Best wishes from all of us at Avatar.

Everyone should head over to this Whitechapel thread and also this one to wish Warren a happy birthday.

Whitechapel has the first look at series artist Facundo Perio’s take on upcoming Ellis title ANNA MERCURY.

William GRAVEL’s ongoing adventures are ready to begin their full-size, monthly run a little over month from now, following the original 6 miniseries which have been collected in trades and GRAVEL #0 which launched the new series a month ago.  Created and written by Warren Ellis and with script assist from Mike Wolfer, GRAVEL features the full-color artwork of CRECY artist Raulo Caceres. 

Haven’t read the first issue of the ongoing series?  Check out these reviews from fellow fans and bloggers. 

• AComicADay.blogspot
• ComicPants.com
• AdventurousInk.blogspot
• Comic News Insider podcast GRAVEL #0 is the first of the reviews, featured about 22 minutes into the podcast.

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Avatar Press comics snagged two of the top spots in the Best of 2007 article by ComiXtreme’s Editor-in-Chief Andrea Speed. Garth Ennis’ Chronicles of Wormwood was in a tie for the year’s best Horror Comedy series, and Warren Ellis’ Black Summer #0 was noted as the best Story Set Up for a single issue (and yes, Warren did take this category with a half-sized issue.) Continue Reading »

From Warren Ellis:

 Spinning out of DOKTOR SLEEPLESS #4: http://grinding.be/. A groupblog run by a crack team of mental patients with the brief to discover and present The Future — particularly the “future” of DOKTOR SLEEPLESS and grinder culture — wherever it lays, in potential, in the soil of The Present.

Comic Book Resources has a few lettered interior pages from the saga of Combat Magician William Gravel in GRAVEL #0.  Find out more about the new series, then hit your local retailer and pick it up — Gravel #0 is in stores now.

Doktor Sleepless #4 should be in stores next week.