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Latest announcement from DMG about not having an office

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Reads to me like this happened at Valiant

DMG: Did you see the fans posting about how we're doing to shut down Valiant because we don't have an office anymore??

Valiant: Yes, but you literally told us to give up the office so you could shut down Valiant next year.

DMG: We don't want them to know that. Quick, put out a press release that makes them feel like we got lots going on!

Valiant: Dear comics industry, the dog ate my homework but remember the bloodshot movie! Oh and that Shadowman game from 1999??

See what you all think. maybe im just mad and its actually good news

https://aiptcomics.com/2020/08/13/valia ... ructuring/

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Thanks for posting. This doesn't bode well for Valiant, I fear.

(1) X-O Manowar 2 will resume publishing in November. The first issue came out in March.

(2) Ninjak will return in 2021.

The rest seems to be a rehash of things that were already in play, already produced, or not produced by them at all (e.g. the movie).

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Moving to new offices which are under construction.
Just sounds off. Hope it works out for them.
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Shadowman was supposed to be out in May, now it has no official release date and rarely gets mentioned.

They gave Ninjak a release window of 'one of the 12 months in 2021.'

Savage looks like it wants to be funny... Ugh.

Still wondering what's happening with Visitor.

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Phantom wrote: Sat Aug 15, 2020 4:22:15 am Moving to new offices which are under construction.
Just sounds off. Hope it works out for them.
The 'under construction' line sounds typical. My company had the lease on our most recent office for a month or two before moving from our old office. It was basically a shell and the owner wanted to build it out in a particular way, so it was under construction while that work got done.
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kjjohanson wrote: Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:23:13 pm
Phantom wrote: Sat Aug 15, 2020 4:22:15 am Moving to new offices which are under construction.
Just sounds off. Hope it works out for them.
The 'under construction' line sounds typical. My company had the lease on our most recent office for a month or two before moving from our old office. It was basically a shell and the owner wanted to build it out in a particular way, so it was under construction while that work got done.
I think they are just in the process of gathering cardboard and tarps for their new location under the bridge.

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hawkeyeps wrote: Sun Aug 16, 2020 1:21:43 pm
kjjohanson wrote: Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:23:13 pm
Phantom wrote: Sat Aug 15, 2020 4:22:15 am Moving to new offices which are under construction.
Just sounds off. Hope it works out for them.
The 'under construction' line sounds typical. My company had the lease on our most recent office for a month or two before moving from our old office. It was basically a shell and the owner wanted to build it out in a particular way, so it was under construction while that work got done.
I think they are just in the process of gathering cardboard and tarps for their new location under the bridge.
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Valiant Entertainment is teaming up with Blowfish Studios to develop a slate of all-new action packed video games with the popular characters from Valiant’s Superhero Universe. This will mark the first multi-platform Valiant video games since Acclaim’s acquisition of the company back in the 90’s.
This sounds interesting but probably won't be.
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Seems legit to me. The organisation I work for has undergone similar restructuring and such in order to continue functioning in the current climate, and are doing so very succesfully, so I don't see why the same couldn't be possible at Valiant. Things have obviously been shaken up for them as a result of the pandemic and I don't see why the company wouldn't be doing its very best to pull through this as successfully as possible: any other alternative doesn't make sense for any company that has the aim of 'continue growing' - so let's hope that that's the grand plan, in light of the DMG influence.

I'm not so optimistic about 'office under construction, aiming for finish Fall 2020': we're practically entering the Fall already, so that gives them until what, November at most(?) to get the building finished and office installed. Building projects get delayed all the time, could happen easily, and then what? Maybe the whole angle is Bu115h1t :?

Not sure how they think they're going to float the company with such low comic output. My guess would be that this will pick up in time provided all goes well financially, but it seems to me that there may be a heavy reliance on the line of new video games and slated Harbinger film that are currently in the works to inject some revenue back into the business in lieu of low comic sales. I'd like to see them up the comic output to a good ten lines per month asap - that'd install more faith in the company in me than betting it all on a handful of screen-based products will.

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nycjadie wrote: Fri Aug 14, 2020 2:03:44 pm Thanks for posting. This doesn't bode well for Valiant, I fear.

(1) X-O Manowar 2 will resume publishing in November. The first issue came out in March.

(2) Ninjak will return in 2021

The rest seems to be a rehash of things that were already in play, already produced, or not produced by them at all (e.g. the movie).


(1) #1 was trash, not sure how that script got green lit, the flagship character at that, wow. The new ongoing was pushed back from 11/2019 to 3/2020 and still failed miserably to grasp the core essence of the character, with that extra time (on top of the lead time they already had) the team was given.... :| facepalm :censored:

(2) 2021?! Hard pass, and I love Ninjak! But that art ain’t it... :| :cry: :censored:

(3) Shadowman seems to be canned, until further notice... :| facepalm :censored:

(4) Savage didn’t have the look or feel, continuity wise, (from preview pgs) of the first mini, which was a bad sign. No further information has been given to the status of the book. IMO they should scrap the whole thing a start anew... :| facepalm

(5) The Visitor #5 & #6, where are they?! Mini wasn’t that great, but I at least want to know wth the big mystery was about, and his connection continuity wise to the present/future.... :| :?

(6) The Harbinger fcbd tease. Unimpressed! (2021?!)... :| :censored:

(7) Most heartbreaking, seriously! *Divinity (fcbd tease (5/2021?!)... :| :cry: :censored: facepalm :!:

*Assuming it’s Divinity... :hm: :?

(8)* Oh, I forgot about Final Witness, not like anyone cares, lol. Mini series canned until further notice... :?

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