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Chris,

If you read this month's editorial, you'll know by now there's NOTHING I can say regarding my contributions to the new Valiant publishers. However, I'm looking forward to seeing what they did with the Harbinger TPB. I think it's fair to say that we need to wait and see what kind of sales they get back on it before we jump the gun and start writing letters to them on what we want to see next. I've had several talks with them and they seem to be taking a conservative and sensible approach to reintroducing the material. To be honest with you Chris, the name X-O Manowar has come up in conversations a few times, in association with me. But outside of that, nothing's been officially discussed.

I have told them that if they ever decide to revive that character, I would be more than willing to contribute in "some" fashion on a project or two.
And don’t get me started about the new owners of Valiant Entertainment!

I’ve already done two big assignments for them and…*sigh*…you guessed it—sworn to secrecy!

Now you know why I want to scream.
Interesting...

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Since the first quote is actually referencing the second, you should read them the other way around... :wink:

And don’t get me started about the new owners of Valiant Entertainment!

I’ve already done two big assignments for them and…*sigh*…you guessed it—sworn to secrecy!

Now you know why I want to scream.
...followed by...

Chris,

If you read this month's editorial, you'll know by now there's NOTHING I can say regarding my contributions to the new Valiant publishers. However, I'm looking forward to seeing what they did with the Harbinger TPB. I think it's fair to say that we need to wait and see what kind of sales they get back on it before we jump the gun and start writing letters to them on what we want to see next. I've had several talks with them and they seem to be taking a conservative and sensible approach to reintroducing the material. To be honest with you Chris, the name X-O Manowar has come up in conversations a few times, in association with me. But outside of that, nothing's been officially discussed.

I have told them that if they ever decide to revive that character, I would be more than willing to contribute in "some" fashion on a project or two.
In other words, there's NOTHING he can say about what he's already done. :thumb:

(sorry to sound picky... but when I read the other order, it sounded like VEI had NOTHING to do with Layton...)

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Heh

It's a sign that they have plans for beyond the HC.

They could be two pieces of art, one piece of art and one script, or two scripts.

What other options are there?

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Maybe he inked your creator owned property and it was sold to Valiant, then bought by Disney, made into a major motion picture, sued by Marvel because it had the letter X somewhere in the title, and then scheduled for direct-to-video which he drew the video cover for...

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heh

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So now Shooter AND Layton are at least somewhat onboard with the new Valiant. Very impressive work by Dino & co. :clap:

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:thumb:

Dino went to Shooter and Layton and told them that he's on a mission from God to put the band back together to save the orphanage for the penguin (see what I did there? PENGUINS, GET IT?!? It's a VALIANT joke!! :P :lol: )

All that's missing is BWS...

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ManofTheAtom wrote::thumb:

Dino went to Shooter and Layton and told them that he's on a mission from God to put the band back together

All that's missing is BWS...
Hard to get any hopes up as of yet. Doesn't it all seem waaayyyy too good to be true.

And having BWS on board would be beyond sweet.
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The Mighty Drew wrote:
ManofTheAtom wrote::thumb:

Dino went to Shooter and Layton and told them that he's on a mission from God to put the band back together

All that's missing is BWS...
Hard to get any hopes up as of yet. Doesn't it all seem waaayyyy too good to be true.

And having BWS on board would be beyond sweet.
REALLY can't envision that happening... :|

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myron wrote:
The Mighty Drew wrote:
ManofTheAtom wrote::thumb:

Dino went to Shooter and Layton and told them that he's on a mission from God to put the band back together

All that's missing is BWS...
Hard to get any hopes up as of yet. Doesn't it all seem waaayyyy too good to be true.

And having BWS on board would be beyond sweet.
REALLY can't envision that happening... :|
Didn't Shooter say that BWS was the only one who apologized to him?

Or is it that BWS doesn't care for VALIANT?

What's he doing nowadays anyway?

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I think alot of 1990's artists and writers will give the NEW Valiant a try and contribute. It seems like a "POPULAR THING TO DO" right now.

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ManofTheAtom wrote: What's he doing nowadays anyway?
He's been working on a graphic novel called Monster for years, haven't heard much about it lately though. He was going to do a Thing GN for Marvel a while back, but I think that got cancelled when he couldn't agree with Joe Q on formatting (big surprise). About a year ago his Freebooters collection came out, good stuff.

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ManofTheAtom wrote:
myron wrote:
The Mighty Drew wrote:
ManofTheAtom wrote::thumb:

Dino went to Shooter and Layton and told them that he's on a mission from God to put the band back together

All that's missing is BWS...
Hard to get any hopes up as of yet. Doesn't it all seem waaayyyy too good to be true.

And having BWS on board would be beyond sweet.
REALLY can't envision that happening... :|
Didn't Shooter say that BWS was the only one who apologized to him?

Or is it that BWS doesn't care for Valiant?

What's he doing nowadays anyway?
well iirc, he wasn't real happy with the valiant happenings to begin with and then J lied to him about the Solar VcVSS so he might be kinda bitter yet...

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the whole part of the j fiasco that *SQUEE* me off the most is that the bws situation makes us all look bad.

that wasn't j discrediting just his name...he was discrediting OUR NAME.

and that boils my water.
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cinlach@aol.com wrote:the whole part of the j fiasco that *SQUEE* me off the most is that the bws situation makes us all look bad.

that wasn't j discrediting just his name...he was discrediting OUR NAME.

and that boils my water.
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Jay Tomio wrote:Did D-Lap part ways with no negative stigma attached?

I'd love to see Lapham back on Valiant. :cloud9:
he followed Big Jim to Defiant ... anyone know if he helped on Broadway also? afaik there wasn't any fallout...but some others have already said that he is quite busy at the moment... :thumb:

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cinlach@aol.com wrote:the whole part of the j fiasco that *SQUEE* me off the most is that the bws situation makes us all look bad.

that wasn't j discrediting just his name...he was discrediting OUR NAME.

and that boils my water.
i have yet to get my books and my money back from the SOB

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jedimarley wrote:
cinlach@aol.com wrote:the whole part of the j fiasco that *SQUEE* me off the most is that the bws situation makes us all look bad.

that wasn't j discrediting just his name...he was discrediting OUR NAME.

and that boils my water.
i have yet to get my books and my money back from the SOB
sorry bud... :(

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myron wrote:
jedimarley wrote:
cinlach@aol.com wrote:the whole part of the j fiasco that *SQUEE* me off the most is that the bws situation makes us all look bad.

that wasn't j discrediting just his name...he was discrediting OUR NAME.

and that boils my water.
i have yet to get my books and my money back from the SOB
sorry bud... :(
Wow, he still hasn't taken care of that? What a tool.

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myron wrote:he followed Big Jim to Defiant ... anyone know if he helped on Broadway also?
Lapham didn't do any work for Broadway, by that time he was already self-publishing Stray Bullets. He was with Defiant till the end, so I wouldn't think he has any bad blood with Jim, but I really have no idea.

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ManofTheAtom wrote:
Chris,

If you read this month's editorial, you'll know by now there's NOTHING I can say regarding my contributions to the new Valiant publishers. However, I'm looking forward to seeing what they did with the Harbinger TPB. I think it's fair to say that we need to wait and see what kind of sales they get back on it before we jump the gun and start writing letters to them on what we want to see next. I've had several talks with them and they seem to be taking a conservative and sensible approach to reintroducing the material. To be honest with you Chris, the name X-O Manowar has come up in conversations a few times, in association with me. But outside of that, nothing's been officially discussed.

I have told them that if they ever decide to revive that character, I would be more than willing to contribute in "some" fashion on a project or two.
And don’t get me started about the new owners of Valiant Entertainment!

I’ve already done two big assignments for them and…*sigh*…you guessed it—sworn to secrecy!

Now you know why I want to scream.
Interesting...

If Bob is indeed involved.................wow :clap:

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Very cool to see so many faces from the old Valiant back in. Shooter, Hall, Rubenstein, and now Layton... I'm wondering who's next!
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Jay Tomio wrote:
myron wrote:
Jay Tomio wrote:Did D-Lap part ways with no negative stigma attached?

I'd love to see Lapham back on Valiant. :cloud9:
he followed Big Jim to Defiant ... anyone know if he helped on Broadway also? afaik there wasn't any fallout...but some others have already said that he is quite busy at the moment... :thumb:
I loved Defiant, and was crossing my fingers and him J-Shoot were still cordial, but I was wondering if perhaps there was any reason VALIANT itself left a bad taste in his mouth.

Defiant kicked *SQUEE* - Dark Dominion was one of the best books out IMHO - and I have Warriors of Plasm actually reads better now than it did then.
I really enjoyed DD and Plasm stories as well. Both books had some great artwork and coloring too.

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I found Defiant to be a fresh idea. I really enjoyed the books I read (Plasm & DD).

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I would pay extremely good money to see all 4 Schism issues released in a TPB to see how that storyline ended.


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