Robert Venditti

This week on War Rocket Ajax, Chris and Matt are pleased to welcome Robert Venditti to the show! He joins us on the podcast to talk about the unique path that led him from being an adult who didn't read comics to a writer whose first graphic novel was turned into a movie, all the way to writing Valiant's relaunch of X-O Manowar -- and you can listen to the whole show right here at ComicsAlliance.

Well, here's something new in the endlessly bewildering (to me) world of variant covers: a talking variant for X-O Manowar #1, which relaunches the Valiant publishing line this May. The cover doesn't actually talk, mind you, not like one of those children's books or greeting cards that play recorded messages when you open them...

The newly revived Valiant Comics has officially announced the creative team behind its first release. The Surrogates and The Homeland Directive writer Robert Venditti and artist Cary Nord of Conan fame will bring a time-displaced Visigoth trapped inside the most powerful weapon in the universe to stores in X-O Manowar #1 on May 2...

Debuting this weekend at Heroes Con in Charlotte, North Carolina is The Homeland Directive, a new graphic novel written by The Surrogates co-creator Robert Venditti. The narrative follows scientist Laura Regan, who's blamed for a violent crime she didn't commit, and one that seems connected to her work in viral research...