Is VEI dead or dying?

MoonChild · Post by **MoonChild** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:02 pm

Great research Leon, really puts things into prospective. Makes me wonder why they don't just license the comic side over to Dark Horse or something, this way they can concentrate on those other media ventures.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 10:59 pm

that would rock

Zaphod · Post by **Zaphod** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 11:15 pm

MoonChild wrote:Great research Leon, really puts things into prospective. Makes me wonder why they don't just license the comic side over to Dark Horse or something, this way they can concentrate on those other media ventures.

Greed. they won't get the licensing $$$ they want. What is the motivation for any company to purchase the license to Valiant when it has a negative reaction to most collectors and no reaction from their common casual demographic?

Honestly, if I were a big company such as Marvel or DC, I'd just plagarize knowing that it would probably cost less to put the current owners into default through litigation than to rent or even purchase the product. If they even want them that bad.

UnknownTales · Post by **UnknownTales** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 8:10 pm

Only a month or two to announce something to make Previews by SDCC 2011!

Looks disappointing again...

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 8:20 pm

If they really are working on comics, this is a terrible time to launch.

ian_house · Post by **ian_house** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 3:50 am

UnknownTales wrote:Only a month or two to announce something to make Previews by SDCC 2011!

Looks disappointing again...

jedimarley · Post by **jedimarley** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 4:19 pm

Draco wrote:On a serious note i said to myself yesterday i am getting very bored with the amount of *SQUEE* on here, almost to the point of not reading half of it as its is not comics or interesting.

myron · Post by **myron** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 7:54 am

jedimarley wrote:
Draco wrote:On a serious note i said to myself yesterday i am getting very bored with the amount of *SQUEE* on here, almost to the point of not reading half of it as its is not comics or interesting.

that should make the quotes thread....

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 12:40 pm

myron wrote:
jedimarley wrote:
Draco wrote:On a serious note i said to myself yesterday i am getting very bored with the amount of *SQUEE* on here, almost to the point of not reading half of it as its is not comics or interesting.
that should make the quotes thread....

It did already

etos45 · Post by **etos45** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 5:59 am

Guys, guys!!! GREAT NEWS!!! VEI isn't dead OR dying! They UPDATED the copyright date on their Web Page!!!!

...hey... at least it's something. Maybe they are listening.

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 8:05 am

I took a quick look and I don't think anything else got updated.

MoonChild · Post by **MoonChild** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 7:56 am

sad

All them cool characters sitting on the shelf all these years.

Savant · Post by **Savant** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:08 am

StarBrand wrote:
400yrs wrote:
StarBrand wrote:
400yrs wrote:
StarBrand wrote:It seems if VEI has the rights to reprint the early Solar and Magnus stories in archive format, they would be sure-fire winners.
I doubt it. All that stuff is still very easily attainable through trades or singles.

Where can I pick up the early Shooter Solar stories cheap?
Ebay.
You can't put a run of Solar 1-10 together on eBay for 35.00 including shipping, and probably not close to it. The Alpha And Omega trade only reprints the origin back-up stories. I think the first 10 Solars reprinted in archive format would sell well. I don't think that storyline is considered crap by many.

A Solar HC would have sold a lot better than Archer & Armstrong. You can still find the first 10 A&A issues for $1 each. Hell, I've seen some of the first 10 A&A issues in 25-cent bins in various comic shops.

Solar, on the other hand, has the first 10 issues being far more expensive.

I was waiting on the HC reprinting of Solar, but it looked like it wasn't going to be made so I relented and bought the back-issues. It cost me around $45 for the first 10 issues, and they were all missing a card/coupon. Also, a few of the issues were not in mint condition.......Not that the card/coupon means anything to me, but having one increases the value, so that's kind of an indication of how much early Solar issues sell for.

IMO, they made a big mistake in releasing an A&A hardcover, and not Solar.

I bought the X-O & Harbinger hardcover releases, but didn't bother with A&A.

dave · Post by **dave** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:18 am

Savant wrote:
A Solar HC would have sold a lot better than Archer & Armstrong.
Solar, on the other hand, has the first 10 issues being far more expensive.

This is true. The problem is, they don't own the rights to Solar.

Savant wrote:
I relented and bought the back-issues. It cost me around $45 for the first 10 issues, and they were all missing a card/coupon.

There is a very good reason that they were ALL missing the cards and coupons.

Savant wrote:
IMO, they made a big mistake in releasing an A&A hardcover, and not Solar.

I bought the X-O & Harbinger hardcover releases, but didn't bother with A&A.

I think that their biggest mistake was not announcing that Jim Shooter was working for them.

the second biggest mistake [imo] was not releasing at least one book during his time there and capitalizing on not only his name/presence/ and association with them, but also the momentum that the HCs generated.

Welcome to the board!

Oh, and I was being a bit of a smart aleck, but the Solar books didn't come with cards or coupons originally.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:26 am

Welcome to the board, Savant. Dave is right, those Solar issues you picked up never had coupons in the first place. Valiant only did the coupon/card thing with Harby and Magnus.

Savant · Post by **Savant** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:38 am

dave wrote:
Savant wrote:
A Solar HC would have sold a lot better than Archer & Armstrong.
Solar, on the other hand, has the first 10 issues being far more expensive.

This is true. The problem is, they don't own the rights to Solar.

That certainly explains the lack of a hardcover release. I don't feel as bad over having bought the back-issues now.

Didn't know about the coupons not being in Solar issues. I assumed they were, because an online comic store has in their description of early Solar issues, "Missing card/coupon."

dave wrote:I think that their biggest mistake was not announcing that Jim Shooter was working for them.

the second biggest mistake [imo] was not releasing at least one book during his time there and capitalizing on not only his name/presence/ and association with them, but also the momentum that the HCs generated.

It definitely would've been cool to see a new released penned by Shooter. I guess I'll assume all they paid him for was the few extra pages in each HC release.

Speaking of Shooter, how are the books he's doing with Dark Horse? I impulsively ordered back-issues of the first 3 issues of the new Solar comic, just to check it out. They certainly seem to have nice cover art (Same with the new Magnus comic).

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 12:04 pm

Savant wrote: Speaking of Shooter, how are the books he's doing with Dark Horse? I impulsively ordered back-issues of the first 3 issues of the new Solar comic, just to check it out. They certainly seem to have nice cover art (Same with the new Magnus comic).

The new DH books are decent so far, but they are very sloppy at getting the books out on time. Here is a section of the board where we talk about the new DH line in case you want to know more.

Phantom.. · Post by **Phantom..** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 2:09 am

UnknownTales wrote:Only a month or two to announce something to make Previews by SDCC 2011!

Looks disappointing again...

I look on the bright side ~ in two months their maybe an annoucement

etos45 · Post by **etos45** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 6:59 am

iggy101us wrote:I took a quick look and I don't think anything else got updated.

You are correct, sir.

I was being quite sarcastic before, but at the same time... at least they updated their previously outdated copyright date (I believe it was 2009 before). It isn't much, but I still cling to anything that says there's still a chance.

At the end of the day, though, I'd like to see something... anything... updated. For example, they DID release an A&A HC about 2-gazillion years ago. How about a mention? Or let's get really nuts and announce that VEI might be working on something new? C'mon guys!!!! I know you can do it!

etos45 · Post by **etos45** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 7:00 am

Daniel Jackson wrote:Welcome to the board, Savant. Dave is right, those Solar issues you picked up never had coupons in the first place. Valiant only did the coupon/card thing with Harby and Magnus.

WHEW!!!! I was honestly starting to thing that I had been secretly jipped all of these coupons as well!

VEI Reborn · Post by **VEI Reborn** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 8:31 am

Oh great I can see it now....

First it was Solar 10 White cover and now someone will pop up claiming they have Solar coupons

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 9:52 am

VEI Reborn wrote:Oh great I can see it now....

First it was Solar 10 White cover and now someone will pop up claiming they have Solar coupons

The Solar issues did have the inserts that when put together make the world's largest comic panel. Maybe that's why Savant thought they had coupons.

dellamorte · Post by **dellamorte** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 10:30 am

VEI Reborn wrote:Oh great I can see it now....

First it was Solar 10 White cover and now someone will pop up claiming they have Solar coupons

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:37 am

etos45 wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:Welcome to the board, Savant. Dave is right, those Solar issues you picked up never had coupons in the first place. Valiant only did the coupon/card thing with Harby and Magnus.
WHEW!!!! I was honestly starting to thing that I had been secretly jipped all of these coupons as well!

Hahaha

VEI Reborn · Post by **VEI Reborn** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:58 am

dellamorte wrote:
VEI Reborn wrote:Oh great I can see it now....

First it was Solar 10 White cover and now someone will pop up claiming they have Solar coupons

I actually had in my post ...then Della would have to make Solar coupons but didnt know if everyone would get it.