Avatar Press
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| Type | Comic publisher |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Founder | William A. Christensen |
| Headquarters | Rantoul, Illinois |
| Key people | William A. Christensen |
| Industry | Comics |
| Website | AvatarPress.com |
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 monthly titles, including: Doktor Sleepless, a monthly by Warren Ellis, and "Gravel", also written by 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.
[edit] Titles
Titles that Avatar publish fall into three general areas.
[edit] Bad Girl
Notable Bad Girl comics are:
- Pandora (Avatar's flagship character)
- Hellina
- William Tucci's Shi
- The Ravening
- Lookers
- Mike Deodato's Jade Warriors
- Rob Liefeld's Avengelyne, Glory and The Coven
- Marat Mychael's Demonslayer
- Tim Vigil's Webwitch
- Brian Pulido's Lady Death (of Chaos Comics fame), Belladonna, War Angel, Unholy and Gypsy
- Everette Hartsoe's Razor
- Jungle Fantasy Staring Fauna from the threshold series Fauna the Junglegirl
[edit] Adaptations
[edit] Licensed properties
Notable adaptations of licensed properties include:
Sci-fi series such as:
- Frank Miller's RoboCop, based on his unused scripts for RoboCop 2 and RoboCop 3
- Stargate, both Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis
Horror series such as:
- Friday the 13th
- A Nightmare on Elm Street
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
- George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead
[edit] Other media
Adaptations from other media (and reprints):
[edit] Original works
Avatar also publishes original works by comic creators:
- Warren Ellis:
- Aetheric Mechanics
- Anna Mercury
- Apparat
- Bad Signal
- Bad World
- Black Gas
- Black Summer
- Crécy
- Dark Blue
- Doktor Sleepless
- FreakAngels
- No Hero
- Scars
- Strange Killings
- Wolfskin
- Steven Grant:
- My Flesh is Cool
- "Mortal Souls"
- Joe R. Lansdale: The Drive-in
[edit] References
- ^ Future Imperfect: Jamie Delano talks Narcopolis, Comic Book Resources, November 7, 2007
- ^ Double-Crossed: Ennis & Burrows talk “Crossed”, Comic Book Resources, June 12, 2008
- ^ CCI: Christos Gage discusses "Absolution", Comic Book Resources, July 23, 2008
- ^ WWC XTRA: Picking the Brains of a “Living Dead” Legend with Avatar Press, Comic Book Resources, August 13, 2007
- ^ Escape of the Living Dead - Avatar Press
- ^ http://www.nightofthelivingdead.ws/
- ^ http://www.plagueofthelivingdead.com/
[edit] External links
- Official site
- ComicCavalcade.com - Serves as Avatar's online store
- Avatar Press at Flickr
