Avatar Press July 2007 Solicited Releases

The comics and related items in this post are scheduled to ship from Avatar in July, 2007. These items should be available for order from your favorite comics retailer. If not, you can order direct from Avatar via our direct sales agent Comic Cavalcade.

Here’s a link to the complete list of July 2007 Solicited Releases in the store.

Solicited for July:

Alan Moore’s HYPOTHETICAL LIZARD TPB
US $14.99
Cover: Felipe Massafera
Writer: Alan Moore
Art: Sebastian Fiumara
Readership: MR
Format: B&W, 128 pages
ISBN: 1592910386

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Finally collected, here is one of Alan Moore’s greatest works and his most critically acclaimed novella of all time, painstakingly adapted to comic books. Moore’s frequent collaborator Antony Johnston has carefully preserved the story as it is presented in sequential form with stunning grey-painted art by sensations Lorenzo Lorente and Sebastian Fiumara. What would you pay to learn the innermost secrets of wizards? Young prostitute Som Som has made the ultimate sacrifice; literally sworn to secrecy by cosmetic surgery, the two halves of Som Som’s brain have been severed, leaving her able to hear and see… but not speak or act. Now Som Som’s unique attributes will put her firmly in the center of an impossible dilemma, as an old friend return to The House Without Clocks, and a deadly game of domination begins… This collected volume contains the entire four issue series, the full text of the original story, and both artist’s original design sketches.

Alan Moore’s HYPOTHETICAL LIZARD Hardcover
US $24.99
Cover: Felipe Massafera
Writer: Alan Moore
Art: Sebastian Fiumara
Readership: MR
Format: B&W, 128 pages
ISBN: 1592910394

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Limited to 750 copies.

DOKTOR SLEEPLESS #1
US $3.99
Cover: Ivan Rodriguez
Writer: Warren Ellis
Art: Ivan Rodriguez
Readership: MR
Format: Full Color, 32 pages, monthly

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Warren Ellis is unleashed on this all-new, on-going, monthly sci-fi series! It’s the near future. No-one has their flying car. Everyone feels cheated. What America needs now is a Mad Scientist. A city with a secret is shocked out of its apathy by the return of a young technological genius who has reinvented himself as Doktor Sleepless. But perhaps he never left and perhaps his planned new future doesn’t include the city. For fans of Ellis’ fantastic sci-fi tales and have missed the absence of Transmetropolitan, this series is what the Doktor ordered! The issue is available with a regular cover by series artist Ivan Rodriguez, or wraparound cover by Raulo Caceres, a signed poster edition which features a Doktor Sleepless poster signed by Warren Ellis himself, and also a rare 1-in-15 Future Warning Sign cover.

DOKTOR SLEEPLESS #1 Wraparound
US $3.99
Cover: Raulo Caceres
Writer: Warren Ellis
Art: Ivan Rodriguez
Readership: MR
Format: Full Color, 32 pages, monthly
DOKTOR SLEEPLESS #1 Ellis Signed Poster Edition
US $5.99
Cover: Raulo Caceres
Writer: Warren Ellis
Art: Ivan Rodriguez
Readership: MR
Format: Full Color, 32 pages, monthly

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This edition ships with a poster signed by Warren Ellis. All copies ship bagged with a certificate of authenticity.

Warren Ellis’ BLACKGAS 2 #3
US $3.99
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Writer: Warren Ellis
Art: Ryan Waterhouse
Readership: MR
Format: Full Color, 32 pages, 3 of 3

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The disastrous, carnage-filled last issue is finally ready to be unleashed on the world! Everything has gone wrong for Soo Park and her team of survivors while trying to find their way out of a city of cannibal zombies. But even if they do — what happens when the zombies themselves break the city limits? Should she just run — or should she find a way to contain the outbreak? Can a million people who inhaled the Blackgas be saved? This is a zombie holocaust. As well as the Standard cover by Jacen Burrows, this issue is available with Wraparound, Terror and Gore covers by artist Max Fiumara!

Warren Ellis’ BLACKGAS 2 #3 Wraparound
US $3.99
Cover: Max Fiumara
Writer: Warren Ellis
Art: Ryan Waterhouse
Readership: MR
Format: Full Color, 32 pages, 3 of 3
Warren Ellis’ BLACKGAS 2 #3 Terror
US $3.99
Cover: Max Fiumara
Writer: Warren Ellis
Art: Ryan Waterhouse
Readership: MR
Format: Full Color, 32 pages, 3 of 3
Warren Ellis’ BLACKGAS 2 #3 Gore
US $3.99
Cover: Max Fiumara
Writer: Warren Ellis
Art: Ryan Waterhouse
Readership: MR
Format: Full Color, 32 pages, 3 of 3
Warren Ellis’ BLACKGAS #1-3 set
US $11.99
“Writer: Warren Ellis
Art: Max Fiumara
Readership: MR
Format: Full Color, 32 pages, 3 books in a bag set

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: To celebrate the final issue of BlackGas 2 coming out, we are offering this special bagged set of the first series #1-3, random covers of each. If you missed the zombie series everyone is talking about when it was first released, this set is the easiest way to catch up!

2001 MANIACS SPECIAL #1
US $3.99
Cover: Raulo Caceres
Writer: Tim Sullivan
Art: Raulo Caceres
Readership: MR
Format: Full Color, 32 pages

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Robert Englund stars in this origin tale of the 2001 Maniacs written by director Tim Sullivan! Just in time for the second film in this horror franchise, and written by the director and writer of the 2001 Maniacs movies, this Special fits into the continuity of the films. Tim Sullivan tells, for the first time, the origin of the 2001 Maniacs, and introduces two new characters that will be featured in the second film, coming out this Fall! Fully-authorized and with his blessing, Englund’s likeness is used on his character Mayor Buckman in this gruesome tale of betrayal. This comic will be promoted with a special “making of” featurette on the DVD release of the second 2001 Maniacs film. No one but Avatar could bring this gory tale of tragedy to the comic page with the bleeding-edge story-telling the fans demand! This horrific issue is available with the standard, Wraparound, and Gore covers by artist Raulo Caceres, a Photo cover of Robert Englund as Mayor Buckman, and a special Englund signed edition that features a poster signed by Robert Englund, Tim Sullivan, and other members of the 2001 Maniacs cast and is limited to just 750 copies (ships with a certificate of authenticity).

2001 MANIACS SPECIAL #1 Wraparound
US $3.99
Cover: Raulo Caceres
Writer: Tim Sullivan
Art: Raulo Caceres
Readership: MR
Format: Full Color, 32 pages
2001 MANIACS SPECIAL #1 Photo
US $3.99
“Writer: Tim Sullivan
Art: Raulo Caceres
Readership: MR
Format: Full Color, 32 pages
2001 MANIACS SPECIAL #1 Gore
US $3.99
Cover: Raulo Caceres
Writer: Tim Sullivan
Art: Raulo Caceres
Readership: MR
Format: Full Color, 32 pages
2001 MANIACS SPECIAL #1 Robert Englund Signed Edition
US $24.99
Cover: Raulo Caceres
Writer: Tim Sullivan
Art: Raulo Caceres
Readership: MR
Format: Full Color, 32 pages
PLAGUE OF THE LIVING DEAD #4
US $2.5
Cover Art: Jacen Burrows
Writer: John Russo
Art: Dheeraj Verma
Readership: MR
Format: Full Color, 16 pages, 4 of 6

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The next major zombie epic continues here at a special price of just $2.50! Following hot on the heels of John Russo’s shocking PLAGUE OF THE LIVING DEAD SPECIAL, this blockbuster, 6-issue mini-series begins where the SPECIAL ended. Their home town is a war zone. Their loved ones are surely dead. They are pursued by military police, intent on their capture. And there’s zombies roaming the streets of Stone Mountain… Hundred of flesh-eating, ravenous zombies! With nothing left for which to live and no hope for survival, a trio of Vietnam veterans plunge headlong into battle with the army of the undead that have destroyed everything to which they had hoped to return. The PLAGUE OF THE LIVING DEAD has spread and devoured all in its path, but the trio of soldiers find that there may be a glimmer of hope, as they find a pocket of survivors in the local high school gymnasium. But will this last outpost of humanity be their salvation or will it become a horrifying death-trap? As well as the standard cover by super-star Jacen Burrows, this issue is available with a Wraparound, Terror, Rotting and Gore cover by series artist Dheeraj Verma and a painted cover by Matt Busch.

PLAGUE OF THE LIVING DEAD #4 Wraparound
US $2.99
Cover Art: Dheeraj Verma
Writer: John Russo
Art: Dheeraj Verma
Readership: MR
Format: Full Color, 16 pages, 4 of 6
PLAGUE OF THE LIVING DEAD #4 Terror
US $2.99
Cover Art: Dheeraj Verma
Writer: John Russo
Art: Dheeraj Verma
Readership: MR
Format: Full Color, 16 pages, 4 of 6
PLAGUE OF THE LIVING DEAD #4 Painted
US $2.99
Cover Art: Lucio Rubira
Writer: John Russo
Art: Dheeraj Verma
Readership: MR
Format: Full Color, 16 pages, 4 of 6
PLAGUE OF THE LIVING DEAD #4 Rotting
US $2.99
Cover Art: Dheeraj Verma
Writer: John Russo
Art: Dheeraj Verma
Readership: MR
Format: Full Color, 16 pages, 4 of 6
PLAGUE OF THE LIVING DEAD #4 Gore
US $2.99
Cover Art: Dheeraj Verma
Writer: John Russo
Art: Dheeraj Verma
Readership: MR
Format: Full Color, 16 pages, 4 of 6
ESCAPE OF THE LIVING DEAD: Airborne #1 Sketch cover
US $29.99
Cover Art: Dheeraj Verma
Writer: John Russo
Art: Dheeraj Verma
Readership: MR
Format: Full Color, 32 pages, 1 of 3

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This is the only way to get an original zombie sketch from artist Dheeraj Verma! He lives in India, so he doesn’t attend cons and his art has never before been available on the market. Every copy has an original ink zombie sketch on the front cover and is packaged in a bag and board with a certificate of authenticity. Limited to just 200 copies.

LADY DEATH Warrior Temptress Quick Draw
US $5.99
Cover Art: Juan Jose Ryp
Art: Ryp, Alves, Amorim, HDR and others
Readership: All Ages
Format: Full Color, 32 pages

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Lady Death is red hot in the old West on this new cover from artist Juan Jose Ryp. Limited to 750 copies.

LADY DEATH Sacrilege #0 Sexy Beast
US $5.99
Cover: Rafa Lopez
Writer: Brian Pulido
Art: Daniel HDR
Readership: All Ages
Format: Color, 16 pages

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Artist Rafa Lopez delivers this beautiful Lady Death piece. Limited to 1000 copies.

LADY DEATH Dark Horizons Arabian Night
US $5.99
Cover Art: Matt Martin
Writer: Brian Pulido
Art: Gabriel Guzman
Readership: All Ages
Format: B&W, 16 pages

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Lady Death is seen in all her glory on this new cover by Daniel HDR! Limited to 1000 copies.

LADY DEATH / SHI #0 Prism Foil
US $12.99
Cover: Billy Tucci
Writer: Brian Pulido
Art: Juan Jose Ryp
Readership: All Ages
Format: Color, 32 pages 1 of 2

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: All copies come packaged in a bag and board with a certificate of authenticity. Limited to 500 copies.

LADY DEATH/ SHI #0 Moment’s Rest
US $5.99
Cover: Matt Martin
Writer: Brian Pulido
Art: Juan Jose Ryp
Readership: All Ages
Format: Color, 16 pages, 0 of 2

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Lady Death and Shi get a second for a breather on this sexy new cover by Matt Martin. Limited to 1000 copies.

LADY DEATH / SHI #1 Royal Blue
US $75
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Writer: Brian Pulido
Art: Daniel HDR
Readership: All Ages
Format: Color, 32 pages 1 of 2

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Limited to 100 copies. All copies ship in a bag and a special protective case with a certificate of authenticity.

LADY DEATH Annual #1 True Beauty by Juan Jose Ryp Lithograph
US $29.99
“Art: Juan Jose Ryp
Format: Full color art print, 11 x 17

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This lithograph is of Juan Jose Ryp(s sultry cover to Lady Death Annual #1 True Beauty. Printed on high-quality card stock with cutting edge technology for a perfect high-resolution print suitable for framing. Each is strictly limited to only 150 copies! Every copy of this digital art print ships in a special rigid sleeve with a seal of authenticity.

LADY DEATH Bikini Special Skulls by Rafa Lopez Lithograph
US $29.99
“Art: Rafa Lopez
Format: Full color art print, 11 x 17

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This lithograph is of Rafa Lopez(s gothic cover to Lady Death Bikini Special Skulls Edition. Printed on high-quality card stock with cutting edge technology for a perfect high-resolution print suitable for framing. Each is strictly limited to only 150 copies! Every copy of this digital art print ships in a special rigid sleeve with a seal of authenticity.

STARGATE SG1 2007 Special Prism Foil
US $12.99
Cover: Lucio Rubira
Writer: James Anthony
Art: Jorge Correa
Readership: All Ages
Format: Full Color, 16 pages

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: All copies come packaged in a bag with a certificate of authenticity. Limited to 500 copies.

LADY DEATH vs PANDORA #1 Commemorative
US $5.99
Cover: Daniel HDR
Writer: Brian Pulido
Artist: Gabriel Guzman
Readership: All Ages
Format: Full Color, 16 pages

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The battle of the babes is one to remember on this new cover from Daniel HDR! Limited to 1000 copies.

LADY DEATH/ SHI #0 Jungle Boogie
US $5.99
Cover: Rafa Lopez
Writer: Brian Pulido
Art: Juan Jose Ryp
Readership: All Ages
Format: Color, 16 pages, 0 of 2

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The femmes fatale are about to get into some serious monkey business on this new cover from Rafa Lopez! Limited to 1000 copies.

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