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But publishers rarely actually release sales numbers. At the Valiant Summit, happening right now, they announced that, actually, sales were north of 90,000. Check out all of the announcements from the Valiant Summit here. Both ICV2 and ComicChron estimated sales of X-O Manowar #1 at around 60,000, noting that the reported sale has 10% knocked off because[...]

I'm set up here in a top secret location in Hollywood, CA for the Valiant Summit A ninety minute presentation that promises to have some fun surprises for fans of the Valiant Universe The teasers have been running for a week now, featuring X-O Manowar, Bloodshot, Faith and more… I'll be live blogging / tweeting[...]

But Valiant is announcing a new one shot for this July called Bloodshot's Day Off Writen by Eliot Rahal and drawn by Khari Evans, the new story is meant to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the character and features the Bloodshot Squad that was introduced in the Bloodshot Island storyline The one-shot features Tank Man[...]

Written by Nick Kazden When Valiant rebranded themselves as Valiant Entertainment and rebooted their entire comic line, 2012's X-O Manowar series was the first book for the new comic universe. Well, it's 2017, the character's 25th anniversary, and X-O is back in the forefront of things Last month a new X-O Manowar book debuted that serves as a[...]

Nick Kazden reports from Wondercon for Bleeding Cool: I know it's April Fool's day, but I'm not joking when I say the new footage for Valiant's upcoming Ninjak Vs The Valiant Universe looks pretty damn good. Hunter Gorinson, VP of Marketing and Communications for Valiant Entertainment led a panel packed with key players in the company's future[...]

The first X-O Manowar Wednesday has come and gone, but that doesn't mean there's not still time to party with Valiant Entertainment like it's 4001 AD The company has partnered with Pipeworks Brewing Co to release an X-O Manowar themed beer called X-O Manowar Galactic Golden Ale, according to a report from ComicBook.com The beer[...]

One of the surprises in comics last year was Valiant's Roman-era murder mystery Britannia Peter Milligan (Shade, The Changing Man) and Juan Jose Ryp (Black Summer) combined to tell a truly unique story featuring what could be the earliest detective in literary history A second series, Britannia: We Who Are About To Die, kicks off[...]

IDW Publishing, Valiant Entertainment and BOOM! Studios have released their plans for this weekend's Wondercon being held in Anaheim, CA IDW will be at booth #1109 that will include Traveling Stories, a San Diego-based non-profit committed to spreading literacy through community engagement BOOM! is set up at #1301 and Valiant at #1019. IDW exclusives include: Batman/TMNT Adventures #5 Kevin[...]

As the Ninjak series hits its 25th episode, Matt Kindt and Stephen Segovia are telling one of the most twisted stories I've seen in comics in a long time.

Valiant is helping the blood drive at the SC Comicon this weekend by giving away the T-Shirt below to folks who donate blood This comes from a tweet by Dinesh Shamdasani, Valiant's CEO & Chief Creative Officer He doesn't say how many Bloodshot t-shirts they have to give away or how long the blood drive[...]

In a move that undercut's Warner Bros' plans to make a Green Lantern Corps buddy cop movie, Valiant Entertainment has announced that its found a writer and director for the big screen adaptation of Archer & Armstrong, the comic book property created by Jim Shooter, Bob Layton, and Barry Windsor-Smith Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer will direct the film,[...]

Today sees the release of Valiant's much promoted, highly anticipated X-O Manowar # 1 by Matt Kindt, Tomas Giorello and Diego Rodriguez And, boy, is it pretty Metal cover or not… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-Br4O-c-cMVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Looking At The 1:500 X-O Manowar Metal Cover From Valiant (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-Br4O-c-cM) Promised as a bold new beginning for[...]

The The relaunch series for Valiant by Matt Kindt and Tomas Giorello with Aric of Darcia, ancient barbarian turned cosmic warrior, the X-O Manowar The character was created by Jim Shooter and Bob Layton, and has been compared to Iron Man, the comic upon which Bob Layton found his greatest fame. At at the peak of that fame was[...]

It may be time to put those Quantum and Woody comics up on eBay. According to a report from sandwich-themed Hollywood gossip blog The Wrap, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Untitled Infinity War Sequel directors Joe and Anthony Russo will produce a Quantum and Woody TV show for Valiant Entertainment when they're done directing the Marvel[...]

Valiant has unveiled their convention plans for the next for the next 90 days or so and they'll be hitting places including: South Carolina, California, Texas, Colorado, Arizona, New York and More This gives Valiant fans an idea of which shows to hit to see their favorite creators They'll be at the big shows like[...]

Valiant comics has been creating some of the most consistently good comics on the market for years now But lately, they seem to have found a new gear Their Divinity III event called Stalinverse is allowing the creators to re-imagine the Valiant Universe as if it existed in a world run by the Soviet Union[...]

Go away. If you're in one of the 26 other cities scheduled for Valiant's X-O Manowar #1 Release Day Tour, then you should get ready to rock, because the Flying V is coming to your local on March 22 — that's the first X-O Manowar Wednesday of the year –to promote the release of X-O Manowar #1[...]

So, it should be too surprising to see that Valiant is bringing one of the classic stories, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, into their universe… but as told using the Immoral Brothers – Armstrong, Eternal Warrior and Ivar the Timewalker – in a one-shot special by Fred Van Lente and Cary Nord. It's winter at[...]

Accidentally announced at ECCC by Arrival screenwriter and Valiant comics writer Eric Heisserer and Valiant Entertainment CEO Dinesh Shamdasani… Dave Wilson will be the director of the Bloodshot movie from Sony and Valiant Entertainment. Thanks to Hannah Means-Shannon at Comicon.com who reported this first, where you can read the rest of her report on the whole panel. He is Deadpool director Tim Miller's[...]

At the Valiant Entertainment panel at ECCC today, Valiant CEO and President Dinesh Shamdasani announced that there are a "number of digital shows being developed" in the Valiant Universe, not just Ninjak vs the Valiant Universe And they have gone pretty far into that development too. They also showed more footage from that upcoming web series Ninjak vs[...]

Valiant has unveiled their panels and exclusives for the upcoming Emerald City Comic Con happening March 2nd -5th The publisher will be set up at booth #1701 and will have creators like David Baron, Matt Kindt, Rafer Roberts, Eric Heisserer and Jeff Lemire on hand for signings along with Nak the Cosplay Cat and Jason[...]

I just read the first issue of the new X-O Manowar series from Valiant Entertainment The new series kicks off from Matt Kindt and Tomas Giorello and puts Aric of Dacia on an alien planet where he is trying to survive as a farmer as a war is fast approaching My initial thoughts? It's brutal, bloody[...]

Here are the full solicitations for Valiant Comics shipping in May 2017 This includes the debut issues of Rapture by Matt Kindt and Cafu and Eternal Warrior: Awakening by Robert Venditti and Renato Guedes. X-O MANOWAR (2017) #3 Written by MATT KINDT Art by TOMÁS GIORELLO Cover A by LEWIS LAROSA Cover B by KENNETH ROCAFORT Interlocking[...]

Bleeding Cool was on hand to break the news out on Friday as it was announced at ComicsPRO, but now Valiant has sent out the official ICONS image they showed off at the meeting This isn't a new title but rather a new initiative that will involve several major projects The image features X-O Manowar,[...]

pic.twitter.com/HxCAnQGKAK — Matthew Price (@nerdage) February 16, 2017 State Of The Industry More Comics And Graphic Novels Sold In Comic Stores In 2016 Than In 2015, ComicsPRO Attendees Told By Diamond ComicsPRO Meeting, The Industry Equivalent Of The Bilderberg Group, Begins Today The Morning After The Night Before At ComicsPRO On Boycotting DC $3.99 Titles And The Lowest Marvel Sales In[...]

After detailing year's worth of X-O Manowar artwork in the pipeline from artists including Tomas Giorello, Doug Braithwaite, and Clayton Crain, Valiant and series writer Matt Kindt informed retailers at ComicsPRO that they like to plan ahead…and to expect several more major projects soon in the form of an initiative called "ICONS"…that's going to look[...]

  Breaking out ComicsPRO in Memphis, TN… Announced during Valiant's ComicsPRO presentation today in Memphis, TN, Valiant announced that the new X-O Manowar series by writer Matt Kindt and artist Tomas Giorello has accrued some of the publisher's highest initial orders ever. Subsequently, Valiant presented retailers with plans for "the biggest sell-through campaign of 2017" to get copies[...]

Valiant has a newly announced partnership with the 2017 Vans Warped Tour, but they won't be going on the road alone… They're planning to bring comic book retailers with them. Teased at the publisher's ComicsPRO presentation this afternoon with the promise of final details to follow in coming weeks, Valiant reps Hunter Gorinson and Atom Freeman[...]

Breaking this morning out of the ComicsPRO conference in Memphis, TN, Valiant has just announced via Entertainment Weekly that the award-winning publisher is partnering with the 2017 Vans Warped Tour for a first-of-its-kind artwork and branding collaboration spanning the festival's upcoming summer season. Not only has Valiant artist Kano designed the lead artwork and design materials[...]

Valiant has just announced their standalone summer event of 2017, Rapture Written by Matt Kindt with art from CAFU, the four-issue series will co-star Ninjak and Shadowman in what Valiant is calling their first fantasy epic. In the exclusive first word over at Nerdist, we're told to expect a "Tolkien-esque" journey through the Deadside, as Ninjak[...]