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I hosted the "Writing in Comics" panel at the New York Comic Fest in White Plains, New York on Saturday on behalf of Bleeding Cool, featuring guests Dean Haspiel, (The Fox, The Fantastic Four, Billy Dogma) Fred Van Lente (Incredible Hercules, Brain Boy, Archer & Armstrong, Cowboys & Aliens), Justin Gray (Jonah Hex, Hawkman, The[...]

Come early to make sure you can snag all 5 of these amazing books!".  You can find more details here. Friday, June 20th "King Kirby", a play by Crystal Skillman and Fred Van Lente, directed by John Hurley, will be performed as part of the Comic Book Theater Festival at The Brick Theater in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, at[...]

#1, and escape Bat Country with Deadly Class #5. Next, Robin has a chat with Fred Van Lente & Crystal Skillman about their Kickstarter campaign for their play King Kirby, discussing the origins of the project, how they cast the role of Kirby, and the process of writing for stage rather than page. Finally, we take a[...]

What do you get when you combine insanity of Archer & Armstrong with the outrageous antics of Quantum And Woody? Valiant is going to show you in The Deliquents from writers James Asmus and Fred Van Lente plus art by Kano all starting in August and we have the first issue preview right here[...]

They will be joined by artist Joe Infurnari (The Bunker, Timefucker), and writer Fred Van Lente (Brain Boy, Archer & Armstrong, currently Kickstarting King Kirby). Along with celebrating Dean Haspiel's art in FF #5, which hits the same day, it is also World Blood Cancer Day Seth Kushner (Schmuck, Leaping Tall Buildings), a great comic writer,[...]

Out in shops today we have Magnus Robot Fighter #3 by Fred Van Lente and Solar: Man Of The Atom #2 by Frank Barbiere Here we get to see them interview each other You can see previews of both books here. Fred Van Lente: Frank, it seems like we live in a much more gendered[...]

And the team up of the century… Archer, Armstrong, Quantum, Woody and the Goat in The Delinquents. THE DELINQUENTS #1 (of 4) (VALIANT FIRST) Written by James Asmus & Fred Van Lente Art by Kano Cover by Paolo Rivera #ValiantCraft Cover by Donovan Santiago Board Game Variant by Juan Doe Variant Cover by Emanuela Lupacchino Blank Cover Also Available Confrontation! Devastation! Inebriation![...]

Magnus, from Fred Van Lente and Cory Smith, along with Solar: Man Of the Atom, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter and Doctor Spekter: Master Of The Occult are all part of the Gold Key character universe recently revived and doing very well Though Magnus is the only one of the four to get a special Zero issue as[...]

Fred Van Lente is at the helm of the series and unlike the other three titles, this one is getting a special #0 issue in honor of Dynamite's 10th Anniversary. BRYON BREWER: Fred, Magnus: Robot Fighter #4 is not even off the printing press and we already have a Zero Issue here? Wassup with that? FRED VAN[...]

Archer & Armstrong kicks off their 20th issue with a new story arc, American Wasteland. Writer Fred Van Lente and artist Pere Perez pit our two heroes against the most dangerous cult yet… American celebrity. His whole life, Obadiah Archer has been lied to about his true heritage – but when he and his immortal pal Armstrong[...]

She talks to Mark Waid, Greg Pak, Frank Barbiere and Fred Van Lente about their Gold Key comics for Dynamite The whos, the whys, the wherefores… though she refrains from asking the how muches. Nancy Collins: How did you end up tapped to write Magnus Robot Fighter? Fred Van Lente: I was contacted by human freedom fighters[...]

Howard, Conan has been doing battle since the 1930's in pulp magazines, comic books, television, and film.  Conan's long presence in fiction include a comic book series running almost continuously since the 70's, two movies in the 80's and three television series in the 90's.  I think arguments can be made that Conan's importance to the pulp[...]

Fred Van Lente writes a lovely little writer's commentary on the recent relaunch from Dynamite, Magnus Robot Fighter #2… read his issue 1 commentary here first! Page 1: Continuing the Landmarks-of-North-America motif, the Correctional prison is housed in a replica of the Sears Tower in Chicago (or whatever corporate entity owns it now). Page 2: The idea that "bleep" evolved into an[...]

Fred Van Lente writes a lovely little writer's commentary on the recent relaunch from Dynamite, Magnus Robot Fighter #1… Page 1: The snowglobe and "Tommy" motif is an old and venerable one If you didn't get what it might portend the first time around I won't spoil it, but if you're curious, Google it. Pages 2-5: The Maury's Peak[...]

We've got some sneak peeks from the folks at Dynamite as they launch their new Flash Gordon series with Jeff Parker and Evan Shaner and continue the Magnus: Robot Fighter reboot with Fred Van Lente and Cory Smith. FLASH GORDON #1 Jeff Parker (w) Evan Shaner (a) Gabriel Hardman, Jonathan Case, Declan Shalvey, Marc Laming (c) FC • 32 pages[...]

His comic Saint George with Fred Van Lente also currently features in Dark Horse Presents Mike Federali: How is it different for you working on a digital first comic vs a print first comic? Reilly Brown: That's a good question.  In a lot of ways they're very similar, and some comics creators approach digital comics exactly[...]

As part of the Gold Key relaunch through Dynamite, Fred Van Lente and Cory Smith have torn the concept of Magnus down to the studs and constructed a completely re-imagined character and world that has a lot in common with Planet of the Apes (including a key cameo from the Statue of Liberty) Van Lente[...]

By Joe Glass Today sees the release of the new reboot of Magnus: Robot Fighter by Fred Van Lente and Cory Smith from Dynamite. We're introduced in the first issue to a strange world…or rather, two strange worlds Initially we're in a world that seems both in the future yet reassuringly nostalgic and familiar[...]

August gives us Delinquents #1 by Fred Van Lente, James Asmus and Kano and September we find The Death-Defying Dr Mirage #1 by Jen Van Meter and Roberto de la Torre. "Over the next year, we'll be working one-on-one with retailers to put our books in customer hands, and to generate new fans with each release[...]

Written by Fred Van Lente and art by Pere Perez, this issue will be hitting stands on the 5th of March. Archer &  Armstrong have been targeted for elimination by Project Rising Spirit's most elite kill crew (G-G-GULP!) Their mission? Assassinate the the newly appointed leader of a homegrown fundamentalist terror sect named…Obadiah Archer?! And if[...]

Also Fred Van Lente (Cowboys & Aliens/ Hercules) and Pere Perez (Smallville) will be signing Archer & Armstrong: Archer #0 from Valiant Comics from 7 to 9PM. Thursday, February 6th and Saturday, February 8th Mon Petit Dumbo, a celebration of  Valentines Art & Ephemera will be held on Thursday, Feb 6th from 6-9pm and Saturday, Feb 8[...]

Michael Straczynski (which you can listen to here), this week I turn my attention to the talented Fred Van Lente to discuss his creator-owned work on Action Presidents, plus his continuing run on Archer & Armstrong for Valiant Entertainment! Fred & I discuss how he first broke into comics, his fascination with history, what advice he'd[...]

We've got two more preview for you today from our fine friends at Valiant. First up is Archer & Armstrong #17 by Fred Van Lente and Khari Evans. The SECT CIVIL WAR reaches its earth-shattering climax! (…and for once we mean that literally)! ARCHER versus ARMSTRONG! An incredible second identity for MARY-MARIA! Obadiah Archer gets a bold new[...]

From Fred Van Lente… Tomorrow is the Image Comics Expo Really no particular reason I would point that out Nope Not at all. — Fred Van Lente (@fredvanlente) January 8, 2014 Not at all obvious that one, is it? So that's one down… Bleeding Cool's David Dissanayake guessed Grant Morrison, Noah Arnofsky, Jonathan Hickman, Warren Ellis and Ales Kot[...]

It kicks off with Archer & Armstrong: Archer #0 by Fred Van Lente and Pere Perez Here we get to see the never-before-told truth of behind Obadiah Archer. Who is Archer, where did he come from, and how can he do the incredible things that he can do? (Which is everything, remember?) Get ready to learn[...]

Here comes Magnus Robot Fighter #1 from Dynamite Entertainment, out in March. (W) Fred Van Lente (A) Cory Smith (CA) Gabriel Hardman THE GOLD KEY UNIVERSE IS EXPANDING! Superstar Fred Van Lente (Marvel Zombies, Amazing Spider-Man, Archer & Armstrong) and the astounding Cory Smith (Fathom) present a stunning re-imagining of Magnus: Robot Fighter you never saw coming![...]

The creative team, comprised of Fred Van Lente (writer), Freddie Williams II (art), Ego (colors), and Nate Piekos of Blambot (letters) have always seemed to have a pretty clear picture of what they wanted to achieve in establishing this new character and his psy-driven world, so their take on his origins only cements things a[...]

With writing by Fred Van Lente, pencils by R.B Silva, inks by Rob Lean, and colors by Ego, the distinctive look of the book, with fluid edges and inking contrasting with sharp action, is still one of the most idiosyncratic and appealing aspects of the series  The cover is particularly striking this week, with Matt[...]

From Left: Ryan Dunlavey (ACTION PHILOSOPHERS!, ACTION PRESIDENTS!); Carol Burrell (Editor, Abrams ComicArts); Fred Van Lente (ACTION PHILOSOPHERS!, ACTION PRESIDENTS!); Josh Elder (President/Founder, Reading With Pictures); and Dr Yen Yen Woo (DIM SUM WARRIORS; Assoc Professor of Education, Long Island University) Ray Flook and Paul Gullas wrote from NYCC for Bleeding Cool; They gather from around the[...]

Dynamite turns 10 in 2014,  and Andy Diggle, Matt Wagner, Dennis Calero, Fred Van Lente, Greg Pak, Victor Gischler, Frank Barbiere, and Cory Smith turned out as part of a pretty impressive line up at the end of Dynamite's first decade. Andy Diggle spoke about his "supernatural crime thriller" Uncanny, drawn by Aaron Campbell, where central[...]