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But a few years ago, Avatar Press published a comic book version of the Frank Miller screenplay, adapted by Steven Grant and Juan Jose Ryp, with covers by Frank A work that the Guardian chose not to feature… possibly because it might interfere with the narrative. And indeed, as Cox recalls, Robocop is pitted against homeless[...]

Ferals is the new big book from Avatar Press shipping in January and they are expecting, well, for it to be the next Crossed. Retailer orders close for the first issue next Thursday (a happy lycanthropic Thanksgiving to you all) so they are releasing this nine page preview, pitch by David Lapham and a bunch of[...]

Here, for the first time, are the covers to Ferals #2 from David Lapham and Gabriel Andrade, as thgese not-a-werewolves continue their pursuit... Lit by

Tomorrow Boundless Comics publishes War Goddess #3 by Mike Wolfer and Pow Rodix and Lady Death Origins Vol 2 by Brian Pulido, Gabriel Guzman and Daniel

Warren Ellis and Raulo Caceres' Captain Swing And The Electrical Pirates Of Cindery Island, out in softcover and hardcover from Avatar Press tomorrow Here's the solicits… From the sparking-mad mind of Warren Ellis, the creator of TRANSMETROPOLITAN and PLANETARY, comes an electrical romance of a pirate utopia thwarted!  In the London[...]

In January, Avatar will publish a new colour edition of Atmospherics, a graphic novel by Warren Ellis and Ken Meyer Jr about an alien abductee – or a serial killer In addition to the color softcover edition, there's a hardcover edition that's limited to only 1,000 copies – and each of these individual copies[...]

Tomorrow, the second collection of Garth Ennis and Oscar Jimenez's Chronicles Of Wormwood: The Last Battle will be in stores, in hardack and paperback,

Some people have even travelled from America to London for an Alan Moore event to get a comic signed as a result. Well, with the Neonomicon hardcover, Avatar has found a way to save you the price of a return plane ticket. A new hardcover version of the graphic novel Neonomicon by Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows[...]

And it looks as if a certain Lady Death will be showing, well, even more than Catwoman gets away with, in her new Avatar comi, issue 11, out today From all good, and some bad, comic stores Have a preview. LADY DEATH #11 by Brian Pulido, Mike Wolfer and Gabriel Andrade. Lady Death's quest for the only[...]

And both are out from Avatar Press tomorrow. CROSSED: PSYCHOPATH #5 by David Lapham and Raulo Caceres It's Crossed vs Crossed as huge clans battle to the death! The band of survivors Harold Lorre has connected with have cleverly tricked two giant tribes of Crossed into fighting each other The hope is they weed each other out[...]

This is Keith Davidsen, Avatar's Director of Sales and Marketing And in a series of videos, he shows us the extremes he will go to, to promote the comic book Crossed By dressing up as them, going to Hallowe'en parties, and talking to people about Crossed And taking posters with him too. Next year, he'll do[...]

Tomorrow sees a new Garth Ennis book from Avatar, Stitched #1 with Mike Wolfer And from Warren Ellis, the last issue of  Captain Swing And The Electrical Pirates Of Cindery Island #4 with Raulo Caceres. Here's a preview of Stitched; Here are the promo bits to entertain, dazzle and excite! Stitched #1 – Garth Ennis and Mike Wolfer[...]

David Lapham and Gabriel Andrade have a new series from Avatar out in January 2012 As you can tell it's about werewoves – except it's not quite More like in the manner that Crossed is not a zombie book… Keith Davidsen talked to David Lapham about the book for Bleeding Cool. With the success of[...]

This week, UK retailers received the news that Diamond UK had cancelled the Neonomicon TPB and hardcover, collecting the series by Alan Moore and Jacen

Alan Moore's Neonomicon by Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows is published by Avatar today for $19.99 Hardcover for $27.99 As well as the series, it also contains the original Courtyard adaptation by Anthoiny Johnston and Jacen Burrows years before Neonomicon was published. Brears and Lamper, two young and cocky FBI agents, investigate a fresh series of[...]

Odds are they will be a bit on the scarce side as well. Well, the owner of Bleeding Cool, William Christensen on Avatar would like me to point out that there are Avatar VIP ticket sets still available, with hundreds of dollars worth of swag and including tickets to the show for the weekend All that[...]

Title: Neonomicon TPB Creators: Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows Publisher: Avatar Comics Available: Booth #1930 High concept: What if the horrorific fantasies of HP Lovecraft were far more than that, and reflective of another reality – and one that FBI agents find themselves both investigating, and being investigated by A horror story worthy of the name, and from a[...]

Are you coming to NYCC? Want to get in comics? Might you consider Avatar as part of that? Editor in Chief, William Christensen and Managing Editor, Jim Kuhoric will be accepting submissions at New York Comic Con from 10am to 11am on the Sunday of the show While they won't be going through the books[...]

The “Remake/Remodel” challenge, founded by Warren Ellis, gives artists of all abilities the opportunity to show-off what they can do in the midst of the

From Brian Pulido, Mike Wolfer and Gabriel Andrade, Lady Death #10 from Boundless, published tomorrow. Here's the promo, the preview and the cover

But Avatar Press clearly does. This year, they are ramping up their Lady Death, Crossed and War Goddess offerings for the New York Comic Con. You've got exclusive New York Comic Con covers for Stitched #1 (1000 copies), the Crossed Badlands Opening Salvo preview (5000 copies) for $1.99, and a 250 edition version for Avatar VIP ticket[...]

Here's a first look at the first issue of Stitched, the new comic from Garth Ennis and Mike Wolfer from Avatar – which is also being (slowly) turned into a feature film The first issue will be available in November, along with a DVD of the first issue, filmed. The film also has allowed a new[...]

And with a big hole in your wallet. But it's not your only VIP option. Avatar Press, owners of Bleeding Cool, has another for $275. You get the Preview Night, you get the early entrance, but instead of the seating and the signings, you get… well. Eleven hardcovers and trade paperbacks –  Crossed Vol 1 TPB, Crossed Vol 2[...]

Out tomorrow from Avatar is the Crossed Vol 2 Family Values by David Lapham and Javier Barreno, the sequel to the Garth Ennis/Jacen Burrows zombie/Crazies drama In softcover, hardcover and signed hardcover editions… CROSSED VOL 02 FAMILY VALUES Softcover Retail Price: $19.99 US Cover: Jacen Burrows Writer: David Lapham Art: Javier Barreno Readership: MR Format: Full Color, 176 pages, TPB CROSSED[...]

Out tomorrow in softcover and hardcover from Avatar Here's the bumf; Praying to be saved by a man who can fly will get you killed! From the mind of Warren Ellis, the creator of TRANSMETROPOLITAN and PLANETARY, comes the most horrifying superhero graphic novel you will ever read! What if the arms race of[...]

Another Avatar plug of the week sees that most original of zombie franchises continue tomorrow Romero-based gore on the West Coast, out tomorrow Why not buy this and Jeff Lemire's Frankenstein? NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: Death Valley #4 Retail Price: $3.99 US Cover: Michael Dipascale Writer: Mike Wolfer Art: Dheeraj Verma Readership: MR Format: Full Color, 32 pages, 4 of 5 A[...]

It's a busy day for Avatar and its sister company Boundless tomorrow Lots of big fat comics squeezing through the pipe So let's make a start… LADY DEATH ORIGINS ANNUAL #1 Regular Edition Retail Price: $4.99 US Cover: Matt Martin Writer: Brian Pulido Art: Matt Martin Format: Full Color, 40 pages, one shot Several years in the making, cover artist Matt Martin[...]

Here's a few timecodes you might enjoy… 07.47 – Garth says that he's about to start writing the third series of Dicks, the Irish sitcomic that knows no boundaries of offense with John Mcrea, published by Avatar Press. 09.55 – He's planning a similar series to his Battlefields book for Dynamite, but for Avatar. 41.51 – In the[...]

Which is kind of like what Avatar used to be Anyway, there are only two comics from DC tomorrow, why not take the opportunity to try something else, hey? After all, Pow Rodrix has drawn Justice League, so it's close enough.Also, plenty of lead female characters, so you know… here's the bumf. Boundless unleashes our second[...]

Tomorrow is a big day for comics. Because tomorrow is the day that... Chronicles Of Wormwood: The Last Battle #6 will be published. Oh and know some of