Reviewer: Jamie Hatton
Story title: N/A
Written by: Ken Siu-Chong
Art by: Alvin Lee, Long Vo, Rob Ross, Alan Tam, Rey, Andrew Hou, Arnold Tsang & Udon
Special Guest Artist: Salvador Larocca
Publisher: Devil’s Due / UDON Studios
The 90’s for me is a very spotty time. Part of it was spent doing things like “going outside” and “interacting with people”, but the rest was spent learning how to beat the humans in Warcraft, or defeat Sephiroth, or stop M. Bison & Akuma once and for all.
So, when I was told my first review for 411 was Street Fighter, I was jonsed. Let’s break it down, shall we?
This is the first issue of the new arc and seems to take place at least a month after the last issue ended. We’re given a peek into what Cammy’s been up to and a narrative update by Ken. Guile & Chun Li are still on the case about Shadoloo in their own ways, and Ryu has taken Sakura under his wing. We are also given our first glimpse of Fei Long, Hong Kong’s newest action hero.
The story is as quickly paced as it’s ever been, a bit choppy at times, but it feels like a video game cutscene. Which for a book that is going to have a hard time ever being taken too seriously, is perfectly acceptable.
The only flaw in the story I see is the quickness with which they moved Cammy. At the end of the last issue she was starting a new life. Now she’s fighting terrorists. They left room to explain why it might have happened so quickly though.
As you can see above, this story has a lot of artists. Eight artists to be exact. Each one is obviously similarly trained, but it is glaringly obvious that they aren’t all using the same style. Some of the characters (specifically Cammy) go between looking serious to comical at the drop of a hat.
Otherwise, Team Udon does it again with fantastic coloring, and making you feel like this could easily be put on the screen as a cartoon. Oh, and there are quite a few Chun Li, Cammy, Sakura crotch shots… at least they know their audience.
If you were on the edge about grabbing it, this is a great issue to pick up. It’s not going to win any writing awards, but it is fun to read.
