VALIANT Entertainment Licensed Comics

ManofTheAtom · Post by **ManofTheAtom** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 12:15 am

There was an old TV show called Cliffhangers! that featured three different stories.

One was about a cowboy fighting a secret underground empire, another one had Dracula as a college professor in California, and the third had a Lois Lane-like reporter.

That be another good license.

Thomas Crown · Post by **Thomas Crown** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 3:50 am

ManofTheAtom wrote:There was an old TV show called Cliffhangers! that featured three different stories.

One was about a cowboy fighting a secret underground empire, another one had Dracula as a college professor in California, and the third had a Lois Lane-like reporter.

That be another good license.

Now there is an idea, you can get the licensing to do all of Anne Rice books and shoot off's.

ManofTheAtom · Post by **ManofTheAtom** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 9:55 am

That be interesting.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 12:15 pm

This guy...

...he had the car that could make impossible-G turns, and his human friend would ride with him and get smashed into the inside of the car, right??? I vaguely remember this.....

-slym

ManofTheAtom · Post by **ManofTheAtom** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 12:37 pm

Heh, yeah that's the one.

You can go here and watch the intro to the show.

http://www.retrojunk.com/details_tvshows/99-automan/

You can find some pics and other stuff here

http://www.automan.tv/

Thomas Crown · Post by **Thomas Crown** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 1:04 pm

slym2none wrote:This guy...

...he had the car that could make impossible-G turns, and his human friend would ride with him and get smashed into the inside of the car, right??? I vaguely remember this.....

-slym

Some basic TV shows that were cult classics, like Mission Impossible and Miami Vice. Maybe you can take 3 or 4 of these and string them together and make more of a real world drama serious instead of focusing on the unreal.
I'm reluctant to say CSI or Law and order because I think it's ridicules that they have 3 different versions of each show, just keep the best one on and make room for other shows damit.

ManofTheAtom · Post by **ManofTheAtom** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 1:06 pm

IDW has the CSI license.

I don't think Law & Order would translate that well into comic books, but it might work.

Marvel's done some Mission Impossible comics in the past, so that could work too.

betterthanezra · Post by **betterthanezra** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 1:09 pm

ManofTheAtom wrote: I don't think Law & Order would translate that well into comic books, but it might work.

I don't think Law & Order would translate well to comics.....not this late into there television run.....IMO

The average age watching L&O is well over 55 years.....they aren't going to purchase comics for this unless they already buy comics...

-Brian

ManofTheAtom · Post by **ManofTheAtom** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 1:13 pm

betterthanezra wrote:
ManofTheAtom wrote: I don't think Law & Order would translate that well into comic books, but it might work.
I don't think Law & Order would translate well to comics.....not this late into there television run.....IMO

The average age watching L&O is well over 55 years.....they aren't going to purchase comics for this unless they already buy comics...

-Brian

Most importantly I think L&O is a hard format to translate into comic book form.

betterthanezra · Post by **betterthanezra** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 1:17 pm

ManofTheAtom wrote:
betterthanezra wrote:
ManofTheAtom wrote: I don't think Law & Order would translate that well into comic books, but it might work.
I don't think Law & Order would translate well to comics.....not this late into there television run.....IMO

The average age watching L&O is well over 55 years.....they aren't going to purchase comics for this unless they already buy comics...

-Brian
Most importantly I think L&O is a hard format to translate into comic book form.

I agree......

I also think CSI is also tough to translate and IDW does it with moderate success....

To bad IDW has the 24 license...

-Brian

ManofTheAtom · Post by **ManofTheAtom** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 1:24 pm

VALIANT could always got after Prison Break, heh.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 11:51 pm

ManofTheAtom wrote:VALIANT could always got after Prison Break, heh.

Hey, we want them to succeed, right? RIGHT???

-slym

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 5:01 am

Desperate Housewives - get the girls buying comics.

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 12:04 pm

Thinking a bit more about this topic I was thinking that more important is to know whether or not they (VE) will ever actually produce any comics. Particularly featuring the established VALIANT characters.

ManofTheAtom · Post by **ManofTheAtom** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 12:05 pm

leonmallett wrote:Thinking a bit more about this topic I was thinking that more important is to know whether or not they (VE) will ever actually produce any comics. Particularly featuring the established VALIANT characters.

Sure they will, while else would they have spent more than a million dollars on it?

To resell them? Not likely.

ManofTheAtom · Post by **ManofTheAtom** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 12:06 pm

slym2none wrote:
ManofTheAtom wrote:VALIANT could always got after Prison Break, heh.
Hey, we want them to succeed, right? RIGHT???

-slym

Heh

Prison Break's a good show, lol.

ManofTheAtom · Post by **ManofTheAtom** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 1:03 am

How about "Voyagers!"?

Zaphod · Post by **Zaphod** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 7:13 pm

This might be off topic but how about some kickass trade paperbacks of old Valiant stuff?

wouldn't that be the way to go, reprint some of the good stuff to garner interest in new stuff?
maybe see about adding in short teasers for some new projects/stories.
throw money at Jim Shooter to figure out what to do.

if I ever win the lottery and multimillions of dollars I am giving a percentage to:
Jim Shooter
Terry Gilliam
Trent Reznor

let them go nuts, maybe force them into a room with all the crap they need, food included and don't let them out until I like what they collaborate on.

ManofTheAtom · Post by **ManofTheAtom** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 7:40 pm

MProyas wrote:This might be off topic but how about some kickass trade paperbacks of old VALIANT stuff?

wouldn't that be the way to go, reprint some of the good stuff to garner interest in new stuff?
maybe see about adding in short teasers for some new projects/stories.
throw money at Jim Shooter to figure out what to do.

if I ever win the lottery and multimillions of dollars I am giving a percentage to:
Jim Shooter
Terry Gilliam
Trent Reznor

let them go nuts, maybe force them into a room with all the crap they need, food included and don't let them out until I like what they collaborate on.

DVD-style trades would rule.

X-O Dudeowar · Post by **X-O Dudeowar** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:34 pm

I guess the key is finding decent licenses that haven't been picked up yet, so probably it would be newer shows. Maybe like LOST or the Nine or something.

Or what if they picked up Super Mario and Zelda again to bank on the popularity of the Wii and the new Zelda game? o.o;

Thomas Crown · Post by **Thomas Crown** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:51 pm

X-O Dudeowar wrote:I guess the key is finding decent licenses that haven't been picked up yet, so probably it would be newer shows. Maybe like LOST or the Nine or something.

Or what if they picked up Super Mario and Zelda again to bank on the popularity of the Wii and the new Zelda game? o.o;

Oh ya, you stumbled on a great idea. Pulling Characters from Video games and gear them for American Market consumption aka GTA, Resident Evil, Final Fantasy non-anime style etc...

I know Halo does a comic, I think.

Basically do the opposite of Acclaim, instead of characters for Video Games, Comics for Video Game Characters.

tarheelmarine · Post by **tarheelmarine** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 1:15 pm

Heath wrote:
Thomas Crown wrote:
ManofTheAtom wrote:I know exactly what license VALIANT should go for...

The Greatest American Hero.
I think a company already has GI Joe all locked down Devil's Own I think they are called.
GI Joe was "A Real American Hero."

Yo, JOE!!

ManofTheAtom · Post by **ManofTheAtom** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 1:17 pm

Thomas Crown wrote:
X-O Dudeowar wrote:I guess the key is finding decent licenses that haven't been picked up yet, so probably it would be newer shows. Maybe like LOST or the Nine or something.

Or what if they picked up Super Mario and Zelda again to bank on the popularity of the Wii and the new Zelda game? o.o;
Oh ya, you stumbled on a great idea. Pulling Characters from Video games and gear them for American Market consumption aka GTA, Resident Evil, Final Fantasy non-anime style etc...

I know Halo does a comic, I think.

Basically do the opposite of Acclaim, instead of characters for Video Games, Comics for Video Game Characters.

As video games have matured since the days of Mario and Zelda, VE MIGHT be able to do something with the properties you mention long as what happened before doesn't happen again.

Cyberstrike · Post by **Cyberstrike** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 8:03 am

Thomas Crown wrote:
ManofTheAtom wrote:I know exactly what license VALIANT should go for...

The Greatest American Hero.
I think a company already has GI Joe all locked down Devil's Own I think they are called.

It's Devil's Due Publishing.

buff-beardo · Post by **buff-beardo** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 9:11 am

Licensing to do an adaptation of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy would surely be profitable, but probably to difficult to get rights to. I think I've read where other publishers had tried and were unable to work out the details with the Tolkien heirs.