The Rise and Fall (and Rise and Fall) of Valiant Comics

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Valiant Comics has had really big highs and really low lows. There are distinct eras as the business has switched hands and been sold and bought. But one consistent factors is a shared universe of interesting characters and a passionate series of artists and writers. This video looks at the founding with folks like Jim Shooter and Steven Massarsky, the Acclaim era where they made video games based on the comics like Turok, the wilderness years, the new version rebuilt by folks like Dinesh Shamdasani, the DMG Entertainment years of trying to exploit the IP for movies like Bloodshot, and the trepidatious steps by Alien Books.”}]]  Read More