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<<As I understand it doing the Nintendo and WWF stuff was not Jim's fault. I think that he wanted to do superhero books, but was forced into the nintendo stuff because they had already spent a bunch of money on it..Anyway..I guess there are only a few people who really know what happened and the ...

Dino,
I have no idea what you're talking about. If you're writing me--it's not at any e-mail address I currently use.
In fact--I haven't gotten an e-mail from you in quite some time. Since I mailed the books to Ms. Jackson.

That being said, you may e-mail me at: bob.layton@boblayton.com if you wish ...

Boblayton.com is back up as of 4 p.m.

Feel free to browse the site and comments are very welcome.
Thanks,
Bob

<<Wierd, www.boblayton.com doesn't work for me.>.

The host is currently updating their server. Hopefully, they'll be up and running sometime today.
Sorry.

Bob

Sorry I haven't been around, but I started post-op physical therapy this week for the foot. That, and I had an accident over the weekend that re-injured the foot.
It's painful and rather time consuming--the therapy, I mean. Not posting on the message boards.
Also, Mrs. Layton has required some time ...

<<I sent you an email, Bob.>>

Dear V-K,
Never got it, pal.
Do you mind sending it again?

Bob
bob@boblayton.com

There is a simple explanation for the style of art at Valiant.
No one popular would work for us!!
(Partly because of Shooter's rep and part because we couldn't match Marvel rates.) We knew we'd have to get by on strong storylines and characters because the big gun artists--
(A) usually refused to ...

My point was to illustrate the fact that Jim wasn't that far ahead on the books and why.

I don't want to continue the "Shooter--good or bad" argument.
You have the right to accept any opinion you wish.
I will never demean Shooter's talent. He obviously had excellent editorial skills ...

<<Shooter had unfinished works in progress or a few months of material left on books before he was canned, so IMO... the remaining crew worked off from his material until it was exhausted. Then things got really interesting. >>

Nice theory--but not so.
Jim was never...never...ahead on any book ...

<<Here's the latest from the Bob boxes...
While I am recovering, I had the missus bring in one of those old Valiant boxes for me to sort thru.
In it, I found this model sheet I drew for a proposed Shadowman Yearbook #2. I thought the guys might enjoy seeing it. Unfortunately, the notes for the ...

Again, I have to go back to a earlier post I made about Jim Shooter being terminally late on everything he wrote. The reason the ad art was different than the final product was that much of it was drawn exclusively for the ads--before Shooter had the actual plot worked out.
And, in his usual manner ...

<<It seems to me that in original advertisments, the Bob Layton cover of X-O #1 had the armor with the extra wrap-around piece on the helmet. However, the published X-O #1 cover has the armor without this piece; there is only a simpler helmet and face-shield. The story, though, has the armor with ...

I'd be happy to send anyone (who is a regular on the Valiant boards ) any of the Future books for half-off the cover price.
Simply send me a s.a.s.e. manilla envelope and some loot and I'll fire them off to you.
Send your requests to:
Bob Layton
P.O.Box 2776,
Valrico. FL 33595

Available comics are ...

So how did the representation of Solar's power (geometric objects around his hands) come about, Bob? I always thought it was BWS's thing, but it seems that your drawing has it first. Was that all you or did Jim and you come up with it?

Nay--BWS' twinkly stuff was very different and he threw in ...

<<Well, I too had to pause when I read that line. I have all your Future comics and loved every one. Could you drop a few blurbs of what was instore for the characters?

When a company goes under the fans wonder about their characters that they read and cared about. What was the future of each ...

"What would you say is the best plan of attack for us? How would you go about doing this?"

I think you're doomed to failure in the current market.
I lost a quarter million dollars of my own money with Future, even though we had mostly glowing reviews. (I've unofficially closed the company down ...

You wrote: "I know I'm probably not the first person to suggest this or ask this question but theres about 200+ people hitting this site consistently and among them I'm sure we have business men and women professional artist (like myself) writers,and various other experts in business and arts so has ...

Bone surgery on my left foot.
It's left me somewhat non-ambulatory. I should be walking again in about two weeks.

Bob
bob@boblayton.com

Allow me to put my two cents into the mix:
In truth, Garab Shamus and Steve Massarsky were very good friends and that relationship carried over into the pages of Wizard.
In truth--we were as much "in bed' with Wizard as we were with Western Publishing.
Keep in mind that Wizard was also partly ...

Hi guys,
Please be aware that I've switched my e-mail address to:
bob@boblayton.com.
I'm recovering from the surgery on schedule and should be mobile in another two weeks.
Thanks to everyone for their wishes for a speedy recovery.
Bob

I believe that, although the story was never done, design elements were used elsewhere.

Bob

Hey--I'm over it.
Dawg-Phan--you're a funny guy.
I apologize for letting that "fan" get under my skin. I suppose its a knee-jerk reaction to having eaten *SQUEE* for a decade over Valiant stuff I wasn't my fault.
Sorry.

Anyway, I'll keep looking for the story notes on the Shadowman Yearbook and ...

<<I think that if I was Bob I would be using all of this downtime to create tons of "unpublished" work to sell to all of us crazy weirdos...err..I mean "fans". I mean a bizzaro type world would keep him busy for a while and we would all eat it up...hell if he came out with a "bizzaro" bloodshot we ...

Hey, Guys--
Thank you SO much for all your wishes for a quick recovery. I'm doing my damnest to get on my feet a.s.a.p. About another three weeks according to the Sawbones.
I have to say that I'm touched by the outpouring of good will shown by the members of the Valiant Message Boards. I stayed away ...

I thought I’d drop all of you a post to let you know that I’m currently recovering from bone surgery and I’m going to be totally immobile for the next few weeks. I'd like to apologize for not answering everyones' e-mails swiftly. It's a little uncomfortable to sit at the computer.

After I recover ...