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Magnus and Doctor Solar creators at San Diego Comic-Con

sean — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:15:56 +0000

A few of the creators working on the new Gold Key character books from Dark Horse will be at San Diego Comic-Con, here’s the complete info.

Dennis Calero

Dennis did the art for the Doctor Solar portion of Free Comic Book Day Magnus/Doctor Solar, as well as Doctor Solar 1 and 2. I’m not sure yet if he will be returning after issue 3, but I will certainly be asking him.

Dennis will be in Artist Alley booth FF-05. He is also scheduled to be signing at the Dark Horse Comics booth (#2615) on Thursday from 4-5pm.

Roger Robinson

Roger is drawing the upcoming third issue of Doctor Solar. I’ll be stopping by his booth to get his take on the character, and see if I can find out what is in store for upcoming issues.

Roger will be in Artist Alley booth DD-20

Raymond Swanland

Raymond has been painting the incredible covers for Magnus, Robot Fighter, and Turok, Son of Stone. He also did the cover art for the Free Comic Book Day Magnus/Doctor Solar issue.

Raymond doesn’t have a booth, but is scheduled to sign at the Dark Horse Comics booth (#2615) Friday from 4-5pm. He will also appear at the Heavy Metal Magazine booth (#1629) and the Wizards of the Coast, Magic the Gathering booth (#1128/1130/1132) at times during the weekend.

M.I.A.

Looks like Jim Shooter won’t be making it to San Diego Comic-Con.

Also, Bill Reinhold, the artist for the new Magnus, Robot Fighter series isn’t going to make it this year.

That’s too bad, I was hoping to get the Free Comic Book Day Magnus/Doctor Solar issue signed by all 4 creators. Maybe at another con.

Valiant Alumni

Bernard Chang and Sean Chen will be in their BLVD Studios booth (#1223). Both were great Valiant artists, Sean Chen is well known for his work on Rai and the Future Force, Bernard Chang is well known for his work on Dr. Mirage. They will also have Bill Sienkiewicz and David LaFuente at their BLVD Studios booth. Stop by annd say hi!

Bob Layton will be at the convention, though I don’t know when his scheduled appearances and signings are. He does not have an artist alley booth this year.

Don’t forget us!

Only The Valiant will be recording LIVE from the convention floor, startign Friday at 2:30pm. Check out the recording schedule and map posting for more information.

Any other creators that we missed? Leave a comment and let us know.

(VIDEO) Double Doctor Solar

sean — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:48:02 +0000

Double Doctor Solar, all the way!

If you don’t know what this is a parody of, shame on you! (and click here)

Meet us and join an episode at San Diego!

sean — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:40:52 +0000

Are you coming to San Diego Comic-Con? We’d love to meet you and join us as we record from the convention floor.

We will be recording at 2:30 pm Friday from the convention floor. We will be right here:

2:30pm Friday in the Lounge. Meet us there!

We would love to meet people we haven’t met yet, and see those of you we already know. We will be sharing our thoughts about the show, and we’d love to here your thoughts too!

Also, we will be going to the Tilted Kilt Wednesday after Preview Night, just a few blocks from the convention hall. Join us for a beer and talk comics!

October Doctor Solar, Magnus, and Turok comics

sean — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:44:02 +0000

Dark Horse Comics have released their solicitations for comics sold in October. We’ll be getting new issues of Doctor Solar, Magnus, Robot Fighter, and Turok, Son of Stone, all written by Jim Shooter.

Here’s the solicitations, click on the images for larger images of the covers.

Doctor Solar 3, Michael Komarck Cover (click for a larger image)

DOCTOR SOLAR #3

Jim Shooter (W), Roger Robinson (A), and Michael Komarck (Cover)

On sale Oct 6

FC, 40 pages

$3.50

Ongoing

The dark god Moloch the Devourer pits his demonic hellfire against the thermonuclear fury of Doctor Solar. Whitmore Pickerel, whose power to bring his imagination into existence unleashed the Devourer, conjures the mighty sun-god Surya for protection. But instead, Surya bows before Moloch, and the Man of the Atom faces cosmic-scale war on a second front. With the power of Solar pitted against the god of the sun, can the planet survive?

All-new series written by Jim Shooter!
New artist: Roger Robinson (Azrael, Batman: Gotham Knights).

Sean’s comment: Looks like Dennis Calero is off the book for this issue. I wonder if this is a permanent change?

Magnus Robot Fighter 3 Comics Raymond Swanland cover (clikc to enlarge)

MAGNUS, ROBOT FIGHTER #3

Jim Shooter (W), Bill Reinhold (A), Wes Dzioba (C), and Raymond Swanland (Cover)

On sale Oct 27

FC, 40 pages

$3.50

Miniseries

In the year 4000, savage illegal prizefights operate in the shadows of the milespires. In one corner, the deadly, gen-enhanced number-one contender—Hyppolyta. In the other corner, the remorseless robotic champion—Steelhammer, who has annihilated every opponent he has faced, man or machine. Drawn unwillingly into the ring to save a life, Magnus must battle them both—steel-smashing man against super-woman, robot fighter vs. robot fighter—to the death.

All-new series written by Jim Shooter!

Sean’s Comment: This should be a smash-a-riffic, action packed, high entertaimo issue.

Turok, Son of Stone 1, Raymond Swanland cover (click to enlarge)

TUROK, SON OF STONE #1

Turok returns! All-new series written by Jim Shooter!

Jim Shooter (W), Eduardo Francisco (A), TBD (C), and Raymond Swanland (Cover)

On sale Oct 20

FC, 48 pages

$3.50

Ongoing

Turok, wandering warrior from a far land, rescues Andar, son of a Chiricahua chief, from the ruthless King Maxtla and his Aztec horde. Pursued into a vast cavern, prey and predators are swept away by an unimaginable force to a savage, timeless land of nightmares and miracles, where dinosaurs thunder and rampage. Beset by bloodthirsty enemies and beasts, Turok and Andar encounter an even deadlier threat—the fearsome Panther People and their mesmerizing goddess, Aasta.

Turok, Son of Stone returns, reimagined by legendary writer Jim Shooter and illustrated by hot new talent Eduardo Francisco (Victory, Executive Assistant: IRIS).

48-page first issue, includes the very first Turok story from 1954!

Sean’s Comment: This should be a cool take on things. At least the Lost Land will be back. And dinosaurs. It’s not Turok without dinosaurs.

Turok Coming in October, Plus a Cover Preview

sean — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:47:33 +0000

Turok, Son of Stone will be launched by Dark Horse Comics in October. The title will be written by Jim Shooter, like all the Gold Key character relaunch titles, and the art will be by Eduardo Francisco, who recently has been working on Mass Effect: Incursion.

The first issue will be available October 13.

Check out this Comic Book Resources article for a look at the cover art by Raymond Swanland. It looks fantastic!

Jim Shooter interviews at Newsarama

sean — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:04:05 +0000

Jim Shooter did a couple of interviews with Newsarama about the coming launch of Gold Key characters at Dark Horse. Interesting, informative stuff as usual.

There are two separate interviews, they can be found here:

In the interview discussing Magnus Robot Fighter, he also talks about Turok and Mighty Samson, coming soon from Dark Horse, though he doesn’t mention a release date.

Just a heads up, in case you missed these.

Jim Shooter on Script Writing

sean — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:32:21 +0000

There is a great article over at Comic Book Resources, with Jim Shooter discussing Script Writing. He talks about different types of scripts, the challenges of each style, and uses his script for the forthcoming Doctor Solar #1 as an example.

Some of the things in the article remind me of a presentation he gave on visual storytelling at New York Comic Con last year. Very cool stuff.

Go check out the article!

Doctor Solar to Launch in July, Magnus Robot Fighter in August

sean — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 05:10:30 +0000

The new Doctor Solar ongoing series will debut in July, as was announced at Wondercon this weekend.

The new series will be penciled by Dennis Calero and written by Jim Shooter.

I asked the folks at the Dark Horse booth about the relaunch of the Gold Key character books, and they said that a new Magnus ongoing series will debut in August, and that there are also plans to launch a new Turok ongoing series this summer as well, though they didn’t mention a month.

Though they have mentioned plans to launch Turok, this is, that fact that they intend to launch the new series this summer has not been announced yet. Convention scoop!

Note that this was mentioned from the Dark Horse folks working at the booth, and is not an official announcement.

Jim Shooter will also be writing the new Magnus series. I don’t know at this time who the artist will be in the ongoing Magnus series.

Malev War – What are your thoughts?

sean — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:37:54 +0000

The Only The Valiant guys are gonna discuss the Malev War, the epic storyline of man versus sentient robot invaders. Recording will take place during the week of Feb 22 to 26. We would love to have your input.

The Malev war is the long, overarching story that runs in Magnus 21 to 37, and in Rai and the Future Force 9 through 22.

Send in your thoughts to us by email: onlythevaliant at gmail dot com, or call our voicemail number: (270) 8-NINJAK.

Any questions and or comments are welcome!

Re-read The Malev War with us

sean — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:49:26 +0000

Break out your Rai and Magnus comics, because we’ll be talking about the Malev War in an upcoming episode, and we want to hear your thoughts.

Send us an email, onlythevaliant -at- gmail -dot- com, or leave us a voicemail at 270-8-NINJAK to give us your thoughts. We’ll be recording around early to mid-February, so leave us a message soon!

Do you have questions about the story? Certain things you would like to us to discuss? Let us know how you think this story holds up!

The Malev War runs in Rai and the Future Force 9 through 22, and Magnus, Robot Fighter 21 through 37.