Joshua Dysart Archives

Peking Opera Blues: Tsui Hark's Classic Hong Kong Actioner Screened
The screening was attended by film and television figures like Veep showrunner David Mandel and comic creators including Joshua Dysart Quentin Tarantino has called it "one of the greatest films ever made." Poster art: Cinema City Tsui Hark sent a personal handwritten note that was read at the screening. "The inspiration of PEKING OPERA BLUES came from a[...]
Bad Idea Screw Up, Do A Great Reset On David Lapham's The Ends
Yesterday, Bad Idea launched a Kickstarter for David Lapham's The Ends, promising a premium digital comic book experience to shame Amazon, as well as a print collection and a number of comic books drawn by David Lapham and written by big names such as Brian Michael Bendis, Jason Aaron, Ed Brubaker, Mark Waid, Jim Cheung,[...]
Bendis, Aaron, Brubaker, Waid, Duggan, Dastmalchian Write David Lapham
Brian Michael Bendis, Jason Aaron, Ed Brubaker, Mark Waid, Jim Cheung, Gerry Duggan, Zeb Wells, Tony S Daniel, Gary Dauberman, Matt Kindt, Robert Venditti, Joshua Dysart and David Dastmalchian are the first writers announced for new stories written to be drawn by David Lapham for the new digital comic book from Bad Idea Comics, and[...]
Orc Island #1-4 Review: A Gonzo Adventure Delight
Orc Island is a four-issue miniseries by Joshua Dysart, Alberto Ponticelli, and Matt Hollingsworth Bad Idea published the series, which means it's only available in single issues and must contend with the publisher's contentious PR. Bad Idea teaser, various artists Depending on your kindness to Bad Idea, contentious can be replaced with effective or exasperating[...]
B-SIDE PRESS SEP22 Solicitations
And each could be anything…except BAD IDEA. ———————— As for the comic book itself? It's a story by Joshua Dysart and Kano about a world in which all puppets and toys come to life, and the first seven days of the world's reaction to it It's Eight Billion Genies meets Toy Story and it doesn't reflect well[...]
Orc Island
Bad Idea started off their Bad Idea Two: Part One announcements with a bunch of comic book announcements, with They're All Terrible, The Ends, Escape from Wyoming, The Finder, Werewolf & Society Of Fearless Frontiersmen and now Orc Island, a four-issue weekly dark fantasy heist comic starting on the 2nd of November, by Joshua Dysart, Alberto Ponticelli and[...]
Ukraine Refugee Comic With Groo, Chew, Grendel, Astro City & More
At press time, stories will be created by a virtual who's who of writers and artists, including Brent Anderson, Sergio Aragones, June Brigman, Kurt Busiek, Howard Chaykin, Joshua Dysart, Mark Evanier, Emil Ferris, Dave Gibbons, Rob Guillory, John Layman, Gabriel Rodriguez, Stan Sakai, Louise Simonson, Walter Simonson, Chris Sprouse, Jill Thompson, Matt Wagner, Mark Waid,[...]
Odinn's Eye #1 by Joshua Dysatrt and Tomas Diorello, Bad Idea Final 5
Bad Idea are putting out a weekly book over five issues, Odinn's Eye by Joshua Dysart and Tomas Giorello If they are to be believed, this will be the last Bad Idea comic ever produced I do hope that they have a good ending. Bad Idea is the new comics publisher from Dinesh Shamdasani, Hunter Gorinson,[...]
Top 100 Power List of Comics, 2019 Edition
She is currently recruiting creatives widely – with a reputation for lying down in front of oncoming trains to protect them. Sebastian Goirner (Up) Editor-in-chief of TKO Studios, a new comic book publisher with an innovative approach to formats and pricing, and who with owner Tze Chu are undercutting the majors, and lining up creators they[...]
Luke Cage, Justice League, Wonder Woman, Indiana Jones – The Previous Development Hells
This reading included comic writers Joshua Dysart and Barbara Kessel. https://youtu.be/vQ7PeYXj4rEVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Indiana Jones and the City of Gods table read exerpt at Comic Bug (https://youtu.be/vQ7PeYXj4rE) Then came the unproduced Wonder Woman script from Joss Whedon Here we see the inclusion of Deadpool artist Scott Koblish in the cast. https://youtu.be/2R0fvhSZGrEVideo can't be[...]
There Are No Bad Guys In Imperium
I've known Joshua Dysart for years I was set up at the San Diego Comicon with this upstart company called Crossgen to our side and Hurricane Comics across from us Hurricane would make a deal that weekend that would bring their title Violent Messiahs to Image Comics Josh along with artist Tone Rodriguez hit the[...]
Valiant Previews – Faith #4 And Imperium #15
And then we have Imperium #15 continues the Stormbreak storyarc by Joshua Dysart and Khari Evans. FAITH #4 (of 4) Written by JODY HOUSER Art by FRANCIS PORTELA and MARGUERITE SAUVAGE Covers by STEPHANIE HANS, DAN PARENT, CLAYTON HENRY and COLLEEN COOVER Outnumbered, outgunned, and out of time – but never out of Faith! Mild-mannered blogger by day[...]
The Big Valiant Secret That Surprise Guest Joshua Dysart Hid At WonderCon
    While DC Comics were running their Rebirth press conference at WonderCon, down the hall someone else was making future headlines. Joshua Dysart has been veteran of the newly resurgent Valiant Entertainment since Day One, helming the widely acclaimed 27-issue run on Harbinger, the company's first event series Harbinger Wars, and then following it up with Imperium – a[...]
Stormbreak Begins In Imperium #13
Cast out of our world and into a fearsome afterlife of pain and punishment, Gilad is determined to return to our world and resume his duty… But can even history's most formidable master of war forge ahead in an unearthly domain built to break the human spirit? Now, on the cusp of freedom, the Eternal[...]
A Look Inside Wrath Of The Eternal Warrior #3 And Imperium #12
And then we have the final issue of the Vine Imperitive in  Imperium from Joshua Dysart and Cafu. WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR #3 Written by ROBERT VENDITTI Art by RAUL ALLEN Covers by DAVID LAFUENTE, RAUL ALLEN, MARCOS MARTIN, TOM FOWLER and ADAM POLLINA Torn from the world he once knew, Gilad's bone-breaking journey back to Earth[...]
Livewire Charges into "Stormbreak" for Imperium #13
Imperium #13 kicks off an all new story arc called Stormbreak by Joshua Dysart and Khari Evans The new arc starts when the Valiant Universe comes raging to the doorstep of Toyo Harada's utopia…with Livewire and H.A.R.D Corps leading the charge to unseat the world's most powerful superhuman. Toyo Harada will save the world…if he doesn't doom[...]
Khari Evans Reunites With Joshua Dysart For Stormbreak
Artist Khari Evans will be re-teaming with writer Joshua Dysart for a new 4-part Imperium story called Stormbreak The new arc starting in Imperium #13 brings back together the team that was behind Harbinger and creates a new jumping-on point for the series. Toyo Harada's war for utopia is about to come to a brutal boiling[...]
Valiant Previews – Bloodshot Reborn #7 And Imperium #9
How will Ray keep Magic safe, avoid the federal manhunt that's closing in on him, and stop his impostor before they kill again?! IMPERIUM #9 (NEW ARC! "THE VINE IMPERATIVE" – PART 1) Written by Joshua Dysart Art by Cafu Covers by Kano, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Juan Jose Ryp "THE[...]
"This Is The Story Of The Fall Of Harbinger" – Valiant Preview
The issue is written by Joshua Dysart and drawn by Kano. BOOK OF DEATH: THE FALL OF HARBINGER #1 Written by Joshua Dysart Art by Kano Covers by Raul Allen, Francis Portela, Ryan Lee, and Robert Gill. A showdown An apocalypse An ending.Many years from today, Peter Stanchek, the Renegades, the Harbinger Foundation, the Bleeding Monk, and Toyo Harada's[...]
2 New Previews For Valiant Titles: X-O Manowar #40 and Imperium #8
Then we have Imperium #8 by Joshua Dysart and Scot Eaton as it hits the climax of the Broken Angels story. X-O MANOWAR #40 Written by Robert Venditti Art by Rafa Sandoval Covers by Rafa Sandoval, Tom Fowler and Robert Gill "EXODUS" – PART 2! Two peoples One world Can a man of war broker peace between Earth[...]
An Advanced Look At Imperium #9, The Start Of The Vine Imperative
Valiant has sent over an advance preview of Imperium #9, the beginging of a new story arc called The Vine Imperative from writer Joshua Dysart (Harbinger) and artist CAFU (Unity). A deadly chess game between Harada and the alien visitors called the Vine has been unfolding for decades The Vine plantings, the secret alien agents of a galaxy-spanning race,[...]
Valiant Previews – Bloodshot Reborn #5 And Imperium #7
We have two books hitting shelves this week from Valiant, Bloodshot Reborn #5 from Jeff Lemire and Raul Allen and Imperium #7 from Joshua Dysart and Scot Eaton. Bloodshot Reborn #5 Written by Jeff Lemire Art by Raul Allen Covers by Raul Allen, Mico Suayan, Jay Fabares, Dave Johnson and Kano. Evil-Doers, beware… Bloodsquirt is taking charge! The memories of the thousands[...]
First Look At The Book Of Death: The Fall Of Harbinger #1
Valiant has sent over a first look at the Book of Death: The Fall of Harbinger #1 by Joshua Dysart and Kano This is part of Valiant's Book Of Death summer event that features the publishers major characters and how they are supposed to die. This September, the dawn of the new Dark Age foretold in[...]
X-O Manowar Gets Hitched And More Imperium In This Weeks Books From Valiant
And then there is Imperium #6, the second part of the Broken Angels story arc by Joshua Dysart and Scot Eaton. X-O Manowar #38 (Wedding Spectacular!) Written by Robert Venditti with Amy Chu, Andy Runton, and Rafer Roberts Art by Rafa Sandoval with Clayton Henry, Cafu, Andy Runton, and Rafer Roberts Covers by Rafa Sandoval, Cary Nord, Cafu,[...]
New Story Arc For Imperium And Dead Drop Continues
This week in stores from Valiant is Imperium #5 which kicks off the new story arc Broken Angels by Joshua Dysart and Scot Eaton and then there is Drop Dead #2 by Ales Kot and Adam Gorham. Imperium #5 (New arc! Broken Angels – Part 1) Written by Joshua Dysart Art by Scot Eaton Covers by Kano,[...]
An Early Look At Imperium #5 By Joshua Dysart And Scot Eaton
This issue by Joshua Dysart and Scot Eaton kicks off a new story arc called Broken Angels where telekinetic despot Toyo Harada, inhuman robot Mech Major, super-powered terrorist Gravedog and lab-grown alien killing machine Lord Vine-99 deploy for their first field mission…and attempt to recruit a new member more dangerous than all of them combined. Toyo Harada[...]
Valiant Previews – Imperium #3 and Rai #8
Imperium #3 by Joshua Dysart and Doug Braithwaite and Rai #8 by Matt Kindt and Clayton Crain. IMPERIUM #3 [VALIANT NEXT] Written by Joshua Dysart Art by Doug Braithwaite Covers by Raul Allen, Braithwaite, Cary Nord A better world By any means necessary The devastating new series escalates with an all-new chapter by New York Times best-selling writer[...]
X-Men: Legacy Artist Scot Eaton Takes Over Valiant's Imperium With Issue #5
Veteran artist Scot Eaton (X-Men: Legacy) will team with Joshua Dysart for the next story arc starting in Imperium #5 In Broken Angels, Toyo Harada's latest superpower he wants to add to his growing legion is in the middle of a technologically advanced enemy stronghold at the bottom of the Indian Ocean No problem, right? Toyo[...]
Preview Of Dead Hands Pt 1 In X-O Manowar #34 Plus Imperium #2
The second issue of the Valiant Next title Imperium by Joshua Dysart and Doug Braithwaite and the start of a new story arc Dead Hand in X-O Manowar #34 by Robert Venditti and Diego Bernard. IMPERIUM #2 [VALIANT NEXT) Written by JOSHUA DYSART Art by DOUG BRAITHWAITE Covers by RAUL ALLEN, DOUG BRAITHWAITE, BUTCH GUICE and LEWIS LAROSA The[...]