Rolling Thunder & Wonder Momo Adapted Into Webcomics

 

 Namco Bandai announced that the latest classic Namco arcade games to be reborn as ShiftyLook webcomics are Rolling Thunder (under the title Rapid Thunder) and Wonder Momo (under the title Wonder Momo: Battle Idol). The two will run bi-weekly starting in May.

Re-imagining the 1986 coin-op side-scroller Rolling Thunder, Rapid Thunder will be written by highly-acclaimed writer of television, film, games, and comics Jimmy Palmiotti, with art created by superhero comics veteran Juan Santacruz. Made for ShiftyLook by Irvine, California-based Cryptozoic Entertainment, Rapid Thunder will launch on May 2, 2012, and will be released twice weekly on Wednesdays and Fridays thereafter.

Wonder Momo: Battle Idol, based on the Japan-only 1987 beat 'em up classic Wonder Momo, will be co-written by tokusatsu expert and super otaku Erik Ko and Sky Kid writer Jim Zub, and will feature the art of fighting game comics mainstay Omar Dogan. Wonder Momo webcomics, made for ShiftyLook by Toronto-based UDON Entertainment, will launch on May 15, 2012 and be released twice weekly on Tuesdays and Fridays.