Hi, I'm Joshua Dysart...

[Elveen]

Question.

1) In a fight (no guns AND no powers)..... who is the best fighter in the book?

Pete looks like he's in good shape I vote for him

I'm taking Livewire.

[nonplayer]

Joshua are you not excepting private pm's

[MarrowMan]

Question.

1) In a fight (no guns AND no powers)..... who is the best fighter in the book?

Pete looks like he's in good shape I vote for him

Without his powers, He's no match intellectually with Kris. She'd outsmart him in no time

[MarkRoseHFX]

Question.

1) In a fight (no guns AND no powers)..... who is the best fighter in the book?

Pete looks like he's in good shape I vote for him

Without his powers, He's no match intellectually with Kris. She'd outsmart him in no time

He'd be all lovestruck and not want to hit Kris then she'd kick him in the nads and finish him off

[Bone-A-Fach-ee]

Question.

1) In a fight (no guns AND no powers)..... who is the best fighter in the book?

Pete looks like he's in good shape I vote for him

Without his powers, He's no match intellectually with Kris. She'd outsmart him in no time

He'd be all lovestruck and not want to hit Kris then she'd kick him in the nads and finish him off

Rock..... oh wait. Where's Rock? I'd assume there has to be a "Tank" in the Harbinger Foundation....

[bygranddesign]

I don't think we have seen Hidden Moon since the end of the 1st story arc ... Is he dead? It certainly looked like he was done for .. but i sort of hoped he survived and has just been on the mend all this time - he was a pretty cool character with a sweet Psiot ability.

And in regards to the word "Psiot" - is there a story behind that word? Its origin? Who came up with it?

[Captain Craig]

Hello Josh and thanks for taking the time, wherever and whenever it permits, to address the fandom for Valiant. I'm a few days late to the thread.

I'm going to say that at the onset Harbinger was not one of my favorite books. Frankly, it's still not, I rank it third but it's a close fight now for my number two slot. That is NOT a knock on you I'm just being honest. What I do want to say in that regard is that for me it took about till issue #5 for me to feel like the book was coming together. Whereas my top two books currently, XO Manowar and Bloodshot, seemed to gel for me within the first stated arc. I was reading out of being a loyalist to Valiant and now I'm reading it cause it's good, and I'm eager to see where things go from here.

Question:
1. How does VEI see itself in regards to what's come before? As Valiant Universe 3.0? It may seem trivial but it's the internet on slow days these things come up. Valiant, Acclaim, Dark Horse(Gold Key relaunch), VEI making it 4.0 or the DH material is more Gold Key not Valiant thus 3.0.

2. It's been stated that Shadowman came out earlier than expected due to a great pitch? We were teased Rai at last year FCBD and currently nothing, did Shadowman push Rai out of the picture?

3. If a good pitch is a large part of things am I to believe that Quantum & Woody has a great pitch? Are they getting a type of overhaul/tweak the others have? Cause I'm not going to sugar coat this I HATED Q&W, after a few issues bailed. When it was announced the thoughts of "Sophomore Slump" went off in my head. I'm going to get issue one...maybe the first arc AND that is because of my VALIANT loyalty. Please reward my trust or let me know now if Q&W is going to read more like Deadpool ( a character I don't enjoy either). I'm not upset at female Geomancer or Dr.Mirage, the blending of VU1&Acclaim versions of Shadowman so I'm hoping here, hoping you guys are still going to reward me(us).


I'm looking forward to HARD Corps reintroduction in Harbinger Wars. I'm really curious to learn more about Torque and glad he didn't get knocked off. The guy is a seething mass of insecurity and is sure to have all kinds of issues to explore. Flamingo as well.

Thanks again for being here, hope this didn't come across wrong.

[Brother Darque]

what's Torque's playlist?

[chriskay99]

Hi Josh - great work on Harbinger and Harbinger Wars. Is signing up and posting on these boards part of your exclusive contract? Seriously though, thanks for taking the time to get on here and interact with us!

[hawkeyeps]

Does Torque's psiot shell emit the smell of Axe body spray?

And if so is that because that's how he imagines himself smelling?

[KnightOfKhonshu]

Hi! Just wanted to lead off with that I work at a comic shop in Jersey, and thru them, I got to enjoy your work Captain Gravity and the Power of the Vril and your sun on Swamp Thing. I loved them. I love your work at Valiant and hope you continue to write there for a long time to come. I keep pushing all the Valiant titles to customers and I hope they enjoy your work and the rest of the Valiant Teams as much as i do.

[blujay]

Does Torque's psiot shell emit the smell of Axe body spray?

And if so is that because that's how he imagines himself smelling?

[Phoenix8008]

Does Torque's psiot shell emit the smell of Axe body spray?

And if so is that because that's how he imagines himself smelling?

So many questions about Torque's powers. Does his shell sweat? It can be injured we've seen. If it's injured and he drops the shell and then reforms it is it healed? Etc, etc, etc...

[Bone-A-Fach-ee]

Okay, is Faith actually a "low level telepath", or is she just so into being a superhero, that she's just more receptive to receiving Pete in her brain than the others? Meaning, she has a grasp of what it means, versus the others who've never given it a second thought before meeting Pete.
Oh, and just read the preview for Archer & Armstrong 10, where they too are at a secret PRS base in Nevada.... crossover with HW? Would be EPIC!

[bygranddesign]

Okay, is Faith actually a "low level telepath",

I was wondering about this as well ... and whether we should take this as a sign that her powers aren't fully realized just yet.

[dave]

DIE-SART!

What have you got against Sarts? Or was that simply German for "The Sart"?

[KXXX]

Mr. Dysart,
Today is my birthday. I'm a medium-to-large Valiant supporter. Can you ask someone to send me some very erotic Flamingo art as a present?

Waiting for pictures of lawn ornaments,
Jeff

[zoso20]

Welcome to the boards josh.......totally missed this thread as i rarely go ntothe spoiler section of our forum.

no questiosn for me........Just keep up the good work!

[Bone-A-Fach-ee]

Who is an artist that you'd like to work with?

[Joshua Dysart]

Anyway, as to my comment on the Watchmen-like transitions,

1. The use of parallel visuals in scene to scene transitions:


2. The ironic voiceover / narrator

Love this post! Yeah, the truth is that Alan Moore is a huge, huge influence on me. But really, on the whole industry. The things you point out above are now just part of the craft of making a good comic book. They are understood industry-side to be important techniques at our disposal. If you're not using parallel scene transitions and juxtaposed captions then you're simply not utilizing the artform to its fullest extent.

Sorry I've been away so long all. Snowed under a bit with work.

[Joshua Dysart]

Btw, does Kris understand French?

/Magnus

A little. She's not fluent. Took a class in high-school, got to go to Paris on a field trip when she was 16. Kissed a French Moroccan Boy who never emailed her once she got back to the States.

[Joshua Dysart]

You can't say a lot of stuff my favorite swear edit is s t rip club because it turns into piano recital

Nice! Let's try it! piano recital! I'm imagining that was discovered during Harby #7?

Actually, that censoring was put in place almost 10 years ago because one of our messageboard members was having a story told about him visiting a str. club.
He got a little freaked out because his wife was ALSO a member of this messageboard, so all stories about him became a little more innocent if you replace the club with 'piano recital'.

Brilliant!

[Joshua Dysart]

Question.

1) In a fight (no guns AND no powers)..... who is the best fighter in the book?

Nice fan-boy question!! I love it! Okay, are we talking about Harbinger? Or Harbinger Wars? I'd have to say, many of the Harbinger students are trained in combat outside of their powers. Amanda (Livewire) can kick some serious *SQUEE*, but we haven't gotten to see that yet. Obviously Hidden Moon was an exceptional Martial Artist, and that had nothing to do with his powers, but Peter did manage to get the better of him. Thing is, that fight between Hidden Moon and Peter was the first time Peter ever threw-down without his powers, and there was a brutality and dangerous clumsiness to him that allowed him to get the drop on Hidden Moon. But in a square one on one... Peter doesn't stand a chance without his powers against Hidden Moon. So now, with Hidden Moon gone, I say Amanda is the real *SQUEE* kicker.

[Joshua Dysart]

Question.

1) In a fight (no guns AND no powers)..... who is the best fighter in the book?

I would guess Kris.

You put all the Renegades in the Thunderdome with no powers and I agree Kris would kick their *Squee*'s

Oh, well, if that's how we're going to play it, it would certainly come down to Kris or Peter. Peter's stronger, obviously, but Kris is smarter. She'd keep her head on straight, and he'd just get super *SQUEE*.

But it wouldn't be a pretty fight, and brute strength might win. I guess I really wouldn't know until I wrote it.

Writing often reveals the truth of these characters to me.

[Joshua Dysart]

All jokes aside, best of luck, VALIANT Entertainment hit a homerun hiring you. I look forward to many great years with you as head writer.

Thanks, man!! I'm having a lot of fun! I really appreciate so many of you being so supportive.