I definitely want a new MK comic series, obviously it could be a limited series tho. Anything that would expand even more on the MK mythos and chatacter relations, or even just show a lot of the stuff that maybe casual fans or newcomers don't even know about. Another media such as comics could be a inexpensive way to expand on characters like hornbuckle and hydro (fan made i believe but was in MK Legacy) also characters who get little recognition in the games like chameleon and tremor. To make a comparison Street Fighter has anime movies manga series, which has undoubtedly helped to expand its mythos so why cant Mortal Kombat?

That's a good point.. the Street Fighter anime movie(s) and Udon comics have definitely helped further the street fighter legacy and mythology.. speaking of "mythology", Mortal Kombat is a really mythological game, so there is some great story and content to be tapped into.. a dark comic would be amazing.. and I agree it would inevitably be a limited series, but it would still be great to see

I remember 1 or 2 games back they actually had a MK in the works and even drawn out I believe.. the artists said it was great work and an intriguing storyline, but it never got produced

and omg a Mortal Kombat anime would be a dream.. but we know that won't happen.. I'm not sure MK completely suits the "anime style", but definitely would have potential to do justice to the dark/mystical side (better than that terrible Mortal Kombat cartoon which i can't remember much of except 10 baraka's appear every episode with reptitive fight moves.. ok, i take it back - 1 bad thing has come out of Mortal Kombat.. but again it was dissapointing because it was real shallow and didn't borrow from the deep and complex MK mythology at all)

Nicely put Icebaby :)

Here we are.. i found an old interview on "Comics Bulletin" for a comic series that was supposed to be released around 5 yrs ago based on Deception (Scroll just a little bit down to read it):

http://www.comicsbulletin.com/rage/110956065835737.htm

Deception wasn't the best game but even that comic sounds great, they seem to have put a fair bit of thought into it.. very interesting read, they seem to have really wanted to expand on the universe and each character , as well as deliver/introduce it to new comers, and they were also a fan of the source material.. and even some of that art is cool as hell (that double page of Kenshi, and that unique interpretation of Sindel, for example).. shame it never got made.. what a waste..

I would totally buy MK comics, if they advanced the storyline, and added in some nice backstory that they'd never bother to put in the games.

That Deception comic always looked pretty badass to me. There are a few pages of it (uncolored) at the back of the MK:D strategy guide, but Kamidogu actually has the whole thing online for free.

Oh wow thanks for that link Rockchalk, that is reward in itself

I guess I never chased it down after being cut it wasn't being made

bad ass indeed.. makes me wish the rest got made even more

but anyway.. moving on.. It's great to hear others would be interested in a new comic, even when i did a quick google search I saw how pumped people were on video games forums about another Mortal Kombat comic back when they announced this Deception one.. so I think it could do decent enough for a mini-series at least.. I'd easily buy it.. Don't know why there isn't 1 out there. I also think now would be a great time to release a new MK comic series with the relaunch of the game having done so well

yeah i would love to see some new comics, i own all Malibu comics and they are great. it would be perfect if JOHN TOBIAS would do the comics as he also did the previous (Malibu) comics. i don't think there is an better artist than John Tobias when its about the MKuniverse.

An MK Anime similar to NINJA SCROLL would be my dream but i guess that would never happen but i can see it animated like hell spawn, very grimy and mature instead of the previous animated series "defender of earth-realm"

Depends.

Comics are a dying medium these days, unfortunately, and video games that get them rarely get more than a miniseries designed to promote the next game coming out. It's almost impossible to get an ongoing series, or for it to sell well enough to keep going if we did. And then there's the plot...would they follow the games, or make their own story like Malibu? Would it be any good? Would it be set in the old timeline, or the new one?

Too many variables. I'd like to see someone TRY an MK comic, but I'm afraid they wouldn't do a very good job.

Hell's yeah! More MK the better.

I've been reading the Street Fighter comics by Udon and they're pretty good. So if done right than ya I would love some Mortal Kombat comics.

I want it about as much as I want a 4th matrix movie, or a new 3d mortal kombat game.

In other words, if it's as bad as the original, then NO.

Want it? I've wanted to write it for a clear decade. I even have a full outline in my head; there's nothing I want more than to chronicle the original trilogy...free of characters who speak in the third person, free of stupid meta-references (looking at you, Smoke), free of Shokans wielding giant guns, and feee of Kiki Chansamone's shitty, shitty artwork. Basically the opposite of what Malibu did (granted, there were still a few decent issues).

Oops, my apologises to the board for having originally posted this in the wrong section (and to Jackkkkk who posted a similar thread not too long ago - which was a great read as well).

Anyways.. it's awesome to see there's so many people who not only want the comic, but passionately desire it.. so we can only hope.. I love street fighter, but I actually think Mortal Kombat has so much more material to branch off into.. Udon did a fantastic job with street fighter though, really did the franchise justice.. I'd be happy if MK got 1:4 of that treament

I have to confess.. I never read blood and thunder.. I read battle wave and LOVED it - fuck the haters ('fuck'? it's great to be able to say 'fuck' on a forum. Sorry, had to try it).

How was blood and thunder? Especially for those who read battle wave too, how did it compare?

What was everyone's favourite? Including TE, side stories (i.e. Rayden & kano), etc

Though I thought the torunament edition books were cool, battle wave was my favourite

I think it would be much more accurate to say print is a 'dying medium,' rather than comics. Comics aren't going anywhere any time soon, no matter how hard the industry tries to cannibalize itself into extinction. It's fair to say MK would have a few hoops to leap through to get back to the mainstream printing press, but the prospect of sequentially drawn pictures is a safe bet.

Hard to know if WB's acquisition means it's harder or easier to get MK comics back in action. With DC undergoing massive restructuring (including the dissolving of Wildstorm) it looks as if their sweeping involvement in video game adaptations might shrink. Then again, that hasn't stopped the steady trickle of those kinds of projects (elsewhere) -- and then there's the follow through we've seen in April, to exploit the brand in as many mediums as possible. WB very clearly stated they intended to bring the MK logo back to mediums it thrived in in the past -- which obviously includes comics.

Any step moving forward is almost certainly going to depend on DC and how they pass projects through. Given the previous accessibility of the brand, that probably means it's farther away than it was before (ala; 2005), and possibly even less likely to be a rivetting experience. As already noted, these types of projects have a disappointing habit of coming and going in a flash of four-six issues, with an approach as questionable as any mid-tier film adaptation.

It's fun to pause to remember quotes from DC circa MKvsDC, when the concept of the crossover included pause for thought about whether or not MK would be considered part of the contemporary multiverse (then of fifty-two parallel universes). It didn't happen (naturally), but it shows at least the faintest possibility of consideration. The New 52 relaunch of DC's top properties has blurred the specifics of what is and isn't a go, and has had a specific eye toward contemporary influences and expansion of genres -- another detail that favours MK's incorporation into the line-up. Then there's the expansion into direct digital releases, which will inevitably include an experimentation phase with exclusive releases, which MK would be pretty ripe for. But I digress...

UDON's work with Capcom (particularly Street Fighter) isn't the most well rounded example (their status as a collective of people who draw well was painfully obvious, at times), but certainly highlights the virtues of independents dedicating their time and resources to a brand. It's probably the best American example, second to the Masahiko Nakahira SF manga work they also translated. In other words, the precedent for an improvement on what Malibu achieved is there, adjacent to all the disappointing Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Halo and other comics.

For fans of the series, the adaptation process has to be the most interesting consideration for thought. Back in the days when it seemed I might actually have a comics career to speak of, I made casual attempts to pursue the license (sharing the same power fantasies most eager MK fans have had). Establishing a complete sequential account of the series from MKM to Armageddon always seemed like a good idea, but with the waters being muddied by the parent brand, the UDON approach of something familiar but different makes a lot of sense. The GI Joe comics of the eighties might be a good reference, as far as an independent expansion in the vogue of Malibu's comics, but with a more intelligent and creatively fulfilling design.

At the end of the day, Mortal Kombat comes out of a comic book influence and has been a no brainer for the medium ever since. The series is rich with references from a fully realised universe, populated with colourful characters who have interesting, graphically oriented abilities that have struggled to find the time to exist in a conventional, fleshed out, linear narrative. We should all certainly want comics, preferably with more than the visual cues of the UDON books, but certainly with the enthusiasm and (ultimately concluded) expanse of their series'.

Well put. I agree completely.

it would be awesome to finally get some new Mortal Kombat comics! not sure how many others would but for me 100% I'd buy each comic released, and it would be cool to see the whole Scorpion/Sub Zero/Quan Chi story as well as new adventures for the kombatants, maybe new characters thrown in aswel and using characters like Tanya, Shinnok, Kobra, Kira, Tremor and the black dragon clan, you know the more I think of it- yes new MK comics would sell really well, right now everything MK is selling and doing well :)