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The Last Page Of Crossed Badlands #12 – SPOILERS
Harold from Crossed: Psychopath, also by writer David Lapham. Things have got far, far worse… The Crossed series isn't a big one for continuity Something happened, people are turning into monstrosities of humanity and destroying each other in increasingly hurtful and disgusting fashions, exhibiting the sickest type of humour when doing so. But you don't see people[...]
First Look at Avatar Covers for November
Avatar Press reveals the issue covers to all its new releases slated to be on store shelves in November, and live for pre-orders from comic shop retailers as of Diamond's September Previews catalog.     Stitched Volume 1 Graphic Novel Written by Garth Ennis and Adapted by Mike Wolfer Artwork by Mike Wolfer Softcover Edition, Hardcover Edition, and Signed Hardcover Edition Illustrated[...]
Avatar Plug of the Week – Crossed: Badlands #10
Get ready for a pairing that every Crossed fan has been dying to see: David Lapham, whose brutal horror stories have graced Crossed: Family Values, Crossed 3D, and Crossed: Psychopath, is teaming up with Jacen Burrows, whose artwork has defined the series from its very conception! Crossed: Badlands #10 begins a story arc of particular savagery[...]
Night Of The Living Dead Aftermath To Be Avatar's Big Hallowe'en Event
All this was news to me, straiught from the Avatar panel at San Diego Comic Con David Hine is to write Night Of The Living Dead: Aftermath, a major new series launching in October from Avatar Press set in the George Romero zombieverse, set in the life of one woman living in in Los Angeles in[...]
Avatar Plug of the Week: DAN THE UNHARMABLE #3
David Lapham's Dan the Unharmable has everything a mature reader could want out of comics: bad-ass characters, explosive violence, completely unexpected weirdness, and sex appeal What happens in this issue… man, I can't even tell you how wild and crazy it gets.  Lapham kicks all kinds of ass. In Dan the Unharmable #3, Lizzy's quest to[...]
Avatar Plug of the Week: FERALS #6
This is it! Ferals #6 sees the first storyline of David Lapham's epic werewolf reinvention come to a close! He's been beaten up He's been sliced open and left for dead His friends have been killed, his lovers have been slaughtered Now, bad-ass officer Dale Chesnutt is going to confront the people responsible for his torment[...]
Avatar Plug of the Week: Caligula Volume 1 Graphic Novel
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 been numerous and exceptional over the past few years (his three Crossed outings on Family[...]
BC Mag #0: Crossed: The Survivors
Are you a retailer who would like to be included? Contact us. Reply to this article in the forum. Further Reading: CROSSED, JACEN BURROWS, DAVID LAPHAM     Bleeding Cool Magazine Article By Keith Davidsen In Crossed, Garth Ennis created the ultimate apocalyptic scenario: a disease that tears through human civilization in an instant, turning its infected victims into sadistic[...]
Preview Of Dan The Unharmable #1 From David Lapham And Rafael Ortiz
Coming in May from David Lapham and Rafael Ortiz, comes this rather hedonistic trip from the life of an indestructible man Who rather tests that to the limit 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[...]
"C-Day" Event Contestants – A Global Outbreak of Crossed Parties
The Avatar Press celebration of all things Crossed, known for short as "C-Day," is only two days away! March 14th sees the in-store release of Crossed: Badlands #1 by Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows, as well as the third volume in the Crossed graphic novel series: Psychopath, by David Lapham and Raulo Caceres Extending beyond[...]
Avatar Plug of the Week: Max Brooks & WonderCon 2012
 Come prepared with questions… and prepared for awesomeness! Avatar Press will also be offering a handful of variant comics exclusive to the show.  First, from David Lapham and Gabriel Andrade, Avatar presents the WonderCon exclusive edition of the chilling werewolf epic: Ferals #1 WonderCon Edition.  Also, from their sister company Boundless Comics, they will offer the[...]
No Holds Barred: David Lapham Talks About Dan the Unharmable
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 in May, Lapham will return to the genre that started his career: crime noir (or[...]
An Unkillable Emperor And An Unharmable Dan – Avatar In May
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 by Jacen Burrows) David Lapham and German Nobile's tale of the infamous Roman emperor.  To mock one[...]
Avatar Plug of the Week: Ferals #2
At its core, Ferals is David Lapham's murder mystery set in the Great White North, a violent tale of lust and revenge, of terrible secrets revealed and the bloody, gruesome lengths some folks will go to in order to silence their discovery The sleepy village of Cypress is on its way to becoming a bonafide[...]
Avatar In April – Crossed And Ferals Cover Gallery
Egads! Ferals #4 Regular Edition (Cover by Gabriel Andrade) David Lapham and Gabriel Andrade revamp the werewolf mythos for our generation Eat it, Lon Chaney Jr. Ferals #4 Gore Edition (Cover by Gabriel Andrade) If you've picked up Ferals #1, you know how bloody this book can get This cover's just a small taste of what's to come. Ferals #4[...]
Avatar Plug of the Week: Crossed: Psychopath #7
Staff writer Keith Davidsen writes for Bleeding Cool. The final chapter of Crossed: Psychopath hits comic shops today with issue #7, written by David Lapham with artwork by Raulo Caceres It's a one-two punch on Lapham's part, since another of his Avatar horror series concludes today (see our coverage of Caligula #6 for more information). To start[...]
Avatar Plug of the Week: Caligula #6
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, you never know where the next issue's going to take you, who will die or who[...]
All Bets Are Off: Jacen Burrows Talks CROSSED: BADLANDS
Staff Writer Keith Davidsen writes for Bleeding Cool. Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows are kicking off the new ongoing Crossed: Badlands series in March with a bi-weekly three-part storyline, to be followed by story arcs written by Jamie Delano and David Lapham I had an opportunity to pick Burrows' brain (much like one of the Crossed[...]
Ferals #1 by David Lapham and Gabriel Andrade – Avatar Plug Of The Week
Today marks the in-store debut of the highly-anticipated modern werewolf epic FERALS, written by David Lapham (Stray Bullets, Deadpool Max) and illustrated by Gabriel Andrade (Lady Death) Lapham has been carving out a bloody niche for himself at Avatar Press with his work on three Crossed spin-off projects (Family Values, 3D, and Psychopath) and the[...]
Jim Shooter Said, Steve Englehart Said
In a long discussion on the topic of whether heroes should or should not kill on Jim Shooter’s blog, the conversation, as it invariably does in an open,
Going Feral: An Interview With Gabriel Andrade
Gabriel Andrade is the artist on the upcoming Ferals series written by David Lapham from Avatar Keith Davidsen talked to Gabril for Bleeding Cool… Keith Davidsen: What were your thoughts on the work you'd be doing for FERALS when you received the script for issue #1? Gabriel Andrade: First I thought: "Finally I will[...]
Ferals – A Very Nasty Comic By David Lapham
So William Christensen, publisher of Avatar Press and Bleeding Cool, asks me if I'd like to look at the first issue of Ferals, coming out in January by David Lapham and Gabriel Andrade He tells me that the comic is his favourite thing he's read of David's work so far And that he's onto the[...]
Nine Page Preview Of David Lapham's Ferals, Plus Various Other Entrails
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) so they are releasing this nine page preview, pitch by David Lapham and a bunch of[...]
Ferals And Other Monsters – Avatar Covers For February
Here, for the first time, are the covers to Ferals #2 from David Lapham and Gabriel Andrade, as thgese not-a-werewolves continue their pursuit… Lit by the full moon… in pursuit of the full breast… A special retailer rare edition with a different pallette… And a. slightly gorier cover Really that's quite gross[...]
Talking To David Lapham About Ferals, His New Avatar Comic
David Lapham and Gabriel Andrade have a new series from Avatar out in January 2012 As you can tell it's about werewoves – except it's not quite More like in the manner that Crossed is not a zombie book… Keith Davidsen talked to David Lapham about the book for Bleeding Cool. With the success of[...]
Crossed Vol 2 Family Values: Avatar Plug Of The Week
Out tomorrow from Avatar is the Crossed Vol 2 Family Values by David Lapham and Javier Barreno, the sequel to the Garth Ennis/Jacen Burrows zombie/Crazies drama In softcover, hardcover and signed hardcover editions… CROSSED VOL 02 FAMILY VALUES Softcover Retail Price: $19.99 US Cover: Jacen Burrows Writer: David Lapham Art: Javier Barreno Readership: MR Format: Full Color, 176 pages, TPB CROSSED[...]
Avatar Plug Of The Week: Caligula #3 by David Lapham and German Nobile
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 and Spartacus: Blood On The Sand look like My Hungry Caterpillar. Really, you should be shot for[...]