Avatar Press

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Avatar Press
Type Comic publisher
Founded 1996
Founder(s) William A. Christensen
Headquarters Rantoul, Illinois
Key people William A. Christensen
Industry Publishing
Products Comics
Website Official website

Avatar Press is an independent American publisher of comic books, founded in 1996 by William A. Christensen, and based in Rantoul, Illinois.

Avatar initially published only mini-series, however, they have since begun to branch out. Currently, Avatar publishes several ongoing series, including Doktor Sleepless and Gravel, both written by Warren Ellis.

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[edit] Overview

Avatar Press is most notable for their publishing of "Bad Girl" comics such as Pandora, who is considered by many to be their flagship character.[citation needed] Other bad girl books include Hellina, Lookers and The Ravening.

As part of an effort to expand beyond their reputation as a bad girl publisher, it offered a number of noted creators an opportunity to publish creator-owned books with no content restrictions whatsoever. Among the creators to take them up on their offer was Frank Miller, Warren Ellis, Alan Moore and Garth Ennis.

Lately, the company has taken to licensed comics book adaptations of famous sci-fi and horror shows from movies and television, such as RoboCop, Stargate SG-1, or Friday the 13th.

Avatar also have a strong web presence, launching Ellis' Freakangels webcomic and comics news site Bleeding Cool[1] helmed by Rich Johnston.

[edit] Titles

Titles that Avatar publish fall into three general areas.

[edit] Bad Girl

Notable Bad Girl comics (often written by William A. Christensen and Mark Seifert) are:

[edit] Adaptations

[edit] Licensed properties

Notable adaptations of licensed properties include:

Sci-fi series, such as:

Horror series, such as:

[edit] Other media

Adaptations from other media (and reprints):

[edit] Original works

Avatar also publishes original works by comic creators:

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Bleeding Cool
  2. ^ WW Philly: The Avatar Panel, Newsarama, June 1, 2008
  3. ^ Future Imperfect: Jamie Delano talks Narcopolis, Comic Book Resources, November 7, 2007
  4. ^ Entering Narcopolis I: Jamie Delano, Newsarama, March 1, 2008
  5. ^ Double-Crossed: Ennis & Burrows talk “Crossed”, Comic Book Resources, June 12, 2008
  6. ^ CCI: Christos Gage discusses "Absolution", Comic Book Resources, July 23, 2008
  7. ^ Leader, Michael (November 3, 2009). "Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie interview". Den of Geek. http://denofgeek.com/comics/349500/kieron_gillen_and_jamie_mckelvie_interview.html. Retrieved November 3, 2009. 
  8. ^ WWC XTRA: Picking the Brains of a “Living Dead” Legend with Avatar Press, Comic Book Resources, August 13, 2007
  9. ^ Escape of the Living Dead - Avatar Press
  10. ^ http://www.nightofthelivingdead.ws/
  11. ^ http://www.plagueofthelivingdead.com/

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[edit] External links

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