Video game comic books...

[Spike]

Maximo has a comic. The first issue is the only one available right now, and the series probably won't be around for long . . . because it sucks.

It's only a one-shot. Same as Rival Schools will be.

[g0zen]

My bad; I gave a link at least.

Yeah, and I included a pic, so we all contributed in our own little ways.

[Dolemite]

Devil May Cry was released from Dreamwave. They're also releasing mini series based on Darkstalkers, Maximo, and Project Justice sometime this year as was mentioned previously.

I've seen some artwork from the Darkstalkers and Project Justice comics, it's fucking sweet. The Darkstalkers 4-issue miniseries is due out this summer, not sure when Project Justice is due out, though.

[Melf]

I'll be on the lookout for that Darkstalker series. If it's as good as the SF one, it'll be very sweet indeed.

[NoFace]

So how's the quality on most of the Dreamwave Capcom stuff? Other than Maximo, which CV has already said sucked, how are they, DMC in particular?

[Will]

So how's the quality on most of the Dreamwave Capcom stuff? Other than Maximo, which CV has already said sucked, how are they, DMC in particular?

I recently bought the Devil May Cry comic and it's pretty decent. They seem to be adding more backstory to Devil may Cry(which isn't hard) but the first issue basically has what's in the game with just added story. I'll be buying the next issues since I'm a big fan of the game and of the character. The art on the book is kind of odd to me. It looks nice painted but the colors are really murky and the art tends to be inconsistent.

I guess Pat Lee is just trying his hand in trying to improve drawing humans better since he usually draws awesome Transformers.

Maximo's one shot I thought was better than the first DMC issue so I highly disagree with Captain Vegetable there. It has some really nice art and coloring and gives Maximo some character. I actually wish they adapted the comic stuff to a game since it would make a really good sidestory.

Street Fighter is solid. Almost all the SF characters are in but so far it's exploring the Guile/Charlie/Bison story and Ryu/Ken/Akuma's backstory. There some really nice art in there and most of the characters do their special moves in an awesome manner. I'd definitely recommend the Street Fighter stuff.

[dakidski]

There was a comic book over sam&max ^^

[Johnny Undaunted]

There was a comic book over sam&max ^^

The Sam & Max games were based on the comics, not the other way around.

[Spike]

So how's the quality on most of the Dreamwave Capcom stuff? Other than Maximo, which CV has already said sucked, how are they, DMC in particular?

Something to keep in mind when it comes to Dreamwave Comics is that art > story. It's more than likely that a $4-5 comic will take about 2 minutes to read. I remember the first Transformers series usually took me about that long to go through. That being said, the artwork is really nice.

The Street Fighter series, by Udon and now published by Devil's Due, is really, really sweet. You can tell these guys are SF fans going into this, and that's why it's much better than Dreamwave's stuff.

I really, really hope that Darkstalkers is handled well. I'm looking forward to that series the most.

[Melf]

From Polygon.com:

Japanese game developer D3 Publisher has announced plans to bring game related comics to North America. Under the terms of an agreement with Digital Manga, D3 will acquire the publishing rights to several popular Japanese comic series. D3 will be involved in the translation of several series for the American market, and also plans to develop new comic series based on several of their game franchises. Terms of the agreement between D3 and Digital Manga and tentative release dates for their North American comic lineup remain undisclosed.

I wonder what titles they'll bring?