VEI official information you've been waiting for.....

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 2:06 pm

KVH... that would sit very well with me and so does Bedard.

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 2:20 pm

Jay Tomio wrote:Browser suckage maybe? Looks fine to me.

Anyone mind copy pasting here?

dhudson1 · Post by **dhudson1** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 3:00 pm

Valiant Entertainment, in its original incarnation one of the largest comic book companies of the 1990s, announced Thursday plans to for a revival as a publishing entity in 2012.
Other than Solar, Turok and Magnus, Robot Fighter — three Silver Age characters formerly licensed by Valiant and currently controlled by Dark Horse Comics — the current Valiant Entertainment reports that they own all the characters associated with the publisher, both from the initial Valiant Universe and subsequent reboot in 1996 as part of now-defunct video game company Acclaim Entertainment.
"Valiant Entertainment owns and controls the rights to all the Valiant characters, including those versions published under Acclaim’s ownership," Valiant CEO Jason Kothari told Newsarama, specifically mentioning X-O Manowar, Bloodshot, Harbinger, Archer & Armstrong, Shadowman, Rai, Ninjak, Quantum & Woody and Eternal Warrior. "We own everything except for those three Gold Key characters."
Following Acclaim's bankruptcy, Kothari and Dinesh Shamdasani purchased the Valiant intellectual property in an April 2005 asset auction. Ownership of the Valiant characters has not always been clear in the interim period, but former Marvel CEO and vice chairman Peter Cuneo, now the chairman of Valiant Entertainment, says that the company has conducted "extensive due diligence" to ensure that they own these characters free and clear.
Solar, Turok and Magnus were first published by Gold Key in the 1960s, then licensed by Valiant to serve as integral characters in the original Valiant Universe. Dark Horse currently holds the license to the three characters, with writer Jim Shooter at the helm. Shooter co-founded Valiant in 1989 with writer-artist Bob Layton.
In 2009, Valiant Entertainment reportedly filed suit against Shooter due to him accepting work with Dark Horse representing a breach of a non-compete clause as part of his former position as the new Valiant Entertainment's editor-in-chief. At the moment, it appears the issues have been resolved.
"Valiant has no current legal actions involving Jim Shooter," Kothari said. "Jim is an incredible creative talent, and we wish him well."
Despite Shooter's close historical ties to Valiant, Kothari says that the Valiant Universe is bigger than any one person.
"Jim Shooter, Bob Layton and Barry Windsor-Smith were able to make the Valiant Universe truly special, but our success is not tied to any one individual, no more that Marvel’s success today is tied to Stan [Lee]," Kothari said. "We work in a collaborative medium, and Valiant is fortunate to have many extremely talented creators helping us shape the new Valiant Universe."
They're not ready to announce those creators yet, though. Beyond the initial announcement, Valiant declined to reveal many details as to their future publishing plans. Kothari and Cueno wouldn't comment specifically on potential creative teams (saying more will be revealed closer to the return to publishing in 2012), or editorial staff (saying that an announcement will be made in a few weeks).
Kothari did say that there would be "continuity" with personnel involved in the original Valiant working for the new publisher, and indicated that, along with the established Valiant properties, new characters may also be part of the mix.
"While many Valiant characters with a rich history, such as X-O Manowar and Bloodshot, will be playing key roles initially, there will other characters that play prominent roles, as we look to forge our own creative path as the new Valiant," Kothari said.
It's unclear if the new titles will have any ties to previous continuity, but Kothari said that the approach will be tapping into the "core concepts" that made the characters successful originally.
"It will be like seeing an old friend again after a few years," Kothari said. "He might have new stories to tell, and he might have a different haircut, but it’s still good old Armstrong."
The biggest question facing the Valiant team is the feasibility of launching a new, superhero/action-adventure publisher during a time of national economic recession and soft comic book direct market. Kothari, a self-professed fan of the original Valiant, appears to be counting at least partly on nostalgia — though not solely depending on it.
“Those original Valiant characters and stories were powerful and deeply resonated with me and many people of my generation," Kothari said. "This is why there is a such a passionate Valiant fanbase to this day. The new Valiant Universe will be designed from the beginning to be a sophisticated superhero universe for today’s extremely intelligent reader, whether they are familiar with Valiant or not."

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 6:47 pm

sweet

Johnseye · Post by **Johnseye** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 12:53 am

In case this hasn't been linked.

Interesting and exciting.

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/valiant ... 10609.html

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 3:34 am

jszei wrote:In case this hasn't been linked.

Interesting and exciting.

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/valiant ... 10609.html

wrunow · Post by **wrunow** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 4:35 am

jszei wrote:In case this hasn't been linked.

Interesting and exciting.

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/valiant ... 10609.html

Another great interview.

I am impressed with Warren Simons and his thoughts on how to rebuild this comic universe

.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 11:35 am

Nice article, especially the Q&A part.

redskindavyd · Post by **redskindavyd** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 4:24 am

I am so very happy, -- tear comes to eye --

robb77 · Post by **robb77** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:18 am

good stuff

BloodShot · Post by **BloodShot** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:26 pm

jszei wrote:In case this hasn't been linked.

Interesting and exciting.

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/valiant ... 10609.html

And yet another article regarding the good news:

http://newsok.com/valiant-comics-to-ret ... le/3574557

MoonChild · Post by **MoonChild** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:47 pm

Great Reads. Seems real promising. Q&W gotta come with this package, like it or not folks! VEI has already seperated them as "Independent Properties" so it's not like they will get in the way of the rest of Valiant. Priest...That'd be sooo sweet.

greg · Post by **greg** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 5:58 pm

MoonChild wrote:Great Reads. Seems real promising. Q&W gotta come with this package, like it or not folks! VEI has already seperated them as "Independent Properties" so it's not like they will get in the way of the rest of Valiant. Priest...That'd be sooo sweet.

I don't know how many years ago it was, but I've said that Quantum & Woody COULD belong in the Valiant Universe... as fiction!

The Valiant Universe is the "real world", but in the "real world" we have all kinds of fictional entertainment.
Quantum & Woody could be the most popular Saturday morning cartoon,
or "Adult Swim"-type of entertainment in the Valiant Universe.
In the Valiant Universe, people might wear Quantum & Woody T-shirts,
read Q&W comics, or talk about last night's episode of Q&W they just watched.

Quantum & Woody can be in the Valiant universe the way they're in ours...
as fictional entertainment... without being "real" in the Valiant universe.

dhudson1 · Post by **dhudson1** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 6:00 pm

That is the only way Q & W would work if they keep the original Valiant concepts

MoonChild · Post by **MoonChild** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 6:19 pm

I love that idea!

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 7:28 pm

greg wrote:
MoonChild wrote:Great Reads. Seems real promising. Q&W gotta come with this package, like it or not folks! VEI has already seperated them as "Independent Properties" so it's not like they will get in the way of the rest of Valiant. Priest...That'd be sooo sweet.
I don't know how many years ago it was, but I've said that Quantum & Woody COULD belong in the Valiant Universe... as fiction!

The Valiant Universe is the "real world", but in the "real world" we have all kinds of fictional entertainment.
Quantum & Woody could be the most popular Saturday morning cartoon,
or "Adult Swim"-type of entertainment in the Valiant Universe.
In the Valiant Universe, people might wear Quantum & Woody T-shirts,
read Q&W comics, or talk about last night's episode of Q&W they just watched.

Quantum & Woody can be in the Valiant universe the way they're in ours...
as fictional entertainment... without being "real" in the Valiant universe.

This would keep both sides of the fence happy.

greg · Post by **greg** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 8:35 pm

Knightt wrote:
greg wrote:
MoonChild wrote:Great Reads. Seems real promising. Q&W gotta come with this package, like it or not folks! VEI has already seperated them as "Independent Properties" so it's not like they will get in the way of the rest of Valiant. Priest...That'd be sooo sweet.
I don't know how many years ago it was, but I've said that Quantum & Woody COULD belong in the Valiant Universe... as fiction!

The Valiant Universe is the "real world", but in the "real world" we have all kinds of fictional entertainment.
Quantum & Woody could be the most popular Saturday morning cartoon,
or "Adult Swim"-type of entertainment in the Valiant Universe.
In the Valiant Universe, people might wear Quantum & Woody T-shirts,
read Q&W comics, or talk about last night's episode of Q&W they just watched.

Quantum & Woody can be in the Valiant universe the way they're in ours...
as fictional entertainment... without being "real" in the Valiant universe.

This would keep both sides of the fence happy.

I don't see much of a downside, either.
Because Q&W could be a cartoon, they could still "interact" with real Valiant characters...
but it would be in the fictional world of Q&W.

Beavis and Butthead met Bill Clinton.
South Park kids battled Barbara Streisand.

With Quantum & Woody, Valiant could actually author some of their own parodies...
making fun of themselves (if they wanted to) within the world-within-the-world through Q&W.

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 10:09 pm

greg wrote:
Knightt wrote:
greg wrote:
MoonChild wrote:Great Reads. Seems real promising. Q&W gotta come with this package, like it or not folks! VEI has already seperated them as "Independent Properties" so it's not like they will get in the way of the rest of Valiant. Priest...That'd be sooo sweet.
I don't know how many years ago it was, but I've said that Quantum & Woody COULD belong in the Valiant Universe... as fiction!

The Valiant Universe is the "real world", but in the "real world" we have all kinds of fictional entertainment.
Quantum & Woody could be the most popular Saturday morning cartoon,
or "Adult Swim"-type of entertainment in the Valiant Universe.
In the Valiant Universe, people might wear Quantum & Woody T-shirts,
read Q&W comics, or talk about last night's episode of Q&W they just watched.

Quantum & Woody can be in the Valiant universe the way they're in ours...
as fictional entertainment... without being "real" in the Valiant universe.

This would keep both sides of the fence happy.
I don't see much of a downside, either.
Because Q&W could be a cartoon, they could still "interact" with real Valiant characters...
but it would be in the fictional world of Q&W.

Beavis and Butthead met Bill Clinton.
South Park kids battled Barbara Streisand.

With Quantum & Woody, Valiant could actually author some of their own parodies...
making fun of themselves (if they wanted to) within the world-within-the-world through Q&W.

But, Q&W would not be part of 'real Valiant continuity'. Valiant characters could find themselves in stories within Q&W's universe but not the other way around... and I mean 'for real' not a 'how do you know WHICH reality is the 'real reality' either, Dr. Holland.

yardstick · Post by **yardstick** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 1:51 am

jedimarley wrote:Smart move bringing in ipeople that know what they are doing.

I hope dino doesn't get "Shootered" by these investors.

That's what I was wondering about...

yardstick · Post by **yardstick** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 1:54 am

jridd28 wrote:It will be interesting to see how the stories unfold. Magnus and Solar were such strong cornerstones to the Valiant Universe. It will be hard for me to get rid of my, deeply rooted, preconceived notions of what I expect the line to be. I just wanna see X-O kill some Spider Aliens!

Rai/Bloodshot was also a cornerstone: Rai 0, remember?

yardstick · Post by **yardstick** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 2:14 am

xodacia81 wrote:
sanman wrote:
depluto wrote:
Dr. Solar wrote:
Chiclo wrote:So, what is the acronym for this publishing run?

VH4?

(cue MotA's head exploding)
Why not just... V.
That was a TV series. Twice. This would have to be V3.
Dont some consider the second run of Acclaim books V H3?
So, who's on first?

What's on Second...

Cyberstrike · Post by **Cyberstrike** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 8:10 pm

Draco wrote:
Cyberstrike wrote:A year or two ago I would have been very excited but now I'm barely even interested, sorry but VEI wasted to much time in secerts to me interested.
It doesn't take a genius to work out that you arent the only one feeling that way here, but in the long run im pretty confident they will be putting out some great books with shweet creative teams.
Don't let what came before spoil what is about to happen.

If they get top notch creators that I like then I might start to be interested, but generally I hate people and companies that waste my time.

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Wed Jun 15, 2011 3:25 am

Cyberstrike wrote:
Draco wrote:
Cyberstrike wrote:A year or two ago I would have been very excited but now I'm barely even interested, sorry but VEI wasted to much time in secerts to me interested.
It doesn't take a genius to work out that you arent the only one feeling that way here, but in the long run im pretty confident they will be putting out some great books with shweet creative teams.
Don't let what came before spoil what is about to happen.

If they get top notch creators that I like then I might start to be interested, but generally I hate people and companies that waste my time.

If everyone reacted the way you do and dropped the people who were not delivering what they say they will, the service industry would be a better place.

greg · Post by **greg** » Wed Jun 15, 2011 9:20 am

Cyberstrike wrote:...but generally I hate people and companies that waste my time.

That could be dangerous for families.

Heath · Post by **Heath** » Wed Jun 15, 2011 9:42 am

How did they waste your time? Did they ask you to do something on their behalf that ended up being pointless? THEY didn't waste your time... YOU did. They haven't wasted any of my time. *I* did. Same for every one of us here. VEI may have wasted some of their own time, but it was their time to waste. And it will eventually be determined whether it was worth it or not.

If you have no interest in VEI because they've taken so long, that is fine and that is your prerogative. But they aren't in control of YOUR time. That's all on YOU. So it's not right to be *SQUEE* at them because you wasted your own time.

Just because they didn't cater to your personally desired time schedule, doesn't mean they wasted your time. The world doesn't revolve around you.