Thread 149840337

Redpill me on Udon, they seem to be a bit of a polarizing company.

>>149840337 (OP)
Never heard of it, what's it about?

>>149840337 (OP)
They bring over some very good books but then their own stuff is extremely hit and miss. As in ranging from reasonably good to absolutely fucking awful.

Also their main PR guy is a stereotypical chuddie on Twitter so a lot of gays and trannies don't like them.

>>149840985
>Also their main PR guy is a stereotypical chuddie on Twitter so a lot of gays and trannies don't like them.
Based, buying 3 copies of the new SF swinsuit special right now.

People care so little about them that they don't even bother scanning their newer comics

I'm pretty upset they didn't finish reprinting Silent Mobius. They were like half way through the series and those volumes are pretty pricy now. Viz finished the original series but the art was flipped and no one has ever touched the sequel materials. There aren't even English translations online it sucks. I know that's not /co/ but I think Udon has a tendency to just drop shit at random or poorly market stuff and that's just an example that comes to mind. I liked the old Darkstalkers book and I was upset that it just kind of randomly stopped.

>>149840337 (OP)
I think they printed my Dark Souls Design Works, and those are kickass so I dig them on that principle

>>149841893
Shame the Bloodborne one isn't hardcover

I shoot didn't realize that they made anything other than Street Fighter comics

>>149840337 (OP)
I bought a silver-inked shantae shirt from them at comic-con
It's cool
Gonna pick up the shantae swimsuit special when it comes out next month.
I'm picking up the megaman timeline comics they're putting out.....
I wish they'd make more GOOD shirts and posters... I'm mainly interested in megaman legends and Shantae...

>>149840337 (OP)
I would like some Udon. Thank you very much.

>>149840337 (OP)
they're a good art book company and kinda shit at anything else

>>149840337 (OP)
They suck and they're slow. They never put a book out on time.

>>149844559
I learned this just from the megaman timeline series they're putting out.
They delayed every single book.

>>149843136
>shantae swimsuit special
That exist?

>>149840337 (OP)
They literally ruined Morrigan

>>149840337 (OP)
Wrong company to keep Darkstalkers alive.

Good at art books.

Too slow to be good at anything else.

>>149845041
Got a few copies of it on ebay for me and my wife. It mogs the Street Fighter swimsuit specials because it at least has a story.

The Street Fighter ones aren't bad, just a little overpriced for what's essentially jpegs of SFW Genzoman and Reiq art.

>>149845969
I REALLY hope they get Eyes of Bayo 3 and Eyes of Bayo gets a re-print.

>>149840337 (OP)
Their street fighter can't be that bad right?

>>149847407

The story is fine. Accurate to the games mostly. The art is a 50/50 shot of being terrible.

Sagat Origins is a great comic

>>149846813
lol, better luck in the next 5 years. I still remember they took their sweet time publishing the 2nd's art book that it landed around the same time as the switch port

>>149847407
>>149847778
nah I would say they are lackluster at best with how the tend to run on fanfiction and speculation from the American fans only. Nothing bad with it but you can tell that the Street Fighter they do is different enough to not be SF at all. Akuma is a great example, he's a much more chill and focused on perfecting himself in the games and bits of lore but in their version, he's pure evil

>>149848190
presumably, they were under the assumption capcom would have a shred of integrity and keep bison dead for real at some point
you need a main antagonist, and juri and c viper are not big bad material

>>149842957
There’s an anniversary edition that is.

>>149840337 (OP)
A rather mediocre company whose biggest legacy is that they somehow have had licenses to Capcom properties for decades and still haven't produced anything noteworthy with it

>>149844508
Why are the noodles so thick?

>>149848299
the thing is, if they really fancied themselves as a comic book company too they could fill in those gaps that we know Capcom never would.

They have their own thing with wanking SF2 adnauseum because that's what people recognize the series from (mainstay cast, personalities etc with no change whatsoever). Instead, what Udon does is double down on this and never be interesting enough to come up with new things for Street Fighter.

If they wanted, they could have done something worthwhile with Gill and the Illuminati, G from SF V and even Necalli. But instead they keep repeating the worst moves from Capcom and further stagnate the series as a whole. Only thing mildly cool are the swimsuit specials but I only get them on collected editions

>>149848444
that's the udon noodle (heh)

>>149848346
they only keep themselves above water with artbooks of games people actually like

>>149848484
>gill
maybe
>g
joke villain
>necalli
solo arc villain at best, evil sidekick way more likely

>>149848484

Well, they actually continued Darkstalkers’ story beyond the games. It’s not good, but it’s something.

>>149848190
>he's a much more chill and focused on perfecting himself in the games and bits of lore but in their version, he's pure evil
Udon started their SF comics when SF4 vanilla hadn't come out yet, by that point Akuma was confirmed to be a guy who killed his master, his brother (lolretcon), Bison/Vega just for the lulz and maybe? possibly? Gen. He also kept harassing Ryu to turn him to the dark side of whatever. Not nearly as evil as Vega/Bison, but far from being chill. The most chill he was was in that piece of trivia about him selling shit on the market like any other asian old man.

It's with SF4 onward that they started pushing more on the angle of "lonely monk with anger issues", with his friendship with Elena, nobody being killed except Goutetsu (who was likely an asshole anyway) and him deciding after a while to leave Ryu alone (kind of). I don't blame Udon for going with what was clearly the initial intended path for the character: a guy who wasn't exactly evil incarnate, but was evil enough to go around and kill people simply because they were strong enough.

>>149848566
back when it came out, in the biggest drought of Darkstalkers anything, I did like it. But looking back, man does it feel like from that era. I did enjoy the first SF vs they did but it was with the SFV cast which was not that much of a good crossover moment. I'm glad they're doing another one now because Darkstalkers is so 90s that the current version of SF with 6 feels like trying to bring back the flavor of Third Strike

>>149848752
I'm not saying that Akuma is a good guy by any means. Being an antagonist and being evil are not the same thing. One thing that does set him apart from Bison etc is that he's honorable. The reason I think Oni exists is precisely for the devs to have their cake and eat it too. They have a completely separate character they can point to whenever Akuma goes in to the deep end. Akuma's whole schtick is that he was able to keep the Satsui no Hado under control to proof his superior mastery and power.

I like to think he taunts Ryu to put him to the test and see if he too can conquer that bloodlust. But didn't count on Ryu figuring another way out with the Power of Nothingness.

Akuma is not clearly defined by Capcom because they want to keep everyone else exactly the same form their SF2 personality. He was even planned in SFV or 6 to be like a Lone Wolf and Cub situation with a child strapped on his back, showing that the character is more than just frowny martial arts guy with purple fireballs.

I know Udon has to keep a certain level of consistency because they work under the biggest licence for Capcom next to Resident Evil. I'm just saying that if they want to be taken seriously as more than artbook company, then make some damn good stories. Even more so if the pr guy keeps harping on "member when comics were gud" type of shit

>>149848944

>I'm glad they're doing another one now

Have you read it?

>>149840876
They mostly do original comics based on IP owned by Capcom, and also occassionally publish manga.
Their street fighter comics are way better than they have any right to be. They're actually trying to make a bit of a capcom comic book universe right now crossing over Darkstalkers and Street Fighter in the recent comics.

>>149848944
>He was even planned in SFV or 6 to be like a Lone Wolf and Cub situation with a child strapped on his back, showing that the character is more than just frowny martial arts guy with purple fireballs.
Again, this kind of direction with the character wasn't defined by the time Udon started introducing him in their comics, they had a much more generic character to work with and they went with what was, at the time, clearly the intended archetype for Akuma. He was an antagonist and kind of evil too (murdering people because they're strong is not good mmkay), just not on the level of Bison or even Vega.

I agree that Udon writes mediocre stories at best, which I think is strictly correlated with the fact they want to follow the canon as much as they can because, well, SF canon is mediocre at best too.

>>149849011
not yet, I'm waiting for it to be finished and since there's no online scans, I guess I would have to get it once they publish it in one volume

>>149849054
bru by this point you're arguing 1 example of a larger thing I was trying to make. I particularly don't care if Akuma was evil or not or whathaveyou

I'm just saying Udon is softballing their comics. In part because it's a license and people don't have much expectations on them but also if they want to be considered more than an artbook company, put some effort into the characters they have.

>SF canon is mediocre at best too
that's a copout excuse. Just because Capcom drops the ball suddenly doesn't make it ok for others to do so. I may take it more personal because I see fans putting in more thought into these characters than official releases. It's also a gripe if the current flowchart talking points of the comic industry being nothing but empty stories with no passion then why have another company do the same thing

I will leave it at that, I really don't care that much about Udon to keep doing this nor do I think they deserve it. Better stick to things I actually enjoy

>>149850115
>bru by this point you're arguing 1 example of a larger thing I was trying to make.
So? I'm talking about that point because it's what interested me, I wasn't aiming to tackle your argument as a whole.

>that's a copout excuse.
I wasn't excusing them, just stating the reason on why they are the way they are. I'm not denying that their mediocrity is their fault.

>>149850115

I storytimed the most recent issue. Lets hope you aren't a fan of Morrigan or Lilith.

Udon Taskmaster is still my favorite version of the character and I'm forever sad it never turned into a proper ongoing longterm

>>149850426
thanks Boco! you mind sharing the thread,
I may be dumb since I tried looking on the catalogue, the archive and the win-o' thread

>>149850772

https://desuarchive.org/co/thread/149347494/#149347494