VALIANT Unveils 45 Retailer Customized FCBD 2014 ARMOR HUNTERS SPECIAL Covers for FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!

VALIANT Unveils 45 Retailer Customized FCBD 2014 ARMOR HUNTERS SPECIAL Covers for FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!


 

With Free Comic Book Day 2014 just two weeks away, Valiant is proud to announce that 45 retailers nationwide have signed on to produce exclusive promotional covers for Valiant's biggest FCBD release ever – the FCBD 2014 ARMOR HUNTERS SPECIAL!

"Valiant has always been an ardent supporter of Free Comic Book Day, but this year is, by far, our biggest yet. We were absolutely blown away by the orders on both our FCBD titles. But we were even more surprised by the number of retail partners that took us up on our offer to promote the release ofARMOR HUNTERS at their individual stores with customized cover offerings," said Valiant Publisher Fred Pierce. "We know that readers who try just one Valiant comic often stick around for more – and Free Comic Book Day is the best time of all to introduce our characters to a new and eager audience."

Available in participating stores everywhere on May 3rd, 2014, Valiant's FCBD 2014 ARMOR HUNTERS SPECIAL is the perfect place to jump on the board the crossover event of the summer with a special, advance look inside June's ARMOR HUNTERS #1 (of 4) by superstar creators Robert Venditti (X-O Manowar, Green Lantern) and Doug Braithwaite (Unity, Justice). When Aric of Dacia returned to Earth with the stolen X-O Manowar armor of an alien race, he thought he finally found a weapon to guard the peace and kingdom he’d struggled so long to secure. But now, a relentless and surgical strike team from the farthest reaches of space – sworn to exterminate the armor and all like it – have found their final target. The ARMOR HUNTERS are coming. They will hunt. They will trap. They will kill. And they will rid the universe of the X-O Manowar’s incalculable destructive power…even if it means taking the Earth with it.

Plus: look for artwork and interviews from X-O MANOWAR, RAI, THE DELINQUENTS, THE DEATH-DEFYING DR. MIRAGE, and much more! Learn everything you need about ARMOR HUNTERS and the rest of the VALIANT FIRST publishing initiative right here on Free Comic Book Day inside the FCBD 2014 ARMOR HUNTERS SPECIAL!

Also arriving on Free Comic Book Day, don't miss the the FCBD 2014 VALIANT UNIVERSE HANDBOOK – a first-of-its-kind handbook release detailing the untold origins and secrets of Valiant's heroes and villains, all in one place! Everything you need to know about the Valiant Universe in 2014 and beyond can be found right here in the first official Valiant Handbook release...ever! Featuring artwork from a "murderer's row" of comic's brightest talents – Doug Braithwaite, Clayton Crain,Clayton Henry, Bryan Hitch, Esad Ribic, and many, many more!

Visit your local comic shop on May 3rd, 2014 to pick up these two exciting Valiant FCBD releases – and look for customized versions of the FCBD 2014 ARMOR HUNTERS SPECIAL at these participating retailers:

4 Color Fantasies    
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
(909) 563-8751
http://www.4colorfantasies.com
http://www.facebook.com/4cfrancho
http://twitter.com/4colorfantasies


A Comic Shop
Winter Park, FL  
(407) 332-9636
http://acomicshop.com/
http://www.facebook.com/A.Comic.Shop
http://twitter.com/acomicshow


Austin Books & Comics
Austin,TX
(512) 454-4197
http://www.austinbooks.com
http://www.facebook.com/AustinBooks
http://twitter.com/AustinBooks


Borderlands
Greenville, SC
(864) 235-3488  
http://www.borderlands.us
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Borderlands-Comics-and-Games/140146312709268


BuyMeToys.com  
Mishiwaka, IN
(574) 271-TOYS
http://buymetoys.com/catalog
http://www.facebook.com/pages/BuyMeToysCom/128000400551412
http://twitter.com/buymetoyscom


Carolina Comics
Durham, NC
(919)806-8282  
ultimatecomicsonline@yahoo.com                      


Chaos Reigns/Dark Side    
Sarasota, FL  
(941) 363-0840
http://darksidecomics.com
http://www.facebook.com/DarkSideComicsandGames


Coliseum of Comics
Sanford, FL
(407) 760-1767
http://coliseumofcomics.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Coliseum-of-Comics-Sanford/174610602576785
http://twitter.com/ColiseumofComic


Collector's Paradise
Winnetka, CA
(818) 999-9455
http://comicsandcards.net
http://www.facebook.com/CP.Canoga.Park
http://twitter.com/cparadize


Collector's Paradise   
Pasadena, CA
(626) 577-6694
http://comicsandcards.net
http://www.facebook.com/CP.Pasadena
http://twitter.com/cparadize


Collectors Corner
Baltimore, MD
(410) 668-3353  
http://www.collectorscornermd.com
http://www.facebook.com/CollectorsCorner
http://twitter.com/CCMD_ComicsShop


Collectors Corner
Bel Air, MD
(800) 979-3353
http://www.collectorscornermd.com
http://www.facebook.com/CCBAMD
http://twitter.com/CCMD_ComicsShop


Comic Book Shoppe
Nepean, ON
(613) 228-8386
http://www.thecomicbookshoppe.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Comic-Book-Shoppe-The/127417190627194
http://twitter.com/ComicBookShoppe


Comic Book Shoppe
Ottawa, ON
(613)594-3042
http://www.thecomicbookshoppe.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Comic-Book-Shoppe-2/220829157956738
http://twitter.com/ComicBookShoppe


Comic Book Store
North Little Rock, AR
(501) 791-4222  
http://www.thewildstars.com/ce.html
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Collectors-Edition-Comics/118151041545385  


Comics Are Cool
Greenwood, IN
(317) 300-963  
http://www.comicsarecool.com/
http://www.facebook.com/ComicsAreCool2


Comics To Astonish
Columbia, MD
(410) 381-2732
http://www.comicstoastonish.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Comics-To-Astonish-Inc/84445070232


Discount Comic Book Services (DCBS)
Fort Wayne, IN  
(260) 489-1787
http://www.dcbservice.com
http://www.facebook.com/DiscountComicBookService


Dragon's Lair Comics
San Antonio, TX  
(210) 615-1229
http://dlair.net/sanantonio/
http://www.facebook.com/dragons.lair.sanantonio
http://twitter.com/Dragons_Lair


Dragon's Lair Comics
Austin, TX
(512) 454-2399
http://dlair.net/austin/
http://www.facebook.com/dragons.lair.austin
http://twitter.com/DLairAustin


Forbidden Planet
New York, NY
(212) 473-157
http://www.fpnyc.com
http://www.facebook.com/fpnyc
http://twitter.com/FPNYC


Forbidden Planet
London, UK
http://forbiddenplanet.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Forbidden-Planet/279957096259
http://twitter.com/ForbiddenPlanet


Friendly Neighborhood Comics
Bellingham, MA
(508) 966-2275
http://friendlycomics.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Friendly-Neighborhood-Comics/191731623437
http://twitter.com/FriendlyComics


G-Mart
Chicago, IL
(773) 384-0400
http://www.g-mart.com
http://www.facebook.com/gmartcomics
http://twitter.com/gmartcomics


Heroes & Fantasies
Universal City, TX
(210) 340-0074
http://www.heroesandfantasies.com
http://www.facebook.com/HNFSA
http://twitter.com/HeroesFantasies


Hot Comics
Asheboro, NC
(336) 318-1064
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hot-Comics/108153889226244


I Want More Comics
Northglenn, CO
(303) 460-7226
http://www.iwantmorecomics.com
http://www.facebook.com/IWMComics
http://twitter.com/IWantMoreComics


Jetpack Comics
Rochester, NH
603-330-9636
http://www.jetpackcomics.com
http://www.facebook.com/JetpackComics
http://twitter.com/JetpackComics


Krypton Comics
Omaha, NE
(402) 391-4131
http://www.kryptoncomicsomaha.com
http://www.facebook.com/kryptoncomics
http://twitter.com/KryptonComicsNE


Legends Comics and Coffee
Omaha, NE
(402) 391-2377
http://legendcomicsandcoffee.com
http://www.facebook.com/LegendComics
http://twitter.com/LegendComicsNE


Mayhem Collectibles
Ames, IA
(515) 292-3510
http://www.mayhemcomics.com


Mayhem Collectibles
Des Moines, IA  
(515) 271-8104
http://www.mayhemcomics.com


Midtown Comics
New York, NY
(212) 302-8192
http://www.midtowncomics.com
http://www.facebook.com/midtowncomics
http://twitter.com/MidtownComics


Mile High Comics
Denver, CO
(303) 455-2659
http://www.milehighcomics.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mile-High-Comics/23781510808
http://twitter.com/MileHighComics


Reader Copies
Anderson, IN
(765) 649-5767
http://www.readercopies.com
http://www.facebook.com/ReaderCopies


Rubber Chicken Comic
Bellingham, MA
(508) 966-2210
http://www.rubberchickencomics.com
http://www.facebook.com/RubberChickenComics


Samurai Comics
Phoenix, AZ  
(602) 265-8886
http://samuraicomics.popshop.comixology.com
http://www.facebook.com/samuraicomics
http://twitter.com/SamuraiComics


Seth's Games and Anime
Ventura, CA
(805) 653-2732
http://www.sethsventura.com
http://www.facebook.com/SethsGamesAndAnime


Sketch Books aka Fully Booked
(632) 858-7000
http://www.fullybookedonline.com
http://www.facebook.com/fullybooked
http://twitter.com/_FullyBooked


Source Comics & Games
Roseville, MN
(651) 645-0386
http://www.sourcecomicsandgames.com
http://www.facebook.com/TheSourceComicsandGames
http://twitter.com/SourceCandG


Stadium Comics
Brahampton, ON
(905) 451-3751
http://www.stadiumcomics.com
http://www.facebook.com/stadiumcomics
http://twitter.com/stadiumcomics


Subspace Comics
Lynnwood, WA    
(425) 744-2767


Tate's Comics
Lauderhill, FL
(954) 748-0181
http://tatescomics.com
http://twitter.com/tatescomics


Third Eye Comics
Annapolis, MD
(410) 897-0322
http://www.thirdeyecomics.com
http://www.facebook.com/thirdeyecomics
http://twitter.com/thirdeyecomics


Wade's Comics Madness
Levittown, PA
(215) 946-9381
http://www.comicmadness.com
http://www.facebook.com/comicmadness
http://twitter.com/comicmadness

For more information, visit Valiant on Facebook, on Twitter, on Tumblr, and at ValiantUniverse.com.

For Valiant merchandise and more, visit ValiantStore.com.

For more information on Free Comic Book Day 2014, visit FreeComicBookDay.com.

Comics News: Celebrated Cartoonist ANDY FRIEDMAN Covers HARBINGER # 19

Celebrated Cartoonist ANDY FRIEDMAN Covers HARBINGER #19

 

Valiant is proud to announce that celebrated cartoonist and musician Andy Friedman has contributed a stunning variant cover for December's Harbinger #19 – the final installment of the acclaimed "Perfect Day" story arc from New York Times best-selling writer Joshua Dysart and legendary artist Barry Kitson!

 

As a noted contributor to The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic and many more, Friedman's gag cartoons and portraits of cultural icons have appeared in hundreds of newspapers and magazines across the world. Friedman is also a prolific singer-songwriter with three acclaimed albums to his credit – 2007's Taken Man, 2009's Weary Things and 2011's Laserbeams and Dreams – and for over a decade has enjoyed performing in the nation's premier music venues.

 

Harbinger #19 will mark his first foray into monthly comics.

 

"The opportunity to present the human side of Peter Stanchek was interesting to me. The [Harbinger Renegades] are a group of outcasts, which makes them instantly relatable, because I would venture to guess that feeling like an outcast is something that we all feel at times, some perhaps more than others," said Friedman. "When we come to terms with the positive aspects of what might set us apart from the rest of the people, we begin to celebrate our unique existence in the world, and only then do we tend to discover and put to good use our true powers and purpose. Harbinger reinforces this truth and it's a healthy metaphor, the way I see it."  

 

"Andy is a singular artistic talent. He's delivered an incredible new vision of the world that Joshua Dysart and Barry Kitson have been building with this series. His inimitable depiction of Peter Stanchek – who he's captured here not as a superhero, or a Renegade, or an omega-level Harbinger, but as an everyday teenager – is the perfect way to cap off the end of our tensest, most mind-bending story arc yet," added Valiant Executive Editor Warren Simons.

 

Join the series that Comic Book Resources calls "one of the best superhero comics currently available" here as Peter Stanchek prepares for the mental battle of his life, with the fate and freedom of his fellow Renegades hanging in the balance. It all happens when "Perfect Day" reaches its unforgettable conclusion in Harbinger #19 – in stores December 11th! And look for the Harbinger #19 Order All Friedman Variant on shelves at your local comics retailer.

 

For more information, including a complete interview with Andy Friedman, visit Valiant online atValiantUniverse.com.

 

HARBINGER #19

Written by JOSHUA DYSART

Art by BARRY KITSON

Cover by KHARI EVANS

Variant Cover by ANDY FRIEDMAN

$3.99/T+/32 pgs.

ON SALE DECEMBER 11th!

Comic News: The Uncanny Celebrates Convention Editions

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William Hodge and Wyldcard Studio have started a campaign on Kickstarter to find financial backers for Convention Exclusive Variants of "The Uncanny"; a series which is already completely finished, so backers will not need to wait for him to finish his art! With mere hours on the clock Hodge would like to express his THANKS! Hodge would like to start attending and selling at conventions and he wants to raise money to print up special convention only covers of all of the finished issues of The Uncanny.   William Hodge wants to say THANKS and to let the world know that he met his targeted goal but still wants to remain fresh and sharp to every backer so this is what he is still doing and offering: -          A page per day of a new Kickstarter comic, to be read online. The story is completed and you can see it online! -          A Special Kickstarter Only Cover for The Uncanny Issues, which will become an interlocking image -          Backers became villains -          Backers became Monitor Heads -          Backers can STILL have their kid become a Super Hero cartoon Hodge created, drew, crafted a complete new superhero-story and is dedicated to make it stand out; or as he states himself: “This is a modern day super hero comic book.  It's a little bit Matrix, a little bit Doom Patrol and a heaping of everything fantastic thrown in”. Click the link for more information and to support The Uncanny on Kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/williamhodge/the-uncanny-convention-special-comics Visit the site to read The Uncanny Prologue entire issue for free: http://wyldcardstudio.com/uncanny/?p=460 To learn more about William Hodge and Wyldcard Studio visit: http://wyldcardstudio.com About the Creator William Hodge has been a comic book fan for 40 years.  In the "extreme 90s" he did some professional work.  He pencilled a story in DC-Comics Showcase '94.  He did art chores on Dr. Weird for Gary Carlson and Big Bang Comics. After having flirtations with other companies that didn't turn into work, he decided to go into creator owned work and published one issue of a sci-fi comic called NanoSoup thru Millennium Publishing.   Over the past decade, the need to work consistently and pay bills took priority and comic books had to take a back seat.  But how can you ever forget your first love? Over the past year with a tough economy, William has been working erratically as a freelance web  developer and this has given him the time to work on "The Uncanny".  His issues have been self-published and out for sale, others are completed and currently working on the next arc.  It's finally time to start living the childhood dream.