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1. icysugarspike
   2011/02/14 Monday - 1:41 pm | Permalink

   I’d like to include the club fan books on Capcom Database. When you have the time, look it up. Any info would be appreciated!

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2. icysugarspike
   2011/02/14 Monday - 1:42 pm | Permalink

   More specifically, the official Capcom magazine and newsletters.

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3. icysugarspike
   2011/02/16 Wednesday - 9:10 am | Permalink

   Just thought of something important that would be of great help. Out of all the stuff I’ve dug up on the net over the years on the differences between Capcom Design Works Early Days and Gamest Mook No. 17, nobody seems to know anything. I’ve heard they’re identical in every way (except for the cover) from some, and others says the mook has more illustrations. Who’s right?

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4. #20
   2011/02/16 Wednesday - 12:00 pm | Permalink

   I can tell you that they are definitely not the same book! Although I can understand the confusion because of the many overlaps, especially with the cover art.

   Capcom Illustrations is larger dimensionally and has 160 pages; Early Days is 2cm shorter lengthwise, but has 208 pages. Generally, while they each have many of the same pieces appearing, there is way more art in ED than there is in CI, including art for many games that CI doesn’t touch on at all. Yet each book has some pieces that the other does not, including both finished pieces and sketch art. Because of the extra dimensions and because there is generally less art per page, CI’s art is often quite a bit larger than ED’s, with several pieces getting a full page to themselves. That’s not always the case though, as ED uses its smaller page space much more efficiently. So sometimes with pages filled with character art, they somehow create more room for slightly larger images, even with less space. There’s also some color difference between the two, but could be more to do with printing, and may vary from book to book.
   The two books are organized rather differently, too. And then there’s the comments from the artists. None of the comments are re-used between the two books, but the information they relay is sometimes the same, just told differently. CI has a 5 page round-table interview with Shoei, Bengus, Sensei and Kinu and a look at the making of the cover art image. ED has an appendix with a collection of tiny arcade game poster art and shorter bios for artists, but features more of them plus a short letter from Shoei.

   Long story short, they feature a good deal of the same art, but are very much different books.

   I don’t see pages for Club Capcom or CAP! up yet, but I’ll check again later.

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5. icysugarspike
   2011/02/16 Wednesday - 1:51 pm | Permalink

   Okay, question is: is it worth buying the Gamest Mook? I’ve got Early Days already. I should also mention that I am a Capcom completist. There are times when I will buy an entire book just for a few rare images. BTW, thanks for the lengthy commentary. Very informative!!!

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6. icysugarspike
   2011/02/16 Wednesday - 1:52 pm | Permalink

   Also, the link for the fanzines is here: http://capcom.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Magazines
   If you can contribute, I would be most grateful.

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7. #20
   2011/02/16 Wednesday - 5:31 pm | Permalink

   I probably can’t tell you not to get it if you’re a completist, because of course you’re going to want your collection to be complete! But on the other hand, I wouldn’t tell you to rush out and buy a book when 90% of the art you’ll find in it you already have in Early Days.

   To give you some idea of what’s missing, CI has a few extra Gamest pictures of Chun Li, the Shadowloo base picture, some comics that appeared in Club Capcom, some different roughs from Street Fighter II, Vampire, Ultimate Ecology, Quiz & Dragons, and some slightly different SFII crane game toy designs, and probably some other small things like that. But I’m not sure how much of those Street Fighter and Darkstalkers stuff that you wouldn’t find in other related artbooks, if you have those (I don’t, since I pretty much just collect Rockman stuff). Then there’s a few games ED didn’t cover that CI does, like Alien vs Predator, The Punisher, and Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, just a page or two of art for either. And of course the different commentary as well, you might find something that interests you if you read Japanese.

   If any of that sounds enticing, you may want to shop around for it. I got mine for $11 a few years ago, and I’m generally glad I did. The book isn’t too rare, so you can afford to look around for the best deal. If an opportunity presents itself, I say why not take it! But of course that depends on your personal financial situation. Ultimately it’s up to what’s important to you, but hopefully you can make a more informed choice now. 🙂

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8. icysugarspike
   2011/02/16 Wednesday - 8:36 pm | Permalink

   I consider myself more informed! Your time and patience responding to all this “nonsense” has been greatly appreciated. I love this blog. Expect to hear more from me. You’ve been warned! Thanks again, my friend.

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9. KROnyx2021
   2011/05/31 Tuesday - 8:28 pm | Permalink

   Long live the capcom/rockman -Street fighter generations!

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10. Joel
    2011/08/12 Friday - 7:11 pm | Permalink

    Does anyone know why they stopped running the Club Capcom magazine? My friend got all three issues and was very disappointed when she found out they were no longer being issued.

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11. Dila Muniarty
    2012/03/24 Saturday - 10:08 am | Permalink

    I Want That, how can I get it in Indonesia?

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12. Random reader
    2012/09/26 Wednesday - 11:59 am | Permalink

    Sorry for asking, but could you scan all your books #20? (Even if only 1 or 2 per year) I’d love to see their content, specially the Comic Bon Bon Special Series, Kodansha Manga Encyclopedia Series, Rockman Memories, Rockman Perfect Memories, and the ZX, DASH and Crossover materials, among others. 😛

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13. DWN009MetalMan
    2013/03/16 Saturday - 6:41 pm | Permalink

    Hi #20! May I ask for a source of where Dr. Light called Metal Man “the dentist from the future”?

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    • #20
      2013/03/29 Friday - 4:09 am | Permalink

      Sorry, looks like I almost missed this question! I’ll have to do something to make requests stand out more. (Note to self.)

      I know you just asked for one, but is it alright if I give you three?

      1. Saishinban Rockman Daihyakka / Latest Edition Rockman Big Encyclopedia (1994) on page 69.

      2. Rockman 7 & Rockman X3 Chouhyakka / Rockman 7 & Rockman X3 Ultra Encyclopedia (1996) page 76.

      3. Rockman Memories (1997) page 18.

      There are probably more places that mention it, even. But at least these are on this page.

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