What's up with the VEI site?

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 5:54 pm

Chiclo wrote:
greg wrote:It's not very high on their priority list, I suppose.
They are real busy getting new comics on the shelf by year's end.

Do we all need to go back in time to the end of 2008 to be able to get the new books? Building a time machine is probably going to take a while.

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 5:57 pm

jedimarley wrote:
Chiclo wrote:
greg wrote:It's not very high on their priority list, I suppose.
They are real busy getting new comics on the shelf by year's end.
Do I sense dissension among the ranks???

Nah. I just hope they make another big announcement like the Harby movie one so that maybe prices will go up a little bit and I can starting dumping stuff.

I really should've dumped after that Harby announcement. We're probably not going to see another jump like that again.

jedimarley · Post by **jedimarley** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 7:21 pm

400yrs wrote:
jedimarley wrote:
Chiclo wrote:
greg wrote:It's not very high on their priority list, I suppose.
They are real busy getting new comics on the shelf by year's end.
Do I sense dissension among the ranks???
Nah. I just hope they make another big announcement like the Harby movie one so that maybe prices will go up a little bit and I can starting dumping stuff.

I really should've dumped after that Harby announcement. We're probably not going to see another jump like that again.

Yeah. I agree. Oh well.......Hey? I hear that Image is putting out some kick-*SQUEE* books.

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 8:19 pm

jedimarley wrote: Yeah. I agree. Oh well.......Hey? I hear that Image is putting out some kick-*SQUEE* books.

Fo' sho!!

greg · Post by **greg** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 8:37 pm

If you guys could do anything as controllers of the Valiant properties, what would it be?

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 8:53 pm

greg wrote:If you guys could do anything as controllers of the Valiant properties, what would it be?

Publish quality books at a cost that worked for both profit and consumer maintainablity, while making sure that there was a pocket corner of the universe reserved for a goat.

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 8:59 pm

Print a million copies of each issue of brand new comics and watch the money roll in. Then I'd roll around in the cash after snorting a Tony Montana sized mountain.

Or with this economy, sit tight and plan things out well (provided they have good people) and try and sell the options on whatever they can to have some sort of cash inflow until the economy is better suited for a full launch generating more interest in the selling of the properties for movies, games, etc.

At this particular point in time, I can't see how launching a comic line would be smart or viable.

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 9:01 pm

400yrs wrote:Print a million copies of each issue of brand new comics and watch the money roll in. Then I'd roll around in the cash after snorting a Tony Montana sized mountain.

Or with this economy, sit tight and plan things out well (provided they have good people) and try and sell the options on whatever they can to have some sort of cash inflow until the economy is better suited for a full launch generating more interest in the selling of the properties for movies, games, etc.

At this particular point in time, I can't see how launching a comic line would be smart or viable.

Yeah. Talk about bad timing for Dino and his crew.

JustCallMeAric · Post by **JustCallMeAric** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:33 pm

greg wrote:If you guys could do anything as controllers of the Valiant properties, what would it be?

publish some web comics (a few pages at a time)

jedimarley · Post by **jedimarley** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 6:51 am

greg wrote:If you guys could do anything as controllers of the Valiant properties, what would it be?

Hire people that know what they are doing????

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 10:54 am

jedimarley wrote:
greg wrote:If you guys could do anything as controllers of the Valiant properties, what would it be?
Hire people that know what they are doing????

Yep and I seem to recall similar issues at the end of ACCLAIM

jedimarley · Post by **jedimarley** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 11:40 am

xodacia81 wrote:
jedimarley wrote:
greg wrote:If you guys could do anything as controllers of the Valiant properties, what would it be?
Hire people that know what they are doing????
Yep and I seem to recall similar issues at the end of ACCLAIM

Really? At the end of Acclaim? Glad they didn't hire anyone that was involved with Acclaim at that time. Wait????

hulk181man · Post by **hulk181man** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 10:42 pm

greg wrote:If you guys could do anything as controllers of the Valiant properties, what would it be?

Sell publishing rights to Dark Horse or Dynamite Entertainment

Demand is there, it's a matter of getting something done.

greg · Post by **greg** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 10:47 pm

Geez, you guys are brutal.

My answer would have been: "Hire Jim Shooter and let him do whatever he wants."

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 10:50 pm

greg wrote:Geez, you guys are brutal.

My answer would have been: "Hire Jim Shooter and let him do whatever he wants."

That is my answer.

I think for most guys, myself included, Tom Petty said it best....

"The waaaaaiting is the hardest part."

MoonChild · Post by **MoonChild** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 11:02 pm

greg wrote:Geez, you guys are brutal.

My answer would have been: "Hire Jim Shooter and let him do whatever he wants."

Haha, Co-Sign.

And Walter Black is With VEI and he's from Acclaim correct?

MoonChild · Post by **MoonChild** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 11:04 pm

hulk181man wrote:
greg wrote:If you guys could do anything as controllers of the Valiant properties, what would it be?

Sell publishing rights to Dark Horse or Dynamite Entertainment

Demand is there, it's a matter of getting something done.

I like the sound of working with Dark Horse for publishing as well.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 11:25 pm

MoonChild wrote:
greg wrote:Geez, you guys are brutal.

My answer would have been: "Hire Jim Shooter and let him do whatever he wants."

Haha, Co-Sign.

And Walter Black is With VEI and he's from Acclaim correct?

Yeah, Walter works with VEI. He did work for Acclaim, but it was towards the end.

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 11:53 pm

hulk181man wrote:
greg wrote:If you guys could do anything as controllers of the Valiant properties, what would it be?

Sell publishing rights to Dark Horse or Dynamite Entertainment

Demand is there, it's a matter of getting something done.

I agree with the first sentence, but I'm not certain that demand is there already.

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 12:08 am

Elveen wrote:
greg wrote:Geez, you guys are brutal.

My answer would have been: "Hire Jim Shooter and let him do whatever he wants."

That is my answer.

I think for most guys, myself included, Tom Petty said it best....

"The waaaaaiting is the hardest part."

I don't know. I think the stories under Shooter's hand would be fine, but it would REALLY have to be some knock your socks off work to succeed in the current comic market. Even stories with good quality like pre-unity stuff would probably have a hard time succeeding in this market.

jedimarley · Post by **jedimarley** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 6:59 am

greg wrote:Geez, you guys are brutal.

My answer would have been: "Hire Jim Shooter and let him do whatever he wants."

The problem with that is that is there anyone left in the industry that would be willing to work with him?

Big Jim has p!ssed off a lot of people.

Zaphod · Post by **Zaphod** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 7:27 am

Chiclo wrote:
greg wrote:It's not very high on their priority list, I suppose.
They are real busy getting new comics on the shelf by year's end.

BA-Zing

Zaphod · Post by **Zaphod** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 7:30 am

greg wrote:If you guys could do anything as controllers of the Valiant properties, what would it be?

Option the characters to DC, there has to be room for them on one of those 52 universes.

Wait...they did what?

greg · Post by **greg** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 9:39 am

jedimarley wrote:
greg wrote:Geez, you guys are brutal.

My answer would have been: "Hire Jim Shooter and let him do whatever he wants."

The problem with that is that is there anyone left in the industry that would be willing to work with him?

Big Jim has p!ssed off a lot of people.

Then let him hire his own new talent... he did ok with that Lapham kid.

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 9:45 am

hulk181man wrote:
greg wrote:If you guys could do anything as controllers of the Valiant properties, what would it be?

Sell publishing rights to Dark Horse or Dynamite Entertainment

Demand is there, it's a matter of getting something done.

Dynamite, definitely.

They are my favourite of the indy publishers right now.