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Garth Ennis' War Stories Back In Print In Avatar Press Solicitations For August 2015
Here are Avatar Press solcitations, from the upcoming June Previews, shipping for August 2015 Comics from Garth Ennis, Si Spurrier, Justin Jordan, Mike Costa, David Lapham, Warren Ellis, Mike Wolfer.. what's not to love? WAR STORIES 01 TPB NEW EDITION $24.99 Writer: Garth Ennis Art: Dave Gibbons, John Higgins, David Lloyd, Chris Weston MR, Color, 240 pages For the first time in[...]
Mercury Heat, The New Sci-Fi Comic From The Writer Of Darth Vader, For July…
Not only does he have his Star Wars and his Secret Wars projects from Marvel, but he has three comics from Avatar Press alone. One is the conclusion of his Crossed Badlands prehistoric Crossed story, Homo Tortor. The other is the final issue of the first book of his superpowered World War II epic, Uber. And the third[...]
Will Your Store's Orders On Providence Be Five Times Those Of Crossed +100?
And while Alan Moore is continuing to write Crossed +100, Si Spurrier will take over for an arc from June. So Alan Moore's only other comic book scheduled this year is Providence with Jacen Burrows from Avatar, described as his Watchmen of HP Lovecraft. Which is why, as I heard from one high profile retail chain, they[...]
Avatar Press Solicitations For June 2015 – Si Spurrier Joins Crossed +100
The big news from Avatar in June, and talked about at the weekend's London Super Comic-Con is that Si Spurrier, the author of Crossed: Wish You Were Here is writing an arc of Alan Moore's Crossed +100 series from his notes And Alan Moore's Providence jumps in size to a 40 page comic without ads[...]
Max Brooks Signing Zombies And Vampires In London's West End Today
Max Brooks, the author of World War Z, is signing his new graphic novel The Extinction Parade: War in Waterstones, Piccadilly Circus from 5.30pm this evening. It's published in the UK by Titan Books, courtesy of Bleeding Cool's own publisher, Avatar Press, and appears here in advance. In fact, I'm going to pop down myself, working as I go, to[...]
Who Will Be The Next Premier Publisher At Diamond?
Archie, Titan and Valiant and a touch of Oni, more so that Dynamite, Avatar and Boom For Valiant, it's most of the line, for Archie, it's the older Archie books, Life, Afterlife and Sabrina, but also Sonic The Hedgehog And for Titan it's Doctor Who – and nothing else. For the best-selling Non-Premier graphic novels it's[...]
New Avatar Game Coming In The Form Of An Endless Runner
The Avatar sequels were recently pushed back once again to December 2017 That will make it a full eight years after the original came out That is kind of mind boggling in a way The original film doesn't seem anywhere near that long ago. Regardless, we are a little far off when it comes to traveling[...]
Avatar Sequel Delayed Due To Writing Difficulties
James Cameron's plan is to write and then film all three of the Avatar seques at once… but writing the three films has proving more difficult than he expected so the first film is being delayed a year Original schedule for late 2016, the first of the three films won't be released until the end[...]
Avatar Solicitations For April 2015 – Alan Moore To Garth Ennis To Max Brooks
Here are the books from Avatar Press shipping in April 2015… new Crossed Badlands and Extinction Parade collections, the continuing Crossed + 100 from Alan Moore and Gabriele Andrade, Kieron Gillen writes Crossed for C-Day, as well as more Uber, Dark Gods, War Stories and God Is Dead… CROSSED VOL 12 TPB $24.99 Cover: Gabriel Andrade Writer: David Lapham Art:[...]
Kieron Gillen's Crossed #75 For 2015's C-Day  In April – All The Covers
Every year in mid-April, Avatar Press hosts Crossed parties in comic book stores across the English speaking world, to coincide with the 25th, 50th and now 75th issue of Crossed Badlands. It's called C-Day and it's coming  on April 15th 2015. Written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Fernando Heinz, it features the Crossed outbreak that somehow we survived,[...]
All 50 Free Comic Book Day 2015 Titles, Now With Pictures And Text
Also featured is a preview of the brand new all-ages original graphic novel series being hailed as the next Avatar – The Last Airbender: THANATOS DIVER! When Samantha dares to search for adventure in the sunken city beneath her boring island home, she discovers a portal to a world both impossibly exciting and even more[...]
Avatar Solicitations For March 2014 From Alan Moore, Garth Ennis, Kieron Gillen, Justin Jordan, David Hine, Mike Costa And More
March's solicitations for Avatar Press show the latest in Alan Moore's first monthly comic in ages, Crossed +100, and plenty more from some very familiar talents… GOD IS DEAD VOL 04 TPB $19.99 Cover: Jacen Burrows Writer: Mike Costa Art: Juan Frigeri, Emiliano Urdinola MR, Color, 144 pages Everything Mike Costa has written has been building to this epic fourth volume! With the[...]
63 Thoughts About 62 Of Today's Comics – Prometheus, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Batgirl, Suicide Squad, Harley Quinn, Lady Demon, Copperhead, Charmed, Spider-Verse Team Up, Spider-Man, Supreme, Bitch Planet, Spider-Man & The X-Men, Skylanders, My Little Pony, Mercy Thompson, Fraggle Rock, Little Nemo, Peter Panzerfaust, Empty Man, Crossed Badlands, Wild Ones, God Is Dead, Earth 2, Batman Eternal, Thor, Avengers World, Carnage, Constantine, Amazing X-Men, Rocket Raccoon, Winterworld, Futures End, Alice Cooper, Shutter,  Magdalena, The Valiant, Princess Ugg, Helheim, V-Wars, TMNT, Angry Brids, Angry Birds Vs Transformers, Transformers, Bravest Warriors, Regular Show, Star Trek, Samurai Jack, October Faction, Suicide Risk, Maxx, D&D, 7th Sword, Hexed, Sirens, Eternal, Thomas Alsop, Deep State, Solar, Flash Gordon,  Ex-Con and John Carter
Bitch Planet #1 asks the important question in comic books today. It also happens to lead off with a great pull back and reveal that's reminiscent of the
Visual Ballet – Talking With Lady Death's Marc Borsel About The New Series
I think I delivered some nice shots in the story. Boundless is a sibling company to Avatar Press, the owners of Bleeding Cool. Lady Death is returning to comics from Boundless, via an already-funded-at-200% Kickstarter (with three days to go). Bleeding Cool Editor-In-Chief, Hannah Means-Shannon talked to the comic's artist Marc Bostel about the return of Lady Death, and got[...]
Alan Moore Talks About His New Comic Book Heroine, Future Taylor
And an explanation of that name from Alan… Avatar Press is Bleeding Cool's corporate owner But come on… Future Taylor is the lead character in Alan Moore's new comic book series, Crossed +100, which receives it's first teaser tomorrow in the shape of the Crossed +100 Taste Test, featuring an interview with Alan about his new[...]
In One Week, In Two Weeks – Welcome The Dark Gods
Launching next Wednesday are Baltimore: Wolf And The Apostle, Harley Quinn Annual, Rasputin, Axis: Carnage, Axis Revolutions, Death Of Wolverine: Deadpool And Captain America, Deathlok, Marvel 75th Anniversary Celebration, True Stories, Beast Commandoes, Rogue The Burning Heart, Roman Ritual, Dark Gods, Sonic Boom, Godkiller Walk Among Us, I Play The Bad Guy, Phantom and Dredd Uprise. The week[...]
Social Media Reacts To… Alan Moore On Crossed
So, yesterday, Bleeding Cool's owner Avatar Press announced a thing. The French were, of course, psychic. Alan Moore et Gabriel Andrade vont travailler sur Crossed chez @AvatarPress http://t.co/qcAjGi6T88 — Buzz Comics (@BuzzComics) September 12, 2014 And some promised that they were. I called Moore writing Crossed when the first teaser appeared @Avatarpress @bleedingcool — The Bearded Canuck (@Scott_MDavis) September 15, 2014 And[...]
Kieron Gillen To Write Crossed, Garth Ennis To Return For #100
At the Garth Ennis/Dynamite Spotlight Panel at Baltimore Comic Con yesterday, Garth Ennis spent most of the time… talking about Avatar comics it seems. And thanks to Bleeding Cool Editor-In-Chief Hannah Means-Shannon, we were able to hear one scoop in particular. That X-Men/Iron Man writer Kieron Gillen would be writing the ongoing Crossed Badlands series next year,[...]
28 Thoughts About 28 Comics – Uncanny X-Men, Kung Fu Bible Classics, Batman Eternal, The Death Of Wolverine, Blood Queen, Dejah Mars, Hawkeye Vs Deadpool, Avengers World, Moon Knight, Southern Bastards, Star-Lord, Miracleman, God Is Dead, Extinction Parade, Uber, Alice Cooper, Chaos, Ex Con, Mars Attacks, Indestructible, My Little Pony, Red Sonja, Rogue Trooper, Turok, Squidder, Twilight Zone, Silent Hill and Angry Birds
Okay, so it's been gone a while. A mix of conventions, surgery and seeing to the kids during the summer holiday. But X Thoughts About X Comics is back...
This Is 2014. Do You Know Where Your God Is?
In the last two weeks, Avatar Press have published four issues of God Is Dead, the series created by Jonathan Hickman for the publisher in which God dies, and all the other gods seize their opportunity to return Two issues by regular series writer Mike Costa, and two "Book Of Acts" specials titled "Alpha" and[...]