western publishing information

Dead_Poole · Post by **Dead_Poole** » Mon May 03, 2004 9:54 am

Hi everyone,

I am trying to find any kind of contact information for western publishing who. Any help or pointers in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

Dead_Poole · Post by **Dead_Poole** » Mon May 03, 2004 9:55 am

oops. Not western publishin who, just Western Publishing...lol. sorry

greg · Post by **greg** » Mon May 03, 2004 12:36 pm

You should probably start with Classic Media, LLC.

I believe they are handling some of the licenses for the old Western characters.

I also think that Western became "Golden Books", which is now owned
by Random House. So I'm not 100% sure how Classic Media fits in,
but I believe Magnus is being handled by Classic Media...
so they're all connected somehow.

Dead_Poole · Post by **Dead_Poole** » Mon May 03, 2004 12:56 pm

Thanks a lot for the information greg. And just out of curiosity, how many of you would be interested in Valiant character statues/mini busts? I am a sculptor and am currently looking for an affordable comic license to get me started in the industry and Valiant seemed perfect. I collected some of the titles when they were going . And by what i see at this site they still seem to be popular with those who also collected them. So if statues /mini busts were available of these characters would you buy them? And if so what characters would you be most interested in seeing?

tssgery · Post by **tssgery** » Mon May 03, 2004 1:04 pm

I'd be interested... I alreday have a number of Bowen busts/statues, but would be interested in busts/statues of:

Solar
Magnus
X-O
Rai

In that order, of course.

greg · Post by **greg** » Mon May 03, 2004 2:49 pm

Dead_Poole,

Thanks for the additional information.

I assume you've already made a note that most of the Valiant characters
are still owned by Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.

Since you only asked about Western Publishing, who owns Solar, Magnus, and Turok...
I just wanted to make sure you knew Acclaim owns "everyone else".

Greg

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Mon May 03, 2004 2:51 pm

Dead_Poole wrote:Thanks a lot for the information greg. And just out of curiosity, how many of you would be interested in Valiant character statues/mini busts? I am a sculptor and am currently looking for an affordable comic license to get me started in the industry and Valiant seemed perfect. I collected some of the titles when they were going . And by what i see at this site they still seem to be popular with those who also collected them. So if statues /mini busts were available of these characters would you buy them? And if so what characters would you be most interested in seeing?

You may want to contact Dark horse or I books. I books will be putting out new Magnus stuff and Dark Horse will be collecting the Gold Key Magnus stuff in TPB form.

Dead_Poole · Post by **Dead_Poole** » Mon May 03, 2004 3:50 pm

Yeah greg i read the article here that talked about acclaim. It seems solar and magnus are the most popular of the characters anyway. Acclaim is having some financial problems it seems so dealing with them may not be too difficult. Thanks for that info x-o. From what ive read it seems dark horse and I books just have a deal with classic to publish novels and graphic novels. Didnt really say anything about other licenses. Thanks a lot guys youve been very helpful

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Mon May 03, 2004 11:15 pm

Dead_Poole wrote: Acclaim is having some financial problems it seems so dealing with them may not be too difficult.

Apathy is the enemy there. No one has been able to get anywhere with Acclaim. They don't care at the moment.

greg · Post by **greg** » Mon May 03, 2004 11:20 pm

Dead_Poole,

By the way... now that you've got what you want from us...

Let's see some examples of your work!

Dead_Poole · Post by **Dead_Poole** » Tue May 04, 2004 1:22 am

No prob greg. I have some pics of the Superman im doing for my sons birthday. Ill have to find somewhere on the net to host the pics and ill get ya a link.

greg · Post by **greg** » Tue May 04, 2004 1:28 am

Dead_Poole wrote:No prob greg. I have some pics of the Superman im doing for my sons birthday. Ill have to find somewhere on the net to host the pics and ill get ya a link.

Email the pics to me and I'll test out the storage I just learned about.

Dead_Poole · Post by **Dead_Poole** » Tue May 04, 2004 1:49 am

Sent em, lemme know if you get em.

greg · Post by **greg** » Tue May 04, 2004 1:50 am

Here we go.... Looks great, even as a work in progress!

Dead_Poole · Post by **Dead_Poole** » Tue May 04, 2004 1:57 am

Hey there he is!! 8D
Thanks greg and who knows.....Solar and Magnus may be in a store near you soon!!

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Tue May 04, 2004 2:00 am

Greg, you should post picks like this of your X-O prototype.

Vault-Keeper · Post by **Vault-Keeper** » Tue May 04, 2004 10:12 am

Great pics Dead Poole!

While you're considering doing sculptures of the Valiant heroes, don't forget the roster of Valiant Villians & secondary characters that would look great also!---Steve G

Dead_Poole · Post by **Dead_Poole** » Tue May 04, 2004 10:35 am

Thanks a lot Steve. And of course you gotta have those. It looks like the lincenses are in quite a mess though. Hopefully I can get it straightened out a little tho.

greg · Post by **greg** » Tue May 04, 2004 10:43 am

x-omatic wrote:Greg, you should post picks like this of your X-O prototype.

Good idea...

Dead_Poole, this is as close as we got to having an official Valiant sculpture.

Only two or three of these prototypes were created in 1995,
but they were left unpainted and unproduced.

Vault-Keeper · Post by **Vault-Keeper** » Tue May 04, 2004 10:47 am

.....drooool....

Dead_Poole · Post by **Dead_Poole** » Tue May 04, 2004 10:49 am

Wow greg. Very nice work there. Maybe you should be looking for a license as well lol.

greg · Post by **greg** » Tue May 04, 2004 11:29 am

Dead_Poole wrote:Wow greg. Very nice work there. Maybe you should be looking for a license as well lol.

Give the credit to Jimmy Palmiotti... his name is signed on the bottom.
I was lucky enough to purchase one of the two (or three) prototypes,
but I certainly didn't do anything to help in their creation.

Dead_Poole · Post by **Dead_Poole** » Tue May 04, 2004 11:43 am

oooooohhhhh ok. Signed by Palmiotti!! Thats a great piece to have.

sonicdan · Post by **sonicdan** » Tue May 04, 2004 1:53 pm

Looks like Layton had a painted one on his desk...

DAN

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Tue May 04, 2004 4:22 pm

greg wrote:
Dead_Poole wrote:Wow greg. Very nice work there. Maybe you should be looking for a license as well lol.
Give the credit to Jimmy Palmiotti... his name is signed on the bottom.
I was lucky enough to purchase one of the two (or three) prototypes,
but I certainly didn't do anything to help in their creation.

have you ever thought of buying one of those rubber mold kits? you could then make a few copies.