A note from John Taddeo... with an interesting attachment!

greg · Post by **greg** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 9:46 am

I got this note from John Taddeo today...
He gave me the 'ok' to share with you guys and gal(s):

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ZOOM SUIT PREVIEW w/ BOB LAYTON ONLINE

I was talking to Bob Layton yesterday,
we have an animated project called ZOOM SUIT
that we are working on with Bart Sears and Billy Dallas Patton.
Gene Colon and Bill Tucci are going to do some covers as well.

I was saying to Bob that even though my favorite character is Superman
and my favorite comic book is Spider-Man, I really enjoyed the Valiant comics
in the early nineties. I remember because I was working for Marvel
at the time they came about and we didn't get them free.
We received every Marvel and every DC, but no Valiants.

"I'd really get excited about bringing back X-O and a few other titles".

Bob sent me this a few hours later.

click to enlarge

with the email . . .
"If you get it, I'm on it."

I love Bob, and I think this image (made entirely "just for fun") is great . . .

. . .but I think he may have just jinxed me.

If you want to see our ZOOM SUIT 9 minute preview go to
www.superverse.com and select ZOOM SUIT PREVIEW.

John Taddeo

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What an unexpected way to start off a dreary Monday morning!

-Greg

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 9:53 am

VH4! Still only $2.95 ...

What a cool sketch.

Sect · Post by **Sect** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 10:07 am

sweet looking sketch

Vault-Keeper · Post by **Vault-Keeper** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 10:32 am

That's my Bob...

David_Cody · Post by **David_Cody** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 11:35 am

Concept video was interesting, but they need to eliminate some drawn-out scenes. They easily could have removed two minutes from that nine-minute trailer, which would have made it more enjoyable to watch.

mrwoogieman · Post by **mrwoogieman** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:01 pm

Greg,

I'm a little lost, but do I read the Taddeo email as implying that either he or his company are trying to buy the rights to the Valiant characters? Excuse my ignorace, but is he associated with a current comic publisher (I confess I don't know who John Taddeo is)?

Thanks!

justin · Post by **justin** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:22 pm

mrwoogieman wrote:Greg,

I'm a little lost, but do I read the Taddeo email as implying that either he or his company are trying to buy the rights to the Valiant characters? Excuse my ignorace, but is he associated with a current comic publisher (I confess I don't know who John Taddeo is)?

Thanks!

John Taddeo Man of Mystery

-A

greg · Post by **greg** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:24 pm

mrwoogieman wrote:Greg,

I'm a little lost, but do I read the Taddeo email as implying that either he or his company are trying to buy the rights to the Valiant characters? Excuse my ignorace, but is he associated with a current comic publisher (I confess I don't know who John Taddeo is)?

Thanks!

According to his own note from December 2004 on these boards,
I believe we can safely guess that he is still interested in acquiring the
Valiant characters from the Acclaim bankruptcy.
http://www.valiantfans.com/forum/viewto ... 6303#36303

cinlach@aol.com · Post by **cinlach@aol.com** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:48 pm

so disney bought crossgen? holy crap!

now i know why justin wanted all those crossgen books! lol...j/k!

i think that's a good move for them...i could see meridian easily as a cartoon property on tv.

i was always on alesi to buy the valiant characters, we had a thread going on the crossgen board asking him to buy one character from valiant/acclaim...and base his decisons off the performance of that one book. he had so many of the old valiant creators there, they already had a first hand knowledge of the characters (sears, ryder, marz, bedard, etc.).

i hate things didn't work out for crossgen, i think they just overextended themselves and tried to get into too many things too quickly.

a lesson for the future perhaps...

k_c_collectibles · Post by **k_c_collectibles** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:48 pm

WOW - that would be FRICKIN' AWESOME to say the least!

justin · Post by **justin** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:58 pm

cinlach@aol.com wrote:so disney bought crossgen? holy crap!

Actually the art and stories ROCK!!

-J

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 6:35 pm

This just shows you Bob Layton still kicks *SQUEE*. That really would be a great cover for a X-O relaunch.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 9:34 pm

yeah that looks a little too detailed to be just a "sketch"...

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 9:47 pm

double post

dave · Post by **dave** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 9:49 pm

you can say that again!

Byrneout · Post by **Byrneout** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 8:00 am

*falls over*

*woozily stands back up*

*sees image, screams "X-O!", falls over again*

Repeat as necessary.

greg · Post by **greg** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 3:21 pm

http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/scoop ... 006&si=121

I wonder if they meant to say "Stalked" instead of "Stocked" in the headline?

justin · Post by **justin** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 6:51 pm

John,

Mike Baron wanted me to remind you he wants Ninjak if you get the Valiant properties. We talked in length about valiant today over a couple of beers!

-A