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Avatar Plug of the Week – Night of the Living Dead: Aftermath #3
The original zombie epic returns with a fresh and violent picture of the end of the world courtesy of David Hine in today's Night of the Living Dead: Aftermath #3! Las Vegas is a city of the dead now.  The zombie epidemic hits new heights as the government tries to cover up the extent the plague[...]
Avatar Plug of the Week –  NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: AFTERMATH #2
The original zombie epic continues a decade after the classic first film with today's Night of the Living Dead: Aftermath #2! Las Vegas is shut down.  Mexico and Canada are closing their borders.  The zombie outbreak is spreading despite the media and politicians that claim the epidemic is under control.  A group of unlikely survivors find[...]
"Oh, look… A cute little Woodchuck… Aargh!!!"
It doesn't take BRAAAIinnessss to figure out zombies are all the rage. Apparently, even store mascots are not immune to the epidemic. Mile High Comics has their very own store exclusive cover for the recent NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: AFTERMATH #1, which released on Halloween You can order your own limited-edition copy here. For information on how you can[...]
Avatar Plug of the Week: Night of the Living Dead: Aftermath #1
Night of the Living Dead, makes it's return today, Halloween, with an all-new on-going series, Aftermath! Horror Master, David Hine (Crossed, The Darkness, Spawn), launches the new series a decade after Romero's first film. Set in the excess of the late 1970s, we follow the world as it has evolved with the zombie threat, a disaster they thought[...]
Retailers to Throw Halloween Parties
The best ones are tying in to Avatar's new on-going zombie series, Night of the Living Dead: Aftermath, since the first issue launches on Halloween! For example, Collector's Corner in Baltimore, Maryland, is hosting an event starting at 5pm which will include a costume contest, free comics and toys giveaways, a zombie SFX artist giving free[...]
Which Retailer Will Win?
With the launch of Night of the Living Dead: Aftermath #1 debuting this Wednesday (Halloween), Avatar Press wants to reward the top three retailers who have the best events on Halloween! Will it be you? Retailers are encouraged to contact Rick Verbanas, Director of Marketing, at Avatar Press, (rickverbanas@avatarpress.net) so he can help you promote your store's party and to register[...]
Comic Shops To Host Halloween Night of the Living Dead Parties
Avatar Press feels there is no better time to launch their new on-going series, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: AFTERMATH to help celebrate with some ghoulish fun! Set 12 years after the initial outbreak in the cult-classic first movie, this series is written by long-time horror writer, David Hine (Crossed: Badlands, The Darkness, Spawn) and promises to be faithful to[...]
Advance Look: Covers December 2012
In this post of Advance Look, we take a sneak peek at Avatar Press covers for December 2012 – shown here before anywhere else! Covered here: CALIGULA: HEART OF ROME #1 (Regular, Wrap and Gore covers) – The sequel to David Lapham's smash reimagining of the classic story of lust and power starts here FERALS VOLUME 1 (Tarde[...]
Why Retailers Should Invite Zombies Into Stores on Halloween
They're coming for you… …this time, right in your neighborhood comic shop! On Halloween, zombie lovers across the world will have a new reason to rejoice for undead mayhem on a monthly basis, thanks to the launch of a new, ongoing Night of the Living Dead: Aftermath comic book series As previously mentioned on Bleeding Cool,[...]
"Kill, Kill, Kill!" Mike Wolfer Talks the New Direction of STITCHED
Whether it's his work on the Boundless Comics beauties Lady Death and War Goddess, or his creepy horror on Avatar's Stitched and Night of the Living Dead, or his new project in development, Malison Plague, he's an interesting cat who's got a lot of great insight into the comics storytelling medium. Beginning in September, Wolfer will[...]
First Look at Avatar Covers for November
Avatar Press reveals the issue covers to all its new releases slated to be on store shelves in November, and live for pre-orders from comic shop retailers as of Diamond's September Previews catalog.     Stitched Volume 1 Graphic Novel Written by Garth Ennis and Adapted by Mike Wolfer Artwork by Mike Wolfer Softcover Edition, Hardcover Edition, and Signed Hardcover Edition Illustrated[...]
Night Of The Living Dead Aftermath To Be Avatar's Big Hallowe'en Event
All this was news to me, straiught from the Avatar panel at San Diego Comic Con David Hine is to write Night Of The Living Dead: Aftermath, a major new series launching in October from Avatar Press set in the George Romero zombieverse, set in the life of one woman living in in Los Angeles in[...]
FIRST LOOK: Night of the Living Dead Aftermath and Day of the Undead
David Hine (X-Men: The 198, Civil War: X-Men) will be taking their Night of the Living Dead franchise and creating something new and epic with it The new ongoing Night of the Living Dead: Aftermath series is set to debut on Halloween day itself with a big promotional effort, and looks to be released hand-in-hand[...]
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[...]
After The Walking Dead
Night Of The Living Dead – With Plague Of The Living Dead, Escape Of The Living Dead, and now Night Of The Living Dead, Avatar have slowly created the other zombie comic franchise, with Mike Wolfer continuing the original zombie story across the years after the original film Possibly the closest thing to The Walking[...]
Night Of The Living Dead: Death Valley – Avatar Plug Of The Week
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 new night of terror is about to begin! Surrounded by crazed, flesh-hungry zombies, a group of California free spirits have only a campfire[...]
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Dead Club Band
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 boys, Garth Ennis, Warren Ellis, Max Brooks, Matt Martin, Mark Seifert, Mike Wolfer, Dheeraj Verma, George Romero, Jacen[...]
Avatar Plug Of The Week: Night Of The Living Dead Vol 2, Both Hard And Soft
Here's the solicitatory information to help make your decision. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD VOL 2 TP Retail Price: $19.99 US Cover: Mike Wolfer Writer: Mike Wolfer, John Russo Art: Thomas Aira, Mike Wolfer Readership: MR Format: Full Color, 160 pages, TPB ISBN – 1592911226 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The most horrifying night in American history continues as the next chapter of NIGHT[...]