New artists on Valiant relaunch?

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:19 pm

Stinger wrote:I'd like to see Stephen Platt coming back to give a shot.

Whatever happened to this guy? He did some great work on Moon Knight, his popularity soared and then....nothing. It's like he dropped off the face of the earth. What's he doing now?

ManofTheAtom · Post by **ManofTheAtom** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:43 pm

Paul Ryan
Paul Gulacy
Sean Chen
Andrea Di Vito
Butch Guice
David Lapham
Sal Velluto
Gary Frank
Lee Weeks
Jim Calafiore
Don Perlin
Dale Eaglesham

bnasty71 · Post by **bnasty71** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:49 pm

David Finch and MAC!

DevilBro · Post by **DevilBro** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 6:59 pm

tarheelmarine wrote:I can't remember his name but the kid who drew the Adam Strange series would be a nice addition.

Pasqual Ferry (if I'm not mistaken)

cobra_commander · Post by **cobra_commander** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:21 pm

Zero wrote:
cobra_commander wrote:Rob Liefeld on feet..definitely
CC, you're on the wrong boards again...

www.imagefans.com or www.youngbloodfans.com or even www.footfetish.com

I googled "elongated diamond feet" and didn't get any of those hits

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:22 pm

cobra_commander wrote:
Zero wrote:
cobra_commander wrote:Rob Liefeld on feet..definitely
CC, you're on the wrong boards again...

www.imagefans.com or www.youngbloodfans.com or even www.footfetish.com

I googled "elongated diamond feet" and didn't get any of those hits

Try googling "Rob Liefeld feet".

cobra_commander · Post by **cobra_commander** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:23 pm

Chiclo wrote:
Cyberstrike wrote:My top tree are:

1) Jim Starlin
2) Jim Starlin
3) Jim Starlin

Any artist that gets his books drawn ahead of time should be the first
one hired.
Might not be the most popular stand to take, but it's alright in my book.

That man drew Thanos better than anyone else. Ever.

Thats great news if Thanos makes it into the VALIANT relaunch

cobra_commander · Post by **cobra_commander** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:25 pm

Zero wrote:
cobra_commander wrote:
Zero wrote:
cobra_commander wrote:Rob Liefeld on feet..definitely
CC, you're on the wrong boards again...

www.imagefans.com or www.youngbloodfans.com or even www.footfetish.com

I googled "elongated diamond feet" and didn't get any of those hits
Try googling "Rob Liefeld feet".

Oh yeah...

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:25 pm

Zero wrote:
cobra_commander wrote:
Zero wrote:
cobra_commander wrote:Rob Liefeld on feet..definitely
CC, you're on the wrong boards again...

www.imagefans.com or www.youngbloodfans.com or even www.footfetish.com

I googled "elongated diamond feet" and didn't get any of those hits
Try googling "Rob Liefeld feet".

It does bring up this article:

http://iagainstcomics.blogspot.com/2007 ... power.html

...which compares Michael Turner's boobs to Liefeld's feet.

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:26 pm

cobra_commander wrote:
Chiclo wrote:
Cyberstrike wrote:My top tree are:

1) Jim Starlin
2) Jim Starlin
3) Jim Starlin

Any artist that gets his books drawn ahead of time should be the first
one hired.
Might not be the most popular stand to take, but it's alright in my book.

That man drew Thanos better than anyone else. Ever.
Thats great news if Thanos makes it into the VALIANT relaunch

Highly unlikely. You just want Valiant-lite.

cobra_commander · Post by **cobra_commander** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:34 pm

OK my list would be

John Totleben on Solar
John Cassaday on Magnus
David Lapham on Harby again
Sean Chen on X-O
Arthur Suydam on Shadowman
Jim Lee on Rai
and Jim Starlin on Thanos

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:38 pm

I think I'd almost rather see undiscovered talent. If they have a good talent evaluator (Shooter) then they would be more likely to get solid talent across the board without paying crazy money to get it.

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 8:50 pm

Zero wrote:I'd like to see Klayton Krain back on Shadowman.

I'd also like to see them get Leinil Yu:

Have you checked out the High Roads series he did? I think he would be great at an Archer, Armstrong, EW title.

ManofTheAtom · Post by **ManofTheAtom** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 8:52 pm

Zero wrote:I think I'd almost rather see undiscovered talent.

BRING BACK KNOB ROW!!!

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 9:20 pm

x-omatic wrote:
Zero wrote:I'd like to see Klayton Krain back on Shadowman.

I'd also like to see them get Leinil Yu:

Have you checked out the High Roads series he did? I think he would be great at an Archer, Armstrong, EW title.

EXACTLY what I was thinking!

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 9:20 pm

ManofTheAtom wrote:
Zero wrote:I think I'd almost rather see undiscovered talent.
BRING BACK KNOB ROW!!!

You said it in half the words... Nice!

jsbt · Post by **jsbt** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:48 pm

David Lapham - just because. Him back on Harbinger would make me weep.
Mike Deodato - keeps getting better and better. His work on Tbolts is stunning.
Phil Jimenez
Adam & Andy Kubert (not that Adam is on time lately)
Daniel Acuna
Mark Bagley - another artist who reinvented himself when I took him for granted back in the day
Gene Ha on Solar
Joey Q
Michael Ryan
Ivan Reis
Sal Velluto
Don Perlin
Ernie Colon!
The one, the only JOHN ROMITA JR.

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:50 pm

ManofTheAtom wrote:
Zero wrote:I think I'd almost rather see undiscovered talent.
BRING BACK KNOB ROW!!!

Knob Lite?

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:56 pm

jsbt wrote:David Lapham - just because. Him back on Harbinger would make me weep.
Mike Deodato - keeps getting better and better. His work on Tbolts is stunning.
Phil Jimenez
Adam & Andy Kubert (not that Adam is on time lately)
Daniel Acuna
Mark Bagley - another artist who reinvented himself when I took him for granted back in the day
Gene Ha on Solar
Joey Q
Michael Ryan
Ivan Reis
Sal Velluto
Don Perlin
Ernie Colon!
The one, the only JOHN ROMITA JR.

I'd love to see Velluto back on a Valiant book!

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 12:45 am

cobra_commander wrote:
Chiclo wrote:
Cyberstrike wrote:My top tree are:

1) Jim Starlin
2) Jim Starlin
3) Jim Starlin

Any artist that gets his books drawn ahead of time should be the first
one hired.
Might not be the most popular stand to take, but it's alright in my book.

That man drew Thanos better than anyone else. Ever.
Thats great news if Thanos makes it into the VALIANT relaunch

YES! Let's get Thanos in the Valiant Universe! He'd rule that popsicle stand inside of a week.

ManofTheAtom · Post by **ManofTheAtom** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 12:48 am

X-O HoboJoe wrote:
ManofTheAtom wrote:
Zero wrote:I think I'd almost rather see undiscovered talent.
BRING BACK KNOB ROW!!!
Knob Lite?

Knob Zero, less sugar.... though they might need it for those late nights at work under Dino's bootheel.

ManofTheAtom · Post by **ManofTheAtom** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 12:50 am

Starlin may be a great penciller, but as far as ideas go they tend to suck, specially in regards to VALIANT.

He's the one who thought that Alexander Darque should transform into a giant spider in U2K.

Solar_OSX · Post by **Solar_OSX** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 1:57 am

Frank Miller on Shadowman.

The original Shadowman, too. Pre-Unity Shadowman.

Jack Boniface out all night, playing Jazz, drinking, smoking, carousing and fighting in New Orleans in that first-person narration style like only Frank can write and draw it.

That would be awesome, I think.

Stinger · Post by **Stinger** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 2:43 am

Jay Tomio wrote:
Lightning Strike wrote:
Stinger wrote:I'd like to see Stephen Platt coming back to give a shot.
Whatever happened to this guy? He did some great work on Moon Knight, his popularity soared and then....nothing. It's like he dropped off the face of the earth. What's he doing now?
Well after Moon Knight he got picked up by Liefeld's IMAGE studio and did super high profile work (at the time) on Prophet. He did some creator-owned work and I think did some covers for the recent Wildstorm relaunch.

Dang, man. I am not sure if Platt is really trying hard to be the best for his comic book career. What I know is that Platt is a party kid, so he might not have a time to be a serious comic book artist. I'd hope he got mature to join Valiant.

Texcap · Post by **Texcap** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 2:02 pm

Thought of a few other creators I'd love to see at Valiant:

- Rick Leonardi (perhaps one of the industry's most underrated artists. One of the best "form" AND "function" artists.)
- Chris Sprouse (Very gifted storyteller with a clean, versatile & distinct style. Higher profile to boot.)
- Jerry Ordway (I don't see him on too many projects these days & that's a crying shame -- he's too good not to snatch up fast.)