The Summer of Valiant just keeps getting hotter. Now Valiant is looking to get your blood boiling this July with Bloodshot #1 from writer Duane Swierczynski and artists Manuel Garcia &Arturo Lozzi Like X-O Manowar before it, this book takes one of Valiant’s biggest hits of the 90′s and updates it for today, while keeping everything that made the...
In the mother of all Meta-referenced pop culture tasty goodness, actress Karen Gillan, the redheaded star of the BBC’s sci-fi hit Doctor Who, has recently discovered Inspector Spacetime, the pastiche/homage to the British series that appears on NBC’s Community. Gillan, who’s character, Amy Pond, will be leaving the series in the upcoming...
Principle photography on J.J Abrams’ still as yet unsubtitled Star Trek sequel has reportedly finished this past week. Paramount had not made any press release regarding the status of filming. Word of the camera wrap, that is the completion of the filming of the scripted scenes of the movie, came from an very unusual source, members of the ...
The Summer of Valiant keeps on coming, and it’s going to get hot! X-O Manowar #1 is a certified hit, and every indication seems to say the Harbinger and Bloodshot are going to be just as huge, and now we are getting our first look at the art for the fourth title coming out this August, Archer & Armstrong. The cover artist, Mico Sauyan also provided the...
Benedict Cumberbatch, star of the BBC’s Sherlock and the upcoming Star Trek sequel, has recently been voted “Sexiest Man” by readers of the British tabloid, The Sun, showing that smart is the new sexy (at least in the United Kingdom). The British actor will be playing an important role in Star Trek, though it hasn’t been confirmed who he...
All publishers have held panels at the big conventions, whether it’s to announce important news or interact with their fans, using the Internet to get the information to those who can’t attend in person. Now Valiant is getting ahead of the curve in fan relations, by taking the panel out of the con,and bringing it directly to the Internet. No need...
Wanted posters have gone up all over the city center. The Police are asking the citizens of Gotham for any information on the whereabouts of the anonymous vigilante known as the Batman, who is wanted for the murder of former District Attorney Harvey Dent, kidnapping, and aggravated assault of police officer. Citizens should not attempt to approach the Batman,...
The follow up to JJ Abrams 2009 Star Trek reboot, already in production, is supposed to distance itself from the original 1960′s series. Boldly going in to space in search of new worlds, new civilizations… You know, just like the old Star Trek, but with lens flare. Abrams’ had said that he didn’t plan on any of the original series cast to...
I got home from work this past Friday to discover a pleasant surprise waiting for me in my inbox, an advanced copy of X-O Manowar #1, the first book to be released in Valiant Entertainment’s relaunch of the venerable 1990’s comics line. I made certain I had everything done. All my work was finished; the dishes were washed and put away. The cat was fed. I...
Seems like the Avengers aren’t the only team assembling on the silver screen. It’s to be expected, when one movie gets as much publicity and buzz as The Avengers, all the studios check their properties for anything similar, and Fox has had great success with Marvel’s mutant characters already, with the original X-Men trilogy of films, plus the...
The news is coming out that pre-orders for relaunched Valiant Comics‘ first title, X-O Manowar has topped 42,000 copies! 42,000 copies would certainly put the book in the top 50 comics for May, and could possibly be the best selling book not published by DC or Marvel. The buzz for this relaunch is high, just check out the Valiant’s Twitter...
The Valiant compass logo is getting a new look. The compass logo has been used by Valiant Comics even before there was a Valiant Universe, first appearing on the wrestling and Nintendo comics they produced in the late 1980′s, before appearing on Magnus Robot Fighter in 1991. Since then, the compass, in one form or another has always served as...
Dynamite Entertainment has made themselves a nice little niche, taking characters from a wide range of media, many of whose histories predate comics, and getting top creators to work to recreate them in entertaining comics. Enter The Shadow, a pulp hero from the 1930′s. The story of The Shadow, the character created by Walter B. Gibson, first appeared on...
Have I mentioned how stoked I am for the return of Valiant Comics? Well in case you couldn’t tell, I am pretty darned stoked! Valiant was my first experience with comics outside of the Big Two. Their narrative-driven, real world approach to storytelling, coupled with their sharp attention to continuity, appealed to my nerdy sensibilities in a way I...
