Inside Disney's aborted Final Fantasy IV comic by Kurt Busiek, Del Barras, and Mike Mignola
Final Fanta🉐sy IV (or II, depending on where you're from) was almost a Disney comic
Final Fantasy is o♔ne of the most revered franchises in video games, and the concept seems like a good fit for comic books. And while there's been manga based on Final Fantasy, it's never made the jump to North American comic books. But once, it almost did - from titans of American comics Kurt Busiek and Mike Mignola no less.&ꦡnbsp;
Commissioned in 1990 by the Disney comics publishing imprint Hollywood Comics, the story was to be a four-issue continuation of the 1991 video game 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Final Fantasy IV (released in North America as Final Fantasy II). Busiek got the job⛎ by pitching an original story set in the Final Fantasy univer🦹se, with game publisher Square (now Square Enix) shifting him over to the adaptation of the then-forthcoming video game.
Four issues were written, Mignola drew four covers, and artist Dell Barras drew almost two whole issues. The project was announced but then canceled halfway through the completion of the second issue. Disney's Hollywood Comics imprint was on𒀰 a downward spiral and shuttered completely in 1993.
Among those renamed we🍬re engineer Cid, changed instead to 'Lord Blast' as an homage to Admiral Boom from Mary Poppins.
"I remember thinking that 'Cecil' was not a heroic-sounding name, and 'Cain' was possibly the worst 'lo🌺yal friend' name in the history of history,🤡" Busiek continued, referring to Cain from the Bible.
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Although this comic book sequel to Final Fantasy IV didn't ever make it to completion, fans were able to return to the setting with two game sequels - Final Fantasy IV: Interlude and Final Fantasy:✱ IV T♍he After Years.
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Chris Arrant covered comic book news for Newsarama from 2003 to 2022 (and as editor/senior editor from 2015 to 2022) and has also written for USA Today, Life, Entertainment Weekly, Publisher's Weekly, Marvel Entertainment, TOKYOPOP, AdHouse Books, Cartoon Brew, Bleeding Cool, Comic Shop News, and CBR. He is the author of the book Modern: Masters Cliff Chiang, co-authored Art of Spider-Man Classic, and contributed to Dark Horse/Bedside Press' anthology Pros and (Comic) Cons. He has acted as a judge for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards🐭, the Harvey Awards, and the Sta💃n Lee Awards. Chris is a member of the American Library Association's Graphic Novel & Comics Round Table. (He/him)