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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

What can you tell us about your history with this femme fatale, and her continuing character development? MIKE WOLFER: WIDOW was one of my early self-published series, which was later published by Avatar Press Simply put, she's a woman-spider, a cross-mingling of human and arachnid DNA which was the result of the experimentation of[...]

From Avatar's sister company Boundless… today sees the launch of War Goddess #0 by Mike Wolfer and Pow Rodrix… here's some solicitation and preview… Boundless unleashes our second on-going monthly series, written by Mike (Lady Death) Wolfer and featuring a whole new World that is populated by re-imagined versions of some of the most popular indy[...]

Here are the stores, their contact details and the covers in question. WAR GODDESS #0 Retailer Exclusives In-Store Date: Wednesday, 8/10 Local customers can support their loyal stores (and Avatar Press / Boundless Comics fans can collect the variant editions) by contacting the individual retailers directly using the below information.  Participating Retailers include: ComicBookRealm.com "The World[...]

It's been three and-a-half years. Today Avatar published the final chapter of Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield's Freakangels, the long running webcomic set in a John Wyndhamian future where a world has been flooded due to some naughty telepaths, now trying to create a world worth living in. It was slice of life, it was a detective[...]

You've been good boys and girls so here's an Avatar Plug Of The Week for Caligula #3, shipping tomorrow, from David Lapham and German Nobile. Nasty nasty Roman court stuff that makes Hostel 2 look like The Care Bears Movie and Spartacus: Blood On The Sand look like My Hungry Caterpillar. Really, you should be shot for[...]

You know, even if this wasn't a contractually obliged Avatar Plug Of The Week, I'd have run it anyway The cover to tomorrow's Night Of The Living Dead: Death Valley #3 has a wraparound cover taken from Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band And, if you look carefully you can see a bunch of Avatar[...]

I understand that an unknown publisher has a licence for comic books set in the world of James Cameron's Avatar, and is getting submissions from a number of artists. It is probably worth pointing out that Bleeding Cool owner, Avatar Press has trademarked the hell out of that name for comics. Not to mention their title Pandora,[...]

At the Avatar Press panel at San Diego Comic Con, publisher William Christensen, announced that the ongoing Crossed series starting next year, Crossed: Badlands will be bi-weekly, with a copy coming out every fortnight, starting with Crossed creators Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows. He also told the crowd that the Crossed: Wish You Were Here webcomic[...]

Crossed: Wish You Were Here , the new Crossed webcomic from Avatar by Si Spurrier and Javier Barreno is to debut in print form at San Diego Comic Con for $1.99 with a print run of 1500. Yes, I know it usually happens the other way round Welcome to Avatar Press. The show will also debut the[...]

Here's a message from the bosses: Avatar Press and Mischief Maker Studios are happy to invite members of the press to attend a special Garth Ennis STITCHED movie press conference at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday, July 21, at 9:15pm in Press Room #3. All members of the media are invited to attend[...]

In stores to day, old style, stumbling zombie action. Here's the solicitatory information to help make your decision. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD VOL 2 TP

Garth will be signing STITCHED DVDs and his other work at times to be announced at the Avatar booth at San Diego as well If you're going to be at San Diego Comic-Con, you can also simply pre-pay for a copy of the Stitched DVD – and when you pick-up your copy at the[...]

George RR Martin, author of Game Of Thrones, writes; An advance peek at the cover for the FEVRE DREAM graphic novel, which will be released at the San Diego Comicon in a couple of weeks. And we have a special offer from Avatar: if anyone pre-orders a copy of the FEVRE DREAM[...]

When a pale, mysterious gentleman named Joshua – who keeps strange hours and stranger friends – approaches him with an offer of partnership, Abner's dreams appear to come true… though he may have unleashed a nightmare on the unsuspecting shores! Adapted by Hugo-nominated author Daniel Abraham and artist Rafa Lopez, this graphic novel stays faithful[...]

Here are the details of the Avatar Press panels and signings over the San Diego Comic Con And, yes, I've added the details to the Updateable Programming List that seems to have proved so popular of late (just added the Voltron panel) Looks like I'll be on the first Avatar panel and will be in[...]

Here is the original score to the upcoming short film Stitched, written and directed by Garth Ennis, premiering at the San Diego Comic Con in a few short

And I'm only finding out about this now because William Christensen of Avatar told me they're about to announce it. Stitched is a new supernatural horror war film written and directed by Preacher, Crossed and Boys creator Garth Ennis. Yes, that's right, directed Look, it says so on the poster and everything Now he gets to hang[...]

A few minutes ago, Bleeding Cool announced Stitched, a new film written and directed by Garth Ennis, that will spin off into a continuing comic book series from Avatar by Garth Ennis and Mike Wolfer The book will be published in November, along with the retail version of the DVD And the cover gives us[...]

September seems to be the month for high profile orginal graphic novels and sizeable hardcover collections of prestigious material. We've just mentioned

Shipping today from Avatar Press The third issue of Crossed Psychopath Here's some solicitation stuff The most disturbed  horror series of all time continues with an all-new seven-issue series written by David (Crossed: Family Values) Lapham! Harold Lorre carefully orchestrates the lives of those around him.  To aid him in his twisted quest, and to satiate[...]