UDON gave two panel presentations at this past weekends Fan Expo Canada in Toronto Ontario.
Jim Zubkavich gave a talk on UDON’s 10th anniversary, covering UDON’s history, some of UDON’s newest and upcoming books, and our creative services division.You can read a summary of the UDON panel at ComicBookResources.com.
UDON also brought Mega Man manga artist Hitoshi Ariga over from Japan to visit the Canadian fans. Ariga participated ina Q&A sessions with fans, moderate by UDON’s managaing editor Matt Moylan and translator/Japanese editor Kirie Hayashi.
This weekend is PAX in Seattle, Washington and the UDON crew is there once again sharing a booth with Oni Press! Come and visit our booth, get an autograph or sketch from our artists and buy exclusive stuff!
BOOTH #3824, shared with Oni Press
(see map at the bottom of this post)
UDON Crew at the UDON Booth: Crystal Reid (Inker- Street Fighter II, Street Fighter IV) Long Vo (Art Lead- Street Fighter II HD-Remix) Jim Zubkavich (Writer- SF Legends: Ibuki, UDON Project Manager)
In case you missed it, STREET FIGHTER VOL.6: FINAL ROUND is now is stock at Amazon.com, and at comic and book stores everywhere!
Order Street Fighter Volume 6 from amazon.com
STREET FIGHTER VOLUME 6 This is it – the Street Fighter Tournament finals! The world’s 12 greatest warriors compete against each other and M.Bison’s Shadaloo lieutenants for the chance to be crowned the ultimate fighter. See Ryu VS Sagat, Cammy VS Guile, Ken VS Vega, and, for the first time ever, Akuma VS M.Bison in a battle of the bosses! This collection contains Street Fighter II Turbo #7-12.
It’s a big week for Capcom books, with STREET FIGHTER WORLD WARRIOR ENCYCLOPEDIA, UDON’s ART OF CAPCOM 2, and THE ART OF RESIDENT EVIL 5 all hitting store shelves today!
STREET FIGHTER WORLD WARRIOR ENCYCLOPEDIA
Enter the world of Street Fighter, where fighters of every size, shape, and color collide in a global battle for supremacy. Combatants fight for reasons as diverse as their nationalities, each which their own unique moves and fighting style. Now you can learn the whole story behind the world’s greatest fighters in The Street Fighter World Warrior Encyclopedia! Inside you will find detailed profiles of every Street Fighter character, including their histories, strengths, allies, enemies, and more! Each profile is accompanied by pulse-pounding artwork by top UDON artists.
Beautifully reproduced images from Street Fighter, Darkstalkers, Rival Schools, Final Fight and more are showcased in this lush 280 page art book. Besides comic covers, card game art, and pinups, the book features all the in-game endings from Tatsunoko VS Capcom, promotional art for Marvel® VS Capcom® 2 and an in-depth look at the sprites, backgrounds, and endings that UDON produced for the revamped Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix. The book also includes a special tribute gallery created just for this volume, featuring the UDON crew’s unique takes on some classic Capcom® franchises.
Dive into the terrifying artwork of Resident Evil 5, the latest chapter in Capcom’s top-selling, zombie-filled franchise. Included in this 200-page art book are character and creature designs, environment paintings, development sketches, storyboards, promotional art, creator commentary, and more.
Fans have been very patient waiting for the next volumes of their favorite Mega Man mangas. Well their patience pays of this September, with both MEGA MAN MEGAMIX Vol.2 and MEGA MAN ZX Vol.2 arriving in comic stores Sept 8th, 2010. Check out previews of both below!
MEGA MAN MEGAMIX Vol.2(of3)
by Hitoshi Ariga
MEGA MAN ZX Vol.2 (of 2)
by Shin Ogino
And in other Mega Man manga news… during the recent Best and Worst Manga Panel at San Diego Comic-con 2010, MEGA MAN MEGAMIX Vol.1 was called out as one of the Top 10 teen/all-ages manga of the year! Huzzah!
UDON artist Gonzalo Ordóñez Arias created a brand new image for Legendary Pictures upcoming movie production of Godzilla. Working with Legendary and Toho pictures, Genzo put together a fantastic painted vision of the classic creature.
UDON artists Christine Choi, Jeff Cruz, Steven Cummings, Andre Mina, Saejin Oh, Chris Stevens and Long Vo helped contribute character concept designs for Zack Snyder’s upcoming action extravaganza ‘Sucker Punch’.
This coming Wednesday, July 21 it’s a double dose of UDON, with the release of Street Fighter Legends: Ibuki #3 (of 4), and Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors #3 (of 3).
In Street Fighter Legends: Ibuki #3, Ibuki faces her final ninja test – to do battle with the mystical hermit Oro! Does she even stand a chance against one of the greatest martial artists of all time? Probably not… but Makoto and Elena will be there to cheer her on anyways! It’s all out ninja school girl action by writer Jim Zubkavich and artist Omar Dogan. Variant cover by Adam Warren!
In Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors #3, it’s the frightening conclusion to the ‘Night Warriors’ saga as Demitri, Morrigan, Donovan, and Pyron all collide in a final contest of power! The fates of both the planet Earth and the demon dimension of Makai hang in the balance… but will either realm survive the fury that the Darkstalkers unleash!? Written by Ken Siu-Chong, with art by Eric Vedder and Joe Vriens. Variant cover by Emily Warren!
