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Darkstalkers/Red Earth Maleficarum
14 years ago
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So I bought Darkstalkers/Red Earth Maleficarum a couple day ago from Amazon and got it about a day later in the mail. :) I also bought a couple Street Fighter comics by the same artist, but that'll probably get its own journal.
On a first flip through, there are two sections of colored pages. <i>Colored pages!!!</i> Ugh, I love those, so much...! And the art is gorgeous as well, although sometimes I get lost with what is going on. The artist, Mami Itou, draws kind of messily. Her style is very sketchy so some scenes, lik in the Red Earth sections, were very confusing. I wasn't exact;y sure what was going on but since I played the game it wasn't too bad.
The first chapter is an introduction of Morrigan and why she has the Aensland name. I think this is the stry from the third game since Jedah and Lilith are also in it. I'm not exactly sure on it because I haven't really played it. The second chapter is the start of the Red Earth segment. This gives a better story for the game but the ninja kinda gets the shaft. :/ He's not in it at all. The comments at the end of the Red Earth story explain that Ms. Itou made this before the game came out and that actually does explain it.
The rest of the book is Darkstalkers but I'm confused as to whether or not there are more chapters to this or not. There isn't a number on the side of the book and the Darkstalker's Wiki page doesn't mention any other volumes. This comic was made in 1997, so if that's it I'm pretty sure that's it. :lol:
Over all this is a good buy. I got it off Amazon for maybe less than ten bucks. Its a decently sized volume and I think totally worth it. The art is beautiful, the colored inserts are just gorgeous. If you're a fan of pretty art and Darkstalkers, I don't see a reason to pass this up.
On a first flip through, there are two sections of colored pages. <i>Colored pages!!!</i> Ugh, I love those, so much...! And the art is gorgeous as well, although sometimes I get lost with what is going on. The artist, Mami Itou, draws kind of messily. Her style is very sketchy so some scenes, lik in the Red Earth sections, were very confusing. I wasn't exact;y sure what was going on but since I played the game it wasn't too bad.
The first chapter is an introduction of Morrigan and why she has the Aensland name. I think this is the stry from the third game since Jedah and Lilith are also in it. I'm not exactly sure on it because I haven't really played it. The second chapter is the start of the Red Earth segment. This gives a better story for the game but the ninja kinda gets the shaft. :/ He's not in it at all. The comments at the end of the Red Earth story explain that Ms. Itou made this before the game came out and that actually does explain it.
The rest of the book is Darkstalkers but I'm confused as to whether or not there are more chapters to this or not. There isn't a number on the side of the book and the Darkstalker's Wiki page doesn't mention any other volumes. This comic was made in 1997, so if that's it I'm pretty sure that's it. :lol:
Over all this is a good buy. I got it off Amazon for maybe less than ten bucks. Its a decently sized volume and I think totally worth it. The art is beautiful, the colored inserts are just gorgeous. If you're a fan of pretty art and Darkstalkers, I don't see a reason to pass this up.
