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Another Thursday, a new Crossed: Wish You Were Here by Si Spurrier, Javier Barreno and Gary Erskine. And the moral centre of the comic begins to shift and

But that's not a bad start is it? 26,000 preorders for a new comics magazine without a Todd McFarlane cover? Plus you know Avatar will be selling it long and hard through the convention season, on top of that. That represents a combined figure of both Diamond Comic Distributor orders and direct-from-publisher orders, I'm told. There should[...]

Thank you to Diamond Comics for sending me all these Free Comic Book Day comics in advance. I now no longer need to take my children to Free Comic Book

Tick, tick, tick... This is the last day you can order Bleeding Cool Magazine and actually be sure to get it. It costs $1.49 for the Preview #0 issue.

There's a new Crossed: Wish You Were Here webcomic from Si Spurrier, Javier Barreno and Gary Erskine out right now. You know, around this time last year,

Tomorrow is new comics day. Yay! While you are picking up your copies of Avengers Versus X-Men, Aquaman or the final issue of The Twelve, as you pass by

Thursday is the last day retailers can order the preview issue of Bleeding Cool Magazine issue zero, coming out at the end of May/beginning of June. It's

Longtime fans might remember that Ennis wrote a series called 303, published a few years back by Avatar Press and featuring a pre-Crossed collaboration with Jacen Burrows In Stitched #4, the 303 once again makes an appearance, with Barclay conversing to his British SAS soldiers about the value of the weapon It's nice when a[...]

  Wow... even the colour schemes match... In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree. They may be homages,

Consider this a solicitation team up! For Avatar, Boom, Dynamite and Valiant, together, to make as much as an impact as those Marvel, DC, Image, Dark Horse and IDW solicitations Will it work? Avatar has Zack Penn's new book, Hero Worship, Boom have the new Hypernaturals from Abnett And Lanning, Dynamite have a new Lone Ranger[...]

Keith says that Avatar Press rarely does superhero comics, noting the exceptions by Warren Ellis, and Christos Gage, saying they don't do them unless there's something unique about them He then describes Hero Worship a bit, telling us Zak Penn will be writing, and it's a six issue miniseries and is about society's worship of[...]

The new chapter of the Crossed webcomic Wish You Were Here by Simon Spurrier, Javier Barreno and Gary Erskine is now out, after last week's smaller

Brendon got some great tidbits from James Cameron and Jon Landau about the future of Avatar yesterday Here's a taste: We're building a themed land with Walt Disney theme parks Not just a ride, but a whole world where people will get to return to Pandora This is initially going to be down in Orlando[...]

It hits you like a Hurricane, you think you are prepared but when it actually comes its more then you expect. Avatar leads the way Its booth is huge and its merchandise is at its finest with every corner hosting a bounty of comics from every title in its own exclusive area You get a very[...]

It's the 20th anniversary of Lady Death, and to celebrate, Boundless Comics has broadened its Lady Death line to include a crucial, untold tale of her

He was rather busy. Ah, the Avatar Panel This was the only panel at ECCC where I actually felt like a fanboy You're probably reading Bleeding Cool right now, so I don't need to explain to you why It's also the reason I didn't write up the plugs for a few of the books If you're[...]

Crossed: Badlands kicked off two weeks ago, reuniting Garth Ennis with Jacen Burrows (the artist extraordinaire on Alan Moore's Neonomicon) for a tale of

What we mean is, the closest metropolitan area to the Avatar Press headquarters is Chicago. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PagU2RE7qpA[/youtube]       Tomorrow sees the release of a new Crossed Badlands comic by Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows Here's a look at how some other stores celebrated the release of the first issue… Alternate Worlds in Cockeysville, MD, saw ownera Mike and[...]

Welcome to the ongoing monthly series Dan The Unharmable from Avatar Here's a preview of the first issue With just a little NSFW content… unless you work in advertising or live in France. [issuu width=420 height=323 backgroundColor=%23222222 documentId=120321144031-27b980292c1e4882bed8dec692d7cc4c name=dan-1-preview username=avatarpress tag=avatar%20press unit=px id=2dcb855c-0486-bb64-dabd-aaa5aabb55c2 v=2]     [...]

Here are a few more comic shops that got all Crossed up for the release of Crossed Badlands on Wednesday. Bedrock City of Houston, Texas.      Black Cat

We also participated in the retailer contest to determine a winning store that best promoted the comic & C-Day that Avatar Press was offering to further enhance the event. We gave away promotional Buttons, Tattoos, Comics, Crossed Cupcakes and more We held a Raffle to give away two Retailer Bonus Incentive Covers to 1 Lucky CROSSED[...]

Journey Into Mystery, while being one of Marvel's most entertaining comics full stop, has spectacular recap pages. Rather than present a series of panels

The launch date for Avatar's new twice-monthly Crossed series Badlands, but also the second Avatar webcomic, Crossed: Wish You Were Here, for free, one chapter every week, by Si Spurrier, Javier Barreno and Gary Erskine. Which has just gone live Now, as we know, every new Crossed has to start off with something you may not[...]

  Tomorrow is C-Day. The launch of Crossed Badlands #1, a new twice-monthly Crossed comic from Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows, and the webcomic

Scott Snyder's Batman run brings in more and more new fans to the New 52, and continues to rival Justice League as the top book of the relaunch.  Also, Adventure Time and Ralph Wiggum Comics have both shown huge legs as the kind of surprise cross-over hits that many retailers under-estimated, and end up becoming[...]

As the year's comic conventions yet again begin their seasonal march through the summer, so the traditional emails to Bleeding Cool come in, asking about

But the grandaddy of the genre is still undead and kicking, as Avatar Press continues to contribute horrific glimpses of humanity's demise in its NOTLD comic book series. Today, the zombie plague spreads once again across the globe, as NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD VOLUME 3: DEATH VALLEY hits store shelves everywhere The third volume in[...]

Consider this the Avatar plug of the year. Yesterday, chatting to William Christensen, he told me he was looking at artwork for Crossed Badlands #28 #28 Issue 1 isn't out yet. On 14th March, Avatar are running C-Day, to promote the launch of Crossed: Badlands #1, a biweekly ongoing Crossed series, the first issue of which[...]

Here's a fun down of all the comics that Diamond are shipping next week… followed by a prelimary look at what's coming from the bigger publishers the week after that. Dark Horse AFRIKA HC CHRONICLES OF KULL TP VOL 05 DEAD MEN O/T DEEP & OTHER STORIES DARK HORSE PRESENTS #9 (Do check for my Miss Cranbourne strip…) KATSUYA[...]

Unveiled for all the world to see, we present to you the cover images for all new Avatar Press items in Diamond Comics' February Previews catalog. Crossed: Badlands #3 Regular Edition (Cover by Jacen Burrows) The dangers of coming down from the Scottish Highlands to get supplies during a Crossed outbreak. Crossed: Badlands #3 Torture Edition (Cover by[...]