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The trending story about Mortal combat X games Yahoo News
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Date: January 5, 2015, 11:24 am
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Mortal Kombat X': Writer Shawn Kittelsen teases DC prequel comic
book
For those who enjoy the spine-breaking, disemboweling fun of the
“Mortal Kombat” franchise, the new “MKX” game from NetherRealm
Studios can’t come fast enough (March 15 — 69 days, give or take
a few hours). To help mitigate the wait, the first chapter of a
new weekly digital comic “Mortal Kombat X” arrives Tuesday from
DC Comics, introducing new characters and more fatalities.
Shawn Kittelsen will write the series, which will feature Cassie
Cage, Kotal Kahn and a cast of other characters; after Tuesday’s
premiere installment, subsequent chapters will be released on
Sundays and be available for download on the DC Comics App,
Readdcentertainment.com, comiXology.com, Google Play, Kindle
Store, Nook Store, iBooks and iVerse ComicsPLUS.
The first print issue of the comic will be available on Jan. 14,
and each print issue will collect three digital chapters.
Hero Complex talked with Kittelsen, a lifetime fan of “Mortal
Kombat,” about the franchise and the comic’s relationship to the
video game.
Hero Complex: How did you first become acquainted with the
Mortal Kombat universe?
Shawn Kittelsen: I’m 31 years old now and I’ve been playing
these games since I was young enough to beg my parents for a
roll of quarters and a ride to the arcade to play the arcade
games. Twenty-two years later and I’m a fairly responsible
adult, so in my case, playing the game at a formative age didn’t
hurt me. Turns out it was even a savvy career move.
HC: What makes “Mortal Kombat” such an enduring franchise?
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“Mortal Kombat X” #1 panel. (DC Comics)
SK: Two big reasons. First, it’s a culturally important
franchise, so commercially successful that every other
Western-developed fighting game since has been a clone or a
copycat, and the politicization of its content contributed to
the creation of the ESRB ratings system that we still use today.
Beyond that cultural impact, it’s fundamentally a series of
well-made games that are fun and entertaining to play. Sure,
some are better than others, but if you go back and track the
progression from game to game, the team at NetherRealm Studios
has made really intelligent choices about what’s worked and what
hasn’t, culminating in the acclaimed 2011 reboot and soon,
“MKX.” One of those smart choices has been to incorporate epic,
cinematic Story Modes establishing the drama and mythology that
inspires our comics.
HC: Can you set the scene for this particular world? Parts of it
actually take place 25 years in the future?
SK: “Mortal Kombat” has always been about worlds colliding: East
meets West, Earthrealm meets Outworld, science meets sorcery,
gods meet men, etc. “MKX” has all that, but because it jumps 25
years into the future, it’s got a generational twist with all
these new characters. The collision is old school meets new
school. The comic book is a prequel series set several years
before the game, at a point when many iconic characters must
deal with the next generation for the first time. The stories
are self-contained enough to be approachable for newer fans, but
connected and expansive enough to reward hardcore players.
HC: Will the comic primarily focus on new characters? And do you
have a favorite among those new faces?
SK: The new characters will play a big part in the comic, but
it’s definitely an ensemble piece. You’ll see a mix of old and
new. You’ll even see characters appear in the comic that won’t
appear in the game at all. We’ve got to keep readers guessing
about what’s coming next.
Of the characters that have been revealed, Kotal Kahn and Cassie
Cage are my favorites. Kotal because he’s insanely cool looking,
brand new, and the Tony Soprano of Outworld. Cassie because
she’s the daughter of Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade and she’s
trying to figure out what that means. She wants to forge her own
identity, but that’s not easy when one of your parents is a
hammy C-list actor and the other is a strict military officer.
That story of her self-definition is relatable to anyone who’s
been a teenager. And then there are the characters we can’t talk
about yet…
HC: Comic book adaptations of video games, like “Street Fighter”
and “Injustice: Gods Among Us,” expand on the world of the
games. What were the creative opportunities with this particular
adaptation?
SK: Telling stories with the new characters is an amazing and
humbling opportunity. With something like “Injustice: Gods Among
Us,” fans already know the Justice League; the fun is seeing how
those familiar characters are redefined by extraordinary
circumstances. But fans don’t know new characters like Kotal
Kahn, Cassie Cage and D’vorah. Since our comics come out before
the game, you’ll get to know these characters for the first time
in our stories. You’ll see their origins and early adventures,
and NetherRealm Studios gave us carte blanche to tell the best
stories we could tell, creating new mythology and characters, as
long as we stay true to the game.
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“Mortal Kombat X” #1 panel. (DC Comics)
HC: How did Dexter Soy help to shape the world with his unique
style of art?
SK: This series should be a breakout moment for Dexter. If
“Mortal Kombat” is about worlds colliding, so is Dexter’s style.
His work melds influences from manga and Western comics into
something all his own. It doesn’t look like the “Mortal Kombat”
art we’ve seen before, but it feels 100% authentic to the
franchise and its roots. He nails the over-the-top action you
expect from the franchise, but he also brings real humanity and
emotion to each character’s performance.
HC: Some are buzzing about a mastermind character in the game
that we’ve previously been introduced to. Any hints in the
comic? The Kool Aid man (saw that interview!), maybe?
SK: Well, Kool Aid Man is more of an enforcer than a boss
character, so it won’t be him. There are definitely hints to the
game story in the comics. It’s still several years before the
game starts and there are a lot of surprises ahead, but the
seeds of events to come are being sown here and now.
HC: Will there be shocking fatalities?
SK: It won’t be “Mortal Kombat” unless somebody loses his or her
head. And arms, heart, spine… The violence you expect is there,
but it has purpose, it serves the story. Blood is an important
element in our themes. On one hand, it’s a tie that binds us
across generations. On the other, bloodshed has consequences —
fear, pain, vengeance, perpetual cycles of violence. We’re not
turning “MK” into a pacifist fable, but it would be ridiculous
if these characters just kept killing and killing without
consequences. The game stories are more mature than that and so
are fans. Having said all of that, it’s undeniably satisfying to
write a good fatality scene. I grew up with vintage Peter
Jackson, George Romero and Rick Baker. Fans eager for gory
spectacle have much to look forward to.
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