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Re: Valiant NY Offices are Permanently Closed

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Should've never hired Heather Antos

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Re: Valiant NY Offices are Permanently Closed

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The Harbinger wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 3:31:54 pm Should've never hired Heather Antos
Agreed, but the previous 2 senior editors (Robert ??) and the guy before him were just as bad. The rot set in straight away since 2018. They’ve just made bad hire after bad hire. Heather Antos was supposed to bring in the ‘young, hip crowd’...young and hip but not very good at making comics it seems.

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Dallow Spicer1 wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 4:34:34 pm
The Harbinger wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 3:31:54 pm Should've never hired Heather Antos
Agreed, but the previous 2 senior editors (Robert ??) and the guy before him were just as bad. The rot set in straight away since 2018. They’ve just made bad hire after bad hire. Heather Antos was supposed to bring in the ‘young, hip crowd’...young and hip but not very good at making comics it seems.
Continuity has been *SQUEE* with since 2015/16!

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syzhang28 wrote: they gave bloodshot wings
Wait... What?



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lorddunlow wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 8:41:26 pm
syzhang28 wrote: they gave bloodshot wings
Wait... What?



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But you do know what (else) Livewire did? (Before she grew BS some chicken wings.)

Seriously, you need to read HW2. BEST EVENT EVER. Just like they promised. facepalm

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Sunlight on Snow wrote: Sat Aug 08, 2020 4:12:38 am
lorddunlow wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 8:41:26 pm
syzhang28 wrote: they gave bloodshot wings
Wait... What?



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But you do know what (else) Livewire did? (Before she grew BS some chicken wings.)

Seriously, you need to read HW2. BEST EVENT EVER. Just like they promised. facepalm
Don’t fall for this trick, Dunlow!

greg, I think this counts as cyber bullying.

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The Harbinger wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 3:31:54 pm Should've never hired Heather Antos
They paid her to spend time on Twitter broadcasting nonsense.
They should've hired an editor instead.

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Chiclo wrote: Sat Aug 08, 2020 9:10:23 am
Sunlight on Snow wrote: Sat Aug 08, 2020 4:12:38 am
lorddunlow wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 8:41:26 pm
syzhang28 wrote: they gave bloodshot wings
Wait... What?



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But you do know what (else) Livewire did? (Before she grew BS some chicken wings.)

Seriously, you need to read HW2. BEST EVENT EVER. Just like they promised. facepalm
Don’t fall for this trick, Dunlow!

greg, I think this counts as cyber bullying.
:funnypost:

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Sunlight on Snow wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 1:11:15 pm
Chiclo wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 8:37:02 am
Sunlight on Snow wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2020 3:56:08 pm
Chiclo wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2020 8:09:13 pm
Sunlight on Snow wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2020 6:03:56 pm Seriously, I wanna know how DocTom is going to end. I'm so *SQUEE* scared right now!
I can’t tell if you are serious or not. Germans are not known for their comedy.
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It makes sense that a German comedian would be from Bavaria. They are the fun-loving Germans. A comedy club in Bremen would be more depressing than NPR on a Saturday afternoon.
Hmm. He's hardly a real Bavarian (almost typed barbarian). The villages he was born and raised in are very close to Hesse and he certainly doesn't have a Bavarian accent when he's talking German. Based on where he's from--a rather small village in the middle of nowhere--and keeping in mind he's a physician he really isn't supposed to be funny. :lol:
A funny Hessian? That really boggles the mind. My family hosted a foreign exchange student from Frankfurt. Her sense of humor was almost alien. She was half German and half Polish and really exemplified the worst of both stereotypes, every bit as slothful as she was arrogant.

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CylonSteve wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 12:30:39 pm
syzhang28 wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 1:30:57 am
CylonSteve wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2020 10:32:10 pm It has been a while since I have posted here. I admit I am a little behind on Valiant Comics. However, I just re-read Harbinger vol. 1 by Josh Dysart. (Trades I thought I had lent out and never gotten back but found over the weekend) Anywho, what happened to Valiant? I picked up some issues from time to time to catch up somewhat. (I really enjoyed Bloodshot: Reborn by Jeff Lemire) But, then realized they haven't been putting out much stuff. I just checked the Valiant website and I saw that the solicitations they are only releasing 2-3 books a month. I understand that COVID-19 certainly put a wrench into things in 2020, but has it been this bad for a while?

Like I said it been a while since I posted, and went back to my lurking ways. However, the lack of an office isn't good. Is this a sky is falling moment for Valiant?
One persons view here

It's shooter and acclaim all over again. Dinesh was pushed out in a investor coup. The chinese took over. All the good writers and artists left to follow Dinesh to a new company called Bad Idea. Bad Idea hired a lot of the best staff from Valiant. After dinesh, sales at Valiant started to drop and are no way down, Valiant ignored continuity, are publishing less books and interest is mostly down. All the movies fell apart except for Bloodshot which Dinesh produced for Sony. He also produced the Witcher after valiant. There's been a revolving door of editor in chiefs at valiant. oh and they gave bloodshot wings for some reason and made livewire a mass, mass, mass murderer...
I knew about coup. About the Chinese taking over and when Dinesh was out it made me sad. Only because I had met him 3 times, he was always approachable and friendly. It seems like this company has no interest in comics they just want to use the characters for movies to make the next Marvel Cinematic Universe. (countless companies tried to match them and failed, but you never know) I think what you had said about Shooter it seems like history is repeating. (Rhyming rather Mark Twain would say)

I see that the Bad Idea has all of the original VEI creators, I do want to buy the first issue of his new business venture. Curious to see how it will go,as I am a fan of Matt Kindt.

I guess at the end of the day what was cool was Jeff Lemire's desire to write Bloodshot and getting to do it was badass. Those stories are kind of self contained.

I also seethis forum as a ghost town :( At this rate it wouldn't blow me away if VEI goes belly up and the characters are cheap enough and Disney (Or AT&T Time Warner) buys them. So then all the Valiant Characters go into the Disney Vault with Malibu and Crossgen characters.

I can understand the frustration of Valiant Fans. Seems like we had a couple of winning seasons only to be going 2-14 or 3-13 every season.

Man the exciting 2012 Valiant I do have found memories of it. I shall miss it and hope for its return.
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Re: Valiant NY Offices are Permanently Closed

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Chiclo wrote: Sat Aug 08, 2020 3:36:24 pm A funny Hessian? That really boggles the mind. My family hosted a foreign exchange student from Frankfurt. Her sense of humor was almost alien. She was half German and half Polish and really exemplified the worst of both stereotypes, every bit as slothful as she was arrogant.

I am patiently waiting for your memoirs to be written


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