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Avatar Plug of the Week – CROSSED: BADLANDS #9
I'm going to make this short and sweet, on account of my need to catch a plane! Tomorrow marks the fear-fraught conclusion to Jamie Delano's epic "Homo Superior" storyline in Crossed: Badlands #9! It's a reunion (of sorts) of the cast, some of whom have been completely overtaken by the murderous urges of the Crossed disease[...]
Say Hello To Jackson – Crossed: Wish You Were Here
Why do I get the sudden feeling that Jackson is about to be a new fan favourite in Crossed: Wish You Were Here? A kind of Michonne with bagpipes? If he stays alive long enough?   Why do I get the sudden feeling that Jackson is about to be a new fan favourite in Crossed: Wish[...]
Avatar Plug of the Week: HERO WORSHIP #1
Scott Murphy is one of the key writers on Cartoon Network's Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and Michael DiPascale is one of Avatar's (and sister company Boundless Comics') go-to cover artists for such titles as Crossed, Night of the Living Dead, Lady Death, and War Goddess. Hero Worship takes place in an America fascinated by its[...]
Crossing Paths With Simon Spurrier
Alasdair Stuart writes for Bleeding Cool The new Crossed: Wish You Were Here interlude chapter has just gone up. Crossed remains one of my favorite end of the world stories, for two reasons; the unrelenting horror of it and the moment in the original mini-series where, just for a second, everything stops It's an incredible storytelling beat,[...]
The Heart and Soul of a Crossed Epic: An Avatar Plug
I'm not just saying it because I have to.  I truly do believe that the Crossed epic known as Wish You Were Here is crafted with more heart and soul than most other comics on the market.  I'm going to tell you why.  Nay, I'll show you why… See that guy on the left there? That's[...]
Avatar Plug of June Previews – Crossed: Wish You Were Here Volume One GN
We would be remiss if we didn't point out that the Crossed: Wish You Were Here Volume 1 graphic novel, which is available for fan and retailer pre-order through the June Previews catalog, was selected by Diamond Comics as a Featured Item for the month What an honor! The Wish You Were Here storyline is something[...]
Crossed: Wish You Were Here… As Long As "Here" Isn't In The Office
This week's Crossed: Wish You Were Here webcomic chapter has just gone live And basically this is the only grouping  of panels I can show you without raising the ire of Bleeding Cool's advertisers Because the actual strip, by Si Spurrier, Javier Barreno and Gary Erskine is full of the kind of things that, if[...]
Avatar Plug Of The Week — CROSSED: Badlands #8
Hitting this week from your friends at Avatar Press is the penultimate installment of Jamie Delano and Leandro Rizzo's story arc from CROSSED: Badlands  It's all the weirdness and depravity in a world gone horribly wrong that you've come to expect from CROSSED, topped off with more than a little extra that you didn't expect[...]
Your Weekly Shaky – Cross-Screw
This week's illustration by Shaky Kane, of Image Comics' Bulletproof Coffin: Disinterred, is an original, inspired by Avatar's Crossed series, entitled Cross-Screw… This week's illustration by Shaky Kane, of Image Comics' Bulletproof Coffin: Disinterred, is an original, inspired by Avatar's Crossed series, entitled Cross-Screw… This week's illustration by Shaky Kane, of Image Comics' Bulletproof Coffin:[...]
Crossed: Wish You Were Here… Is Here!
It's Thursday, so you know what that means… another chapter of the free webcomic Crossed: Wish You Were Here from Si Spencer, Javier Barreno and Gary Erskine. And the bells are ringing… It's Thursday, so you know what that means… another chapter of the free webcomic Crossed: Wish You Were Here from Si Spencer, Javier Barreno[...]
Announcing the Winners of the Crossed C-Day Retailer Contest
Today, we're happy to announce the top three winners of the Crossed Retailer Contest, sponsored by Avatar Press and Bleeding Cool We're also pleased to announce that all retailers that submitted C-Day post-event contributions will receive a special prize, in gratitude for their awesome efforts. A little background, and then we'll have our drum roll to[...]
Crossed: Wish You Were Here – On The River
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 twist And becomes a voyeur… Another Thursday, a new Crossed: Wish You Were Here by Si Spurrier, Javier Barreno and Gary Erskine And the moral centre of[...]
Who's Who In Crossed: Wish You Were Here
Another Thursday, another weekly chapter of Crossed: Wish You Were Here by Si Spurrier, Javier Barreno and Gary Erskine. Or rather another interlude Slow on the narrative, more notes from The Writer on those sharing the island with him And waiting for their inevitable demise… Not one look at a Crossed But plenty, plenty dread… [...]
Avatar Plug of the Week – Crossed: Badlands #6
In Crossed: Badlands #6, horror legend Jamie Delano (Hellblazer, Rawbone, Narcopolis) continues to explore the deadly landscape of the Florida Everglades… and the new sinking depths of what humanity lurks in the swamps In this issue, Leon — the slacker teenager embedded in his abusive father's racist compound — plans his ultimate, grisly revenge against[...]
Crossed And Weavers, Weavers And Crossed
  We get a new webcomic episode of Crossed: Wish You Were Here by Si Spurrier, Javier Barreno and Gary Erskine today Watch those crows in the bottom left corner, I pegged them right away… Also, in Spurrier-related comicness… "Why Are The Weavers?" Anyone got an idea? Busy boy.   We get a new webcomic episode of Crossed: Wish[...]
BC Mag #0: Crossed: The Survivors
Bleeding Cool Magazine Article By Keith Davidsen In Crossed, Garth Ennis created the ultimate apocalyptic scenario: a disease that tears through human civilization in an instant, turning its infected victims into sadistic thrill-killers Called "Crossed" due to the shape of the rash that mars their faces, these lunatics are relentless, wholly devoid of regret or mercy[...]
Chew #1, CGC 9.9
Are you a retailer who would like to be included? Contact us. Reply to this article in the forum. Further Reading: CHEW, CROSSED, X-O MANOWAR, WALKING DEAD, ADVENTURE TIME, HAPPY, SPECULATOR CORNER Bleeding Cool Magazine Article By Rich Johnston We learned it on the first day of Economics 101 The price of a good is determined by the[...]
Avatar Plug of the Web – Crossed: Wish You Were Here, Chapter 7
Crossed is such extreme horror that sometimes it does nasty things to your eye sockets, but it's not all butchery and bloodlust, as today's latest online chapter in Si Spurrier and Javier Barreno's Crossed: Wish You Were Here webcomic can attest Even under duress, folks can still find humor in life's little absurd moments. Gotta[...]
Avatar Plug Of The Week: Crossed: Wish You Were Here Chapter 6
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, I was getting Gary Erskine to draw the royal wedding biography of Prince William It's funny how a year can change things… There's a new Crossed: Wish You Were[...]
C2E2: Avatar – High Kicking Chicks
The Emerald City Comic-Con panel was then discussed, including mentioning the little girl that continually ran up and asked questions, and Mike Wolfer's reaction and the creative answers to her questions. Crossed News! Keith tells us about Crossed: Badlands, that it's a bi-weekly series, and that Garth Ennis is writing the first story, Jamie Delano does[...]
Crossed: Wish You Were Here… Be Vewy Vewy Quiet…
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 interlude… and a rabbit hunting expedition comes across some unusual prey…   The new chapter of the Crossed webcomic Wish You Were Here by Simon Spurrier, Javier Barreno and Gary[...]
Today's Top Four Gross Out Scenes From Image Comics
And Crossed: Badlands by Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows, giving us an opening scene with Prince Harry… Yeah, that's nasty Go on, have a preview of the whole issue. [issuu width=420 height=323 backgroundColor=%23222222 documentId=120411153835-d17b74ba73f04d1481abb25d59fba8ab name=crossed-badlands-3-preview username=avatarpress tag=avatar%20press unit=px v=2] [...]
Superhero Screenwriter Zak Penn To Publish First-Ever Comic, Hero Worship
What happens when an unhealthy obsession leads to one fan getting superpowers of his own? The new series will feature cover artwork and full interiors by Michael DiPascale, whose slick, painted style has graced the covers of Lady Death, War Goddess, and Crossed As it happens, DiPascale will be kicking off the promotion of Hero Worship[...]
Dealing Cool #4: A Retailer Perspective from Black Cat Comics
Enjoy!     MY SHOP, DEFINED Set the stage for the Bleeding Cool viewer — what's the core of your business? Where are you located, and what's your primary clientele? We pride ourselves on being a comic book store, meaning that we have no trading cards or games.  Not that there's anything wrong with specializing in those lines; I've just[...]
Avatar Plug Of The Week: Crossed Badlands #2
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 desperate survivors, including a British Royal, struggling to evade the roving homicidal hordes among the Scottish Highlands. Badlands #2, hitting stores tomorrow, continues the bi-weekly horror launched on C-Day In the latest[...]
After The Walking Dead
Crossed In many ways the anti-Walking Dead, this has the zombie gore of the Walking Dead, but with an evil intent, and it is an evil within us all brought to the fore Created by Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows, and continued by others, readers will need stronger stomachs than the Walking Dead, and if[...]
Avatar, Boundless, Boom! And Dynamite June 2012 Solicitations
Jamie Delano begins writing an arc for Crossed Badlands from Avatar, Bleeding Cool Magazine begins with a preview issue, Boom! grabs Si Spurrier for Extermination and Dynamite push Prophecy and Pantha… these are the kind of books that go beyond where the Premier titles fear to tread, in June See what takes your fancy…. From Avatar [...]
When Shops Got Crossed
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 Comics of Salt Lake City, Utah Beach Ball Comics of   Quest Comic Shop of Carrollton, Georgia Pittsburgh Comics Of Pittsburgh,   More shots of the[...]