Just in time for next month’s San Diego Comic-Con, UDON presents Marvel vs. Capcom: Official Complete Works, 192 pages of art from every collaboration between the comics company and the Street Fighter people, from the Punisher arcade game to Marvel Vs. Capcom 3
This comprehensive tome, due out in November in softcover format, is a comprehensive art history of everything Marvel’s done with Capcom since the beginning of time. The Punisher, X-Men: Children of the Atom, Marvel Super Heroes, X-Men Vs. Street Fighter, Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter, Marvel Vs. Capcom, Marvel Vs. Capcom 2, Marvel Vs. Capcom 3, and Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3; when UDON says comprehensive, they mean comprehensive.
The art book people worked closely with Capcom creative head Shoei Okano, scouring the game-makers’ archive for rare high-resolution artwork from beyond the edges of time (1993) to the present. The book’s got design sketches, concept art, promotional work — it’s even got bios for every character that’s ever raised a fist, foot or fireball in cross-continuity battle.
Marvel vs. Capcom: Official Complete Works debuts next month in limited edition $100 hardcover format at San Diego Comic-Con. I’ll be there to bathe it in saliva.
