Javier Milei has been the president of Argentina since December 2023. He has been described politically as a right-wing populist and right-wing libertarian and supports laissez-faire economics, aligning specifically with minarchist and anarcho-capitalist principles. And supports freedom of choice on drug policy, firearms, sex work, and same-sex marriage while opposing abortion and euthanasia. He advocates […]
Valiant Comics bring their Resurgence Of The Valiant Universe to a conclusion in January, courtesy of Fred Van Lente, Diego Giribaldi, Tomas Aira, Lautaro Ftuli, Ludwig Olimba and Ezequiel Inverni, as well as the tie-in Bloodshot and Shadowman books. And the parent company Alien Books' and the conclusion of their Nexus two partner from Mike Baron and […]
Valiant Entertainment concludes their Resurgence Of The Valiant Universe in their December 2024 solicits, with tie-in title Shadowman: Soul Eaters and the final Black, White & Bloodshot. But its parent company, Alien Books, also has the return of Mike Baron's Nexus by Mike Baron and Kelsey Shannon, also out in December. RESURGENCE #4 (OF 4) CVR A BALDO VALIANT […]
Valiant Comics continue their Resurgence event, with an X-O Manowar spinoff, in their November 2024 solicits and solicitations, while parent company Alien Books debut Sarami's Astro Biologist Pratess graphic novel. RESURGENCE X-O MANOWAR ONE SHOT CVR A FAJARDO VALIANT SEP241362 (W) Fred Van Lente (A) Jesus Barrios (CA) Guillermo Fajardo A RESURGENCE TIE-IN Explore the […]
Bleeding Cool just ran a look at Massive Select doing a Jim Lee X-Men #1 cover homage for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Town #1. But in November, Valiant Entertainment is doing the same across the line. "After cover artist Richard Ortiz blew us away with his AMAZING covers for Ninjak vs. Roku, we knew […]
There's a lot of job worries in the comic book industry these days. Bleeding Cool's Comics and Graphic Novel JobWatch is an occasional look at people hiring, and being hired, in the comic book industry at all manner of levels, sales, creation, editorial, production or more. And if you are looking for staff, creators (paid) […]
Audrey Meeker was an Assistant Editor at Valiant Entertainment from 2021 to 2022. Now, she is a fully-fledged graphic novelist. She is announcing her second middle-grade graphic novel, Last One Picked, about 14-year-old Annabeth, who gets thrown into the world of volleyball with no experience, no friends, and no knee pads and must learn to enjoy the sport […]
I've been hearing some chatter from a fan group on Facebook about Valiant's upcoming Resurgence crossover, about how it might be breaking a long-standing rule around character deaths. Ordinarily, a character coming back from the dead in a superhero universe is not a big deal, but since the return of Valiant Entertainment in 2012, they […]
Bleeding Cool told you that Valiant was relaunching Shadowman with two titles in their October 2024 solicits both written by AJ Ampadu. Now we have all of Valiant's solicits for the month as well as their parent publisher Alien Books, who are launching the manga Kinryo Rock by Kazuto Okina, Naoto Tsushima and Z-ONE. SHADOWMAN […]
As promised by previous Bleeding Cool reports, Shadowman is coming back to Valiant with two books, Shadowman: Soul Eaters and Shadowman & Punk: Mambo: Tales From The Deadside, both written by AJ Ampadu. Valiant will also be running Horror variant covers in their October 2024 titles to promote the revival. Shadowman was created in 1992 by Jim Shooter, […]
When writing about the relationship between Netflix and comics, inspired by a visit by Comixology and Dstlry's Chip Mosher and David Steinberger to their Los Angeles headquarters, I wrote about an old story about Netflix, "They also came close to buying Valiant Entertainment, though the Millarworld situation also put the kibosh on that." Which caused […]
In the Free Comic Book Day Absolute Power volume from Mark Waid and Mikel Janin, we discovered that Oliver Queen, the Green Arrow, was seemingly willingly working with Amanda Waller in the renamed House Of Justice, the House Of Order. But what had pushed him in that direction? Did he have a bomb in his […]
Valiant launches their event crossover title Resurgence Of The Valiant Universe #1 by Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad and Guillermo Fajardo in their September 2024 solicits and solicitations with Alien Books. As well as the palette-challenged anthology Black, White & Bloodshot #1 by Marc Guggenheim, Matts, Luciano Saracino, Tim Seeley, Ariel Olivetti, Agustin Alessio, Rodrigo Rocha […]
Lysa Hawkins, former Senior Editor at Valiant Entertainment, has been promoted to Editor-in-Chief of its publisher, Alien Books. While Ron Cacace joins the company as Director of Communications. Lysa Hawkins has almost three decades' worth of experience in the comic book industry, first at Marvel working under Virginia Romita, then as an editor working on […]
This week, Marvel Comics included a tribute to the artist Jeffrey Veregge in their titles, which will run through the month. The comic book and cover artist died in April at the age of 50 after a long battle with lupus. A member of the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, born and raised on the reservation in […]
Valiant Entertainment launches the new Archer & Armstrong comic book series, Assassin Nation from Fred Van Lente and Emiliano Urdinola, while continuing, or concluding X-O Manowar, Ninjak Vs Roku, The Valiants, Eternal Warriors and The Darques: Soulside. While Alien Books brings in You Promised Me Darkness' Damian Connelly's new book Damaged People, all in their Augist 2024 solicits and […]
Free Comic Book Day is well and truly with us. I just cycled into London on a beautiful sunny day to pick up what I could. Consider this part one as I take a break for lunch on Poland Street at Bodeans, where I am typing this right now. Central London is down to just […]
This Saturday, the 4th of May, is Free Comic Book Day. And while thousands of comic book stores, bookstores, libraries and more will be giving away free comic books, here are a hundred and thirty-five stores doing a little bit more as well. Including personal appearances including the likes of Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner, Scott […]
Who would believe it that Valiant Entertainment could have four new comic book releases in one month? That's what happens when Alien Books gets involved. Here's Valiant's July 2024's solicits and solicitations, launching The Darques: Soulside #1 by Fred Van Lente and Sebastian Cabrol. THE DARQUES: SOULSIDE #1 (of 2) ETERNAL WARRIORS: LAST RIDE OF […]
Comic book and cover artist Jeffrey Veregge died yesterday at the age of 50 after a long battle with lupus. A member of the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, born and raised on the reservation in Kingston, Washington, he was best known for his use of form-line design, with pop culture and Native American inspiration, dubbed […]
