The veterans of Easy Company, the Band of Brothers, with the Valor Studios staff.
ince 1999, Valor Studios Inc. has forged a reputation as publisher of the world’s most

prestigious military artwork and the leading history magazine, Valor.

Based in historic Montoursville, Pennsylvania, Valor Studios’ mission is to honor veterans by telling their stories on canvas and in print.

Valor Studios artwork proudly decorates homes, galleries, and military bases worldwide. It is found in the collections of two Presidents of the United States and among the pages of the company's own magazine, Valor, now on its 15th edition. Published since 1999, the magazine chronicles veterans' stories from WWII to present.
The Valor Studios staff (L-R): Bryan, Adam, Erica, and Bob Makos, with the "Band of Brothers" veterans.

Both the magazine and art enterprise have humble origins. Brothers and company founders Adam and Bryan Makos grew up enjoying their grandfathers’ stories of WWII. This inspired them to start a newsletter that became a magazine, one that needed fine art to illustrate the stories. The rest was history.
Adam and Bryan soon brought their boyhood friend, Joe Gohrs, then their father, Bob, and their sisters, Erica and Elizabeth into the quickly growing business. Today, Valor Studios Inc. is a symbol of American small business success and an enterprise that has taken its staff on a wild, adventurous ride.

Adam and Bryan have flown fighter jets, WWII bombers, and traveled to far away battlefields to research the history they seek to preserve. Adam was officially an embedded writer with the 101st ABN and, unofficially, with an element of Special Forces in 2008.

Below Left: Adam Makos prepares for a flight with the USAF. Middle: Bryan and Adam with Shifty Powers and Earl McClung outside the Bois Jacques woods in Bastogne. Below Right: Adam during a patrol in Iraq.

Issues 14 & 15
of Valor magazine.
Adam and Bryan Makos with Band of Brothers veterans Shifty Powers, and Earl McClung.
The staff’s work has earned praise from Presidents (like Pres. Bush ’41 and ’43), entertainment icons (like actor Ben Stein and author Stephen Ambrose), museums (like the Smithsonian), organizations (like the American Legion), and from veterans across the eras.

Valor Studios supports America’s military by doing more than just telling their stories. Valor Studios has donated over $50,000 to the United Way in the name of Dick Winters and the Band of Brothers, $4,000 to the 2nd Schweinfurt Raid veterans organization, confidential donations to ailing veterans, magazines to veterans' hospitals, and artwork to fundraisers that benefit wounded soldiers and families of the deceased.

Below Left: Adam, President George H.W. Bush, and Bryan. Middle: Adam, Dick Winters, and Bryan. Below Right: Adam, writer Stephen Ambrose, Bryan, and Joe.
President George H.W. Bush, Major Dick Winters, and Stephen Ambrose with Adam and Bryan Makos.
Below Left: Bryan and the Band of Brothers veterans in a C-130 over Baghdad. Below Middle: Adam, Bob, and the Band of Brothers at the DMZ. Below Right: The Band of Brothers vets visit with wounded warriors during our Fort Campbell visit.
Valor Studios also co-hosts tours, with the U.S.O. organization, that have brought the famous Band of Brothers WWII veterans to visit the troops in Kuwait, Germany, Japan, Korea (and an attempted visit to Iraq, where their plane couldn‘t land due to a week-long sandstorm!).

The Valor Studios staff hopes that for generations to come, their artwork and magazines will convey the same awe and reverence for America's heroes that the staff experiences every day they’re on the job.
The Band of Brothers of Easy Company with Valor Studios.
Valor Studios’ friend and supporter of many years, James Brady, was a Marine platoon leader during the Korean War, respected news reporter, and New York Times bestselling author.
In September 2008 he brought the work of Valor Studios to the national spotlight in his weekly Forbes column which you can read here.