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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[...]

Avatar, Boom, Dynamite and IDW, publishers with a similar bent… from Simon Spurrier's new Crossed Badlands Annual to Boom's serialisation of Fairy Quest, to Dynamite's launch of Garth Ennis' Red Team, to IDW's second My Little Pony comic, it's all go in February! And a third issue of Bleeding Cool Magazine. You know the first one[...]

Avatar, Boom, Dynamite and Valiant busting to get into the front of Previews… well let's give them a little tickle by binding them fast together… Avatar Press DAN THE UNHARMABLE VOL 1 TPB Retail Price: $19.99 US Cover & Art: Rafael Ortiz Writers: David Lapham MR, Color, 160 pages Whether you're looking for a detective, hired muscle, a blackmailer, or bedroom entertainment[...]

Avatar and Ennis made it clear they are not trying to pull a New 52 with Crossed but present it in a form that has yet to be explored Ennis also expressed his intention to eventually turn Crossed into a feature film The web series and the film would be rated R and the DVDs[...]

Skip Harvey writes; If you are reading this and haven't seen The Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender, then do yourself a service and watch it RIGHT NOW Lock your doors, hunker down and marathon it. Not only is Avatar the single greatest children's show ever made, but it's in fact, one of the single greatest TV[...]

Avatar Press will be at the NYCC in full force – with multiple guests and several panels for comic fans to attend So, mark your con agenda and get your questions ready! What will be Garth Ennis' huge announcement? I guarantee you won't be expecting this! GARTH ENNIS: Top Secret New Project Revealed! Sat 10/13/12 4:00 – 5:00 PM Location:[...]

Right there, on the Avatar website All of it Free Still. But if you, like me, would prefer to have all of  Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield's Freakangels in print, in a box set and on your shelf, then now is the time Amazon have dropped the price from $100 to $58, ahead of it's sale[...]

Fashion Beast #2 is published today, the second issue that adapts Alan More's screenplay that he wrote in 1985. That he wrote it concurrently with

Avatar Press will be exhibiting at Booth #812, featuring such guests as Garth Ennis, David Hine, Jacen Burrows, Si Spurrier, Mike Wolfer and more! In addition to meeting special guests and getting autographs, Avatar Press will have on hand a full library of comics, graphic novels, prints and rare exclusives for you to add to your[...]

comic book convention yesterday, Alan Moore announced his new comic book for Avatar Press, Providence, a follow-up to Neonomicon where he explores the inspiration behind the Lovecraftian mythos. A ten part series, which Moore described three times as there to pay his tax bill, it will be set in 1919 and star the author HP Lovecraft[...]

Time to have a look at a few publishers that have a certain demographic in common, Avatar, Boom, Dynamite and IDW, and what they have new for us in December 2012. Avatar hasa new Caligula series and the second issue of Bleeding Cool Magazine, Boom has Deathmatch – and a whole load of retailer exclusive Adventure[...]

Out from Avatar today. I say new Obviously it's twenty-seven years old Or at least, that's when it was written, at the same time as Watchmen As a screenplay with Sex Pistols manager and fashionista Malcolm McLaren And now, finally, it's been adapted as a comic Music, fashion and something very very nasty. This is how[...]

And a rack full of very similar looking comics. Image put out the second issue of Black Kiss II… though it won't get past Her Majesty the Queen. And Avatar Press publish the first issue of the new Alan Moore comic, Fashion Beast. Then next week, Avengers Vs X-Men comes closer to its inevitable conclusion. In one week… DARK HORSE[...]