Big Valiant Announcements at Twitter HQ

[nycjadie]

I'm happy to host Valiant next week at Twitter HQ. They're supposed to be making some huge announcements which they are going to stream live via the Periscope app. #excited Download Periscope now!
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[ilzuccone]

[Waroman]

Periscope is a cool way to broadcast this! I wonder if they'll be taking an questions.

[nycjadie]

I'll be asking questions, and you can certainly pose them on the broadcast in the comments field. Not sure if they will be able to address every question.

[possumgrease]

I guess everyone has already seen this, but full press release:

"Twitter Presents the Official #ValiantSummit Live From San Francisco – An Exclusive Panel Streaming Live via Periscope on June 30th!

In honor of Valiant's 25th anniversary, Valiant and Twitter are teaming for an exclusive panel celebrating 25 years of the largest independent superhero universe in comics with news, announcements, and more!

Valiant Entertainment and Twitter are proud to announce the first-of-its-kind #ValiantSummit – an exclusive panel presentation streaming live from Twitter headquarters in downtown San Francisco onTuesday, June 30th at 3 pm EDT/12 noon PDT. Join New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (BOOK OF DEATH, X-O MANOWAR), Eisner Award-nominated writer Jen Van Meter (THE DEATH-DEFYING DR. MIRAGE), Valiant CEO & Chief Creative Officer Dinesh Shamdasani, Editor-in-Chief Warren Simons, and Director of Marketing, Communications & Digital Media Hunter Gorinsonhere for an hour of news, announcements, and live Q&A, streaming exclusively on the Periscope app at@ValiantComics.

New to Valiant comics? Then start here with a round of Valiant 101 as the #ValiantSummit panel presents a comprehensive introduction to Valiant's groundbreaking superhero universe and the origins of its greatest heroes, including X-O Manowar, Bloodshot, Ninjak, Divinity, and more. Then, the first official #ValiantSummit continues with revelations about the publisher's upcoming BOOK OF DEATH summer event series by New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti and artists Robert Gill and Doug Braithwaite; exclusive first word on upcoming series and special events coming in late 2015 and beyond; and questions and answers, live from fans around the world submitted via Twitter.

Tune in live to witness this unprecedented comics milestone live from Twitter headquarters on Tuesday, June 30th at 3 pm EDT/12 noon PDT on the Periscope app at @ValiantComics! Join the conversation on Twitter and submit your questions for Valiant's all-star panel of guests now using the#ValiantSummit hashtag.

Periscope is a live video streaming app for iOS and Android. Simply download the Periscope app, create a new user log-in or use your Twitter log-in credentials, and visit @ValiantComics to watch the#ValiantSummit panel presentation live from San Francisco.

Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2015, Valiant is one of the most successful comic book publishing companies in the history of the medium with more than 81 million comics sold and a library of more than 2,000 distinct characters, including X-O Manowar, Bloodshot, Harbinger, Shadowman, Archer & Armstrong, and many more. Established by a brain trust of legendary comics creators – including former Marvel Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter; seminal Iron Man writer and artist, Bob Layton; and the visionary writer and illustrator of Wolverine: Weapon X, Barry Windsor-Smith – Valiant’s heroes and villains inhabit the largest independently owned superhero universe anywhere in comics. In recent years the company has returned to great commercial and critical success, winning a Diamond Gem Award for Publisher of the Year and numerous industry awards and accolades. Valiant’s titles consistently rate among the best reviewed in comics.

In 2015, Valiant announced that it partnered with Sony Pictures and Original Film to bring two of the publisher's most acclaimed superhero franchises – BLOODSHOT and HARBINGER – to the big screen over the course of five feature films that will culminate with the shared universe crossover film, HARBINGER WARS. BLOODSHOT, arriving in theaters in 2017, will kick off the five-picture plan leading to HARBINGER WARS and will be directed by David Leitch & Chad Stahelski (John Wick). Neal H. Moritz and Toby Jaffe of Original Film (The Fast and the Furious franchise) and Valiant Entertainment will produce the film.

For more information, visit Valiant Entertainment online at ValiantUniverse.com or Twitter.com/Valiant Comics."

[BugsySig]

The fact that this is being done at Twitter HQ likely means Twitter itself will publicize it with mass tweets to all users. That's HUGE for VEI getting its name out there. We're talking tens or even hundreds of millions of people. Crazy. What a PR coup for VALIANT.

[nycjadie]

I wonder what news about Jen Van Meter we will learn? I'm getting some books to sign!

[hunter_peterson]

The fact that this is being done at Twitter HQ likely means Twitter itself will publicize it with mass tweets to all users. That's HUGE for VEI getting its name out there. We're talking tens or even hundreds of millions of people. Crazy. What a PR coup for VALIANT.

Oh really? Awesome! I know nothing about Twitter, but I look forward to seeing a summary thread of the announcements here. Because you guys know about Twitter.

[Sven the Returned]

Movie news...

[dornwolf]

Movie news...

Hopefully some game news

[possumgrease]

Movie news...

Hopefully some game news

Maybe Valiant can have the first "superhero" experience on the Oculus Rift

[Keith]

Hoping for new titles to be announced in the fallout of Book of Death! Generation Zero, perhaps? Or some more out of the character library?

[nycjadie]

Teaser:

https://www.periscope.tv/w/aFrIwzUzNDc0 ... AwNz6CVA==" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[hunter_peterson]

Hoping for new titles to be announced in the fallout of Book of Death! Generation Zero, perhaps? Or some more out of the character library?

Shadowman seems obvious. Hopefully we get details on everything from FCBD, too.

And maybe more than nine books a month?

[nscc]

Whatever it is... Having twitter push this is huge. I can't wait to check it out.

[geocarr]

Teaser:

https://www.periscope.tv/w/aFrIwzUzNDc0 ... AwNz6CVA==" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

When I click the link, the periscope website says "This broadcast has expired."

[nycjadie]

It only lasts 24 hours. Check out this one. https://www.periscope.tv/w/aFxfvDUzNDc0 ... 8t7U4d8g==" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[greg]

It only lasts 24 hours. Check out this one. https://www.periscope.tv/w/aFxfvDUzNDc0 ... 8t7U4d8g==" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Is that Eternal Warrior art on his desk something we've seen before?

[depluto]

Teaser:

https://www.periscope.tv/w/aFrIwzUzNDc0 ... AwNz6CVA==" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

When I click the link, the periscope website says "This broadcast has expired."

Down periscope!

[geocarr]

Teaser:

https://www.periscope.tv/w/aFrIwzUzNDc0 ... AwNz6CVA==" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

When I click the link, the periscope website says "This broadcast has expired."

Down periscope!

DAMN YOU PERISCOPE! Rage taking over!!

[nycjadie]

It only lasts 24 hours. Check out this one. https://www.periscope.tv/w/aFxfvDUzNDc0 ... 8t7U4d8g==" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Is that Eternal Warrior art on his desk something we've seen before?

Nice spotting! Who is that in Paolo's Bloodshot page? Looks like Mirage.

[Brapbrap]

I think they will give some more info about the new Dr Mirage mini.

[nycjadie]

Looking forward to meeting the Valiant team tomorrow and learning about the announcements.

[Ramses818]

Did this happen yet?i thought it was 12 pst. Anyone know anything?

[jeremycoe]

Did this happen yet?i thought it was 12 pst. Anyone know anything?

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