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Have you all heard about this?

Something is happening likely involving Warren Simons, Josh Dysart, Lewis LaRosa and Dinesh Shamdasani.

It's pretty loosey goosey right now but it looks like it's happening.

I just got excited again and it feels good man.

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hawkeyeps wrote:Have you all heard about this?

Something is happening likely involving Warren Simons, Josh Dysart, Lewis LaRosa and Dinesh Shamdasani.

It's pretty loosey goosey right now but it looks like it's happening.

I just got excited again and it feels good man.

No. Very interesting...What is it?

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Matt Kindt might be a part of it too. He changed his Twitter profile banner to:


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:popcorn:

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I think this is Dinesh's next go at comics and it looks like he's got his whole crew with him.

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Oh *SQUEE*, this is exciting! :clap: :hope: :clap:

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maybe they're going with "worst idea wins" :?

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:high-five:
Honestly, this makes me comic-book giddy.
:hope: that sooner than later we all know what this is about.
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ShadowTuga wrote::high-five:
Honestly, this makes me comic-book giddy.
:hope: that sooner than later we all know what this is about.
Tug, my buddy!

This is it man :high-five:

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hawkeyeps wrote:
ShadowTuga wrote::high-five:
Honestly, this makes me comic-book giddy.
:hope: that sooner than later we all know what this is about.
Tug, my buddy!

This is it man :high-five:
:D :thumb:

I haven't read anything Valiant other than LaDoTH over the last 2+ years. I really miss the old stuff from VEI, and these guys doing something together, well, that might put my feet back on a comic shop regularly.
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Very interesting/interested.

How long has it been since the DMG takeover? Did Dino have a no compete clause for a period of time? Is it #timesup for Dan Mince!?!?
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BugsySig wrote:Very interesting/interested.

How long has it been since the DMG takeover? Did Dino have a no compete clause for a period of time? Is it #timesup for Dan Mince!?!?

Keep digging, y’all.


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hawkeyeps wrote:Have you all heard about this?

Something is happening likely involving Warren Simons, Josh Dysart, Lewis LaRosa and Dinesh Shamdasani.

It's pretty loosey goosey right now but it looks like it's happening.

I just got excited again and it feels good man.
I have. I follow all those guys on Twitter, and I have been retweeting in support of what looks like Hiveminds, first comic release. No concrete details yet, but something is definitely cooking! :thumb:
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Not on twitter, so thanks for sharing here.
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Phantom wrote:Not on twitter, so thanks for sharing here.
Ditto! Very grateful!

So, are we thinking BAD IDEA is the new Dinesh imprint?
I've been looking everywhere for the ultra-rare Turok vs Blister issue. Anybody able to help me out?

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agent_graves wrote:
hawkeyeps wrote:Have you all heard about this?

Something is happening likely involving Warren Simons, Josh Dysart, Lewis LaRosa and Dinesh Shamdasani.

It's pretty loosey goosey right now but it looks like it's happening.

I just got excited again and it feels good man.
I have. I follow all those guys on Twitter, and I have been retweeting in support of what looks like Hiveminds, first comic release. No concrete details yet, but something is definitely cooking! :thumb:
:hm:



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slym2none wrote:
agent_graves wrote:
hawkeyeps wrote:Have you all heard about this?

Something is happening likely involving Warren Simons, Josh Dysart, Lewis LaRosa and Dinesh Shamdasani.

It's pretty loosey goosey right now but it looks like it's happening.

I just got excited again and it feels good man.
I have. I follow all those guys on Twitter, and I have been retweeting in support of what looks like Hiveminds, first comic release. No concrete details yet, but something is definitely cooking! :thumb:
:hm:



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When they are confident enough to start actually talking about more than just a company name... I may be interested.

How many titles planned? Shared universe or not? Super heroes or not? Licensed characters or not? Long form series, or a bunch of minis? Tons of variant covers, or something more simple? Creator owned or company owned content?

AND the BIG question: Can you WAIT long enough to BUILD a fan base through publishing comics before you push so hard and fast for movies that you end up taking investor money that eventually loses you the company?

Don't forget, Dinesh and Warren let Dead Drop happen... they aren't infallible. I want this to be something I'll enjoy, but I need more than a (possible) company name to actually get me interested.
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slack wrote:When they are confident enough to start actually talking about more that just a company name... I may be interested.
So are early announcements not okay now?
AND the BIG question: Can you WAIT long enough to BUILD a fan base through publishing comics before you push so hard and fast for movies that you end up taking investor money that eventually loses you the company?
Dinesh and co. WERE waiting, and taking their time building a fanbase. Don't put this s**t on them. They'd tried their best to slowly and methodically build a universe, and got the rug pulled out from under them. Not sure where you get off blaming them for something they had nothing to do with.
Don't forget, Dinesh and Warren let Dead Drop happen... they aren't infallible. I want this to be something I'll enjoy, but I need more than a (possible) company name to actually get me interested.
So literally one awful mini-series, out of hundreds of story arcs, and you're onboard the negative train?

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So are early announcements not okay now?
I didn't say that. I said I'm not interested until they say more about what they intend to produce.
Dinesh and co. WERE waiting, and taking their time building a fanbase. Don't put this s**t on them. They'd tried their best to slowly and methodically build a universe, and got the rug pulled out from under them. Not sure where you get off blaming them for something they had nothing to do with.
Wrong. They didn't even wait five years before they were working on getting movies made. They took DMG money after 3 years or less of publishing. It was that RUSH to get movies in the works that got DMG involved in the first place. Had they waited longer and built a bigger fan base of of new readers, they might still be publishing Valiant comics, and we wouldn't have to worry about a disconnected film universe for a few more years.
So literally one awful mini-series, out of hundreds of story arcs, and you're onboard the negative train?
No. That was just the worst...there were other lacking stories and arcs along the way. But I'm not "on the negative train"... I'm just wanting more information before I immediately "jump aboard the bandwagon(not train)" like many others.

Sorry, but I'm not gonna convince myself it's great before I know what it really is.

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slack wrote: Sorry, but I'm not gonna convince myself it's great before I know what it really is.
Some of the names dropped with Bad Ideas (so far)

Dinesh
Simons
Lemire
Kindt
Dysart
Larosa

Anyone I missed? Regardless, I have an idea that this is going to be good:)

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slack wrote:When they are confident enough to start actually talking about more than just a company name... I may be interested.

How many titles planned? Shared universe or not? Super heroes or not? Licensed characters or not? Long form series, or a bunch of minis? Tons of variant covers, or something more simple? Creator owned or company owned content?

AND the BIG question: Can you WAIT long enough to BUILD a fan base through publishing comics before you push so hard and fast for movies that you end up taking investor money that eventually loses you the company?

Don't forget, Dinesh and Warren let Dead Drop happen... they aren't infallible. I want this to be something I'll enjoy, but I need more than a (possible) company name to actually get me interested.
From what I remember, Ales Kot had a pitch for a Valiant book, but Warren wasn't sure whether he'd be a good fit for Valiant, so he let him write a mini (which one can easily ignore, or pretend is not in continuity) to see if he had a good handle on Valiant's characters. The results would suggest he wasn't. I think Simons's solution to the tryout was a good one.
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slack wrote: Wrong. They didn't even wait five years before they were working on getting movies made. They took DMG money after 3 years or less of publishing. It was that RUSH to get movies in the works that got DMG involved in the first place. Had they waited longer and built a bigger fan base of of new readers, they might still be publishing Valiant comics, and we wouldn't have to worry about a disconnected film universe for a few more years.
Maybe they should have waited a little longer, but the fact is that they a) needed cash, and b) needed eyes on Valiant. Obviously, in 2019, the answer to that conundrum is to get something live action made. I don't agree that trying to get one movie in theaters was such a bad idea, and I also don't think it was a bad idea to get other investors involved. It's not Dinesh and co's (Bad Idea's?) fault that DMG took over. That didn't have to happen, but the people in charge decided to be *SQUEE*.

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I'm 120% down for this. :thumb:

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slack wrote:
Wrong. They didn't even wait five years before they were working on getting movies made. They took DMG money after 3 years or less of publishing. It was that RUSH to get movies in the works that got DMG involved in the first place. Had they waited longer and built a bigger fan base of of new readers, they might still be publishing Valiant comics, and we wouldn't have to worry about a disconnected film universe for a few more years.
My dude WHAT are you talking about? Dinesh waited 7 or 8 years before publishing a monthly comic and 10 or 11 years before DMG were involved. His reputation is quality and PATIENCE. You understand you are literally saying the poster child for slow and steady was not slow enough facepalm

Also the reason he isn't publishing Valiant comics is because they built a big fanbase...that DMG wanted for their own. DMG would never have stolen Valiant from them if they rushed into movies and ignored a comics fanbase. :roll:


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