Udon Entertainment Corporation is a Canadian studio (or "art collective") of Asian-influenced comic book creators which provides creative services to the entertainment industry. It is named after a kind of Japanese noodle. The company is also a publisher of comic books, graphic novels, and art books, as well as English editions of Japanese manga and Korean manhwa titles. Erik Ko is its Chief of Operations. The studio is best known as the publisher of the Street Fighter comic book series. They also did artwork for some Capcom games, including Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, and others.
History[]
UDON appears to have begun operations in March 2001. It was affiliated for a few years with Studio XD. However, in March 2004, UDON announced a partnership to release comics under Devil's Due Publishing. UDON's first offering was the Street Fighter comic book series, launching in September 2003. They would add a Darkstalkers comic series to their line in November 2004. In October 2005, UDON reorganized its operations and began self-publishing. Erik Ko revealed that the lengthy break in the Summer of 2005 was to recover from a licensing deal with Capcom, which saw UDON doing artwork for Capcom Fighting Evolution. Although UDON appreciated the opportunity to work on the game, and to strengthen their ties with the video game maker, it taxed their resources, and left them behind schedule on their comics. In October 2005, UDON released Street Fighter II #0, the sequel to their Street Fighter comic; it was followed in early 2006 with the long awaited launch of Rival Schools.
In December 2007 at the New York Anime Festival, UDON announced that it would be publishing three new Street Fighter comic book series in 2008. These include Street Fighter II Turbo (12-issue series), Street Fighter Legends: Chun-Li (4-issue mini), and Street Fighter III (6-issue series). In November 2008, UDON announced they would publish a 4-issue mini-series of the upcoming Street Fighter IV game. “With the most anticipated Street Fighter game in years arriving 2009, we will be launching the SFIV comic series as a big crossover event with the game. That would mean the originally planned SFIII series will have to make way and be released after this SFIV story arc is done.” says UDON’s Chief of Ops Erik Ko. “We are working very closely with Capcom and the SFIV producer in Japan to make this comic series as exciting as possible. The stories from our comic are linked directly to the game, and it is a genuine extension that fans will definitely love. Also expect plenty of cross promotion and marketing between our comics and the game”.
In January 2009, UDON suprised fans with the announcement that they had acquired the rights to produce Final Fight comic books. They also continued the Darkstalkers storyline with a mini-series entitled The Night Warriors.
From 2012 to 2014, UDON partnered with Bandai Namco to produce several webcomics and webseries based on their various video game IP as part of their, now defunct, ShiftyLook initiative.
On 27 July 2024, UDON announced that they had acquired the Mega Man comic book license, with a new Mega Man comic set to launch in 2025, along with acquiring the English publishing rights to Rockman-san, Rockman-chan and Rockman X DiVE Official Complete Works.
Artists[]
- Joe Ng
- Eric Vedder
- Long Vo
Former artists[]
- Alvin Lee - Although no longer an UDON artist, he still occasionally does work for them.
Contributing artists[]
Works[]
Games[]
Mega Man Tribute art by GENZOMAN.
- Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes - (re-release)
- Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars - (endings only)
- Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds - (endings and some promotional art)
Artbooks[]
- Street Fighter Tribute
- Darkstalkers Tribute
- Mega Man Tribute
- UDON’s Art of Capcom
- UDON’s Art of Capcom 2
- Street Fighter: Art Comic Anthology -(Japan only)
- Marvel Vs. Capcom: Official Complete Works
- UDON’s Art of Capcom (1 & 2)
- Breath of Fire: Official Complete Works
- Capcom Fighting Tribute
- The Art of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies
- Devil May Cry: 3142 Graphic Arts
Miscellaneous[]
- Street Fighter UFS trading card game (Sabertooth Games)
- Darkstalkers UFS trading card game (Sabertooth Games)
- Mega Man Robot Master Field Guide
- Street Fighter World Warrior Encyclopedia
- Street Fighter World Warrior Encyclopedia Hardcover - (Updated, expanded version)
- Street Fighter World Warrior Encyclopedia - Arcade Edition
Translations[]
UDON has translated many original Capcom manga and artbooks, making them more widely available to English readers and art fans.
Captain Commando manga art by Jeffrey "Chamba" Cruz.
Artbooks[]
- Street Fighter: Eternal Challenge
- Okami: Official Complete Works
- Mega Man Zero: Official Complete Works
- Mega Man: Official Complete Works
- Mega Man X: Official Complete Works
- Darkstalkers: Graphic File
- SF20: The Art of Street Fighter
- The Art of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
- The Art of Resident Evil 5
- MegaMan Battle Network: Official Complete Works
- MegaMan Star Force: Official Complete Works
- Street Fighter X Tekken: Artworks
- Sengoku Basara Samurai Heroes: Official Complete Works
- Darkstalkers: Official Complete Works
- DmC: Devil May Cry Visual Art
- Monster Hunter Illustrations
- Monster Hunter Illustrations 2
- Dragon's Dogma: Official Design Works
- Asura's Wrath: Official Complete Works - (TBR)
- Breath of Fire: Official Complete Works - (TBR)
Manga[]
- Mega Man Megamix - three volumes.
- Mega Man ZX - three volumes.
- Darkstalkers/Red Earth: Maleficarum - one-shot.
- Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams - two volumes.
- Street Fighter Alpha - two volumes.
- Street Fighter: Sakura Ganbaru! - two volumes.
- Street Fighter II - three volumes.
- Street Fighter III: Ryu Final - two volumes.
- Street Fighter Gaiden
- Sengoku BASARA: Samurai Legends - two volumes.
Capcom Comic Book Universe[]
The Capcom Comic Book Universe refers to the comic book franchise developed by Udon, based on various Capcom franchises that shares the same continuity within the universe.
List of titles[]
- Street Fighter (2003-2005; issue #0 published by Image Comics)
- Street Fighter: Deep Scars (2003)
- Darkstalkers (2004-2005; published by Devil's Due Publishing)
- Capcom Summer Special 2004 (2004)
- Street Fighter II (2005-2006)
- Rival Schools (2006-2007)
- Street Fighter Legends: Sakura (2006)
- Street Fighter II: Turbo (2008-2010)
- Street Fighter Legends: Chun-Li (2009)
- Street Fighter IV: Limited Edition Comic (2009)
- Street Fighter IV (2009)
- Street Fighter Legends: Ibuki (2010)
- Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors (2010)
- Super Street Fighter (2013, 2015)
- Street Fighter Origins: Akuma (2013)
- Street Fighter: Free Comic Book Day 2014 Special (2014)
- Street Fighter V: The Life and Death(s) of Charlie Nash (2015)
- Street Fighter Unlimited (2015-2016)
- Street Fighter Legends: Cammy (2016)
- Street Fighter V: Free Comic Book Day 2016 Special (2016)
- Street Fighter vs. Darkstalkers (2017-2018)
- Ultra Street Fighter II: Free Comic Book Day 2018 Special (2018)
- Street Fighter Summer Sports Special 2018 (2018)
- Street Fighter: Menat #1 (2019)
- Street Fighter: Wrestlepalooza #1 (2019)
- Street Fighter: Sakura vs. Karin (2019)
- Street Fighter: Akuma vs. Hell (2019)
- Street Fighter #100: Ryu vs. Chun-Li (2020)
Gallery[]
All the Capcom and Street Fighter related works made or published by UDON.
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Artbooks[]
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