She-Blanka needs to be real
It doesn’t look like the majority of fans considerStreet Fighter Vto be a high point for the series. That’s sad. The good news is,Udon’s current run ofStreet Fightercomics is arguably the best they’ve yet produced in their 10-plus-year run with the franchise. It’s calledStreet Fighter Unlimited,and it feels more confident than anything the publisher has done prior. Seeing Gill fromStreet Fighter IIIhanging out with Barack Obama was a particularly fun head-turner. Just like it says in the name, this is a comic that is not allowing itself to limited by the events of the games, or any other conventional set of rules. It stays true to the continuity laid down in previous Udon stories, but beyond that, all bets are off.
Udon’s “homage cover” series for bothStreet Fighter Unlimitedand the upcoming seriesStreet Fighter Legends: Cammyis another strong example of how far they are willing to run in new directions. Everything from the 1994Street Fightermovie to the more recent “how can I see her face and her butt at the same time?” cover toSpider-Woman#1 are paid tribute to, in ways that often surpass the originals. As you can see, they definitely got the anatomy closer to “humanly possible” on their Cammy cover, though without losing the spirit of playful exaggeration that makes this brand of art fun in the first place.
Probably my favorite cover is theShe-Hulk#1 tribute that proposesthat Laura Matsuda may someday become the She-Blanka. This would not only be an awesome story, but it would also be an awesome mechanic for Laura to employ. Maybe they could use that story to explain why her brotherSean has the new habit of changing skin colorsevery few months?
you’re able to find a gallery of all these amazingStreet Fightercovers and the original comics that inspired them below.
