER

Street Fighter Vol.4: Bonus Stage
ISBN:  978-1-897376-00-3    Order now from:     AMAZON     BARNES&NOBLE     TOWER

Darkstalkers Vol.1: Rise of the Dark Ones
ISBN:  978-1-932796-34-6     Order now from:     AMAZON   

This past weekend at the 2007 New York Anime Festival UDON unveiled a swath of exciting announcements to a room full of thrilled anime and comic book fans. Just in time for Street Fighter’s 20^th anniversary (highlighted by the all-new Street Fighter IV video game and the upcoming live action movie), UDON plans to release three pulse-pounding Street Fighter comic book series in 2008. 

First up, Street Fighter II Turbo will be a 12 issue maxi-series continuing the core story of UDON’s Street Fighter universe. Featuring the dynamic and energetic artwork of Chamba (Sinbad: Rogue of Mars), this latest arc pits the World Warriors against each other in an epic tournament-style slugfest.

Secondly, artist Omar Dogan (Sakura, Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles) follows up his run on the popular Sakura mini-series with Street Fighter Legends: Chun-Li. This new 4 issue mini-series focuses on a young Chun-Li, revealing how she grew up to become the world’s most famous female fighter.

Finally, Joe Ng (Red Sonja: Sonja Goes East, Transformers, G.I. Joe VS Transformers) brings his skilled line work to the pages of Street Fighter III: New Generation. This 6-issue series will not only explore the new characters introduced in the Street Fighter III video games, it will also show fans for the first time what classic characters like Guile, Sakura and others are up to during the SF3 era! 

Beyond Street Fighter, UDON is diving back into other publishing projects in 2008. The studio will be expanding their successful Capcom Manga line with several new titles including Onimusha: Twilight of Desire and Devil Kings Basara. Fans can also look forward to more Capcom art books including Onimusha Dawn of Dreams: Official Complete Works and the Darkstalkers Graphic File.  In addition, UDON is also kicking its Korean Manhwa line into high gear with new titles including Daring Students’ Association, Dear Waltz, Reading Club, Evyione and Chronicles of the Grim Peddler. 

Release dates and more detailed information will be forthcoming in future press releases, so stay tuned to the UDON blog for all the latest news!

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