Valiant

It's the cross-promotional marketing opportunity you never saw coming: American luge athletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics will be wearing outfits based upon Valiant's X-O Manowar, thanks to a new partnership between the publisher and the US Olympic team...

Everything is, apparently, coming up Shadowman. Not only is Valiant Entertainment relaunching the 1990s superhero in a new series by Patrick Zircher and Justin Jordan next month, but the character is also the star of the latest Project: Rooftop redesign contest...

This week on War Rocket Ajax, one of our favorite writers joins us when Fred Van Lente drops in to chat about Archer & Armstrong. He tells us all about what it's like to write a story with more political content than he's been able to do from other major publishers, and how A&A is the perfect comic for fans of Assassin's Creed -- and you can listen to the whole show right here at ComicsAl

Last week Valiant Comics announced the impending return of yet another of the characters from its sizable stable of heroes created in the early 1990s: New Orleans' very own Shadowman. Originally a jazz saxophonist who gained the power to see demons in criminals after a near-death experience, other versions of the character have fought zombies and monsters from hell...

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.

This week has seen the relaunch of the Valiant universe with the release of the first issue of X-O Manowar by writer Robert Venditti (The Surrogates) and artist Cary Nord (Conan the Barbarian). Coming in the months ahead are new incarnations of other Valiant properties Bloodshot, Harbinger and Archer & Armstrong from a roster of talent that includes writers Fred Van Lente, Joshua Dysart, Duan

Novelty: The Amazing Spider-Man toaster. It's hip. It's now. It's "wow." Creators: Jonah Hex co-creator Tony DeZuniga is in extremely critical condition after suffering a stroke and his family is currently seeking donations to help cover his medial costs...

Gaming: Street Fighter Monopoly is really happening. How much will Shadaloo cost with a hotel built on it, I wonder? Movies: The latest Avengers trailer was viewed more than 13.7 times within its first 24 hours on Apple Trailers, the most of any film so far...

Gaming: The free Facebook RPG, Marvel: Avengers Alliance, is now live. Movies: Sony is apparently adapting Valiant's Bloodshot into a live action film. No, seriously. Awards: The 2012 Eagle Award nominees have been announced, which include CA for "Favourite Comics-Related Website...

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...