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So he's playing to a home crowd. But still, in an industry where UK orders are generally between 5-15% of a US title's total, for Fashion Beast's UK orders to make up around 75% of the total number of orders is a little peculiar. It may indicate the UK retailers expect a rather massive boom on sales[...]

Uber and Absolution are published by Bleeding Cool's owner, Avatar. Tom Strong knows the score So, today, that's exactly what I did And here's what I thought. Grant Morrison's Batman comes to an end Not with a bang, but with a moo and a miaow It's a time of reckoning, a look back through the entire[...]

Zombie To SDCC Preview Night Dark Horse (Super) Powered By Creators At San Diego Comic Con Dark Horse Addresses The Future Of The Star Wars Comic License And What's Coming In "The Star Wars" Smaller Publisher Panels Five New Comics From Monkeybrain, Including The Return of Heartbreakers Avatar To Go Digital In September And A New Sci-Fi Line Coming –[...]

I cannot explain it but the Bleeding Cool panel was on at the same time as the Avatar panel Thankfully Eric Rezsnyak was on hand to make the ultimate sacrifice and left to check out what Avatar was up to Here it is, in bullet point… -"Uber" getting special hardcover edition in October limited to 5000[...]

Here is the impressive list of exclusive San Diego Comic Con covers available this year from Avatar Press (Booth #2701).  Absolution: Rubicon #1 Catfight Wraparound  $10.00 Product Description – Alpha and Happy Kitty throw down on this edition limited to 500 copies.    Crossed #29 Reflection $10.00 Product Description – This dangerous new cover is limited to 500 copies.   Skin Trade #1 Iconic[...]

Some reprints, some new titles, there's a batch of giveaways… We've already talked about Avatar Press' Disenchanted Debut, here are some more. FULL-SIZED COMICS ACTION LAB COMICS SKYWARD: INTO THE GRIM ARCHIE COMICS SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #1 ASPEN MLT SOULFIRE: GENESIS 2013 AVATAR PRESS DISENCHANTED DEBUT DC COMICS BATMAN: LI'L GOTHAM #1 BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN #1   IDW PUBLISHING CARTOON NETWORK SUPER SAMPLER MARVEL THOR: GOD OF THUNDER #1 ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN ADVENTURES #1 VIZ[...]

Bleeding Cool is about to tell you about the missing October solicitations, for both DC Comics and more, after asking the questions yesterday. It's all part of the Hallowe'en Comic Fest promotion from Diamond Comic Distribution, expanding the October version of Free Comic Book Day by encouraging prominent publishers to debut new comics for free. We start[...]

It seems to come earlier each month… so here are Avatar's offerings for October Continuing series from writers  Jonathan Hickman, Kieron Gillen, Max Brooks, Garth Ennis, Christos Gage, George RR Martin and David Lapham! And, yes, Avatar Press owns Bleeding Cool Which is handy…. UBER VOL 1 ENHANCED Hardcover Price: $34.99 US Writers: Kieron Gillen Cover & Artist: Caanan[...]

Coming in October... Oh look, I happen to be in the same pub with the author. He expresses the wish that you return your country to the Queen, in the

Absolution: Rubicon #1 by Christos Gage and Daniel Gete is published today, from Bleeding Cool owners Avatar Press Hear him talk, very briefly, about what you can expect… [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX1Xx1y9zsI[/youtube] Absolution: Rubicon #1 by Christos Gage and Daniel Gete is published today, from Bleeding Cool owners Avatar Press[...]

Uber #3, published by Bleeding Cool owners Avatar Press, is out today, by Kieron Gillen and Canaan White Here's Kieron talking about what to expect… [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpbSULSLTnE[/youtube]   Uber #3, published by Bleeding Cool owners Avatar Press, is out today, by Kieron Gillen and Canaan White Here's Kieron talking about what to expect… [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpbSULSLTnE[/youtube]   [...]

Last week, Avatar Press published Extinction Parade #1, written by Max Brooks He also had a film out Reorders were high, and thankfully Avatar seems to have printed lots rather than go straight to a second printing Though they still may have to, of sorts. William Christensen, publisher of Avatar Press and Bleeding Cool told me; I'm[...]

In Max Brooks new zombie/vampire comic Extinction Parade, published today, he gives us a very quick history of vampires. Starting with the classic Bram

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEktqUG08rU[/youtube] Tomorrow sees the publication of the first issue of The Extinction Parade, his what-happens-to-vampires-in-a-zombie-outbreak comic, coming out from Bleeding Cool's owners Avatar Press. Which is how I got this video and preview… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEktqUG08rU[/youtube] Tomorrow sees the publication of the first issue of The Extinction Parade, his what-happens-to-vampires-in-a-zombie-outbreak comic, coming out from Bleeding Cool's owners Avatar Press. Which is[...]

Jonathan Hickman, Kieron Gillen, Si Spurrier, David Hine, David Lapham… as monthly comic writer lineups go for a non-premier comics publisher, that's not bad at all is it? Welcome to Avatar in September, and the new Jonathan Hickman comic that no one will order enough of, God Is Dead…   GOD IS DEAD #1 $3.99 Cover: Jonathan Hickman Writer:[...]

Avatar Press have a hit book on their hands at last Uber, by Kieron Gillen and Canaan White, telling the story about the final days of the Third Reich in Nazi Germany, and their last ditch attempt to create superheroes and turn round the war. And how it starts to work. It has been accused by some[...]

For a few years, retailers had pretty much worked out how to sell an Avatar comic They knew the kind of demand for an Alan Moore comic, a Warren Ellis comic, a Garth Ennis comic, they could pretty much nail it Then Uber came along and it all went out of the window, sellouts, second[...]

The relaunch of Astro City from DC Comics, Daredevil Dark Days from Marvel and Screwed #1 from Zenescope. Then the week after? The True Lives Of The Fabulous Baker Boys! Superman Unchained! And Thumbprint! DARK HORSE COMICS ABE SAPIEN DARK & TERRIBLE #3 $3.50 BLOOD C GN VOL 02 $12.99 BTVS SPIKE TP VOL 01 DARK PLACE $17.99 EMPOWERED SPECIAL #4 ANIMAL STYLE (MR) $3.99 EVERYBODY[...]

All rather Big Numbers… and I think it's for Avatar. I'm sharing flights with Si Spurrier this week, as well as Kieron Gillen, flying out from Heathrow to Phoenix for the Phoenix Comic Con See what else I can find out… Si Spurrier has posted about a new comic book project He writes; See, there's this comicbook[...]

During the nearly twenty minutes of quality sofa time she got with Ross and her Star Trek co-star Zachary Quinto, Saldana gave us a snippet of information regarding the filming of the Avatar sequels. In short, she expects production to begin early next year, though there doesn't actually seem to be a finalised date just yet[...]

First proper issue of Kieron Gillen's Uber, plenty of Crossed, Stitched, Dan The Unharmable, Fashion Beast, Night Of The Living Dead and Lady Death, courtesy of Avatar and Boundess in May… currently the only publisher to have new books by Alan Moore, Garth Ennis, David Lapham and Gillen. CROSSED: WISH YOU WERE HERE VOL 02[...]

AVATAR COME TO TOWN Avatar Comics, owners of Bleeding Cool, are the latest US comics publisher to confirm they're attending the London Super Comic Con… PRIME POSTER POSITION Okay, who wants a Rodimus Prime poster on their walls? DOWN OVER Following its European premiere at the 40th Angoulême International Comics Festival,  documentary Graphic Novels! Melbourne gets its UK premiere in[...]

With the return of Garth Ennis to Crossed with Crossed: Badlands #25, Avatar Press decided to emphasize the return with additional covers And one very cool box set. If you have been following the fans reaction the last 12 days on Avatar's Facebook Page, you have seen how fans have been reacting to the various covers[...]

A retailer promotion for the Crossed franchise from Avatar, set for March 13th Garth Ennis comes back to Crossed with a new story, a plan for a character to survive beyond it, and a look to the future with a Patient Zero story to come. But more than that, as the first four pages from Crossed[...]

The launch of Uber, the conclusion of Garth Ennis' new Crossed arc "The Fatal Englishman", and more Ferals, Caligula, Stitched, Night Of The Living Dead,

This is what Kieron Gillen's World War 2 superhero comic Uber for Avatar looked like in 2008. On a fridge The issue being laid out here will be published in April Kieron Gillen talks about it more here. As I said, I've tried to purge the majority of the tropes of the genre This is a book[...]

We've already talked about Kieron Gillen's Heat, a planned six-issue sci-fi mini-series for Avatar, about the policing of Mercury, that has yet to see print But I also heard Kieron talk about what he referred to as Avatar Project Two. Well this appears to be that, getting out of the gates first. Drawn by Canaan White, Uber[...]

Four companies! Okay, five if you count Avatar and Boundless separately But all with a single mission! To get in the front of Previews Here's how their March 2013 offerings are looking… CROSSED: BADLANDS #25 Retail Price: $3.99 US Writer: Garth Ennis Cover and Art: Raulo Caceres MR,[...]

Back in June, a South Carolina library pulled their copy of Neonomicon from the adultbookshelves, after a 14 year old girl withdrew it using her mother's

In March, it's one year since the first C-Day, to promote the Crossed series from Avatar. So we're getting another one The Crossed C-Day 2013 retailer promo kit consists of; 25 each of Crossed temporary tattoos, buttons, postcards, stickers and 15 new Crossed masks! Retailers will also get a special Crossed 2013 Annual Retailer Bonus Edition comic[...]