Well, looks like this Valiant relaunch is going to go places we’ve never gone before. The first issue of X-O Manowar will have a QR Voice Variant – “the world’s first QR code-augmented, talking comic book cover!” Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic supplies the art. On Wednesday, a preview poster will be shipped to local comic shops so you can preview the technology, which involves a QR code, a smart phone and a steady hand.
The regular issue is by Robert Venditti and Cary Nord with a cover by Esad Ribic. The Pullbox Variant cover is by Nord.
The technology involves scanning a QR code on the cover, then loading a video and holding it in front of the cover/poster for a talking head effect.
Clever.