Suggestions for new Rai creative team

Discuss the VALIANT comics, characters, and collecting.
PLEASE DO NOT REVEAL SPOILER INFORMATION IN YOUR TOPIC TITLE.

Moderators: Daniel Jackson, greg

User avatar
Manaf82
Get those scissors away from my coupons
Get those scissors away from my coupons
Posts: 308
Joined: Tue Aug 06, 2013 1:17 am
Valiant fan since: 2010
Favorite character: Rai
Favorite title: Harbinger
Favorite writer: Joshua Dysart
Favorite artist: Clayton Crain
Location: Kerala,India
Suggestions for new Rai creative team

Post by Manaf82 »

As the title says and please describe why those Team.But please limit to realistic possibilities.So no Alan Moore,Garth Ennis,Warren Ellis etc..
Feel my "SQUEEING SQUEE"

User avatar
tchalla8
Nanite-powered posting
Nanite-powered posting
Posts: 1406
Joined: Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:48 pm
Re: Suggestions for new Rai creative team

Post by tchalla8 »

Manaf82 wrote:As the title says and please describe why those Team.But please limit to realistic possibilities.So no Alan Moore,Garth Ennis,Warren Ellis etc..
what...no Jack Kirby? :P
Spooooon!!!!

User avatar
Manaf82
Get those scissors away from my coupons
Get those scissors away from my coupons
Posts: 308
Joined: Tue Aug 06, 2013 1:17 am
Valiant fan since: 2010
Favorite character: Rai
Favorite title: Harbinger
Favorite writer: Joshua Dysart
Favorite artist: Clayton Crain
Location: Kerala,India
Re: Suggestions for new Rai creative team

Post by Manaf82 »

For writer i would suggest Greg Rucka,
He is really good with characterization and he is good at world building as seen in Lazarus..

Artist i am drawing blank right now..
Feel my "SQUEEING SQUEE"

User avatar
Manaf82
Get those scissors away from my coupons
Get those scissors away from my coupons
Posts: 308
Joined: Tue Aug 06, 2013 1:17 am
Valiant fan since: 2010
Favorite character: Rai
Favorite title: Harbinger
Favorite writer: Joshua Dysart
Favorite artist: Clayton Crain
Location: Kerala,India
Re: Suggestions for new Rai creative team

Post by Manaf82 »

tchalla8 wrote:
Manaf82 wrote:As the title says and please describe why those Team.But please limit to realistic possibilities.So no Alan Moore,Garth Ennis,Warren Ellis etc..
what...no Jack Kirby? :P
Only after Vincent Van Gogh :)
Feel my "SQUEEING SQUEE"

User avatar
Bone-A-Fach-ee
Just jumpin' through time arcs, that's all.
Just jumpin' through time arcs, that's all.
Posts: 1632
Joined: Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:28 pm
Valiant fan since: '92
Favorite character: Tony Harada
Favorite title: Harbinger/Imperium
Favorite writer: Joshua Dysart
Favorite artist: Clayton Henry
Location: The Foundation Zone
Re: Suggestions for new Rai creative team

Post by Bone-A-Fach-ee »

V-Ditti writing. Adrain Alphona art. Yeah!

User avatar
nycjadie
Especially "dude." And "balls." Those terms work in the tech industry.
Especially "dude." And "balls." Those terms work in the tech industry.
Posts: 7392
Joined: Tue Sep 25, 2012 12:38 am
Valiant fan since: Solar #1
Favorite character: Rai
Favorite title: Bloodshot
Favorite writer: Kindt
Favorite artist: Too many to choose.
Location: Virginia
Re: Suggestions for new Rai creative team

Post by nycjadie »

I wonder if this is the monthly that Clayton Crain was talking to them about. I think that would be pretty amazing.

Steve

User avatar
Magnus9178
H.A.R.D.E.R. Corps, with Extra Resistance
H.A.R.D.E.R. Corps, with Extra Resistance
Posts: 1072
Joined: Thu Mar 21, 2013 6:35 pm
Valiant fan since: 1992
Favorite character: Turok
Favorite title: XO Manowar
Favorite writer: Ron Marz
Location: Guilderland, NY
Re: Suggestions for new Rai creative team

Post by Magnus9178 »

Ron Marz writing with art by either Bart Sears or Matthew Dow Smith. Ron worked with both artists on the Path and it was an absolutely amazing book and far removed from the crossgen main story.

My other suggestion is to bring back Joe St. Pierre. He says he had so many other Rai stories to tell when they decided to go in a different direction and kill off Rai. So maybe he could incorporate those stories into the new universe, maybe...

User avatar
Talisman
100 posts! (if you round to the nearest 100)
100 posts! (if you round to the nearest 100)
Posts: 56
Joined: Wed Jul 24, 2013 9:08 pm
Valiant fan since: 2013
Favorite character: Solar
Favorite title: Solar
Favorite writer: Jim Shooter
Location: Detroit
Re: Suggestions for new Rai creative team

Post by Talisman »

My ideal creative team would be Marc Andreyko with art by Dexter Soy, or Jeff Lemire and Neil Edwards.

User avatar
BugsySig
I could be talking poo-doo.
I could be talking poo-doo.
Posts: 9554
Joined: Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:47 pm
Valiant fan since: 1992
Favorite character: Ivar, Timewalker
Favorite title: Harbinger/Timewalker
Favorite writer: Joshua Dysart/FVL
Favorite artist: Joe Quesada
Location: Central CT
Re: Suggestions for new Rai creative team

Post by BugsySig »

Sean Murphy (Punk Rock Jesus) writing, Clayton Crain on art.
Kurt Busiek wrote:Bull$#!t
Image

krylox
Get those scissors away from my coupons
Get those scissors away from my coupons
Posts: 285
Joined: Tue Jul 09, 2013 6:23 am
Valiant fan since: 1992
Favorite character: Armstrong
Favorite title: Harbinger
Favorite writer: Joshua Dysart
Re: Suggestions for new Rai creative team

Post by krylox »

BugsySig wrote:Sean Murphy (Punk Rock Jesus) writing, Clayton Crain on art.
sean murphy writing AND drawing a solo archer miniseries would pretty cool (if somewhat similar to punk rock jesus)

User avatar
Donovan
...formerly The Beyonder
...formerly The Beyonder
Posts: 989
Joined: Fri May 25, 2007 3:55 pm
Valiant fan since: Unity. The first time.
Favorite character: Rai
Favorite title: VEI Quantum & Woody
Favorite writer: Matt Kindt
Favorite artist: Romulo Fajardo
Location: Canada
Re: Suggestions for new Rai creative team

Post by Donovan »

Marcos Martin's Rai would look extremely *SQUEE*, IMO.

krylox
Get those scissors away from my coupons
Get those scissors away from my coupons
Posts: 285
Joined: Tue Jul 09, 2013 6:23 am
Valiant fan since: 1992
Favorite character: Armstrong
Favorite title: Harbinger
Favorite writer: Joshua Dysart
Re: Suggestions for new Rai creative team

Post by krylox »

Talisman wrote:My ideal creative team would be Marc Andreyko with art by Dexter Soy, or Jeff Lemire and Neil Edwards.
good choice with andreyko! i used to love his manhunter series a few years ago.

if you take into consideration, this is also supposed to be a science-fiction themed book, i'd love to see one of the following writers involved:

ales kot
simon spurrier
adam egypt mortimer
brandon graham

they're all probably a bit too edgy for the mainstream tastes, though.

krylox
Get those scissors away from my coupons
Get those scissors away from my coupons
Posts: 285
Joined: Tue Jul 09, 2013 6:23 am
Valiant fan since: 1992
Favorite character: Armstrong
Favorite title: Harbinger
Favorite writer: Joshua Dysart
Re: Suggestions for new Rai creative team

Post by krylox »

The Beyonder wrote:Marcos Martin's Rai would look extremely *SQUEE*, IMO.
+1

User avatar
Donovan
...formerly The Beyonder
...formerly The Beyonder
Posts: 989
Joined: Fri May 25, 2007 3:55 pm
Valiant fan since: Unity. The first time.
Favorite character: Rai
Favorite title: VEI Quantum & Woody
Favorite writer: Matt Kindt
Favorite artist: Romulo Fajardo
Location: Canada
Re: Suggestions for new Rai creative team

Post by Donovan »

And I'm guessing there's no way that Brian K. Vaughn would be realistic.

Both him and Marcos Martin on Rai would kick it. I loved their Private Eye stuff.

User avatar
CallMeBloodshot
Get those scissors away from my coupons
Get those scissors away from my coupons
Posts: 395
Joined: Fri Jun 28, 2013 11:27 pm
Valiant fan since: 2013
Favorite character: Bloodshot
Favorite title: Harbinger
Favorite writer: Venditti & Dysart
Favorite artist: Trevor Hairsine
Location: Deadside
Re: Suggestions for new Rai creative team

Post by CallMeBloodshot »

Bone-A-Fach-ee wrote:V-Ditti writing.
This! There's no writer I trust more than V-Ditti right now. He knocks everything out of the park.

I think I even heard an interview with him on a Green Lantern podcast where he said Rai was one of the characters he was most interested in writing for.

User avatar
CallMeBloodshot
Get those scissors away from my coupons
Get those scissors away from my coupons
Posts: 395
Joined: Fri Jun 28, 2013 11:27 pm
Valiant fan since: 2013
Favorite character: Bloodshot
Favorite title: Harbinger
Favorite writer: Venditti & Dysart
Favorite artist: Trevor Hairsine
Location: Deadside
Re: Suggestions for new Rai creative team

Post by CallMeBloodshot »

BugsySig wrote:Sean Murphy (Punk Rock Jesus) writing, Clayton Crain on art.
I like Sean Murphy's art. Not sure about his writing.

User avatar
bygranddesign
it sounds like "chuffed" goes both ways
it sounds like "chuffed" goes both ways
Posts: 3384
Joined: Sun Dec 30, 2012 5:53 pm
Valiant fan since: 1992
Favorite character: Peter Stanchek
Favorite title: Harbinger
Favorite writer: Joshua Dysart
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Re: Suggestions for new Rai creative team

Post by bygranddesign »

I like Sean Murphy ... but maybe for a Shadowman book set in the future ... :hm:

My pick for Rai creative team - Mark Waid and Pere Perez

I'm a huge fan of Mark Waid ... i'd love for VEI to lure him away from Dynamite (but NOT Daredevil! my favorite and only Marvel title i collect right now) by giving him this high profile Valiant title like Rai.

And He would give Eisner prestige to VEI

I'd like to see Pere Perez draw it

I think his work on the Far Far Away arc was brilliant ... and he has a great understanding of Japanese culture and traditions with his background in Martial Arts.
Ha! Yeah! Nice! Any of those dudes in your head mosh?! - Flamingo

User avatar
CallMeBloodshot
Get those scissors away from my coupons
Get those scissors away from my coupons
Posts: 395
Joined: Fri Jun 28, 2013 11:27 pm
Valiant fan since: 2013
Favorite character: Bloodshot
Favorite title: Harbinger
Favorite writer: Venditti & Dysart
Favorite artist: Trevor Hairsine
Location: Deadside
Re: Suggestions for new Rai creative team

Post by CallMeBloodshot »

bygranddesign wrote:I like Sean Murphy ... but maybe for a Shadowman book set in the future ... :hm:

My pick for Rai creative team - Mark Waid and Pere Perez

I'm a huge fan of Mark Waid ... i'd love for VEI to lure him away from Dynamite (but NOT Daredevil! my favorite and only Marvel title i collect right now) by giving him this high profile Valiant title like Rai.

And He would give Eisner prestige to VEI

I'd like to see Pere Perez draw it

I think his work on the Far Far Away arc was brilliant ... and he has a great understanding of Japanese culture and traditions with his background in Martial Arts.
Mark Waid is good but his writing is too lighthearted for a Rai book IMO. Rai is a pretty self serious character. It's one of the many things that makes him compelling.

User avatar
Donovan
...formerly The Beyonder
...formerly The Beyonder
Posts: 989
Joined: Fri May 25, 2007 3:55 pm
Valiant fan since: Unity. The first time.
Favorite character: Rai
Favorite title: VEI Quantum & Woody
Favorite writer: Matt Kindt
Favorite artist: Romulo Fajardo
Location: Canada
Re: Suggestions for new Rai creative team

Post by Donovan »

I've been enjoying Hickman's Avengers and have come to really dig the art of Jerome Opena and Dustin Weaver. There's another two I'd think would fit pretty good.

User avatar
bygranddesign
it sounds like "chuffed" goes both ways
it sounds like "chuffed" goes both ways
Posts: 3384
Joined: Sun Dec 30, 2012 5:53 pm
Valiant fan since: 1992
Favorite character: Peter Stanchek
Favorite title: Harbinger
Favorite writer: Joshua Dysart
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Re: Suggestions for new Rai creative team

Post by bygranddesign »

CallMeBloodshot wrote: Mark Waid is good but his writing is too lighthearted for a Rai book IMO. Rai is a pretty self serious character. It's one of the many things that makes him compelling.
I've been a faithful reader of Waid's Daredevil series and I think he hits all the emotional beats ... he has delved into a wide ranging spectrum of emotion and serious topics ... including cancer, death, mental and emotional breakdowns, controversial in the news topics regarding racial profiling..etc ... And he has handled all these things brilliantly. And I see a lot of similarities between Daredevil and Rai in regards to the seriousness of the character.

I'm confident he can handle the character ... my concern would be about how willing he is going to be to push the envelope in creating this futuristic world that should blow our minds.

We might need someone who is exclusive to VEI ... like Mr. Dysart ... who I think would be another great choice because you know he will push the envelope in trying to blow our heads off...
Ha! Yeah! Nice! Any of those dudes in your head mosh?! - Flamingo

User avatar
Manaf82
Get those scissors away from my coupons
Get those scissors away from my coupons
Posts: 308
Joined: Tue Aug 06, 2013 1:17 am
Valiant fan since: 2010
Favorite character: Rai
Favorite title: Harbinger
Favorite writer: Joshua Dysart
Favorite artist: Clayton Crain
Location: Kerala,India
Re: Suggestions for new Rai creative team

Post by Manaf82 »

On existing VEI writers i only trust Dysart to do Rai justice..Mark Waid would be awesome.He can handle serious stuff.Have you read his creator owned "Empire"?

it was as serious and dark it can be without going Avatar Comics on us..

Another suggestion would be Joshua Hale Fialkov..
Feel my "SQUEEING SQUEE"

User avatar
Manaf82
Get those scissors away from my coupons
Get those scissors away from my coupons
Posts: 308
Joined: Tue Aug 06, 2013 1:17 am
Valiant fan since: 2010
Favorite character: Rai
Favorite title: Harbinger
Favorite writer: Joshua Dysart
Favorite artist: Clayton Crain
Location: Kerala,India
Re: Suggestions for new Rai creative team

Post by Manaf82 »

I know he is never going to be the internal artist,but i would love to see some covers for Rai by David Mack..
Feel my "SQUEEING SQUEE"

User avatar
dmezynski
My posts can all fit in a short box
My posts can all fit in a short box
Posts: 216
Joined: Mon Jul 04, 2005 8:53 pm
Valiant fan since: 1991
Favorite character: Armstrong
Favorite title: Archer & Armstrong
Favorite writer: BWS
Location: Yonkers, NY
Re: Suggestions for new Rai creative team

Post by dmezynski »

Magnus9178 wrote:Ron Marz writing with art by either Bart Sears or Matthew Dow Smith. Ron worked with both artists on the Path and it was an absolutely amazing book and far removed from the crossgen main story.

My other suggestion is to bring back Joe St. Pierre. He says he had so many other Rai stories to tell when they decided to go in a different direction and kill off Rai. So maybe he could incorporate those stories into the new universe, maybe...
I'd love to see Joe St Pierre return!

User avatar
BugsySig
I could be talking poo-doo.
I could be talking poo-doo.
Posts: 9554
Joined: Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:47 pm
Valiant fan since: 1992
Favorite character: Ivar, Timewalker
Favorite title: Harbinger/Timewalker
Favorite writer: Joshua Dysart/FVL
Favorite artist: Joe Quesada
Location: Central CT
Re: Suggestions for new Rai creative team

Post by BugsySig »

CallMeBloodshot wrote:
Bone-A-Fach-ee wrote:V-Ditti writing.
This! There's no writer I trust more than V-Ditti right now. He knocks everything out of the park.

I think I even heard an interview with him on a Green Lantern podcast where he said Rai was one of the characters he was most interested in writing for.
I love V-Ditti, but I'd really like more than a week of Rai's life to be covered in the first year.
CallMeBloodshot wrote:
BugsySig wrote:Sean Murphy (Punk Rock Jesus) writing, Clayton Crain on art.
I like Sean Murphy's art. Not sure about his writing.
He was the first to pop into my head because of the themes involved in PRJ...I could see similar themes being explored in a Rai series.

Ales Kot would be another good choice, and since he's done some work for VEI it is definitely possible.
Kurt Busiek wrote:Bull$#!t
Image

User avatar
Talisman
100 posts! (if you round to the nearest 100)
100 posts! (if you round to the nearest 100)
Posts: 56
Joined: Wed Jul 24, 2013 9:08 pm
Valiant fan since: 2013
Favorite character: Solar
Favorite title: Solar
Favorite writer: Jim Shooter
Location: Detroit
Re: Suggestions for new Rai creative team

Post by Talisman »

krylox wrote:
Talisman wrote:My ideal creative team would be Marc Andreyko with art by Dexter Soy, or Jeff Lemire and Neil Edwards.
good choice with andreyko! i used to love his manhunter series a few years ago.

if you take into consideration, this is also supposed to be a science-fiction themed book, i'd love to see one of the following writers involved:

ales kot
simon spurrier
adam egypt mortimer
brandon graham

they're all probably a bit too edgy for the mainstream tastes, though.
I would just DIE if Kot or Graham we're writing an ongoing Valiant title.


Post Reply