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Avatar Press will be set up at the show and bringing in a great list of creators to meet the fans: writer Max Brooks (World War Z and Extinction Parade), writer Garth Ennis (Crossed and Punisher) and artist Jacen Burrows (Crossed and Neonomicon). On Friday at 4:15 pm in room #719 will be the Avatar Press[...]

Max Brooks is a popular man He was popular before World War Z, but now even more so And sometimes he has to take a break from his adoring fans Just for a little. This is how he did it between signings at the Avatar Press booth at San Diego Comic Con. Max Brooks is a[...]

 Avatar Press just released the schedule for Max Brooks, George RR Martin, and Christos Gage signings and panels  Pencil them into your planner now! Avatar Press Booth #2701 Wednesday July 17 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Max Brooks signing Thursday July 18 10:00 am – 11:00am – Max Brooks Signing 11:30 am – 12:30 pm – Avatar Press panel (Room[...]

Continuing series from writers  Jonathan Hickman, Kieron Gillen, Max Brooks, Garth Ennis, Christos Gage, George RR Martin and David Lapham! And, yes, Avatar Press owns Bleeding Cool Which is handy…. UBER VOL 1 ENHANCED Hardcover Price: $34.99 US Writers: Kieron Gillen Cover & Artist: Caanan White MR, Color, 336 pages Uber Vol 1 debuts in monstrously huge fashion, with a collection[...]

When the sold-out 1000 limited edition leather-bound covers of Max Brooks' The Extinction Parade #1 hit the stores on July 17th, there will be 100 chase variants in the form of Platinum Leather Editions sent out to retailers as well. The Extinction Parade is the new series by the creator of The Zombie Hunter Survival Guide and[...]

Last week, Avatar Press published Extinction Parade #1, written by Max Brooks He also had a film out Reorders were high, and thankfully Avatar seems to have printed lots rather than go straight to a second printing Though they still may have to, of sorts. William Christensen, publisher of Avatar Press and Bleeding Cool told me; I'm[...]

Welcome to a new semi-regular column looking at the industry of variant covers. First up, these are the four retailer-exclusive variants for Max Brooks' first comic Extinction Parade #1 from Avatar Press, telling the vampire story of a zombie invasion You can pick up the Midtown Comics and Forbidden Planet covers here. Max Brooks[...]

In Max Brooks new zombie/vampire comic Extinction Parade, published today, he gives us a very quick history of vampires Starting with the classic Bram Stoker-as-seen-by-Hollywood version, a quick flurry with the Interview With A Vampire type and then… TWilight. He promises that the vampires in Extinction Parade don't glow. In Max Brooks new zombie/vampire comic Extinction[...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEktqUG08rU Tomorrow sees the publication of the first issue of The Extinction Parade, his

There are a few set pieces that you might think would lend themselves to film, but much of the book's time is spent on exploring how it might feel to live through a near-extinction event and the kind of things people do to survive. If you haven't read Max Brooks's book, and I hope that one[...]

Max Brooks has done just that His novels, the Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z have entertained and equipped zombie fans and survivalists with the tools needed to battle the undead in any emergency And many consider his zombie fighting guidelines to be essential preparation for the eventual rise of the[...]

Best known for his books World War Z and The Zombie Survival Guide, Max Brooks knows a thing or two about zombies — and as we shall see, he knows a few things about other creatures as well We talked to Max earlier today about his upcoming comic book series Extinction Parade from Avatar Press,[...]

Avatar Press have published a number of Max Brooks' zombie projects to date, such as The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks And now they are taking on a new comic series inspired by  his short story, Extinction Parade. Brooks is writing the comic himself, in eleven issues, with art from current Crossed Badlands artist, Raulo Caceres. Simply[...]

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by Rich Johnston Every new year brings out the brightest and the breeziest in comic books, creators, and publishers.

A Max Brooks comic book cover for Bleeding Cool Magazine in April I wonder what that could be? Something… New? Issue 2 of the Magazine arrived at Diamond a few days ago I am writing for issue 3 this weekend Then there's the Free Comic Book Day issue and then issue 4… Basically I don't even know[...]

Tull had the germ of an idea, what if humanity discovered this place from myth and legend were real, and asked WWZ writer Max Brooks to flesh out how the existence of that supernatural location with great impact would change the world Mark Waid was then hired to take the setting that Brooks had engineered,[...]

From one of today's top topics: "The picture started filming nearly a year ago and then wrapped last summer — but clearly director Marc Forster and his

Talk about an aggressive convention schedule!  Avatar Press will be setting up at tons of shows across the United States and Canada in 2012, and they're kicking off the year next week with a trip to sunny California for WonderCon (March 16-18 at the Anaheim Convention Center). Conventions can be pretty overwhelming at times, with thousands[...]

World War Z, the hotly-anticipated adaptation of Max Brooks' novel, has just lost Lost star Matthew Fox, who last time we reported was said to be have a small role as a paratrooper, along with acting heavyweight Ed Harris Apparently Fox dropped out due to a scheduling conflict due to a prior commitment to star[...]

The name of the film? World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, based on the Max Brooks novel of the same name Damn, why did we only ever study the Corn Laws at school? Zombie wars sound a lot more interesting. Here's a rundown of the plot for those not already familiar with[...]

A few days ago, our good friends at Deadline reported that the adaptation of Max Brooks' World War Z starring Brad Pitt and directed by Marc Forster was still on. Bleeding Cool has had a keen interest in this adaptation, after we broke the news that producer company owner Brad Pitt had cast himself in the[...]

I also did a tiny bit of deep background research for Max Brooks' Zombie Proof House project earlier — and that's Max in the pic at right talking to Zombie Survivors at Long Beach yesterday There've been Zombie Outbreaks around the country And of course, the long-anticipated day of the Dead is finally here. Speaking of,[...]