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By Erik Grove I’ve read a lot of comic books and I read new books every week. There are a lot of things that keep me coming back week after week but the

May is going to be a big Garth Ennis month for Avatar Press with Caliban, Rover Red Charlie and two issue of Crossed We also get the first trades from Jonathan Hickman's God Is Dead and Si Spurrier's Disenchanted Add in Kieron Gillen's Uber and Warren Ellis' Gravel and you have a lot of good[...]

Avatar Press will be holding court at The London Super Comic Con Convention (otherwise known in parlance as the London SuperCon) on March 15th and 16th and making quite an event of their presence.  Their full guest list pulls out all the stops, including Max Brooks, Jacen Burrows, William Christensen, Kieron Gillen, and Simon Spurrier. But[...]

On April 30th, new sci-fi horror comic Caliban from Avatar Press arrives in shops, written by the great Garth Ennis (Preacher, 303, Crossed), with art by Facundo Percio (Anna Mercury, Fashion Beast), and for both creators, it's a chance to spread their wings by using many of the elements they're best known for in combinations[...]

A major selling point is Reynold's artwork, and pulp fans are going to be keeping a keen eye on it as the story develops. I've been a big fan of Avatar Press's Gravel series of comics from its Warren Ellis days with artist Mike Wolfer and now Wolfer has taken on the reigns of a comic[...]

In Caliban, coming in April from Avatar Press, Ennis takes his passion for historical elements and slingshots them into the future of space-travel. The result is science-fiction horror, and the horror comes from confronting the unknown very, very far from home What can you expect from Caliban? All the things Ennis is known for: detailed characterization,[...]

Here is what Avatar Press is offering for the month of April including books by Kieron Gillen, Christos Gage, Max Brooks, Mike Costa, Mike Wolfer and a ton of stuff from Garth Ennis including the new sci-fi series Caliban. UBER VOL 1 TPB Retail Price: $19.99 US Writer: Kieron Gillen Cover & Art: Caanan White MR, Color, 176 pages PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:[...]

Crossed Badlands... ...and Axe Chick, internet meme. In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree. They may be

When William [Christensen of Avatar Press] suggested doing an Special, I saw it the chance to basically come to rest, reinforce the lines, and dig in This metaphor is terrible I'm abandoning it. So why does Gillen feel a retrospective Special is necessary? He says: Basically, I saw it as a chance to do some character work,[...]

Avatar Press has signed with Diamond Book Distributors to distribute their graphic novels and merchandise to bookstores, mass-market merchandisers, libraries and other outlets worldwide (Excluding the UK) DBD will be handling all backlist titles and new titles offered for April release. "We're very excited to be joining Diamond Book Distributors," said Avatar's Publisher, William Christensen[...]

God is Dead launched from Avatar Press (the owners of Bleeding Cool) back in September, co-written by Jonathan Hickman (Fantastic Four, The Ultimates, Pax Romana) and Mike Costa (The Secret History of The Authority, Transformers, Blackhawks) , with art by Rafa Ortiz (Dan the Unharmable, Crossed) The premises behind the book were bracing, unpeeling some[...]

But until today we didn't see what happened when it landed on one of Japan's most ancient and loved customs that the West and comic con in particular have embraced and taken to our heart. Cosplay. Which means that people cosplaying as Crossed now… …suddenly have a lot more options available.   So, that's one for C2E2, I think. And a[...]

His amazingly detailed monsters in both of those series will leave your breathless, but his big highlight has to be his eye catchingly GORE-Geous cover to Colder #1. Horror Publisher of the Year: Avatar Press Dan says: I am not ashamed to admit that for the past year or so I was not really on the Avatar bandwagon[...]

But far more interesting for you, I'm sure, would be greeting Jim Kuhoric manning our Avatar Press table at the con, where they'll have quite a lot of books for sale, including their latest releases, God is Dead, Fashion Beast, Uber, and Crossed: There is quite a spread of things going on at the[...]

Garth Ennis returns to tell the story of Patient Zero in Crossed: Badlands #50. Simon Spurrier takes us to the English countryside in the oversized

As Avatar Press puts it, she'll be helping free up some of my editing responsibilities, letting me write and research original pieces more and, well, fixing one or two of my typos. For her contacts on the East Coast comics scene, and the fact that everyone just seems to plain like the woman, this is a[...]

It's like existing in a very special little community. Well, I got a note yesterday that there is one more show left… and it's in New Jersey. The Jersey Comic Con is next weekend, December 13th – 15th in Hampton, New Jersey and they've put together quite a line-up for so late in the season. To start with they've[...]

Starting 11/6, Avatar Press will be available on Comixology the same day as print That means for digital readers, you won't have to wait to get your fix of Kieron Gillen, Jonathan Hickman or Christos Gage. The first three same-day-as-print releases are: Absolution: Rubicon #5 The final explosive issue! The Polymath is beaten… John Dusk has saved the[...]

I understand that Max Brooks' series for Avatar Press, Extinction Parade, is currently in the process of being signed as a TV series for one of the most successful production companies in Hollywood. After the success of World War Z, Max Brooks' various zombie and now vampire comics and books have received a lot of extra-media attention,[...]

I can't say too much without spoiling the story, but there's a reason the second arc is called "Armageddon." God is Dead was a from the very beginning a book about escalation, and we're about to go through the ceiling. And his thoughts about working with Avatar Press: I'd never gotten to work with Avatar before this[...]

But that's it. Publisher Avatar Press, also the owner of Bleeding Cool have also done a deal with God Is Dead co-writer, Mike Costa, to make the book ongoing And, like Crossed Badlands, for it to be bi-weekly, at least for the second arc, entitled "Armageddon" as the world enters its end times. From Uber to Extinction[...]

Order for the first issue in this very unique series from Avatar Press are due in by Thursday 10/24. I got a chance to speak with both Ennis and Dipascale about this new project: BLEEDING COOL: You probably haven't been offered too many post apocalyptic dog stories, what made you want to take this project on? MICHAEL DIPASCALE:[...]

 Avatar Press has been giving fans a lot of behind the scenes material from the Uber #0 Enhanced Edition to the Uber Enhanced Hardcover collection which both featured author notes, sketches, and essays giving the reader insights into what shaped the series  But no one has gone to the very beginning to show us what[...]

Elizabeth Heyman talked to Si Spurrier at NYCC about Disenchanted, a comic published by Bleeding Cool's owner, Avatar Press. It had been a huge weekend for Disenchanted writer Simon Spurrier by the time I sat down to talk with him at this year's New York Comic Con Not only was the comic's online premiere date only[...]

The new year starts with the return of William Gravel in Combat Magician, the third volume of Crossed: Wish You Were Here gets collected, Armageddon is

It will be collected twice a year. As part of the Halloween Comic Fest at your local comic shops (on Halloween), fans will be able to pick up a copy of Disenchanted Debut from Avatar Press perfectly timed with the launch of the webseries.  Spurrier talked about his new series, the inspiration and just what he's trying to[...]

I'm a sucker for humor and attitude when it comes to hero stories, and these books have definitely gotten my attention. Disenchanted, by Simon Spurrier and German Erramouspe from Avatar Press [Avatar Press happen to own Bleeding Cool This book was free to fans at NYCC] I heard about Disenchanted for the first time in an Avatar Press[...]

Elizabeth Heyman writes for Bleeding Cool: After arriving fashionably late to his own panel, author Kieron Gillen showed nothing but excitement when explaining the inspiration and direction of his recent hit comic Uber. The new title published by Avatar Press explores the question what if the Nazis did accomplish creating an Ubermensch serum and began turning soldiers into mass[...]

Talking to some fans in the substantial line waiting for the Avatar Press panel on Saturday of New York Comic Con, some of the appeal of looking into Avatar as new readers is about finding diversity in art styles that diverge from a "saminess" that people are seeing in styles from the Big Two There's[...]

When I get to the New York Comic Con, odds are I'll be popping by my employers, Avatar Press at booth #1920 Maybe you'll see me there More more likely, you'll see this lot for signing and sketching… Thursday Oct 10 4:00 pm –  6 pm – Kieron Gillen signing 4:00 pm –  7 pm – Si Spurrier[...]