Another Denver Comic Con has come and gone, this time, over the Memorial Day weekend. In only its fourth year, DCC had 101,500 attendees, up from 86,500 last year. To help make this possible, they rented some 500,000 square feet of the Convention Center — an increase of 20,000 square feet over last year, and just shy of the entire building. Even with an increase of size and numbers, the flow of traffic was handled well and congestion was kept to a minimum in comparison to other comparable conventions I’ve been to. The staff is still some of the friendliest I’ve dealt with and never seemed to get frustrated dealing with all the attendees.
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It is time for Comic Impact’s Pick of The Week podcast!! Join Simon and Sebastian, as they talk about comics for the week of November 13th 2013. Simon had the pick and he went with Unity #1 from Valiant comics and Matt Kindt, Doug Braithwaite and Brian Reber. As he said in his advanced review is Unity is a force to be reckoned with you don’t want to miss out on it. That’s not all. Sebastian tells you why you need to be reading Smallville if you where a fan of the TV show. The boys also talk about Batman #25,The Walking Dead #116, Manifest Destiny #1 and more….
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Comicdom prepare to meet your supreme book for the week of September 18,2013! That’s right it is an all new week and this week Sheldon had the pick and he went with Bloodshot and H.A.R.D. Corps from Valiant Comics written by Christos Gage and Joshua Dysart with art by Emanuela Lupacchino. Lots of excellent books this week folks and Bloodshot was only one so fear not if it isn’t your bag. We also talk about Harbinger, Infinity,New Avengers, Superior Spider-Man and our favorite hammer wielding god Thor!
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Hey Comic Impact! Join Simon as he talks about the comics for the week of August 14th, 2013.Simon decided to pick Harbinger #15 by Joshua Dysart and Barry Kitson from Valiant comics. Find out why he calls it the best F#RKING Super hero book out there! You may be asking your self “Hey! Where is Sheldon?” find out the answer to this and much more on new episode of the Comic Impact Podcast! So put on your headphone and take a listen to what might be the shortest podcast in C.I. history!
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It’s Wednesday so it is time for a new Comic Impact podcasts we lovingly call Pick of the Week. Join the motley crew of Sheldon,Antonio and Simon ,who had the pick, who gave the dubious honor to Harbinger Wars #1 by Joshua Dysart & Duane Swierczynski from Valiant Comics.Simon tells the rest of the team why he’s sick of all the mainstream events and wishes every event could be like this one.That’s not all Antonio finally puts a cosmic book on top of his shelf and explains just why he’s in love with Thanos Rising #1 by Jason Aaron with artwork by Simone Bianchi. Sheldon tells us why everyone should be reading Mind The Gap from Image Comics and Jim McCann.
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It’s the event that you’ve been waiting for from Valiant Comics. That’s right Harbinger Wars starts today. This past weekend Simon got the chance to talk to and he tells us some details about what we can expect from this upcoming event from Valiant Comics. He also talks about Harbinger and where the book is going as well as some classic Doctor Who. All this and find out how you can play a 16 bit video game of Harbinger on your mobile device and if that wasn’t enough for you find out how you can win a gold sign cover of Harbinger number one by Joshua Dysart!!!Big things coming from Comic Impact’s publisher of the year 2012 Valiant Comics!
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One of the biggest surprises of last year was Valiant comics and the most insane book coming out from the Valiant relaunch is Bloodshot by Duane Swierczynski with artwork by Matthew Clark. Before I go on with this review I just want to say I am not a huge fan of action movies but Bloodshot feels like an EPIC 1980’s action movie. It is one of the books that I can’t wait to read every month. That is simply because Swierczynski knows how to write a character that you are intrigued by and at the same time praying that he doesn’t come after you. That’s why I think that as a writer, Swierczynski is a perfect fit for a character like Bloodshot. Since the first issue our main character has been a secret and we don’t know anything about him but that all changes in the is issue as Swierczynski drops a few clues about where Bloodshot came from as well as a bit more about where the name “The Bogeyman” comes from.
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Archer and Armstrong #6 brings a feminine touch this issue with the introduction of the New Geomancer but don’t worry Fred Van Lente and Emanuela Luppacchino continue to expand The Eternal Warriors past while letting us see how deep down the rabbit hole The Sect go. Valiant continues to be stead fast in developing every inch of its burgeoning universe. Archer and Armstrong have already offered so much with the Sect,The Boon, The Eternal Warrior and now they continue this by introducing us to a new protector of the Earth called The Geomancer. We are also introduced briefly to the swashbuckling time period had by The Eternal Warrior.While this issue wasn’t overflowing with our favorite odd couple of Archer and Armstrong it does do an awful lot of character and world building in a excellent manor.
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Did you know that January is the Month of Valiant here at Comic Impact! On that note Join Simon as he talks with Fred Van Lente head writer of Valiant’s smash hit Archer & Armstrong. Simon and Fred take a look back at Archer & Armstrong’s first story arc as well as talk about the differences with Archer & Armstrong now than from the 90’s. Find out how films such as Indiana Jones made an impact on this book, we also get some clues about the Eternal Warrior story arc and the future of the book. The topic of digital comics and Kickstarter also comes up and the boys talk about their love of Jack Kirby and Fred talks to us his other project, the upcoming G.I Joe from IDW coming next month. Did you know that Archer & Armstrong will link up to other Valiant titles?I guess your just going to have to listen in to find out how!
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Welcome one, welcome all to the Month of Valiant here at Comic Impact! This month we will be giving some great goodies away as we’ll as bringing you more from what is easily one of if not the best publishers in comics today. This month we will be giving away special prizes directly from Valiant as well as having podcast with talent from some of your favorite books published by them. Listen to the podcasts for a chance to win some of these NOT TO BE MISSED prizes. I’m not even kidding, I have had these at my place and I badly want to keep one of them! The whole reason we wanted to bring you a full month featuring Valiant books is because they have come out of the gate swinging by providing you with great content as well as talking to the fans about what they want from Valiant as well as giving us beautiful looking and beautifully written books. Valiant as a company has been smart,creative and personable with their fans and THIS is what makes Valiant a great publisher in every aspect!
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Join Simon as he talks with Robert Venditti, head writer of Valiant’s smash hit series X-O Manowar. Find out how Robert got into Valiant and what he has in store for X-O! As you know X-O is Comic Impact’s Most Improved Book of 2012.
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This past weekend at Long Beach Comic Con 2012 Simon got a chance to talk to Joshua Dysart, head writer on Harbinger, from our favorite publishers of the year Valiant Comics! Dysart took the time to talk to us about what you can expect from issue six and that there will be a Harbinger number zero coming out soon.Find out how Punk Rock and generational gaps are a big influence on Dysart’s story.We also discuss possible crossovers with other Valiant titles and what the future holds, so stick around for all this and more of whats to come from Valiant Comics, one of the most intelligent publishers currently on the market!
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We all love ninjas right? If so you are going to love the show this week as we talked about the best book out the week of September 12th according to Simon was X-0 Manowar #5 from Valiant Comics. We are not done talking about Valiant as they truly are making an impact this year in comics! Sheldon talks to us about Harbinger #2 before he disappears like a ninja I guess he’s too busy getting ready for his birthday.
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This week, Pat is joined by Antonio and Bryan to talk about some recent comics! Lots of good stuff out there, and we’re here to spotlight some of the books we’ve been enjoying. We talk about Transformers: Regeneration 1, New Avengers,The Walking Dead, Revival, Bloodshot, Incredible Hulk, Batman, Wolverine and the X-Men, Wonder Woman, Spider-Men, and of course, our favorite: HAWKEYE by Matt Fraction, David Aja and Matt Hollingsworth. Lots of fun discussion and quite a few spoilers. You’ve been warned!
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You know how we tell you sometimes we have different points of view on comics? Well this is one of those episode as Simon, who had the pick, went with Harbinger 1 from Valiant by Joshua Dysart. Sheldon however is still in love with his boy Bucky or should we say Winter Soldier and feels this is the best book this week. Rob is still confused why Before Watchmen is coming out but never fear as Simon and Sheldon tell him it’s not as bad as he thinks it is, which kicks off another debate.
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