Author: Anitama/Anitama Cover Source: "Warrior Comics" After the completion of "The Heavy Hunter", the Warriors announced a new promotional plan

Author: Anitama/Anitama Cover source: "Warrior Comics"

After the completion of "Reload Hunter", the Warriors announced a new promotional plan. The program starts with the short series "The Warriors" released in December 2014 and runs through 2015. During this period, the Warriors successively released "Ninja K", "Imperium", "Ivar, Timewalker", " Bloodshot Reborn" and the first completely original short series "Divinity".

Starting from "God Realm", the Warrior Universe has more possibilities and creators have more room to play. However, this does not mean that the Warriors will completely give up their original characters - the old Warrior comic is a treasure that has yet to be mined. The current restart of the comic is just the tip of the iceberg. The loyal fans of the Old Warriors are eagerly looking forward to the start of new serialization of more popular characters and comic series. But the Warriors obviously don't want to be limited to the original pattern. “We can follow the previous comics and release the 69th issue of "Shiz-Time War" directly, but we don’t want to be a company born from nostalgia,” said Hunter Gorinson, marketing director. "What's special about the old Warriors...is that in an era where style is paramount, the story and plot are put first." The Warriors will focus on the future based on inheriting this characteristic.

When exploring more new possibilities, the Warriors did not forget to give a phased summary of the existing series. In the summer of 2015, the Warriors released the short story comic series "Book of Death", and also launched a series of related comics "Book of Death: The Fall of Bloodshot", "Book of Death: The Fall of Ninjak", "Book of Death: The Fall of Harbinger", "Book of Death: The Fall of X-O Manowar" and the derivative series "Book of Death: Legends of the Feng Shui Master". Geomancer). "The Book of the Dead", which has a collection of successes in various series, is one of the best comics of that year and is also the most popular independent comic for cross-series events in 10 years. "Wrath of the Eternal Warrior", which began serializing in November 2015, was born from "The Book of the Dead".

The cover of the first issue of "Book of the Dead".

Sham Dasani announced at the 2016 Warriors Summit that the Warriors had a good start and successfully gained a foothold in the industry. In 2016, the company will no longer be limited to core comics, but will focus on expanding the capacity of the Warriors universe. The Warriors will launch two completely original comic series "Britannia" and "Savage" as well as two sequels "Divine Realm II" and "Divine Realm III", and will enable the supporting roles of "The Pioneer Warriors" to be the protagonists, showing off their skills in the new series "Generation Zero" and "Faith".

"Faith" attracted widespread attention from the media as soon as it was released in January 2016, becoming one of the few comics that can be republished five times in the past decade, and refreshed the fastest republishing speed in comic history. The success of Faith may largely stem from its political factors. The special chapter of the fifth issue of the comic directly allowed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to stand side by side with the heroine, causing heated discussions on the Internet. Editor Tom Brennan said, "The purpose of this move is not to tell readers who to vote, but to encourage everyone to go out and vote." In any case, this strategy is indeed effective. "Faith" ranked 20th among the top 100 comics selected by the authoritative comic website CBR.com.

"Faith" cover

In 2016, the Warriors received a total of 50 Harvey Award nominations, making them the publisher with the most nominations that year. Among them, "Bloody Warrior: Rebirth" accounted for 8, making it the comic with the most nominations in that year. So far, the Warriors have released more than 40 series of comics, with a total of more than 500 issues. The Warriors try to provide all potential readers with comics that meet their preferences, not only team comics, single comics, but also works of various themes and styles to choose from.

Author: Anitama/Anitama Cover source: "Warrior Comics"

After the completion of "Reload Hunter", the Warriors announced a new promotional plan. The program starts with the short series "The Warriors" released in December 2014 and runs through 2015. During this period, the Warriors successively released "Ninja K", "Imperium", "Ivar, Timewalker", " Bloodshot Reborn" and the first completely original short series "Divinity".

Starting from "God Realm", the Warrior Universe has more possibilities and creators have more room to play. However, this does not mean that the Warriors will completely give up their original characters - the old Warrior comic is a treasure that has yet to be mined. The current restart of the comic is just the tip of the iceberg. The loyal fans of the Old Warriors are eagerly looking forward to the start of new serialization of more popular characters and comic series. But the Warriors obviously don't want to be limited to the original pattern. “We can follow the previous comics and release the 69th issue of "Shiz-Time War" directly, but we don’t want to be a company born from nostalgia,” said Hunter Gorinson, marketing director. "What's special about the old Warriors...is that in an era where style is paramount, the story and plot are put first." The Warriors will focus on the future based on inheriting this characteristic.

When exploring more new possibilities, the Warriors did not forget to give a phased summary of the existing series. In the summer of 2015, the Warriors released the short story comic series "Book of Death", and also launched a series of related comics "Book of Death: The Fall of Bloodshot", "Book of Death: The Fall of Ninjak", "Book of Death: The Fall of Harbinger", "Book of Death: The Fall of X-O Manowar" and the derivative series "Book of Death: Legends of the Feng Shui Master". Geomancer). "The Book of the Dead", which has a collection of successes in various series, is one of the best comics of that year and is also the most popular independent comic for cross-series events in 10 years. "Wrath of the Eternal Warrior", which began serializing in November 2015, was born from "The Book of the Dead".

The cover of the first issue of "Book of the Dead".

Sham Dasani announced at the 2016 Warriors Summit that the Warriors had a good start and successfully gained a foothold in the industry. In 2016, the company will no longer be limited to core comics, but will focus on expanding the capacity of the Warriors universe. The Warriors will launch two completely original comic series "Britannia" and "Savage" as well as two sequels "Divine Realm II" and "Divine Realm III", and will enable the supporting roles of "The Pioneer Warriors" to be the protagonists, showing off their skills in the new series "Generation Zero" and "Faith".

"Faith" attracted widespread attention from the media as soon as it was released in January 2016, becoming one of the few comics that can be republished five times in the past decade, and refreshed the fastest republishing speed in comic history. The success of Faith may largely stem from its political factors. The special chapter of the fifth issue of the comic directly allowed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to stand side by side with the heroine, causing heated discussions on the Internet. Editor Tom Brennan said, "The purpose of this move is not to tell readers who to vote, but to encourage everyone to go out and vote." In any case, this strategy is indeed effective. "Faith" ranked 20th among the top 100 comics selected by the authoritative comic website CBR.com.

"Faith" cover

In 2016, the Warriors received a total of 50 Harvey Award nominations, making them the publisher with the most nominations that year. Among them, "Bloody Warrior: Rebirth" accounted for 8, making it the comic with the most nominations in that year. So far, the Warriors have released more than 40 series of comics, with a total of more than 500 issues. The Warriors try to provide all potential readers with comics that meet their preferences, not only team comics, single comics, but also works of various themes and styles to choose from.

Generally speaking, from the perspective of content, Warriors comics can be divided into four categories, namely political comics, science fiction comics, comedy comics, and supernatural comics. Political comics refer to the type of comics with political implications, such as "The Pioneer Warrior" and "Bloody Warrior". Although this type of comics has a superhero factor, they prefer a tense and exciting suspense story style. "The Pioneer Warriors" can be regarded as the Warriors version of "X-Men ", and the protagonist is also a group of people with super abilities. The difference is that the X-Men have the world in mind and strives to fight against evil forces in order to protect the peace between humans and special forces, while the pioneer warrior leader Toyo Harada only wants to use them to achieve their goals. Toyohara Harada can be regarded as one of the most important characters in the entire Warrior universe. He is like the evil version of Professor X, trying to control the world with the power of the pioneer warriors. "Bloody Warrior" tells the story of a person finding himself. The protagonist Bloody Warrior is a killer brainwashed by the government, with no name and no past. The first half of the comic mainly depicts the process of his hard work to find his true identity. In the second half, the bloody warrior began to try to regain control of his life.

Warriors' most popular villain Harada Toyoshi.

The flagship comic of the Warriors "Ship Time and Space Warriors" is a representative of science fiction - aliens, time and space dislocation, earthlings hijacked by alien spacecraft, and magical alien technology are all classic elements of science fiction comics. The story of "Ship Time God" is very attractive. If you have to compare it, this Visigoth who has traveled through 1,600 years is more like Captain America, and they are also lonely souls lost in modern times. The Warriors did not specifically portray the protagonist Alic as a great hero, but instead blurred his moral stance slightly. In the eyes of his people and compatriots, he is a great leader and loyal friend, a hero who sacrifices his life for the country; in the eyes of modern people who fear his power, he is an unstable factor that disrupts the world, a barbarian who eats raw meat and drinks blood and kills people like numb. The multi-angle portrayal gives him depth to his character, making him a flawed hero, a flesh-and-blood person.

The third type of comedy comics is a style that Warriors are very good at. Their representative works are naturally "Saint Archer and Armstrong " and "Quantum Brothers". The routines of the two series are basically two brothers/partners running around the world, creating riots everywhere, and doing something that makes people laugh. The protagonist of "Saint Archer and Armstrong" is a pair of partners who are not acquainted. Archer was raised by a militarized sect and became a killer. In the first episode of the comic, he was ordered to assassinate the undead Armstrong who had lived for thousands of years. The couple's behavioral style is deviated from the conventional, but does not violate the character design, but is a natural result of character creation. Archer is the most empathetic character in the Warrior universe, but he just recites the Bible all day long and seems pedantic; Armstrong is an unreliable alcoholic, and he likes to read pretentious poems when he drinks too much. Although he is full of shortcomings, he is the most likable guy. The protagonist of "Quantum Brothers" is a pair of raising brothers. An accident has given them superpowers, but they almost don't know how to use it. Quantum is one of the most successful African-American characters in comic history. He is the core character of the comic. He seems to be a meticulous and serious person, but he is always involved in the trouble caused by his liberty brother Woody and has to clumsyly clean up the mess for him again and again. If you can tolerate the comic portraying a bastard character from a compassionate perspective, then the romantic, tricked Woody and the Quantum who dreams of becoming a superhero will be a perfect match. The last category of

is supernatural comics, and the most important work is "Night Shadowman" with the Vodou worldview as the background. The real name of Night Shadowman Jack Boniface lost his parents since childhood and grew up in a foster home. All his parents left him is a talisman. After he threw away the amulet, strange events followed one after another. Later he discovered that his father was the last night shadow man who fought against evil forces from the "Darkside" to protect the earth and eventually died.The function of the amulet is to prevent him from being found by the dark power. After throwing away the amulet, in order to protect himself, he could only inherit the identity of Ye Yingxia. It is worth mentioning that the supporting role Dr. Phantom, who appeared in "Night Shadowman", later had an exclusive short series, perfectly integrating love and supernatural elements, and received high praise.

new version of "Night Shadowman" main characters.

Warriors comics have proven that they are trustworthy. "Just pick up a Warriors comic and I know it's definitely worth $3.99," said Dan Pittman, an old comic fan. "I think the Warriors are more focused on the comics themselves, unlike DC and Marvel, who focus on promotional movies and large-scale events." But he also believes that the Warriors still need to overcome one of the biggest obstacles: "My only dissatisfaction with the Warriors at present is their lack of diversity, regardless of character setting or creative team." He makes sense: there are very few series with women as the protagonists. Even if there are female protagonists, they are either team comics or short series, and most of the creative teams are men.

, who is the screenwriter of several Warrior comic series, also has to admit that Warriors must keep up with the pace of the times and increase diversity. He remembered that when he first attended the Warriors screenwriter party, "There were about six or seven men. The first thing we said was, 'We have to hire a female screenwriter, it's terrible.'"

Sham Dasani agreed with this, and he felt that the company should pay attention to the issue of gender diversity. “There is an imbalance in the ratio of male and female creators and male and female employees in the entire comics industry,” he said. "In addition, some publishers under the Big Group value female employees more due to specific requirements, pay higher salaries for women, and actively extend olive branches to them. This makes it difficult for us to recruit female employees."

Recently, we can see the efforts made by the Warriors for gender diversity. The new version of "Doctor Phantom" is a short comic series created by female screenwriters and feminine characters. The protagonist Shan Fong is a paranormal investigator with psychic abilities. After losing her love, she never gave up looking for her husband's soul. Screenwriter Jen Van Meter has worked at Marvel and DC.

new version of "Doctor Phantom".

In addition, Warriors have also added many key female characters to the currently serialized series. The Russian superhero Red Legend, which debuted in the first episode of "Divine Realm III", was called "Warrior Wonder Woman or Thor" by Shamdasani, and he also said that the new character will have a crucial impact on the entire Warrior Universe in 2017. The new series "4001 A.D." which started in 2016 brings another interesting new character, "War Mother". The sniper rifle on the back of the Mother of War was very special, it was a perceptual weapon. At first it was like an ignorant child, requiring the cultivation and guidance of his master, which is exactly why the character would be called a "mother" - she not only had to raise her own biological child, but also had to raise her weapons like a mother.

New Hero Red Legend

New Hero War Mother

Not only is the creator behind Warriors comics slowly changing, but his works are also becoming more and more diverse in artistic expression. Although the storyline is easy to sort out, the narrative technique becomes increasingly tortuous. The new version of "Spirit" released in 2014 is more crazy and more visually impactful than the old version of the 1990s. The 2015 "Ninja K" is a storyline of multiple time periods at the same time. In addition, the Warriors have also begun to boldly launch new original series, such as "God Realm", "Brittania", "Barbar", etc. mentioned above.

In recent years, the Warriors have no longer been limited to comics and have begun to enter the film and television field. In 2015, Warriors Entertainment and Sony Pictures announced that they would cooperate to shoot multiple movies, bringing the "Bloody Warrior" and "Pioneer Warrior" series to the big screen.During the 2016 New York International Comic Exhibition, the Warriors released another big news, revealing that "Ninjak V.S. The Valiant Universe", with Michael Rowe playing the leading role of Ninjak V.S. The actor of Bloodstorm is Jason David Frank. Michael once played the super villain Deadshot in the TV series "Arrow", and Jason's more famous experience was playing Tommy Oliver in the American version of "HTM3 Dinosaur Team ". In the same year, media reported that the US CW TV station was going to bring "Dr. Phantom" to the TV screen, and the script was led by Gary Dauberman, the screenwriter of "Annabelle".

"Ninja K vs. Warriors Universe" promotional photo

At present, the sales and influence of Warriors' comics are far less than those of the two comic giants, but Sham Dasani said that he has very long-term plans for the Warriors and is not obsessed with short-term results. Standing in the middle of an office full of documents and comics, he expressed his ambitions: "Our goal is to be the third largest comic company. It may take five or ten years, and no matter how long it takes, we will always succeed in the end."

"We will have a big fall in the future," he said with a smile. "There will be a day, I'm sure. But this day hasn't come yet.”

Appendix:

Recommended reading order: Click here to enter the series that is still serialized:

"AA: The Adventures of Archer and Armstrong" (AA: The Adventures of Archer and Armstrong)
"Bloodshot U.S.A." (Bloodshot U.S.A., Short Story Series)
"Divinity III" (Divinity III, Short Story Series)
"Faith"
"Generation Zero"
"Harbinger Renegade"
"Ninjak"
"Ninjak"
"Barbar" (Savage, short series)
"Rai" (Rai)

upcoming series (arranged in chronological order):

"Bloodshot Reborn" #0 (Bloodshot Reborn#0, the end of a single series - March 22, 2017)

"Immortal Brothers: The Tale of the Green Knight #1, the single one - April 12, 2017)

"Britannia (II): We Who Are About to Die, the short series - April 26, 2017)

"God of War" 2017 Special (FCBD 2017 X-O Manowar Special, May 3, 2017)

"Secret Weapons" (Secret Weapons, Short Story Series – June 2017)

"Bloodshot Salvation, "Secondary of Bloodshot: Rebirth" - 2017)

"Harbinger Wars 2 #0 - Redemption, Single Story – Late 2017)

"Divinity IV" (Secondary of the Short Story Series – 2017)

"Imperium" (Short Series - 2017)

"Psi-Lords" (Psi-Lords, expected to be released in 2017)

"Shadowman" (Phase 2017)

"War Mother" (Phase 2017)

Completed series:

"4001 A.D." #1-4 (Major Event Comics - May-August 2016)

"Saint Archer and Armstrong" #1-25 + #0 (Archer and Armstrong, August 2012 to October 2014)

"Reload Hunters" #1-4 (Armor Hunters, Big Event Comics – June-September 2014)

"Bloodshot" #1-13, 24-25, + #0 (Bloodshot, July 2012 to November 2014)

"Bloodshot: Iron Blood Corps" #14-23 (Bloodshot and H.A.R.D. Corps, September 2013 to June 2014)

"Bloodshot: Rebirth" #1-18 (Bloodshot Reborn, April 2015 to October 2016)

Bloodshot: U.S.A. #1-4 (Bloodshot U.S.A., October 2016 to January 2017)

Book of the Dead #1-4 (Book of Death, Big Event Comics – July-October 2015)

Britannia #1-4 (Britannia, September-December 2016)

Dead Mailbox #1-4 (Dead Drop, May-August 2015)

Dr. Phantom #1-5 (The Death-Defying Doctor Mirage, September 2014 to January 2015)

"Doctor Phantom: Second Lives" #1-4 (Death-Defying Doctor Mirage: Second Lives, December 2015 to March 2016)

"The Delinquents, Team Comics - August-November 2014)

"Divinity" #1-4 (Divinity, February-May 2015)

"Divinity II" #1-4 (Divinity II, April-July 2015)

"Eternal Warrior" #1-8 (Eternal Warrior, September 2013 to April 2014)

"Eternal Warrior: Days of Steel" #1-3 (Eternal Warrior: Days of Steel, November 2014 to January 2015)

"Faith" #1-4 (Faith, Short Series - January-April 2016)

"Pioneer Warrior" #1-25 + #0 (Harbinger, June 2012 to July 2014)

"Pioneer Warrior" #1-4 (Harbinger Wars, Big Event Comics – April to July 2013)

"Empire" #1-16 (Imperium, February 2015 to May 2016)

"TimeWalker" #1-12 (Ivar, Timewalker, January to December 2015)

"Quantum Brothers 2: Return of Quantum Brothers" #1-5 (Q2: The Return of Quantum and Woody, October 2014 to February 2015)

"Quantum Brothers" #1-12 + #0 (Quantum and Woody, July 2013-July 2014)

"The Crisis of the Quantum Brothers" #1-4 (Quantum and Woody Must Die!, January-April 2015)

"Spirit" #1-16 (Rai, April 2014-August 2016)

"Spirit" #1-16 + #0 [+ #13X] (Shadowman, November 2012-March 2014)

"Spirit: End Times" #1-3 (Shadowman: End Times, April 2014-June 2014)

"United Team" #1-25 + #0 (Unity, Team Comics - November 2013 to December 2015)

"The Warriors" #1-4 (The Valiant, Team Comics - December 2014 to March 2015)

"Wrath of the Eternal Warrior" #1-14 (Wrath of the Eternal Warrior, November 2015 to December 2016)

"Ship Time Warrior" #1-50 + #0 (X-O Manowar, May 2012 to September 2016)

Note: The titles of the works appearing in the article are temporary translation names, and everything is subject to the actual translation of the official publication.

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The function of the amulet is to prevent him from being found by the dark power. After throwing away the amulet, in order to protect himself, he could only inherit the identity of Ye Yingxia. It is worth mentioning that the supporting role Dr. Phantom, who appeared in "Night Shadowman", later had an exclusive short series, perfectly integrating love and supernatural elements, and received high praise.

new version of "Night Shadowman" main characters.

Warriors comics have proven that they are trustworthy. "Just pick up a Warriors comic and I know it's definitely worth $3.99," said Dan Pittman, an old comic fan. "I think the Warriors are more focused on the comics themselves, unlike DC and Marvel, who focus on promotional movies and large-scale events." But he also believes that the Warriors still need to overcome one of the biggest obstacles: "My only dissatisfaction with the Warriors at present is their lack of diversity, regardless of character setting or creative team." He makes sense: there are very few series with women as the protagonists. Even if there are female protagonists, they are either team comics or short series, and most of the creative teams are men.

, who is the screenwriter of several Warrior comic series, also has to admit that Warriors must keep up with the pace of the times and increase diversity. He remembered that when he first attended the Warriors screenwriter party, "There were about six or seven men. The first thing we said was, 'We have to hire a female screenwriter, it's terrible.'"

Sham Dasani agreed with this, and he felt that the company should pay attention to the issue of gender diversity. “There is an imbalance in the ratio of male and female creators and male and female employees in the entire comics industry,” he said. "In addition, some publishers under the Big Group value female employees more due to specific requirements, pay higher salaries for women, and actively extend olive branches to them. This makes it difficult for us to recruit female employees."

Recently, we can see the efforts made by the Warriors for gender diversity. The new version of "Doctor Phantom" is a short comic series created by female screenwriters and feminine characters. The protagonist Shan Fong is a paranormal investigator with psychic abilities. After losing her love, she never gave up looking for her husband's soul. Screenwriter Jen Van Meter has worked at Marvel and DC.

new version of "Doctor Phantom".

In addition, Warriors have also added many key female characters to the currently serialized series. The Russian superhero Red Legend, which debuted in the first episode of "Divine Realm III", was called "Warrior Wonder Woman or Thor" by Shamdasani, and he also said that the new character will have a crucial impact on the entire Warrior Universe in 2017. The new series "4001 A.D." which started in 2016 brings another interesting new character, "War Mother". The sniper rifle on the back of the Mother of War was very special, it was a perceptual weapon. At first it was like an ignorant child, requiring the cultivation and guidance of his master, which is exactly why the character would be called a "mother" - she not only had to raise her own biological child, but also had to raise her weapons like a mother.

New Hero Red Legend

New Hero War Mother

Not only is the creator behind Warriors comics slowly changing, but his works are also becoming more and more diverse in artistic expression. Although the storyline is easy to sort out, the narrative technique becomes increasingly tortuous. The new version of "Spirit" released in 2014 is more crazy and more visually impactful than the old version of the 1990s. The 2015 "Ninja K" is a storyline of multiple time periods at the same time. In addition, the Warriors have also begun to boldly launch new original series, such as "God Realm", "Brittania", "Barbar", etc. mentioned above.

In recent years, the Warriors have no longer been limited to comics and have begun to enter the film and television field. In 2015, Warriors Entertainment and Sony Pictures announced that they would cooperate to shoot multiple movies, bringing the "Bloody Warrior" and "Pioneer Warrior" series to the big screen.During the 2016 New York International Comic Exhibition, the Warriors released another big news, revealing that "Ninjak V.S. The Valiant Universe", with Michael Rowe playing the leading role of Ninjak V.S. The actor of Bloodstorm is Jason David Frank. Michael once played the super villain Deadshot in the TV series "Arrow", and Jason's more famous experience was playing Tommy Oliver in the American version of "HTM3 Dinosaur Team ". In the same year, media reported that the US CW TV station was going to bring "Dr. Phantom" to the TV screen, and the script was led by Gary Dauberman, the screenwriter of "Annabelle".

"Ninja K vs. Warriors Universe" promotional photo

At present, the sales and influence of Warriors' comics are far less than those of the two comic giants, but Sham Dasani said that he has very long-term plans for the Warriors and is not obsessed with short-term results. Standing in the middle of an office full of documents and comics, he expressed his ambitions: "Our goal is to be the third largest comic company. It may take five or ten years, and no matter how long it takes, we will always succeed in the end."

"We will have a big fall in the future," he said with a smile. "There will be a day, I'm sure. But this day hasn't come yet.

Author: Anitama/Anitama Cover source: "Warrior Comics"

After the completion of "Reload Hunter", the Warriors announced a new promotional plan. The program starts with the short series "The Warriors" released in December 2014 and runs through 2015. During this period, the Warriors successively released "Ninja K", "Imperium", "Ivar, Timewalker", " Bloodshot Reborn" and the first completely original short series "Divinity".

Starting from "God Realm", the Warrior Universe has more possibilities and creators have more room to play. However, this does not mean that the Warriors will completely give up their original characters - the old Warrior comic is a treasure that has yet to be mined. The current restart of the comic is just the tip of the iceberg. The loyal fans of the Old Warriors are eagerly looking forward to the start of new serialization of more popular characters and comic series. But the Warriors obviously don't want to be limited to the original pattern. “We can follow the previous comics and release the 69th issue of "Shiz-Time War" directly, but we don’t want to be a company born from nostalgia,” said Hunter Gorinson, marketing director. "What's special about the old Warriors...is that in an era where style is paramount, the story and plot are put first." The Warriors will focus on the future based on inheriting this characteristic.

When exploring more new possibilities, the Warriors did not forget to give a phased summary of the existing series. In the summer of 2015, the Warriors released the short story comic series "Book of Death", and also launched a series of related comics "Book of Death: The Fall of Bloodshot", "Book of Death: The Fall of Ninjak", "Book of Death: The Fall of Harbinger", "Book of Death: The Fall of X-O Manowar" and the derivative series "Book of Death: Legends of the Feng Shui Master". Geomancer). "The Book of the Dead", which has a collection of successes in various series, is one of the best comics of that year and is also the most popular independent comic for cross-series events in 10 years. "Wrath of the Eternal Warrior", which began serializing in November 2015, was born from "The Book of the Dead".

The cover of the first issue of "Book of the Dead".

Sham Dasani announced at the 2016 Warriors Summit that the Warriors had a good start and successfully gained a foothold in the industry. In 2016, the company will no longer be limited to core comics, but will focus on expanding the capacity of the Warriors universe. The Warriors will launch two completely original comic series "Britannia" and "Savage" as well as two sequels "Divine Realm II" and "Divine Realm III", and will enable the supporting roles of "The Pioneer Warriors" to be the protagonists, showing off their skills in the new series "Generation Zero" and "Faith".

"Faith" attracted widespread attention from the media as soon as it was released in January 2016, becoming one of the few comics that can be republished five times in the past decade, and refreshed the fastest republishing speed in comic history. The success of Faith may largely stem from its political factors. The special chapter of the fifth issue of the comic directly allowed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to stand side by side with the heroine, causing heated discussions on the Internet. Editor Tom Brennan said, "The purpose of this move is not to tell readers who to vote, but to encourage everyone to go out and vote." In any case, this strategy is indeed effective. "Faith" ranked 20th among the top 100 comics selected by the authoritative comic website CBR.com.

"Faith" cover

In 2016, the Warriors received a total of 50 Harvey Award nominations, making them the publisher with the most nominations that year. Among them, "Bloody Warrior: Rebirth" accounted for 8, making it the comic with the most nominations in that year. So far, the Warriors have released more than 40 series of comics, with a total of more than 500 issues. The Warriors try to provide all potential readers with comics that meet their preferences, not only team comics, single comics, but also works of various themes and styles to choose from.

Generally speaking, from the perspective of content, Warriors comics can be divided into four categories, namely political comics, science fiction comics, comedy comics, and supernatural comics. Political comics refer to the type of comics with political implications, such as "The Pioneer Warrior" and "Bloody Warrior". Although this type of comics has a superhero factor, they prefer a tense and exciting suspense story style. "The Pioneer Warriors" can be regarded as the Warriors version of "X-Men ", and the protagonist is also a group of people with super abilities. The difference is that the X-Men have the world in mind and strives to fight against evil forces in order to protect the peace between humans and special forces, while the pioneer warrior leader Toyo Harada only wants to use them to achieve their goals. Toyohara Harada can be regarded as one of the most important characters in the entire Warrior universe. He is like the evil version of Professor X, trying to control the world with the power of the pioneer warriors. "Bloody Warrior" tells the story of a person finding himself. The protagonist Bloody Warrior is a killer brainwashed by the government, with no name and no past. The first half of the comic mainly depicts the process of his hard work to find his true identity. In the second half, the bloody warrior began to try to regain control of his life.

Warriors' most popular villain Harada Toyoshi.

The flagship comic of the Warriors "Ship Time and Space Warriors" is a representative of science fiction - aliens, time and space dislocation, earthlings hijacked by alien spacecraft, and magical alien technology are all classic elements of science fiction comics. The story of "Ship Time God" is very attractive. If you have to compare it, this Visigoth who has traveled through 1,600 years is more like Captain America, and they are also lonely souls lost in modern times. The Warriors did not specifically portray the protagonist Alic as a great hero, but instead blurred his moral stance slightly. In the eyes of his people and compatriots, he is a great leader and loyal friend, a hero who sacrifices his life for the country; in the eyes of modern people who fear his power, he is an unstable factor that disrupts the world, a barbarian who eats raw meat and drinks blood and kills people like numb. The multi-angle portrayal gives him depth to his character, making him a flawed hero, a flesh-and-blood person.

The third type of comedy comics is a style that Warriors are very good at. Their representative works are naturally "Saint Archer and Armstrong " and "Quantum Brothers". The routines of the two series are basically two brothers/partners running around the world, creating riots everywhere, and doing something that makes people laugh. The protagonist of "Saint Archer and Armstrong" is a pair of partners who are not acquainted. Archer was raised by a militarized sect and became a killer. In the first episode of the comic, he was ordered to assassinate the undead Armstrong who had lived for thousands of years. The couple's behavioral style is deviated from the conventional, but does not violate the character design, but is a natural result of character creation. Archer is the most empathetic character in the Warrior universe, but he just recites the Bible all day long and seems pedantic; Armstrong is an unreliable alcoholic, and he likes to read pretentious poems when he drinks too much. Although he is full of shortcomings, he is the most likable guy. The protagonist of "Quantum Brothers" is a pair of raising brothers. An accident has given them superpowers, but they almost don't know how to use it. Quantum is one of the most successful African-American characters in comic history. He is the core character of the comic. He seems to be a meticulous and serious person, but he is always involved in the trouble caused by his liberty brother Woody and has to clumsyly clean up the mess for him again and again. If you can tolerate the comic portraying a bastard character from a compassionate perspective, then the romantic, tricked Woody and the Quantum who dreams of becoming a superhero will be a perfect match. The last category of

is supernatural comics, and the most important work is "Night Shadowman" with the Vodou worldview as the background. The real name of Night Shadowman Jack Boniface lost his parents since childhood and grew up in a foster home. All his parents left him is a talisman. After he threw away the amulet, strange events followed one after another. Later he discovered that his father was the last night shadow man who fought against evil forces from the "Darkside" to protect the earth and eventually died.The function of the amulet is to prevent him from being found by the dark power. After throwing away the amulet, in order to protect himself, he could only inherit the identity of Ye Yingxia. It is worth mentioning that the supporting role Dr. Phantom, who appeared in "Night Shadowman", later had an exclusive short series, perfectly integrating love and supernatural elements, and received high praise.

new version of "Night Shadowman" main characters.

Warriors comics have proven that they are trustworthy. "Just pick up a Warriors comic and I know it's definitely worth $3.99," said Dan Pittman, an old comic fan. "I think the Warriors are more focused on the comics themselves, unlike DC and Marvel, who focus on promotional movies and large-scale events." But he also believes that the Warriors still need to overcome one of the biggest obstacles: "My only dissatisfaction with the Warriors at present is their lack of diversity, regardless of character setting or creative team." He makes sense: there are very few series with women as the protagonists. Even if there are female protagonists, they are either team comics or short series, and most of the creative teams are men.

, who is the screenwriter of several Warrior comic series, also has to admit that Warriors must keep up with the pace of the times and increase diversity. He remembered that when he first attended the Warriors screenwriter party, "There were about six or seven men. The first thing we said was, 'We have to hire a female screenwriter, it's terrible.'"

Sham Dasani agreed with this, and he felt that the company should pay attention to the issue of gender diversity. “There is an imbalance in the ratio of male and female creators and male and female employees in the entire comics industry,” he said. "In addition, some publishers under the Big Group value female employees more due to specific requirements, pay higher salaries for women, and actively extend olive branches to them. This makes it difficult for us to recruit female employees."

Recently, we can see the efforts made by the Warriors for gender diversity. The new version of "Doctor Phantom" is a short comic series created by female screenwriters and feminine characters. The protagonist Shan Fong is a paranormal investigator with psychic abilities. After losing her love, she never gave up looking for her husband's soul. Screenwriter Jen Van Meter has worked at Marvel and DC.

new version of "Doctor Phantom".

In addition, Warriors have also added many key female characters to the currently serialized series. The Russian superhero Red Legend, which debuted in the first episode of "Divine Realm III", was called "Warrior Wonder Woman or Thor" by Shamdasani, and he also said that the new character will have a crucial impact on the entire Warrior Universe in 2017. The new series "4001 A.D." which started in 2016 brings another interesting new character, "War Mother". The sniper rifle on the back of the Mother of War was very special, it was a perceptual weapon. At first it was like an ignorant child, requiring the cultivation and guidance of his master, which is exactly why the character would be called a "mother" - she not only had to raise her own biological child, but also had to raise her weapons like a mother.

New Hero Red Legend

New Hero War Mother

Not only is the creator behind Warriors comics slowly changing, but his works are also becoming more and more diverse in artistic expression. Although the storyline is easy to sort out, the narrative technique becomes increasingly tortuous. The new version of "Spirit" released in 2014 is more crazy and more visually impactful than the old version of the 1990s. The 2015 "Ninja K" is a storyline of multiple time periods at the same time. In addition, the Warriors have also begun to boldly launch new original series, such as "God Realm", "Brittania", "Barbar", etc. mentioned above.

In recent years, the Warriors have no longer been limited to comics and have begun to enter the film and television field. In 2015, Warriors Entertainment and Sony Pictures announced that they would cooperate to shoot multiple movies, bringing the "Bloody Warrior" and "Pioneer Warrior" series to the big screen.During the 2016 New York International Comic Exhibition, the Warriors released another big news, revealing that "Ninjak V.S. The Valiant Universe", with Michael Rowe playing the leading role of Ninjak V.S. The actor of Bloodstorm is Jason David Frank. Michael once played the super villain Deadshot in the TV series "Arrow", and Jason's more famous experience was playing Tommy Oliver in the American version of "HTM3 Dinosaur Team ". In the same year, media reported that the US CW TV station was going to bring "Dr. Phantom" to the TV screen, and the script was led by Gary Dauberman, the screenwriter of "Annabelle".

"Ninja K vs. Warriors Universe" promotional photo

At present, the sales and influence of Warriors' comics are far less than those of the two comic giants, but Sham Dasani said that he has very long-term plans for the Warriors and is not obsessed with short-term results. Standing in the middle of an office full of documents and comics, he expressed his ambitions: "Our goal is to be the third largest comic company. It may take five or ten years, and no matter how long it takes, we will always succeed in the end."

"We will have a big fall in the future," he said with a smile. "There will be a day, I'm sure. But this day hasn't come yet.”

Appendix:

Recommended reading order: Click here to enter the series that is still serialized:

"AA: The Adventures of Archer and Armstrong" (AA: The Adventures of Archer and Armstrong)
"Bloodshot U.S.A." (Bloodshot U.S.A., Short Story Series)
"Divinity III" (Divinity III, Short Story Series)
"Faith"
"Generation Zero"
"Harbinger Renegade"
"Ninjak"
"Ninjak"
"Barbar" (Savage, short series)
"Rai" (Rai)

upcoming series (arranged in chronological order):

"Bloodshot Reborn" #0 (Bloodshot Reborn#0, the end of a single series - March 22, 2017)

"Immortal Brothers: The Tale of the Green Knight #1, the single one - April 12, 2017)

"Britannia (II): We Who Are About to Die, the short series - April 26, 2017)

"God of War" 2017 Special (FCBD 2017 X-O Manowar Special, May 3, 2017)

"Secret Weapons" (Secret Weapons, Short Story Series – June 2017)

"Bloodshot Salvation, "Secondary of Bloodshot: Rebirth" - 2017)

"Harbinger Wars 2 #0 - Redemption, Single Story – Late 2017)

"Divinity IV" (Secondary of the Short Story Series – 2017)

"Imperium" (Short Series - 2017)

"Psi-Lords" (Psi-Lords, expected to be released in 2017)

"Shadowman" (Phase 2017)

"War Mother" (Phase 2017)

Completed series:

"4001 A.D." #1-4 (Major Event Comics - May-August 2016)

"Saint Archer and Armstrong" #1-25 + #0 (Archer and Armstrong, August 2012 to October 2014)

"Reload Hunters" #1-4 (Armor Hunters, Big Event Comics – June-September 2014)

"Bloodshot" #1-13, 24-25, + #0 (Bloodshot, July 2012 to November 2014)

"Bloodshot: Iron Blood Corps" #14-23 (Bloodshot and H.A.R.D. Corps, September 2013 to June 2014)

"Bloodshot: Rebirth" #1-18 (Bloodshot Reborn, April 2015 to October 2016)

Bloodshot: U.S.A. #1-4 (Bloodshot U.S.A., October 2016 to January 2017)

Book of the Dead #1-4 (Book of Death, Big Event Comics – July-October 2015)

Britannia #1-4 (Britannia, September-December 2016)

Dead Mailbox #1-4 (Dead Drop, May-August 2015)

Dr. Phantom #1-5 (The Death-Defying Doctor Mirage, September 2014 to January 2015)

"Doctor Phantom: Second Lives" #1-4 (Death-Defying Doctor Mirage: Second Lives, December 2015 to March 2016)

"The Delinquents, Team Comics - August-November 2014)

"Divinity" #1-4 (Divinity, February-May 2015)

"Divinity II" #1-4 (Divinity II, April-July 2015)

"Eternal Warrior" #1-8 (Eternal Warrior, September 2013 to April 2014)

"Eternal Warrior: Days of Steel" #1-3 (Eternal Warrior: Days of Steel, November 2014 to January 2015)

"Faith" #1-4 (Faith, Short Series - January-April 2016)

"Pioneer Warrior" #1-25 + #0 (Harbinger, June 2012 to July 2014)

"Pioneer Warrior" #1-4 (Harbinger Wars, Big Event Comics – April to July 2013)

"Empire" #1-16 (Imperium, February 2015 to May 2016)

"TimeWalker" #1-12 (Ivar, Timewalker, January to December 2015)

"Quantum Brothers 2: Return of Quantum Brothers" #1-5 (Q2: The Return of Quantum and Woody, October 2014 to February 2015)

"Quantum Brothers" #1-12 + #0 (Quantum and Woody, July 2013-July 2014)

"The Crisis of the Quantum Brothers" #1-4 (Quantum and Woody Must Die!, January-April 2015)

"Spirit" #1-16 (Rai, April 2014-August 2016)

"Spirit" #1-16 + #0 [+ #13X] (Shadowman, November 2012-March 2014)

"Spirit: End Times" #1-3 (Shadowman: End Times, April 2014-June 2014)

"United Team" #1-25 + #0 (Unity, Team Comics - November 2013 to December 2015)

"The Warriors" #1-4 (The Valiant, Team Comics - December 2014 to March 2015)

"Wrath of the Eternal Warrior" #1-14 (Wrath of the Eternal Warrior, November 2015 to December 2016)

"Ship Time Warrior" #1-50 + #0 (X-O Manowar, May 2012 to September 2016)

Note: The titles of the works appearing in the article are temporary translation names, and everything is subject to the actual translation of the official publication.

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Steve Sunu (November 12, 2014).

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Warriors Comics Introduction to the Warriors Comics

Warriors Comics English Wikipedia

Warriors Entertainment Company History

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(http://www.vulture.com/2016/07/hillary-clinton-faith-valiant.html)

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(https://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/09/24/valiants-book-of-death-tops-200000-in-sales-announced-at-baltimore-summit/)

Steve Sunu (November 12, 2014).

This article is for Anitama only. No unit or individual may publish part or all of the content of this article in any form.

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