TPB 1 is a O/A = Offered Again. We did a new reprint so that it will be always in stock. It makes sense to offer it again and remind people that there is a Vol 1, when we are soliciting for volume 2.
As for SF regular sales, its still doing OK. We will be sweating if we falls below 100…
Really, anything you guys can come up with on spreading the word of the SF & DS comics, let me know. (hm… shall we start a thread on this?)
Vol.2 COVER is wicked :badboy:
Wait till you see Shikiro-san’s cover to the DS TPB… 
You’ve already got the DS TPB cover sorted out!?
Damn! Vega looks hella bad ass on TPB cover 2! And as for the DS#5 covers…hell…Donovan going up against Victor…Bishamon over a tower of bones and also Rikuo on a kick ass foil cover! ^^
Can’t wait for Rival Schools…DEFINITELY can’t wait! 
It is one of my favorite video games of all time! I wish I could still buy the soundtrack to it though…(air guitars the ‘Taiyo High School Roof’ theme)
Thanks Udoneko
…its really cool to actually get feedback from someone workin on the comics, and its great to see your takin our comments on board…hope darkstalkers keeps goin well, i got myself and afew guys from work a copy, and we all loved it…anyways, look forward to sf gettin back on track, and i really would hate to see that go under
cheers dood!
Udoneko - If you wish to increase sales you should participate in next year’s Free Comic Book Day. You can give away free copies of the Summer Special that has SF, DS and RS. Or just create a book that reprints 3 stories of the three books. Or just create a second printing of a Darkstalkers comic and give that out like most people do. It’s a great way to spread the word, and who doesn’t love Free Comics?
Being a part of FCBD requires a lot of money (unless they had a few thousand unsold copies of the Summer Special around), and the return is not so great (most people dont cherish anything given to them for free - only people that already read comics would)… I always read multiple reports from store owners about FCBD and they always say only one or two people become regular customers…
Definately participate in Free Comic Book Day. I wouldn’t give away DS because of the “mature” nature of the comic. A lot of kids come out for FCBD. I think a lesser quality reprint of the Summer Special would be much better.(cheaper paper stock etc.) Toss in some ads for the regular comics. Maybe slap on the Rival Schools’ cover or an old Street Fighter cover with more recognizable characters? Hell, now that I think about it, you could re-release SF #1.
I know its only a minor thing, but maybe an ad for the comics in official products like your Eternal Challenge book that’s coming up and maybe asking Capcom if they can have ad inserts put into their games for the comics? Show off some of the comic artwork on them, that’s what got me so interested in the comics from the early days
I heard about the comic through a Swedish gaming magazine called Player 1 that was sent to me by a forum buddy since he is/was the editor, the artwork is what caught my eye, couldn’t read a word but one thing came to mind “Damn that looks sweet!” Maybe Udon can get adverts put into gaming magazines too?
I know it would be a gamble putting money into advertising in that way but I would have thought that the more you put into advertising the more the comics would get noticed (Though don’t take this to mean going overboard like banners hanging over a high street or whatever lol). Added to this now, I think one problem may be that often a lot of the advertising is done in the US and Canada with conventions and the BlockBuster offers and such, but its not so well advertised in other countries, here in the UK I only hear about the comics from the web and that’s it, they’re quite specialist to get. Maybe more advertising needs to be done abroad? And I’m not saying you have to come here and hold a convention lol.
Also another idea, what if you could get Capcom to hold some kind of tournament to commemorate an event for whatever next year, the release of something, an anniversary, whatever and you donated prizes to promote the Udon side of things? Being an official tournament it would get a lot of recognition presumably and fans that haven’t seen the comics before might just take interest? Surely Capcom wants the comics to sell almost as much as you want them to?