Only The Valiant Podcast

[MarrowMan]

can't wait to listen to epi 80

[Rufusharley]

Just finished 79. And I must say I loved it! I think it's the best cast yet. And would love you guys to do more along that same line. I found myself laughing and chuckling a lot! (Seams fitting it was about A&A)

I was able to hang out with Van Lente for a decient part of the day Sat. And was able to do a quick 15 min OTV interview with him. (Audio recorded of course and it listens really well ) Fred is super easy to interview and it was a pleasure to hear him give some insight into A&A and some background into his life. ( we should get it up on OTV shouldn't we? )

[grendeljd]

Just listened to 79... great work dissecting A&A 1, guys.

Funny stuff, too - loved the bit about the quick sellout of the 'first edition' of the Ten Commandments & the variant gold second print.

[Chiclo]

Stop. Stop right there. Gill-id? Eye-var?

It's Gi-LAHD and Ee-var.



Back to the 'cast...

Gi-LAHD........ surely you jest.

That's how JayJay says it and it was supposed to be her book.

[jmatt]

Stop. Stop right there. Gill-id? Eye-var?

It's Gi-LAHD and Ee-var.



Back to the 'cast...

Gi-LAHD........ surely you jest.

Despite their supposedly Anatolian roots, Gilad, Ivar and Aram are pretty Jewish names. And having grown up a native New Yorker, I have a zillion Jewish friends, to the point where I can say the prayer for the lighting of the Sabbath candles in Hebrew. Just don't ask me to spell "varitzivanu".

Listen for yourself.

[Rufusharley]

Three quarters the way through 80. Love it! I find myself laughing a lot

[Dr. Solar]

I was able to hang out with Van Lente for a decient part of the day Sat. And was able to do a quick 15 min OTV interview with him. (Audio recorded of course and it listens really well ) Fred is super easy to interview and it was a pleasure to hear him give some insight into A&A and some background into his life. ( we should get it up on OTV shouldn't we? )

Hellz yes!!!

[iwantvaliant]

I really liked 79 and I hope you do more episodes like that.

[Dr. Solar]

We've been getting a lot of positive feedback on the A&A commentary track episode (thanks!)

I think we'll do more of them.

[Rufusharley]

We've been getting a lot of positive feedback on the A&A commentary track episode (thanks!)

I think we'll do more of them.

Yes please!:)

[bribri]

We've been getting a lot of positive feedback on the A&A commentary track episode (thanks!)

I think we'll do more of them.

Yeah, I just listened to the commentary and thought it was great. I found myself wanting to add to discussion and had to remind myself that you guys couldn't hear me.

Anyway, I'll add two of my thoughts here. These aren't really spoilers, but I'll block them just in case.

1. You guys discussed the Sandburg poem but didn't mentioned the part about the eighth game of the World Series. I found this minor detail interesting because it was a real event. Here is a link to the game: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912_World_Series" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
This World Series went 8 games because one game resulted in a tie, which can no longer happen in Major League Baseball. I enjoy references like this because we now know where Armstrong was on October 16, 1912, and we know who he was with.

2. You guys didn't like the fact that when A&A were locked up in the cell Armstrong was in chains and Archer was not. In fact, one of you said it was the worst part of the book. I have to disagree, and I think the explanation is quite simple. Armstrong says he's been locked up in that room before, which suggests he's also been able to escape. The Sect understands and has experienced Armstrong's strength in the past. The room itself is a cell, and therefore Archer is in fact locked up. Clearly The Sect was not expecting him to pick the lock, and they must have thought locking him in the cell would be sufficient, whereas they new the extra security of chains was a requirement for Aram. I just don't feel that it was an egregious error and wouldn't consider it worth labeling the worst part of the book.

I definitely got a lot out of listening to your commentary, especially all of the biblical reference that I could not be bothered looking up. Lots of research and fun facts there. Thanks!

[ShadowTuga]

To all the people involved in the show:
this may be a bit old, but i'd like to give you guys my sincere congratulations for the amazing interview with Robert Venditti. It was great to hear the amount of work and research that this man is putting into X-O. I'm catching up with all the past shows and i've just finished hearing this one.

Also, I'd like to ask for more of those Commentary Tracks, please.
Are you planning this for every #1, for example?

[Dr. Solar]

1. You guys discussed the Sandburg poem but didn't mentioned the part about the eighth game of the World Series. I found this minor detail interesting because it was a real event. Here is a link to the game: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912_World_Series" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
This World Series went 8 games because one game resulted in a tie, which can no longer happen in Major League Baseball. I enjoy references like this because we now know where Armstrong was on October 16, 1912, and we know who he was with.

We totally missed this one! Good catch!

To all the people involved in the show:
this may be a bit old, but i'd like to give you guys my sincere congratulations for the amazing interview with Robert Venditti. It was great to hear the amount of work and research that this man is putting into X-O. I'm catching up with all the past shows and i've just finished hearing this one.

Also, I'd like to ask for more of those Commentary Tracks, please.
Are you planning this for every #1, for example?

Thank you! We discussed this a bit tonight, and I think we will try to do this for "landmark" books, we are thinking the next commentary track will be for X-O #5 because of the first appearance of Ninjak, and maybe Shadowman #1 the month after that.

[Elveen]

To all the people involved in the show:
this may be a bit old, but i'd like to give you guys my sincere congratulations for the amazing interview with Robert Venditti. It was great to hear the amount of work and research that this man is putting into X-O. I'm catching up with all the past shows and i've just finished hearing this one.

Also, I'd like to ask for more of those Commentary Tracks, please.
Are you planning this for every #1, for example?

Thanks bro. V-Ditty is such a great guy and I was real stoked that we got to hang a bit at SDCC this year. He is a total champ of a dude.

[Dr. Solar]

Our very own RufusHarley has a report and interview with Fred Van Lente up at OTV. It's got about 10 minutes of audio, check it out!

Interview with Fred Van Lente

[drmirage]

Cool! But you mean Archer Obidah has a report.....

Our very own RufusHarley has a report and interview with Fred Van Lente up at OTV. It's got about 10 minutes of audio, check it out!

Interview with Fred Van Lente

[Rufusharley]

Cool! But you mean Archer Obidah has a report.....

Our very own RufusHarley has a report and interview with Fred Van Lente up at OTV. It's got about 10 minutes of audio, check it out!

Interview with Fred Van Lente

No way jose! That's flippin bullcorn!

[drmirage]

Greart Journalism! Enjoyed the interview!

[Dr. Solar]

Behold the Sound and Fury of Only The Valiant!

It's time for Episode 81, chock full of Valiant talk about Harbinger #3 and Bloodshot #2. Listen in now!

[drmirage]

Great. I just listned to Episode 80 last night. Chiclo, have you seen The Matrix already? There is no spoon.

[Blood of Heroes]

Cool! But you mean Archer Obidah has a report.....

Our very own RufusHarley has a report and interview with Fred Van Lente up at OTV. It's got about 10 minutes of audio, check it out!

Interview with Fred Van Lente

No way jose! That's flippin bullcorn!

Watch your mouth, Obidiah!

[dbngaa]

Finally got to read this month's books - Harbinger is definitely topping the read pile, but I enjoyed them all. To address the Faith in underwear issue - she's a big girl, those may have BEEN shorts. Some old Umbros she lounges in maybe. The Bloodshot cleavage panel was a) badly drawn and b) more gratuitous than probably intended due to the poor drawing. Full disclosure, I did not read Liberty Meadows for the humor.

[Elveen]

Episode #82 is up and live right now.

Check it out @ onlythevaliant.com

[betterthanezra]

Episode #82 is up and live right now.

Check it out @ onlythevaliant.com

Doing that now

-Brian

[Dr. Solar]

In This Episode, Someone DIES!

With that exciting lead, how can you not listen to Only The Valiant Episode 82?

Available for your listening pleasure right here:

http://onlythevaliant.com/episodes/82/