Avatar Press New to Comic Shops 5/4/16

These are the new Avatar Press items coming to comic shops on Wednesday 5/4/16:

Cinema Purgatorio #1

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:      Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill invite you, and some of the Cinema1finest creators in comics, in to join them in a different kind of dark: Cinema Purgatorio!  This ongoing monthly series will feature Alan and Kevin in every issue and is their first major new project together since League of Extraordinary Gentlemen!  Anthology has become a dirty word, so far be it Cinema1_CodePrufrom us to clean it up.  Instead we’ll shine our light onto the cutting edge of sequential art, with black and white artwork to allow illustrator’s pure visions, and the greatest assembly of writing talent ever gathered on one series.  Every issue is perfect-bound, with no ads, and all of the works are very long-form, there are no collections planned before 2018.  Jump in now and embrace the new future of comics.  The one of which Alan Moore has always dreamed.  It’s here, now. Hiding in the dark corner.  Welcome to Cinema Purgatorio.

Crossed: Badlands #96

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:    Christos Gage delivers a fiery return story to the world of the
Crossed98tortureCVRCrossed and the vicious alpha-infected, Smokey!   He’s found the smart girls, he’s found a place to farm and Smokey is preparing to settle in for the long-haul.  Can he pull off the first Crossed settlement?  If the Crossed are the Crossed98regCVRinevitable creeping doom, Smokey is the unavoidable fate waiting for you in a world of misery and woe.  Available with Regular & Torture Cover by Raulo Caceres, Wraparound Cover by Daniel Gete, Art Deco Cover by Michael DiPascale,  C-Day Worldwide Cover by German Nobile, and Red Crossed Incentive Cover also by Caceres.

War Stories #18

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:      A sneak attack on the squadron’s home base leaves Jonah all WarStories18-regat sea, while Max’s engagement hits a sudden wall. But out in the English Channel waits their adversary, the mysterious E-Boat commander nicknamed Hans the Bastard- and the showdown he has planned is nothing like WarStories18-NoseArtwhat our heroes are expecting. The concluding episode of Send A Gunboat, by Garth Ennis and Tomas Aira. Available with Regular, Wraparound Covers by Thomas Aria, Good Girl Nose Art, Battle Damage Retailer Incentive Covers by Matt Martin.

 

Ask your local comic shop retailer to reserve copies for you today!

 

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