After sifting through the hundreds of submissions they received from aspiring aspiring interior artists, cover artists, colorists, and letterers for their first round of virtual portfolio reviews, Valiant Senior Editors Heather Antos and Lysa Hawkins are ready to take no writers this time! Following the success of the first round Hawkins and Antos will peruse…
For a Valiant Cinematic Universe to Succeed, They Need a Little Faith (Herbert)
The superhero tide isn’t ebbing any time soon. Year after year, we see new adaptations of comic book properties arrive on every screen we have access to. From familiar names to relative unknowns, viewers are being bombarded by some new hyper-powered being or other. Valiant entered the game this March with their live-action adaptation of…
INTERVIEW: The Valiant Virtual Portfolio Review Wants You
With convention season on hiatus for 2020, publishers are seeking alternatives to their usual in-person plans. When it comes to portfolio reviews for potential new talent, Valiant Entertainment is going online with the Valiant Virtual Portfolio Review. Submissions are open now for aspiring interior artists, cover artists, colorists, and letterers. Selected applicants will participate in…
And Justice For All: Vita Ayala and Tana Ford on Livewire Volume 3: Champion
In case you weren’t paying attention, one of the best series of the last year ended recently: Valiant’s solo hero book Livewire. Penned by Vita Ayala with art duties rotating for each arc, Livewire ran for 12 issues on the heels of the Harbinger Wars 2 event and told a complex, thoughtful, and at times painful…
One Year Later: The Valiant Lysa Hawkins
In our Editorial Eye series, we go behind the scenes with comic and book editors to learn about their role in the creative process and discover how their passion for their industry helps shape their work. It’s been a year since Lysa Hawkins jumped into Valiant Entertainment, and, she says in a WWAC interview, she’s…
PUBWATCH: Valiant Efforts! August
It’s Valiant Efforts month two, looking back at all August’s releases as well as forwards through September, October, November…! Last month I caught you up on July’s issues; this month we published a big ol’ Valiant primer to help you get a feel for what the publisher is, was, and might be. For this Valiant…
Ninja-K #7: Getting the Team Together
Ninja-K #7 Christos Gage (Writer), Juan José Ryp (Artist), Jordie Bellaire (Colours), A Larger World Studios (Letters) Valiant Entertainment 16 May, 2018 Colin King, aka Ninja-K, is wounded. His fight with his former backup agent, K-2, went badly and as a result, Mexico City has been obliterated. Now, the Mexican government has brought in their…
Valiant Buzz: A little bit of Faith and a whole lot of ICONS
With the end of July inevitably comes the end of San Diego Comic Con talk. But luckily for you, we still have some buzz up our sleeves. At SDCC, Valiant Comics unveiled their blind bag exclusives — three, individually bagged in opaque plastic, editions of their “ICONS” initiative. They include: Bloodshot: Salvation #1, Ninja-K #1, and…
