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Avatar Plug of the Week: A Dan Fine Day

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Rick Verbanas

For fans of David Lapham‘s Dan the Unharmable, issue #9 arrives in stores today. If you don’t know Dan, you’re in luck… as the Dan the Unharmable Vol. 1 TP also arrives today, collecting the first six issues of this cult-favorite crime noir …

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Avatar Plug of the Week: CALIGULA: HEART OF ROME #2

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Rick Verbanas

Today, David (Stray Bullets, Ferals, Crossed) Lapham and painter German Noble bring you Caligula: Heart of Rome #2! The demon Caligula lives, but there are new rivals to him that hunt the fertile grounds of Rome. 

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Avatar Plug of the Week: CALIGULA: HEART OF ROME #2 Sneak Preview

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Rick Verbanas

  David Lapham‘s tale of ancient debauchery and villainy reaches new depths with this week’s Caligula: Heart of Rome #2. Here is a sneak preview…

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Avatar Plug of the Week: DAN THE UNHARMABLE #8

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Rick Verbanas

David Lapham Day continues with Dan The Unharmable #8!

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Avatar Plug of the Week: CALIGULA: HEART OF ROME #1 Sneak Preview

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Rick Verbanas

Caligula returns for an all-new series by the original creative team!  David (Stray Bullets) Lapham and painter German Noble return to the time of hedonism and supernatural evil with Caligula: Heart of Rome #1! They thought the mad emperor destroyed, …

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Ten Thoughts About Ten Comics – Batman And Robin, Sherlock Holmes, Crossed, Before Watchmen, Caligula, Change, Dan The Unharmable, Amazing Spider-Man, Fantastic Four And Avengers Arena

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Batman #13 did this more subtly, but Batman And Robin #15 goes straight for the Killing Joke. Sherlock Holmes: Liverpool Demon #1 lays out its stall. Supernatural crime, met by a man without an ounce of belief in that regard, …

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12/12/12 Is the End of the World As We Know It, And David Lapham Feels Fine

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Rick Verbanas

The Mayan calendar predicts this Wednesday, 12/12/12, will spell the end of the world as we know it, but David Lapham feels fine. The Eisner Award-winning author has three of his own personal series hitting comic shops this Wednesday, all published by …

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Avatar Plug of the Week: DAN THE UNHARMABLE #7 – New Story Arc!

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Rick Verbanas

A new story arc begins in Dan the Unharmable #7 for David Lapham’s gonzo noir crime epic!  Dan is your average indestructible slacker.  He doesn’t really care about much – a nap here, a burger there, and the occasional job …

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Avatar Plug of the Week – DAN THE UNHARMABLE #6 Sneak Preview

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Rick Verbanas

Think you are having a bad day? Why don’t you try to escape from a den of sycophantic lunatics with a “scroticular claw” clamped over your manjigglies and a trio of underage girls calling you daddy? Not so funny now is it? …

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Advance Look: Covers December 2012

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Rick Verbanas

In this post of Advance Look, we take a sneak peek at Avatar Press covers for December 2012 – shown here before anywhere else! Covered here: CALIGULA: HEART OF ROME #1 (Regular, Wrap and Gore covers) – The sequel to …

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Night Of The Living Dead Aftermath To Be Avatar’s Big Hallowe’en Event

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Rich Johnston

As an employee of Avatar Press, you might expect I’d get advance word on a story or two. Not a bit of it. All this was news to me, straiught from the Avatar panel at San Diego Comic Con David …

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Avatar Plug of the Week: Caligula Volume 1 Graphic Novel

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Keith Davidsen

David Lapham has built a home for himself at Avatar Press, mostly out of severed limbs, entrails, and skulls. It’s more like a nice little summer cottage, actually. But in all seriousness, his horror contributions to the company’s output have …

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No Holds Barred: David Lapham Talks About Dan the Unharmable

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Keith Davidsen

For the past two years, David Lapham has terrified horror fans with his work at Avatar Press, delivering taut, visceral tales of bloodshed and brutality with such titles as CROSSED: PSYCHOPATH, CALIGULA, and FERALS (to name just a few). Beginning …

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An Unkillable Emperor And An Unharmable Dan – Avatar In May

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Keith Davidsen

The latest edition of Previews is just around the bend, and we’re giving you a head start at looking at the March 2012 solicitation artwork for Avatar Press (corresponding to items shipping in May). Caligula Volume 1 Softcover Edition (Cover …

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Avatar Plug of the Week: Caligula #6

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Keith Davidsen

Staff writer Keith Davidsen writes for Bleeding Cool. One of the greatest strengths of David Lapham as a writer is his ability to be unpredictable. When you pick up his work on Stray Bullets, or Young Liars, or Crossed: Psychopath, …

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Nine Page Preview Of David Lapham’s Ferals, Plus Various Other Entrails

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Ferals is the new big book from Avatar Press shipping in January and they are expecting, well, for it to be the next Crossed. Retailer orders close for the first issue next Thursday (a happy lycanthropic Thanksgiving to you all) …

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Avatar Plug Of The Week: Caligula #3 by David Lapham and German Nobile

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Rich Johnston

You’ve been good boys and girls so here’s an Avatar Plug Of The Week for Caligula #3, shipping tomorrow, from David Lapham and German Nobile. Nasty nasty Roman court stuff that makes Hostel 2 look like The Care Bears Movie …

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A Comic Show – The Comic Book Plague

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Rich Johnston

The sickness of Aaron after con plague, with Tri Force Mike rubbing his nose in his health. Rob Granito gets ignored for Geoff Johns and Zeb Wells, and we’re right into tomorrow’s comics from guys who have read them with …

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