A few weeks ago I wrote about the fantastic experiences I had years ago working with the first iteration of the company that we know today as Valiant. I was in brand management in Nabisco on Oreo cookies and was introduced to the company (on a professional basis) through a wonderful guy named Seymour Miles. He was responsible for Ad Sales and Custom Comics. Of course, as a lifelong fan and comics enthusiast, I knew all about Valiant and was enjoying their innovative comic line.
I was also being pitched by Marvel, DC and Malibu comics, but those are stories for future columns.
Fast forward to today. Valiant jumpstarts with the 2.0 version of the company and continues to innovate and provide great storytelling for fans.
The new organization is a “perfect storm” creatively driven by a fan-turned- entertainment entrepreneur, Dinesh Shamdasani. He has boundless energy, and projects a vision that...
I was also being pitched by Marvel, DC and Malibu comics, but those are stories for future columns.
Fast forward to today. Valiant jumpstarts with the 2.0 version of the company and continues to innovate and provide great storytelling for fans.
The new organization is a “perfect storm” creatively driven by a fan-turned- entertainment entrepreneur, Dinesh Shamdasani. He has boundless energy, and projects a vision that...
- 6/20/2016
- by Ed Catto
- Comicmix.com
The creative process has two cruel extremes. On the one hand, you might be involved with something big and exciting, like a Hollywood movie or a Broadway show, but everyone involved has to work closely with so many other people. Your creative vision, even for the director, may seem like an endless battle of compromises.
On the other end of the spectrum, if you’re creating something where there are no collaborators to work with, like a page of an artist’s sketchbook, you don’t have those concerns. You can do whatever you want. Of course, there won’t be any marketing budget or distribution plan in place. It’s likely that not as many people will be exposed to your work.
When I was in marketing for Oreo cookies, I thought I’d be more like the creative visionary moving the brand forward, but the job actually had...
On the other end of the spectrum, if you’re creating something where there are no collaborators to work with, like a page of an artist’s sketchbook, you don’t have those concerns. You can do whatever you want. Of course, there won’t be any marketing budget or distribution plan in place. It’s likely that not as many people will be exposed to your work.
When I was in marketing for Oreo cookies, I thought I’d be more like the creative visionary moving the brand forward, but the job actually had...
- 4/11/2016
- by Ed Catto
- Comicmix.com
The Summer of Valiant is almost here!!! Words cannot convey how excited we are for the rebirth of Valiant Comics this summer. To help keep us salivating (particularly Adam), Valiant has released a preview of the Mico Suayan variant cover for Joshua Dysart’s Harbinger #1 along with 4 pages from the premiere issue.
Official Press Release:
Read Minds. Bend Steel. Break All The Rules. On June 6th, the first super-hero legend of the modern age makes way for a new generation in Harbinger #1, from New York Times best-selling author Joshua Dysart (Unknown Soldier, Bprd) and Harvey Award nominee Khari Evans (Carbon Grey)!
To celebrate this Valiant return, the publisher is rewarding comic shop patrons with the Harbinger #1 Pullbox Exclusive Variant by red hot cover artist Mico Suayan (X-Men: Legacy, Thor) — a limited edition cover exclusively available only to comic book store pull list subscribers and box holders!
“Our Pullbox Variant for...
Official Press Release:
Read Minds. Bend Steel. Break All The Rules. On June 6th, the first super-hero legend of the modern age makes way for a new generation in Harbinger #1, from New York Times best-selling author Joshua Dysart (Unknown Soldier, Bprd) and Harvey Award nominee Khari Evans (Carbon Grey)!
To celebrate this Valiant return, the publisher is rewarding comic shop patrons with the Harbinger #1 Pullbox Exclusive Variant by red hot cover artist Mico Suayan (X-Men: Legacy, Thor) — a limited edition cover exclusively available only to comic book store pull list subscribers and box holders!
“Our Pullbox Variant for...
- 4/5/2012
- by GeekRest
- GeekRest
Valiant Comics keeps sweetening their upcoming relaunch by the minute with the announcement that the first book to be released, X-o Manowar #1, will be a whopping 40 pages in length. This includes a 29-page lead story for the title character as well as a special preview of the next book in Valiant’s lineup, Harbinger #1, which arrives later in June.
The summer’s biggest super-hero epic is getting even bigger! To celebrate the return of the Valiant Universe on May 2nd, Valiant is proud to announce that X-o Manowar #1 is expanding to a colossal 40 pages! From visionary creators Robert Venditti (The Surrogates) and Cary Nord (Conan), the transformation of fifth century Visigoth Aric of Dacia into the alien-armored weapon of destruction known as X-o Manowar kicks off with a 29-page lead story — plus an extra-added preview of Valiant’s June debut issue, Harbinger #1 — all for the originally solicited cover price of...
The summer’s biggest super-hero epic is getting even bigger! To celebrate the return of the Valiant Universe on May 2nd, Valiant is proud to announce that X-o Manowar #1 is expanding to a colossal 40 pages! From visionary creators Robert Venditti (The Surrogates) and Cary Nord (Conan), the transformation of fifth century Visigoth Aric of Dacia into the alien-armored weapon of destruction known as X-o Manowar kicks off with a 29-page lead story — plus an extra-added preview of Valiant’s June debut issue, Harbinger #1 — all for the originally solicited cover price of...
- 3/21/2012
- by GeekRest
- GeekRest
"Justin Bieber delights State Fair crowd"Story and photography by Michael Aaron Gallagher of StayFamous.Net
(Syracuse, NY) - They say the best things come to those who wait and for fans of 16 year-old Canadian pop sensation Justin Bieber, the wait must have seemed like an eternity.
In the early morning hours of Aug. 29, State Fair officials announced that the singer’s “My World” Tour scheduled to make a stop at the grandstand later that day, was being rescheduled to Sept. 1.
But all the commotion surrounding the schedule change during the midst of the back-to-school rush, which now put his show on the same day as country music group Lady Antebellum, couldn’t dampen spirits. The combination of the two shows helped propel the daily attendance of the fair to 97,254 people.
When Bieber finally hit the stage that evening, all the uncertainty surrounding his visit was drowned out by a wave of impassioned screams.
(Syracuse, NY) - They say the best things come to those who wait and for fans of 16 year-old Canadian pop sensation Justin Bieber, the wait must have seemed like an eternity.
In the early morning hours of Aug. 29, State Fair officials announced that the singer’s “My World” Tour scheduled to make a stop at the grandstand later that day, was being rescheduled to Sept. 1.
But all the commotion surrounding the schedule change during the midst of the back-to-school rush, which now put his show on the same day as country music group Lady Antebellum, couldn’t dampen spirits. The combination of the two shows helped propel the daily attendance of the fair to 97,254 people.
When Bieber finally hit the stage that evening, all the uncertainty surrounding his visit was drowned out by a wave of impassioned screams.
- 3/13/2011
- by Michael Aaron Gallagher
- StayFamous.net
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