Wonder Momo launches today on Namco Bandai’s ShiftyLook website!

Written by Erik Ko (UDON Chief) and Jim Zub (Street Fighter Legends, Makeshift Miracle) with artwork by UDON mainstay Omar Dogan (Street Fighter Legends, Girl 7), Wonder Momo is an anime/j-pop/sentai mash-up of epic proportions!

Momoko is a young idol hopeful who wants to be famous for singing, dancing and acting, but fate and a bumbling alien have a different role in store for her. Read Wonder Momo twice a week at Shifty Look by bookmarking the site or adding it to your favourite RSS reader!

TOKYO, JAPAN – May 9, 2012 – NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc., a subsidiary of NAMCO BANDAI Holdings Inc., announced today during the inaugural ShiftyCast podcast a webcomics collaboration project to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the legendary Dig Dug franchise. Appearing on its ShiftyLook webcomics platform, Dig Dug comics join NAMCO BANDAI Games’s extensive line-up of webcomics re-imagining classic arcade games including smash hits Bravoman and The Five-Dimensional Adventures of Dirk Davies. ShiftyLook can be accessed at SHIFTYLOOK.com.

“Dig Dug is one of those iconic games that means a lot to retro gamers, especially those of us who grew up constantly trying to inflate many a Fygar, so we wanted to do something very special for the webcomic,” said Rob Pereyda, Producer & Editor-in-Chief of ShiftyLook for NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc. “And I think we just might have the comics team-up of the summer and a must read for video games and webcomics fans alike.”

Look for UDON creative teams to be heavily involved in the celebration, including Jeff “Chamba” Cruz, Omar Dogan, Dax Gordine, Erik Ko, Matt Moylan, Rob “Robaato” Porter and Jim Zub!

Rocket Fox, the video game that inspired the webcomic running on Shifty Look by UDONers Stacy King and Shane Law, is now available for iPhone 3Gs, iPhone 4, iPod Touch and iPad!

Play through the first world for FREE and discover Guy Fox’s amazing acrobatic flights of fancy and crazy costume changes. Then, once you’ve played the game, read through the webcomic archives to see more of the story!

Fans of SEGA’s Valkyria Chronicles are in for a treat with this new collection from UDON, Valkyria Chronicles 2: World Artworks! This lush artbook features over 300 pages of character designs, vehicle and weapon designs, storyboards, and promotional art, all accompanied by detailed character information and creator commentary. Artists, cosplayers, military historians and design buffs will all revel in the incredible detail and imagination on display in this new collection.

Set two years after the onset of the Second Europan War, Valkyria Chronicles 2 focuses on a military academy cadet school as they seek to prevent an ethnic cleansing campaign by a ruthless rebel group. Valkyria Chronicles 2: World Artworks opens up this complex world with a fantastic mix of character pin-ups, city maps, equipment specifications, costume designs and more. The original Japanese text is also intact, carefully translated to capture the nuances of world design and character stories. Fans of the best-selling SEGA game will discover a new wealth of information and inspiration within the 300+ pages of Valkyria Chronicles 2: World Artworks. A key addition to any video game design collection!

Don’t believe us? Just check out the 7-page preview below and see for yourself what an amazing collection this is!

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Makeshift Miracle: The Girl From Nowhere debuts this weekend at the Toronto Comics Arts Festival! Although the book won’t be in stores until next week, Toronto fans can snag themselves an early copy direct from the writer, Jim Zubkavich, at TCAF booth #213.

You can also catch Jim talking about his work during his Sunday afternoon panel:

2:00 – 3:00 – Writing Pictures with Words: Comic Writer’s Craft
Ristorante Fortuna
12 Cumberland Street

Don’t miss this chance to be among the first to experience the Miracle in its full-color, hardbound edition! For those of you unable to make the show, Makeshift Miracle will be available at comic retailers next week – or you can catch up online at makeshiftmiracle.keenspot.com/!

Recently, UDON got to be a part of Konami’s newest Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game set ”Galactic Overlord” by designing characters and providing artwork for two rare cards! Artists outside of Japan don’t often get the chance to provide artwork for this fan-favorite card game, so the UDON crew is proud to be a part of it. If you’re an UDON and/or Yu-Gi-Oh fan, be on the lookout for:

Ancient Dragon
- art by Gonzalo “Genzoman” Ordonez Arias

Noble Knight Artorigus
- art by Joe Ng (colors by Genzoman)

The new Galactic Overlord set goes on sale May 8th, 2012.

Darkstalkers: The Ultimate Edition collects all of UDON’s Darkstalkers Comics in one amazing volume!

TORONTO: The Darkstalkers! Morrigan, Demitri, Felicia, Donovan, Victor, Talbain, and more battle it out for control of the night! Darkstalkers: The Ultimate Edition collects all of UDON’s original comics adapting and inspired by the fan-favourite Darkstalkers video game series in one massive, oversized-volume!In the world on Darkstalkers, the fate of the world has taken a bleak and ominous turn. Slowly and steadily inhuman and supernatural characters have awoken and are roaming the earth. Vampires, zombies, ghosts, and succubae torment the mortal world—when not engaging in vicious struggles for power amongst themselves! Created by CAPCOM, Darkstalkers is dark reflection of the Street Fighter video games, a surreal and supernatural fighting game with fan-favourite characters that have gone on to star in other CAPCOM games, including the smash-hit Marvel vs. Capcom 3!

Darkstalkers was adapted comics by UDON from 2005 to 2009, and these stories feature some of the company’s greatest talents including writer Ken Siu-Chong, and artists Alvin Lee, Kevin Lau, Joe Vriens, and many more! These stories remain amongst UDON’s most popular works, and Darkstalkers fans among the most passionate!

The latest installment in UDON’s fantastic Ultimate Edition line, Darkstalkers: The Ultimate Edition collects the entirety of UDON’s Darkstalkers and Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors comic series in a 8..25” x 11.75” format. In addition, this book contains every Darkstalkers short-story from across UDON’s publishing history, every Darkstalkers variant cover, and new and rare illustrations!

Even if you’ve read UDON’s Darkstalkers comics, you’ve never read them like this! Darkstalkers: The Ultimate Edition is a graphic novel that no fighting game fan should be without!

In addition to the regular softcover edition, a special limited edition hardcover is available, direct from UDON at conventions or online at the UdonStore.com! This deluxe binding features two all-new pieces of wrap-around artwork by fan favorites Alvin Lee and Omar Dogan. These exclusive pieces were created specifically for the limited edition hardcover and can’t be found anywhere else!

Darkstalkers: The Ultimate Edition

ISBN: 1-926778-34-0
ISBN-13: 978-1-926778-34-1
Diamond: AUG111227

Format: Softcover
Page Count: 264, Color
Size: 8.25? wide X 11.75? long
Price (U.S.): $49.99

UDON is thrilled to annouce the latest addition to our video game art book library: DISGAEArt!!! Disgaea Official Illustration Collection. This is the ultimate Disgaea art book, featuring the artwork of Takehito Harada’s amazing illustrations from all four Disgaea games. Included are game covers, promotional and concept art, book covers, soundtrack art, and over 300 rare Disgaea art pieces, plus an introduction by Takehito Harada. No fan of this landmark series should be without… DISGAEArt!!!

We’ve posted a few sample images below to whet your appetite – to see even more, pop on over to Destructoid for a complete nine page preview!

BOOK DETAILS AND AVAILABILITY:

Release date: Late July / Early August 2012
Price (U.S.): $39.99

ISBN: 1926778502
ISBN-13: 978-1926778501

Format: Softcover
Page Count: 192, Color
Size: 8.25″ wide X 11.75″ long

Pre-order DISGAEArt!!! Disgaea Official Illustration Collection on amazon.com!

The Sky Kid webcomic, written by Jim Zub (Street Fighter Legends: Ibuki) with art by Jeff “Chamba” Cruz (Street Fighter II Turbo) continues on Bandai-Namco’s Shifty Look comic site.

We’re now halfway through “season one” and it’s the perfect time to get caught up on the airborne action and adventure.

Click HERE to start reading from the beginning of the story!

Jim’s also written some new blogposts all about how he writes the comic series you may find interesting and illuminating. Check them out here:

Writing the Story for Sky Kid – Part 1

Writing the Story for Sky Kid – Part 2

Writing the Story for Sky Kid – Part 3