Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows, who created Crossed for Bleeding Cool's publisher Avatar Press, have reunited for Punisher: Soviet, which also sees Marvel return to their mature readers MAX imprint, something they had moved away from in recent years. Just as DC Comics seems to be moving away from theirs. Here's a look at what's […]
Garth Ennis is returning to Marvel for more Punisher starting this November, with a six-issue miniseries with art by Jacen Burrows. Ennis wrote the character at Marvel starting at the turn of the century in one of the longest and most acclaimed Punisher runs that included work by legendary artists including Steve Dillon, Darick Robertson, […]
Moon Knight has been kidnapped by Ernst, a Nazi sadist who runs a cult. Ernst's cult is putting Marc Spector through a series of trials to induct Marc into the cult. These include fighting a rabid dolphin, torturing a torturer, and a combat trial. This takes place over a series of weeks, leaving Moon Knight […]
Moon Knight learns he has a daughter in time to see she and her mother at the mercy of the Sun King and Raul Bushman. He is now fighting for their lives as well as his own. Elsewhere, the Truth receives some help in prison. Also, Khonshu gives Marc Spector and his other personalities an […]
The Sun King, our mystery pyrokinetic worshipper of the god, Ra, has linked up with Raul Bushman, former associate and current foe of Moon Knight, to collaborate on bringing down Marc Spector. What they come up with is unsurprisingly vicious. Meanwhile, Marc Spector and Jake Lockley are having an internal conflict over Lockley's methods. Max […]
A train his hijacked by a mysterious individual going by the moniker, the Truth. If that's not bad enough, the self-proclaimed avatar of Ra is making moves across the city. Marc Spector goes through a successful day as Steven Grant before seeing the news story about the Truth's disaster. He subsequently dons the cowl of […]
Avatar Press, Bleeding Cool's parent company, is publishing work from talents such as Kieron Gillen, Alan Moore, and Jacen Burrows. These come through, Uber Invasion, Cinema Purgatorio, and Dreadful Beauty Art of Providence, the last of which is an artbook celebrating the work of Jacen Burrows. More details are available below. Take a look. UBER INVASION #11 (MR) (W) Kieron Gillen (A/CA) […]
At Ravencroft Institute, Dr. Emmett treats the mysterious Patient 86, a former serviceman who snapped and set a number of comrades on fire after a series of horrific abuses. He doesn't remember his own name or much of his history before the event. Everything points towards this being a wash, but Emmett, who previously treated […]
Ta-Nehisi Coates has pulled off the near-impossible with his Black Panther series. Where lengthy story arcs are usually a huge detriment to comic books, Coates made an explosive start in Black Panther through a year-long story of revolution and civil war in T'Challa's homeland of Wakanda. In the aftermath of this long tale, he is […]
For justifiable reasons, it's a big part of the series Providence, written by Alan Moore and illustrated painstakingly by Jacen Burrows, not to give any spoilers of what lies ahead, but there's certainly been plenty of speculation, and this is fertile ground for imaginative predictions based on how in-depth your knowledge of the Lovecraftian universe […]
Providence #4 arrives this Wednesday from Avatar Press, and after the rather spine-tinglingly strange atmosphere of Issue #3, where Robert Black makes the first stop on his New England journey out of New York, the anticipation for more outbreaks of the weird is high. And this issue will certainly build on what has been a […]
Two books are hitting the comic shops this week from Avatar Press. First up is issue #38 of God Is Dead where Mike Costa brings us a change in direction for the battle of deities. And then Alan Moore's Providence #2, the ad-free giant issue drawn by fan favorite artist Jacen Burrows. God is Dead […]
On July 8th, the second issue of Providence arrives, the new series from Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows that delves deeply into the life, legend, and lore of H.P. Lovecraft. Set a few years before any of the fictional incidents in Lovecraft's actual stories, the series nevertheless places us firmly in a world Lovecraft fans […]
My first experience with the Phoenix Comic Con was back in 2005 when it was held in Mesa and it had the word Cactus in the title. I was told about this new show that he was volunteering for and was given an email address. The address was for Joe Boudrie head of programming and […]
[*Mild Spoilers for Providence #1 below! If you really want to know nothing that happens in the comic, stop now.] Nothing overtly horrific happens in the first issue Providence, the new monthly comic from Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows, out this week. I mean, not in the sense that you might expect from a horror […]
Tomorrow sees the launch of Providence #1, the new comic book by Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows in comic book stores from Avatar Press, who are selling the comic at their stall at Denver Comic Con today. Here, in the third of three short films by Mitch Jenkins, Alan Moore talks about how the world of HP Lovecraft has […]
Wednesday sees the launch of Providence #1, the new comic book by Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows in comic book stores from Avatar Press, who are selling the comic at their stall at Denver Comic Con today. Here, in the second of three short films by Mitch Jenkins, Alan Moore talks about the approach taken by HP Lovecraft which differentiated him […]
Avatar Press has brought the heavy talent to Denver Comic Con, including Max Brooks, Kieron Gillen, Garth Ennis, and Jacen Burrows, all doing signings and panels at the show. At the Avatar booth today, things were heating up for a massive signing of all 4 guests around midday. Here are some photos of the pre-signing […]
Today sees the launch of Providence #1, the new comic book by Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows at Denver Comic Con. And in all comic book stores on Wednesday. Here, in the first of three short films by Mitch Jenkins, Alan Moore explains the importance of HP Lovecraft, on a personal level, ahead of the […]
Denver Comic Con kicks off tonight with Opening Ceremonies, and not only is Bleeding Cool going to be here all through Memorial Day Weekend, but our parent company Avatar Press is having quite a presence at the con as well, bringing Kieron Gillen, Garth Ennis, Max Brooks, and Jacen Burrows in for signings and spotlight […]
