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[LOLtron]

It's easier than actually drawing up a new cover.

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Source: Press Release

The new Valiant has been pretty successful, going by (or partially because of) all the variant covers they're putting out.  It can be tough thinking of new ideas for variants, but here's something you don't see too much: character design sheets used as covers.  

This October, The Valiant Variants for that month's issues of Archer & Armstrong, Bloodshot, Harbinger, and X-O Manowar will all sport the character designs for those title characters, provided by David Aja and Jelen Kevic-Djurdjevic.  Those two artists are pretty great, so it makes sense for Valiant to show off their process a little bit.  

Here's what our friends at Valiant have to say about it:

VALIANT Reveals DESIGN COVERS By DAVID AJA & JELENA KEVIC-DJURDJEVIC

Valiant is proud to debut October's Character Design Covers by visionary artists David Aja (Hawkeye, Immortal Iron First) and Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic (Web of Spider-Man)!

Aja redesigned many of the characters for the publisher's "Summer of Valiant" launch, including Archer & Armstrong, Bloodshot, and Harbinger's own Peter Stanchek and Toyo Harada, while Djurdjevic was responsible for the the newly updated X-O Manowar. Now, Valiant is sharing their behind-the-scenes work for the first time in print with an exclusive month of variant covers for all four of its October titles!

 

"When it came time to update the Valiant Universe's biggest icons, I was lucky enough to get amazing contributions from David Aja and Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic - two talents at the absolute top of their game," said Executive Editor Warren Simons. "The Character Design Covers series is all about offering an insight into our medium and the artistic processes of two world class designers."

 

The Character Design Covers series are available to retailers on an "order all" basis forArcher & Armstrong #3, Bloodshot #4, Harbinger #5, and X-O Manowar #6. Look for them in finer comic stores everywhere this October and contact your local retailer to reserve your copies today!

 

ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #3 - ON SALE OCTOBER 10th!

Written by FRED VAN LENTE

Art By CLAYTON HENRY

Cover by ARTURO LOZZI (AUG121337)

Character Design Cover by DAVID AJA (ORDER ALL) (AUG121338)

 

BLOODSHOT #4 - ON SALE OCTOBER 10th!

Written by DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI

Art by MANUEL GARCIA

Cover by ARTURO LOZZI (AUG121339)

Character Design Cover by DAVID AJA (ORDER ALL) (AUG121340)

 

HARBINGER #5 - ON SALE OCTOBER 17th!

Written by JOSHUA DYSART

Art by KHARI EVANS 

Cover by MICO SUAYAN (AUG121332)

Character Design Cover by DAVID AJA (ORDER ALL) (AUG121333)

 

X-O MANOWAR #6 - ON SALE OCTOBER 17th!

Written by ROBERT VENDITTI

Art by LEE GARBETT

Cover by DOUG BRAITHWAITE (AUG121334)

Character Design Cover by JELENA KEVIC-DJURDJEVIC (ORDER ALL) (AUG121335)

Variant Cover by PATRICK ZIRCHER (AUG121336)

 

 

 

Written or Contributed by Royal Nonesuch

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[Miracloman]

I am curious.are those new iterations of the Valiant comics good? I know the write off says they had been successful,but I am interested in hear the readers word of mouth opinion.

[Chesscub]

I am curious.are those new iterations of the Valiant comics good? I know the write off says they had been successful,but I am interested in hear the readers word of mouth opinion.

I'm enjoying the ones I've read so far (I have not read Archer and Armstrong 1 yet) Harbinger has been the best of the bunch but X-O and Bloodshoot have been good reads. Try them out. They've been good about keeping the #1s in print.

[Agent Panic]

I am curious.are those new iterations of the Valiant comics good? I know the write off says they had been successful,but I am interested in hear the readers word of mouth opinion.

I've never read Valiant before, so this is really my first foray into this universe.

So something prodded me to buy this new iteration of Valiant and I am already hooked.

I've read all of the books so far: Bloodshot, X-O Manowar, Archer and Armstrong and Harbinger, and liked all of them, with Harbinger being the best. X-O Manowar has been incredible, too. I loved the first issue of Archer and Armstrong. Bloodshot is okay, but it's definitely my first dropped book, should the time come.

Also, I love those covers. They're great.