Barry Kitson

Metahumans & Manticores – A Tabletop RPG by Blake Northcott, Arrives in March 2015

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Superhero RPG ‘Metahumans & Manticores’ Is Like a Marvel vs. DC Battle Royale, Designed by a Comic Book Dream Team

Metahumans & Manticores

In March 2015, Blake Northcott, author of the best selling Arena Mode Saga series is releasing a much anticipated tabletop RPG based on her novels.

Metahumans & Manticores is set in “a dystopian future, where superhumans compete in a dangerous combat sporting event” and features artwork from many big names in the comics industry. Dave Johnson, Barry Kitson, Steve McNiven, and Natasha Allegri are just some of the many artists who grace the approximately 90-page core book.

Having been an on-and-off tabletop RPG gamer for three decades, I’m looking forward to the arrival of Metahumans & Manticores by Blake Northcott! The premise sounds awesome and, if executed well, it can solidly establish itself as a great RPG in it’s genre!

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First Look: Bloodshot #25 – The Star-Studded Anniversary Issue

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BLOODSHOT #25 – Milligan, LaRosa, Chaykin, Swierczynski, & More Assault Valiant’s Giant-Sized Anniversary Blowout in November!

Bloodshot #25

Here’s your first look at the super-sized, star-studded, 48 page anniversary issue of Bloodshot #25, coming in November 2014 from Valiant Comics.

 

Press Release

In the tradition of X-O MANOWAR #25, HARBINGER #25, and ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #25… a murderer’s row of all-star talents is going all-in for an oversized, 48-page anniversary blowout chronicling the classified history of Valiant’s most dangerous, most brutal, most relentless hero – BLOODSHOT!

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First Look: Archer & Armstrong #25 – Giant-Sized Anniversary Issue

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ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #25 –
A Giant-Sized Anniversary Hullabaloo!

Archer & Armstrong #25

Here’s your first look at Archer & Armstrong #25 – A giant-sized anniversary issue – on sale October 29th, 2014 from Valiant Comics.

 

Press Release

This October, somebody call the fire marshall because ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #25’s epic rager is about to get out of control!

Valiant is proud to announce that New York Times best-selling writer John Layman (Chew, Detective Comics) will join red-hot artists Joe Eisma (Morning Glories), Khari Evans (Harbinger), Andy Kuhn (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and Ramon Villalobos (Original Sins) as the latest colossal talents stepping on board ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #25 – October’s oversized, 48-page anniversary celebration of Valiant’s conspiracy-smashing, globe-trotting adventure duo!

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First Look: Harbinger #25 Anniversary Spectacular (Valiant)

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First Look: July’s Massive HARBINGER #25 Anniversary Spectacular

Harbinger #25

Adds VIVEK J. TIWARY, JANET LEE, LEWIS LAROSA,
and More to All-Star Line-Up!

 

Here’s your extensive first look at the 48 page Harbinger #25 anniversary spectacular by an all-star lineup of creators – coming July 16th, 2014 from Valiant Comics.

 

Press Release

Hot on the heels of this month’s X-O MANOWAR #25, Valiant is gearing up to celebrate yet another precedent-setting milestone for the most daring and real team of teenage superheroes in comics today – the Harbinger Renegades!
Just as “DEATH OF A RENEGADE” steals one of the team away in today’s HARBINGER #23, Valiant is proud to present an advance preview of HARBINGER #25 – July’s oversized, 48-page anniversary spectacular, capping off the first two years of Joshua Dysart’s widely acclaimed vision of superpowers in the real world, and a direct introduction to a bold new year of Harbinger beginning with August’s HARBINGER: OMEGAS #1 (of 3)!

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“Death of a Renegade” Begins in Harbinger #22 – Preview

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First Look: “DEATH OF A RENEGADE” – Everything Changes in HARBINGER #22!

Harbinger #22

Here’s your first look at the start of the “Death of a Renegade” storyline in Harbinger #22 by writer Joshua Dysart & artist Clayton Henry, courtesy of Valiant Comics – on sale April 23rd, 2014.

 

Press Release

Valiant is proud to present an advance preview of HARBINGER #22 – the FIRST ISSUE of DEATH OF A RENEGADE, a devastating new turning point for Valiant’s acclaimed superhero series from New York Times best-selling creators Joshua Dysart (Harbinger Wars, Unknown Soldier) and Clayton Henry (Harbinger Wars, Incredible Hercules)! Peter. Kris. Flamingo. Torque. Zephyr. Anyone can be killed – and, on April 23rd, one of the Renegades’s own will begin an inescapable collision course toward the ultimate sacrifice.

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First Look at X-O Manowar #25 By An All-Star Cast Of Creators

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First Look: X-O MANOWAR #25 Adds CARY NORD, TOM FOWLER, ANDY RUNTON, and MORE!

X-O Manowar #25

Here’s a preview of X-O Manowar #25 by an all-star cast of writers and artists, courtesy of Valiant Comics – on sale May 21st, 2014.

 

Press Release

Before ARMOR HUNTERS strikes this summer, discover the life and times of Valiant’s armored champion with an all-star anniversary celebration that’s getting bigger by the minute!

Valiant is proud to announce that May’s X-O MANOWAR #25 – an oversized anniversary spectacular leading directly into June’s massive ARMOR HUNTERS crossover event – is adding even more creative firepower to an already jam-packed roster of superstar talents for X-O Manowar’s biggest milestone issue ever!

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Preview: Harbinger #19 by Joshua Dysart, Barry Kitson, and Riley Rossmo

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PERFECT DAY No More in HARBINGER #19!

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Here’s a preview of Harbinger #19 by writer Joshua Dysart and artists Barry Kitson & Riley Rossmo, courtesy of Valiant Comics – on sale December 11th, 2013.

 

Press Release

Valiant is proud to present an advance preview of Harbinger #19 – featuring the conclusion to the acclaimed story arc “Perfect Day” by all-star creators Joshua Dysart, Barry Kitson, and Riley Rossmo!

With Toyo Harada pushed to the limit and the very walls of Harbinger Foundation crumbling on all sides, the grim truth behind the most shocking arc of Harbinger yet is about to finally be revealed. Peter Stanchek is about to undertake the mental battle of his life…and the fate and freedom of his fellow Renegades hangs in the balance.

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Preview: Harbinger #18 by Joshua Dysart, Barry Kitson, and Riley Rossmo

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DYSART, KITSON, and ROSSMO Shatter “Perfect Day” in HARBINGER #18!

Harbinger #18
Here’s a preview of Harbinger #18 by writer Joshua Dysart and artists Barry Kitson and Riley Rossmo, courtesy of Valiant Comics on sale November 13th, 2013.

 

Press Release

Valiant is proud to present an advance preview of Harbinger #18 from New York Times best-selling writer Joshua Dysart (Harbinger Wars) and all-star artists Barry Kitson (Amazing Spider-Man) and Riley Rossmo (Bedlam, Cowboy Ninja Viking)! The Renegades are about to find out that imagination can be a killer as “Perfect Day” barrels toward a psyche-shattering conclusion!

Nothing is what it seems when hyper-psychics go to war. Held hostage by the Harbinger Foundation and scattered across their own mental landscapes, each one of the remaining Renegades must quest to unite with the others or be lost forever inside themselves. It will take courage, strength, imagination and an unwavering belief in one another if they’re going to discover the dark truth behind their Perfect Day.

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Preview: Harbinger #17 by Joshua Dysart and Clayton Henry

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The Untold Final Chapter of HARBINGER WARS – Declassified in HARBINGER #17!

Harbinger #17

 

Here’s a six page preview of Harbinger #17 by Joshua Dysart and Clayton Henry from Valiant Comics – on sale October 23rd, 2013.

 

Press Release

Valiant is proud to present an advance preview of Harbinger #17 by New York Times best-selling writer Joshua Dysart and Valiant superstar Clayton Henry! Ten days ago, Peter Stanchek and the Renegades barely escaped the clutches of Toyo Harada in the epic final battle of the Harbinger Wars…or so they think. As reality unravels, Valiant’s teenage superteam is about to discover the true extent of the collateral damage from the summer’s blockbuster crossover event – and just what they sacrificed to make it out alive.

Meanwhile, an unforeseen threat to Toyo Harada’s empire lies dormant deep within the walls of Harada’s own fortified prison facility. Meet Monica Jim – aka Animalia – another survivor of the three-way conflagration that decimated the Vegas Strip and a fellow P.O.W. inside the Harbinger Foundation. Just how does she factor into the Renagades’ “Perfect Day”? And could this savagely dangerous child be their only hope of escape from a perfectly designed prison of the mind?

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Andy Friedman Covers Harbinger #19 From Valiant Comics In December

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Celebrated Cartoonist ANDY FRIEDMAN Covers HARBINGER #19

Harbinger #19 Variant Cover by ANDY FRIEDMAN

 

Andy Friedman, cartoonist, musician, and contributor to The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, The New York Times Magazine, & The Atlantic among others, will provide a variant cover to Harbinger #19 from Valiant Comics. It marks the first time that he’s worked on monthly comics.

Harbinger #19, written by Joshua Dysart & illustrated by Barry Kitson, goes on sale December 11th, 2013 from Valiant Comics.

 

Press Release

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.

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