Kind of a stab-first-and-ask-questions-later guy, Ninjak didn't play even back then:
Giant Valiant homer, I know, I know.
Shout out to Steven Simmons for the screenshot of the page and date research. Saved me lots of trouble, sir, thank you.
Thursday, April 20, 2017
Happy 420 and Happy Birthday Ninjak
Ninjak's first appearance was back in Bloodshot #6 from the original Valiant Comics back on April 20, 1993:
Kind of a stab-first-and-ask-questions-later guy, Ninjak didn't play even back then:
Kind of a stab-first-and-ask-questions-later guy, Ninjak didn't play even back then:
Monday, April 17, 2017
Biggest Indie Seller of 2017
Congratulations to Valiant for their new X-O Manowar series topping 90,000 issues in sales. This gives it the top spot for the year so far in terms of independent comic sales.
It's a spectacular read with great layouts and visuals. Sometimes I think the chests of Giorello's male characters are a little baroque, but the art is epic. Matt Kindt is one of the best writers working in any field.
This series also allowed Valiant to experiment with their product in new ways, offering special incentives to readers and fans who had their LCS pre-order the first three-issue story arc "Soldier." Those incentives included extra pages of design concepts and a special cover.
Of course that's the cover I have...and I think the original cover, the first shown here, is more beautiful.
Anyway, kudos Valiant!
I am a homer, but it is a great read.
It's a spectacular read with great layouts and visuals. Sometimes I think the chests of Giorello's male characters are a little baroque, but the art is epic. Matt Kindt is one of the best writers working in any field.
This series also allowed Valiant to experiment with their product in new ways, offering special incentives to readers and fans who had their LCS pre-order the first three-issue story arc "Soldier." Those incentives included extra pages of design concepts and a special cover.
Of course that's the cover I have...and I think the original cover, the first shown here, is more beautiful.
Anyway, kudos Valiant!
I am a homer, but it is a great read.
Sunday, April 2, 2017
Hot Jazz: April 2017
The first Wednesday in April brings the Hot Jazz book "Eleanor and the Egret" from Aftershock:
WTF, you may be asking. What a strange title for a comic from an up-and-coming publisher. After reading about it, I was sold.
John Layman is helming the writing duties, now that he has time since ending his popular title "Chew." It follows an intrepid art thief, Eleanor, and her accomplice, an egret that grows with each theft.
That's bizarre enough for the weirdo inside of each of us, but it wasn't until I heard that Sam Kieth was on art duty. The pencils behind the Sandman and his own Maxx, Kieth gets the time of day to find out the nature of the project.
And, for me, that was the tipping point.
The releases remind me of a very-Windsor McKay-like apeing, but maybe that's just me.
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