Avatar Press

Avatar Press is a comic book publisher which has carved a niche for itself as a company that pushes the boundaries between mainstream and independent with titles such as Alan Moore's The Courtyard and Magic Words, Warren Ellis' Strange Killings and Scars, Garth Ennis and John McCrea's irreverent private eye cult classic Dicks, Joe R. Lansdale and Tim Truman's Dead Folks, David Quinn and Tim Vigil's 777: The Wrath, company owned characters such as Pandora and The Ravening, licensed hits such as Frank Miller's Robocop and Stargate SG1, and long-running anthology title Threshold, among numerous other titles -- including comics for mature readers, and other audiences. A company that has established itself as one of the cornerstones of the American indy comic book scene over the past six years, Avatar has published over 350 comic books since 1997.

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Warren Ellis

Garth Ennis

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Warren Ellis update: Warren has issued an update about some of his 2002 projects, among them several things to be published by Avatar. Here's a summary of some of the recently-revealed info on the Avatar Press projects:

Scars - a six part crime comic with art by Jacen Burrows. Details on some of the Scars promotional efforts should be available shortly.
Magic Bullets - a 3 issue political/sf/action story, with art by Marat Mychaels. Marat's been winning acclaim with his stellar work on Alan Moore's Glory, and his Magic Bullets work will amaze you as well.
Hyperwar - previously known as the "untitled Avatar project", a three issue creator-owned alternate-world story. Lots of juicy details to be revealed about this project.

And more Warren: There are a few other Warren Ellis items on the schedule for this year as well:

Strange Killings - featuring combat magician William Gravel, plotmastered by Ellis with art by Mike Wolfer.
Night Radio - an anthology edited by Ellis with stories by Matt Fraction, Antony Johnston, Micaela Petersen, and Ellis.

Further announcements on many of these and maybe a surprise or two will be forthcoming.

[ posted Tuesday, February 05, 2002 3:10:28 PM | permanent link to this item ]

Diamond's Previews for items scheduled to ship in April came out last week and it's time for many of us to start putting together orders to turn in to our stores. Here are a few relavant links for Avatar Press April items:

[ posted Tuesday, February 05, 2002 2:40:43 PM | permanent link to this item ]

In stores this week: Raw Media #11 featuring Thrust by Al Rio as interpreted by David Quinn, plus Naked Justice by Pete Ayala and Glen Hammonds, and Coven: Tooth and Nail #1/2 Women Scorned edition cover by Matt Martin.
[ posted Tuesday, February 05, 2002 2:28:00 PM | permanent link to this item ]

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