Valiant after Dinesh was ungraciously kicked to the curb (with the exception of Rai, that will now most likely never finish that story) sucked. Seriously, when Valiant was under Dinesh, I bought every line and book. It was a refreshing world compared to Marvel and DC. I was more excited for the movie release of Ninjack takes on the Valiant Universe than I was for Endgame, at the time. And then DMG...
Ninjack was my gateway into Valiant. I bought everything Ninjack, even from the first iteration of Valiant and Acclaim. But after DMG took over... I couldn't buy it. The art was horrible. With the exception of Rai, all of the art was horrible. We went from these glossy and high dynamic images to Scott Pilgrim level art that didn't fit the books at all.
I know Alien has the publishing rights now but I'm probably not going back. Dinesh was the core reason that Valiant was so great and I don't think Valiant will ever see that again.
Valiant under Dinesh was awesome.
Valiant after Dinesh was ungraciously kicked to the curb (with the exception of Rai, that will now most likely never finish that story) sucked. Seriously, when Valiant was under Dinesh, I bought every line and book. It was a refreshing world compared to Marvel and DC. I was more excited for the movie release of Ninjack takes on the Valiant Universe than I was for Endgame, at the time. And then DMG...
Ninjack was my gateway into Valiant. I bought everything Ninjack, even from the first iteration of Valiant and Acclaim. But after DMG took over... I couldn't buy it. The art was horrible. With the exception of Rai, all of the art was horrible. We went from these glossy and high dynamic images to Scott Pilgrim level art that didn't fit the books at all.
I know Alien has the publishing rights now but I'm probably not going back. Dinesh was the core reason that Valiant was so great and I don't think Valiant will ever see that again.