We’ve made a lot of changes to avatarpress.com in the first few months of this year, but checking out our site stats over that period, one thing has stayed the same — the Frank Miller Robocop section is consistently the most-visited page on the site besides the front page. So for those of you who are have come here from google and wikipedia because you liked 300, here’s something else you should look into:
Warren Ellis’ CR?CY, the latest graphic novel from his Apparat line of books, will be released this July through Avatar Press and feature the art of international sensation Raulo Caceres. The 48 page graphic novel tells the legendary tale of an English army’s battle against a vastly superior number of French forces in the 14th century. Like Miller’s movie-inspiring comic, CR?CY is a comic from one of the most highly regarded creators in the industry writing about one of history’s greatest battles.
“I’ve wanted to do a historical project for years,” says creator/writer Warren Ellis. “And CRÉCY is, as you say, one of the great English stories. These are the stories we used to tell each other in drinking halls, and it’s nice to keep that alive, even as a curiosity. It’s just a brilliant story.” In the 14th century, an under-equipped English army is driven to face a surmounting force behind enemy lines, and the ensuing battle will change modern warfare.
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