PLAYING GOD TPB Story Discussion! - SPOILER ALERT!!!!

JonesyAZ · Post by **JonesyAZ** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 11:58:27 am

Chiclo wrote:
JonesyAZ wrote:HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I assure you...it's not me...

...wait...

...maybe it's an alternate universe Jonesy? Black Lantern Jonesy?
Jonesy Lawrence?

WHOA.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

My wife would kiss you for that one, Chiclo. She actually LIKES Joey Lawrence.

YUCK!!!!!!

IanAlexavier · Post by **IanAlexavier** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 8:26:58 pm

I read through my copy and enjoyed it!!

Stu... you gots talent, my man!!! Great Bloodshot sketch!!!! Amazing!!

Fun, fun, fun!!

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Sun Aug 08, 2010 10:30:45 am

JonesyAZ wrote:
Chiclo wrote:
JonesyAZ wrote:HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I assure you...it's not me...

...wait...

...maybe it's an alternate universe Jonesy? Black Lantern Jonesy?
Jonesy Lawrence?

WHOA.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

My wife would kiss you for that one, Chiclo. She actually LIKES Joey Lawrence.

YUCK!!!!!!

Is she going to watch that new Joey Lawrence and Melissa Joan Hart show on ABC Family?

My wife is moderately excited for it.

iwantvaliant · Post by **iwantvaliant** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 12:26:48 pm

Just finished reading my copy last night. I thought it was great! It ended really strong.

Favorite moment: Sniper! I did not expect that.

What's going on with the Yvel Guichet piece in the back?

I'm very happy I bought this! Great work guys!

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 1:43:10 pm

Speaking of Sniper, did the reason the bullets hurt him come through?

dellamorte · Post by **dellamorte** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 3:34:38 pm

iwantvaliantcomics wrote:Just finished reading my copy last night. I thought it was great! It ended really strong.

Favorite moment: Sniper! I did not expect that.

What's going on with the Yvel Guichet piece in the back?

I'm very happy I bought this! Great work guys!

Glad you liked it. Stu added lots of cool little things, like Sniper. I think the more you look at the story the more the little things come into focus.

The back up story is a preview of Man of God. What did you think of it?

iwantvaliant · Post by **iwantvaliant** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 3:39:44 pm

X-O HoboJoe wrote:Speaking of Sniper, did the reason the bullets hurt him come through?

Oh yeah! Totally got that it was from the thirty pieces of silver.

iwantvaliant · Post by **iwantvaliant** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 3:41:56 pm

dellamorte wrote: The back up story is a preview of Man of God. What did you think of it?

I'm intrigued. Yvel's art is always fantastic.

dellamorte · Post by **dellamorte** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 3:43:46 pm

iwantvaliantcomics wrote:
dellamorte wrote: The back up story is a preview of Man of God. What did you think of it?
I'm intrigued. Yvel's art is always fantastic.

What about the story? Please don't make me beg for feedback.

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 3:48:48 pm

iwantvaliantcomics wrote:
X-O HoboJoe wrote:Speaking of Sniper, did the reason the bullets hurt him come through?
Oh yeah! Totally got that it was from the thirty pieces of silver.

Cool, we wanted that to bridge into why Trent could hurt him too: Anything that had a direct analog in the "real world" can damage big bad.

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 3:49:38 pm

dellamorte wrote:
iwantvaliantcomics wrote:
dellamorte wrote: The back up story is a preview of Man of God. What did you think of it?
I'm intrigued. Yvel's art is always fantastic.
What about the story? Please don't make me beg for feedback.

Seriously, his begging is terrible!

iwantvaliant · Post by **iwantvaliant** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 4:02:53 pm

dellamorte wrote:
iwantvaliantcomics wrote:
dellamorte wrote: The back up story is a preview of Man of God. What did you think of it?
I'm intrigued. Yvel's art is always fantastic.
What about the story? Please don't make me beg for feedback.

It's great! I'm ready for more.

October 26th of what year?

dellamorte · Post by **dellamorte** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 4:21:29 pm

X-O HoboJoe wrote:
dellamorte wrote:
iwantvaliantcomics wrote:
dellamorte wrote: The back up story is a preview of Man of God. What did you think of it?
I'm intrigued. Yvel's art is always fantastic.
What about the story? Please don't make me beg for feedback.
Seriously, his begging is terrible!

Don't you have some books to remark?

JonesyAZ · Post by **JonesyAZ** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 4:21:52 pm

dellamorte wrote:
iwantvaliantcomics wrote:Just finished reading my copy last night. I thought it was great! It ended really strong.

Favorite moment: Sniper! I did not expect that.

What's going on with the Yvel Guichet piece in the back?

I'm very happy I bought this! Great work guys!
Glad you liked it. Stu added lots of cool little things, like Sniper. I think the more you look at the story the more the little things come into focus.

The back up story is a preview of Man of God. What did you think of it?

The Man of God preview was very unique and intriguing! I loved how Yvel Guichet was the artist for it!

Question...will "Man of God" have any relation to the Valiant U?

dellamorte · Post by **dellamorte** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 4:22:57 pm

iwantvaliantcomics wrote:
dellamorte wrote:
iwantvaliantcomics wrote:
dellamorte wrote: The back up story is a preview of Man of God. What did you think of it?
I'm intrigued. Yvel's art is always fantastic.
What about the story? Please don't make me beg for feedback.
It's great! I'm ready for more.

October 26th of what year?

'

of whatever year I manage to get the book out in. With luck it will be early next year so you can choose betwee 2010 or 2011.

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 4:42:57 pm

dellamorte wrote:
X-O HoboJoe wrote:
dellamorte wrote:
iwantvaliantcomics wrote:
dellamorte wrote: The back up story is a preview of Man of God. What did you think of it?
I'm intrigued. Yvel's art is always fantastic.
What about the story? Please don't make me beg for feedback.
Seriously, his begging is terrible!
Don't you have some books to remark?

Yup. And I'll be done before Oct. 26th!

hobosleftnut · Post by **hobosleftnut** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 4:57:19 pm

dellamorte wrote:
iwantvaliantcomics wrote:
dellamorte wrote:
iwantvaliantcomics wrote:
dellamorte wrote: The back up story is a preview of Man of God. What did you think of it?
I'm intrigued. Yvel's art is always fantastic.
What about the story? Please don't make me beg for feedback.
It's great! I'm ready for more.

October 26th of what year?
'

of whatever year I manage to get the book out in. With luck it will be early next year so you can choose betwee 2010 or 2011.

You schedule the release of your book like you work for VEI.

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 8:40:10 pm

hobosleftnut wrote:
dellamorte wrote:
iwantvaliantcomics wrote:
dellamorte wrote:
iwantvaliantcomics wrote:
dellamorte wrote: The back up story is a preview of Man of God. What did you think of it?
I'm intrigued. Yvel's art is always fantastic.
What about the story? Please don't make me beg for feedback.
It's great! I'm ready for more.

October 26th of what year?
'

of whatever year I manage to get the book out in. With luck it will be early next year so you can choose betwee 2010 or 2011.
You schedule the release of your book like you work for VEI.

No, we’re actually getting a series of new work.

dellamorte · Post by **dellamorte** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 9:38:11 pm

JonesyAZ wrote:
dellamorte wrote:
iwantvaliantcomics wrote:Just finished reading my copy last night. I thought it was great! It ended really strong.

Favorite moment: Sniper! I did not expect that.

What's going on with the Yvel Guichet piece in the back?

I'm very happy I bought this! Great work guys!
Glad you liked it. Stu added lots of cool little things, like Sniper. I think the more you look at the story the more the little things come into focus.

The back up story is a preview of Man of God. What did you think of it?
The Man of God preview was very unique and intriguing! I loved how Yvel Guichet was the artist for it!

Question...will "Man of God" have any relation to the Valiant U?

Nope. Man of God is set in a world of its own.

JonesyAZ · Post by **JonesyAZ** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 9:57:56 pm

I actually have one other question regarding the Playing God story. I noticed that many of the characters were not mentioned by name ("Eternal Warrior" was called "Gilad," and "Sting" was just mentioned as "Peter.")

Is this due to VEI owning copyrights to the names? I was under the impression that copyrights and/or trademarks prevent specific names or brands being used only on a cover or packaging?

Just curious.

I am going to re-read this story at some point this week. Thanks again, gents

dellamorte · Post by **dellamorte** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 11:17:42 pm

JonesyAZ wrote:I actually have one other question regarding the Playing God story. I noticed that many of the characters were not mentioned by name ("Eternal Warrior" was called "Gilad," and "Sting" was just mentioned as "Peter.")

Is this due to VEI owning copyrights to the names? I was under the impression that copyrights and/or trademarks prevent specific names or brands being used only on a cover or packaging?

Just curious.

I am going to re-read this story at some point this week. Thanks again, gents

Good question. It has nothing to do with VEI or any copyright issues. I just tried to be faithful to the characters and the way that they spoke and interacted with each other.

It's been a while but I don't recall anyone actually calling Gilad "The Eternal Warrior" in any of the books. He was called the Fist and Steel and a few other things but usually just by one of the Geomancers.

While a character like Zephyr would throw out the super hero title every time, because that's just who she was, nobody is going to call Clay "Geomancer" as his name. Just as you wouldn't call Gunny "Armorine".

I'm sure I screwed some stuff up but for the most part our Geomancers kept me honest. We tried very hard to craft a story that would act as a tour through the Valiant universe and introduce as many of the characters as we could. The reason you don't see X-O or Bloodshot is that we were asked to stay away from them by VEI. It would have been great to include them, I think we could have done some really cool stuff. Oh well.

I hope at least a bit of that ramble answered the question.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 11:19:49 pm

dellamorte wrote:The reason you don't see X-O or Bloodshot is that we were asked to stay away from them by VEI. It would have been great to include them, I think we could have done some really cool stuff. Oh well.

-slym

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Tue Aug 10, 2010 1:50:00 am

slym2none wrote:
dellamorte wrote:The reason you don't see X-O or Bloodshot is that we were asked to stay away from them by VEI. It would have been great to include them, I think we could have done some really cool stuff. Oh well.

-slym

It would have been nice to see someone use the characters.

How long ago were you given VEI's blessing?

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue Aug 10, 2010 11:09:00 am

X-O HoboJoe wrote:
iwantvaliantcomics wrote:
X-O HoboJoe wrote:Speaking of Sniper, did the reason the bullets hurt him come through?
Oh yeah! Totally got that it was from the thirty pieces of silver.
Cool, we wanted that to bridge into why Trent could hurt him too: Anything that had a direct analog in the "real world" can damage big bad.

That was nice touch, I really enjoyed that part.

dave · Post by **dave** » Tue Aug 10, 2010 12:46:20 pm

X-O HoboJoe wrote:Speaking of Sniper, did the reason the bullets hurt him come through?

Reason? Bullets? Sniper?

Time for me to re-read!