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  In Wolverine & X-Men, the artwork seems slightly off in places, Whilce Portacio anatomy put through a smoother filter, which doesn't quite work

 More SWAG is a must for a brand that should own this show. I hit my two major tour stops at Zenescope and Avatar  I don't know why, but I feel I'm kid at a candy store with these two publishers and it's all you can eat or stuff some in your pockets. They really treat me like a[...]

Crossed's weekly webcomic Wish You Were Here returns with a new chapter this week, after a brief interim. And there is one thing on our author's mind...

As an employee of Avatar Press, you might expect I'd get advance word on a story or two Not a bit of it All this was news to me, straiught from the Avatar panel at San Diego Comic Con David Hine is to write Night Of The Living Dead: Aftermath, a major new series launching in[...]

Ramona Flowers protects the colour Scott Pilgrim hardcovers until tomorrow… David Marks, the recognised male model of Avatar Press, displays a copy of Bleeding Cool Magazine. While Axatar's Keith Davidsen goes for a Karl Pilkington look.   Dark Horse show off their heroes. And Abstract and Cartoon Studios show everyone how it's don Nice and simple.  While IDW have[...]

That dazzling animated display shows off the five Single Day Covers of Lady Death #17 available at San Diego Comic Con this year from the Avatar Booth #2701 , one available, each day, and one from the VIP offering. Here are all the San Diego exclusive variant covers available from Crossed, Ferals and Hero Worship as[...]

Here's a scene from Hero Worship, published by Avatar Press today, featuring an iconic superhero, Zenith And here… is another iconic superhero By Alex Ross. All he needs now is a cape.   In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations, coincidences or[...]

The balance that, say, The Big Bang Theory repeatedly fails to tread. This is also a new look for Avatar Press There's one scene of semi gore, and a photorealistic painted look from Michael DiPascale throughout that tries to ground the book in reality It mostly succeeds, but some facial poses look unnatural, frozen in time, rather[...]

Boom Avatar have Fashion Beast, a new series adapted from an unproduced screenplay by Alan Moore and Malcolm McLaren Dynamite start Damsels and Peter Cannon Thunderbolt Boom have a new series, Freelancers, Legendary resolicit The Tower Chronicles and Valiant bring Ninjak into X-O Manowar.. but what will you be buying? FASHION BEAST #1 (W) Alan[...]

Another Thursday, a new Crossed: Wish You Were Here by Si Spurrier, Javier Barreno and Gary Erskine. And the moral centre of the comic begins to shift and

But that's not a bad start is it? 26,000 preorders for a new comics magazine without a Todd McFarlane cover? Plus you know Avatar will be selling it long and hard through the convention season, on top of that. That represents a combined figure of both Diamond Comic Distributor orders and direct-from-publisher orders, I'm told. There should[...]

Thank you to Diamond Comics for sending me all these Free Comic Book Day comics in advance. I now no longer need to take my children to Free Comic Book

Tick, tick, tick... This is the last day you can order Bleeding Cool Magazine and actually be sure to get it. It costs $1.49 for the Preview #0 issue.

There's a new Crossed: Wish You Were Here webcomic from Si Spurrier, Javier Barreno and Gary Erskine out right now. You know, around this time last year,

Tomorrow is new comics day. Yay! While you are picking up your copies of Avengers Versus X-Men, Aquaman or the final issue of The Twelve, as you pass by

Thursday is the last day retailers can order the preview issue of Bleeding Cool Magazine issue zero, coming out at the end of May/beginning of June. It's

Longtime fans might remember that Ennis wrote a series called 303, published a few years back by Avatar Press and featuring a pre-Crossed collaboration with Jacen Burrows In Stitched #4, the 303 once again makes an appearance, with Barclay conversing to his British SAS soldiers about the value of the weapon It's nice when a[...]

  Wow... even the colour schemes match... In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree. They may be homages,

Consider this a solicitation team up! For Avatar, Boom, Dynamite and Valiant, together, to make as much as an impact as those Marvel, DC, Image, Dark Horse and IDW solicitations Will it work? Avatar has Zack Penn's new book, Hero Worship, Boom have the new Hypernaturals from Abnett And Lanning, Dynamite have a new Lone Ranger[...]

Keith says that Avatar Press rarely does superhero comics, noting the exceptions by Warren Ellis, and Christos Gage, saying they don't do them unless there's something unique about them He then describes Hero Worship a bit, telling us Zak Penn will be writing, and it's a six issue miniseries and is about society's worship of[...]

The new chapter of the Crossed webcomic Wish You Were Here by Simon Spurrier, Javier Barreno and Gary Erskine is now out, after last week's smaller

Brendon got some great tidbits from James Cameron and Jon Landau about the future of Avatar yesterday Here's a taste: We're building a themed land with Walt Disney theme parks Not just a ride, but a whole world where people will get to return to Pandora This is initially going to be down in Orlando[...]

It hits you like a Hurricane, you think you are prepared but when it actually comes its more then you expect. Avatar leads the way Its booth is huge and its merchandise is at its finest with every corner hosting a bounty of comics from every title in its own exclusive area You get a very[...]

It's the 20th anniversary of Lady Death, and to celebrate, Boundless Comics has broadened its Lady Death line to include a crucial, untold tale of her

He was rather busy. Ah, the Avatar Panel This was the only panel at ECCC where I actually felt like a fanboy You're probably reading Bleeding Cool right now, so I don't need to explain to you why It's also the reason I didn't write up the plugs for a few of the books If you're[...]

Crossed: Badlands kicked off two weeks ago, reuniting Garth Ennis with Jacen Burrows (the artist extraordinaire on Alan Moore's Neonomicon) for a tale of

What we mean is, the closest metropolitan area to the Avatar Press headquarters is Chicago. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PagU2RE7qpA[/youtube]       Tomorrow sees the release of a new Crossed Badlands comic by Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows Here's a look at how some other stores celebrated the release of the first issue… Alternate Worlds in Cockeysville, MD, saw ownera Mike and[...]

Welcome to the ongoing monthly series Dan The Unharmable from Avatar Here's a preview of the first issue With just a little NSFW content… unless you work in advertising or live in France. [issuu width=420 height=323 backgroundColor=%23222222 documentId=120321144031-27b980292c1e4882bed8dec692d7cc4c name=dan-1-preview username=avatarpress tag=avatar%20press unit=px id=2dcb855c-0486-bb64-dabd-aaa5aabb55c2 v=2]     [...]

Here are a few more comic shops that got all Crossed up for the release of Crossed Badlands on Wednesday. Bedrock City of Houston, Texas.      Black Cat

We also participated in the retailer contest to determine a winning store that best promoted the comic & C-Day that Avatar Press was offering to further enhance the event. We gave away promotional Buttons, Tattoos, Comics, Crossed Cupcakes and more We held a Raffle to give away two Retailer Bonus Incentive Covers to 1 Lucky CROSSED[...]