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New York Times Best-selling author Max Brooks (World War Z, The Zombie Survival Guide) is making an appearance at San Diego Comic Con in celebration of his comics and work and there are a few key ways to make sure you get your books signed and hear his own thoughts on his creative output. Firstly, he'll[...]

Max Brooks, the New York Times Best-selling author of World War Z and The Zombie Survival Guide will be signing copies of the newly collected edition of his comic Extinction Parade from Avatar Press at Barnes and Noble in Santa Monica, CA tonight the 7th of July at 7PM, and will also be hosted in[...]

From Max Brooks to Rocket Raccoon, from Adventure Time to Transformers/GI Joe, from Rocket Raccoon to Doctor Who, from Bear Bricks to Mini-Mates… time to start working out which line you'll be in all show long… and for Bleeding Cool's Will Romine to start preparing his flippers list. And you know how yesterday we reported a[...]

The first trade collection of The Extinction Parade is blowing up in sales, and that's no surprise considering the team on the book–New York Times Best-selling author Max Brooks (World War Z, Zombie Survival Guide) and Raulo Caceras In late April, we announced here at Bleeding Cool that Extinction Parade had been optioned for TV[...]

The first arc of The Extinction Parade, written by New York Times Best-selling author Max Brooks (The Zombie Survival Guide, World War Z) and illustrated by Raulo Caceres is complete, and has recently been collected in its first volume With fans looking forward to the series' second arc, "War", the news broke in late April[...]

With the recent news of Extinction Parade getting optioned for television by Legendary Pictures and the announced second series Extinction Parade: War… I'm not sure how we missed this video of Max Brooks on the Conan O'Brien Show talking about where his love of Zombies comes from. Not familiar with Extinction Parade? Here is the solicitation[...]

Coming on the heels of the announcement that Legendary Pictures has optioned Extinction Parade for television, the New York Times Bestselling Author Max Brooks unleashes the next chapter of his Zombies vs Vampires comic book series in July, Extinction Parade: War. Avatar Press announced the continuation of Brooks' horrifying series chronicling the breaking point for vampires as[...]

New York Times Best-selling author Max Brooks, known for his zombie fiction in World War Z and the Zombie Survival Guide, launched a comic series with Avatar Press, Extinction Parade, in January of 2014 with artist Raulo Caceres The property has now been optioned by Legendary Television and Digital as an original series Brooks will[...]

But have they ever written a comic book? Max Brooks, who will have the biggest queues, brought out by World War Z, to sign his new series Extinction Parade and graphic novel Harlem Hellfighters. Kieron Gillen (who sounds quite a bit like Karen Gillan) will have the queue most dominated by female Loki cosplayers, signing Uber (but you[...]

MORE BALTIMORE Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden,  Peter Bergting and Dave Stewart are creating a new Baltimore comic mini-series, featuring the greatest monster hunter, Lord Henry Baltimore, in Baltimore: The Witch of Harju. In his newest adventure, fresh off a showdown in London, Baltimore shelters a woman on the run from a possessed dead man and the witch playing his puppet master.    MORE MAX Ebony[...]

At the London Super Comic Con on Saturday Avatar Press hosted a spotlight panel with the author of World War Z, Extinction Parade and the upcoming graphic novel Harlem Hellfighters from Avatar Press: Max Brooks The packed audience was mesmerised by his showmanship, and Bleeding Cool's Tom Huxley was among them… Brooks gets the ball rolling[...]

Max Brooks of World War Z fame, and Raulo Carceres have crafted a comic in Extinction Parade from Avatar Press that turns the vampire and zombie genres on their head by melding them and leaving the two to fight it out Which will survive? The premise of Extinction Parade, that vampires have become so powerful and[...]

Straight from yesterday's Diamond Retailer Day in London, the day before today's London Super Comic Con… Avatar Press' presentation to retailers, including Si Spurrier, Kieron Gillen and Max Brooks talking about Disenchantment, Crossed, Uber and Extinction Parade. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQloRzx2sJk[/youtube] Sorry for blinding Si Spurrier. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOmkr0lCK0s[/youtube] And sorry about the angle on Max… it does make him look a little Messiah[...]

Max Brooks and Canaan White's upcoming graphic novel The Harlem Hellfighters, from Bleeding Cool publisher Avatar Press and Broadway Books has already been picked up by Sony for a movie Deadline reports that Michael De Leca did the deed at Sony less than a week at his now job. This is how Brooks described the comic,[...]

Avatar Press will be holding court at The London Super Comic Con Convention (otherwise known in parlance as the London SuperCon) on March 15th and 16th and making quite an event of their presence.  Their full guest list pulls out all the stops, including Max Brooks, Jacen Burrows, William Christensen, Kieron Gillen, and Simon Spurrier. But[...]

Stan Lee visits the Marvel offices… Stan pops by his old stomping ground… in its new location. His first time at this current location, he regaled Marvel employees with tales of Marvel's past while finding the time to sign memorabilia and take photos with some of the Editorial staff More on Stan's appearances later today I think… MS MARVEL[...]

Here is what Avatar Press is offering for the month of April including books by Kieron Gillen, Christos Gage, Max Brooks, Mike Costa, Mike Wolfer and a ton of stuff from Garth Ennis including the new sci-fi series Caliban. UBER VOL 1 TPB Retail Price: $19.99 US Writer: Kieron Gillen Cover & Art: Caanan White MR, Color, 176 pages PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:[...]

Martin, and Max Brooks. Distribution of Avatar's titles in the UK is handled by Titan Books. Avatar Press has signed with Diamond Book Distributors to distribute their graphic novels and merchandise to bookstores, mass-market merchandisers, libraries and other outlets worldwide (Excluding the UK) DBD will be handling all backlist titles and new titles offered for April[...]

Max Brooks, Arthur Adams and Frank Cho are headlining.                                       Also announced in the third wave of guests are Jacen Burrows, Neil Edwards, Lee Garbett, Andy Lanning, Yanick Paquette, Jamie Tyndall, John Watson, JK Woodward and Chrissie Zullo[...]

How does that affect the sale and value of back issue? Let's take a look! For standard raw covers of Max Brooks' Extinction Parade, they've been briskly selling at cover price, but no real sign of a price spike yet, though a 9.8 signed CGC version sold for a hundred bucks The very rare limited leather[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool broke the news that World War Z writer Max Brooks' comic series, Extinction Parade, was going through the process of becoming a TV series. Then someone had the bright idea of asking Max In French. Here's a re-translation, from Francois Leger's piece for  Reviewer.fr. Are you really negotiating to adapt The Extinction Parade on TV[...]

I understand that Max Brooks' series for Avatar Press, Extinction Parade, is currently in the process of being signed as a TV series for one of the most successful production companies in Hollywood. After the success of World War Z, Max Brooks' various zombie and now vampire comics and books have received a lot of extra-media attention,[...]

But there were obviously plenty of established fans in attendance, too, and the appeal for them turns on the same features: originality and strong content from writers and artists. [Avatar Press is the owner of Bleeding Cool, for those unaware, but I couldn't really keep myself away from a panel featuring Max Brooks, Caanan White, Kieron[...]

Next month, Legendary Comics launches their new book, Shadow Walk, by Max Brooks, Mark Waid and Shane Davis Today, all attendees to the New York Comic Con will get a twelve page preview in their bags. But what about those who can't make it? Wouldn't they like a peek? Ahead of everyone at New York Comic[...]

All titles purchased from the web automatically sync to comiXology customers mobile devices whether iOS, Android, Kindle or Windows 8 platforms. Avatar Press fans across the globe can experience these titles through the power of comiXology's Guided View and in CMX-HD on compatible iOS and Android devices. The complete launch list is: Warren Ellis' Black Summer #0 – 7 Garth[...]

So if you want to go to the show you may be out of luck… but then again… Avatar Press has their NYCC 2013 Platinum Customer set for only $299 (a $700 value )… but there are only 150 sets available. What do you get? 4 Day pass + Avatar Platinum Customer badge Premium signature line access for all[...]

Garth Ennis shows the world is going to the dogs, David Hine ends Gore Angels story but Crossed gets a new Daniel Way and a seventh trade, Christos Gage finds a Happy Kitty, Jonathan Hickman rolls out the End of Days, Max Brooks' parade goes to all out war, Kieron Gillen ups the arms race, and[...]

$30.00 Max Brooks' Extinction Parade shows the evolution of violence in this exclusive NYCC set of 3 Army of the Bloodlines "Blast" covers!  Limited to just 1000 sets.   Extinction Parade #2 Chinatown – Limited to 1000 $5.99 Max Brooks' zombies vs vampires saga is one of the hottest comics out there.  And this special edition Chinatown variant is[...]

Two young ladies, Alisse Lee Goldenberg and An Tran, have put together what they call "An epic Canadian zombie novel told entirely through diary entries." That is their new book Bath Salts: A Zombie Novel. And these two seem obsessed with Zombies, take a look at their facebook page and you see photos of World War Z author[...]

Max Brooks' Extinction Parade is just as bad. Lots of women chopping things up, one with cleavage, another with tight pants from behind Shameless Extinction Parade #1 Army of the Bloodlines – Blades, a set of three covers for $30 and limited to 1000 sets. And if you think that the Uber #4 Night Terror[...]