Avatar Press
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| Founded | 1996 |
|---|---|
| Founder | William A. Christensen |
| Country of origin | Template:Flag/core |
| Headquarters location | Rantoul |
| Key people | William A. Christensen |
| Publication types | Comics |
| Official website | Avatar |
Avatar Press is an independent American publisher of comic books, founded in 1996 by William A. Christensen, and based in Rantoul.
Avatar initially published only mini-series; however, they have since begun to branch out. Currently, Avatar publishes several ongoing series.
History[edit | edit source]
[[wikipedia:File:10.13.12WilliamAChristensenByLuigiNovi1.jpg|thumb|left|Founder and editor-in-chief William A. Christensen.|]] Avatar Press is most notable for their publishing of "Bad Girl" comics such as Pandora. Other bad girl books include Hellina, Lookers, The Ravening, and Brian Pulido's Lady Death.
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 comic book adaptations of famous sci-fi and horror shows from movies and television, such as RoboCop, Night of the Living Dead, and Friday the 13th.
Avatar also has a strong web presence, launching Ellis' FreakAngels webcomic and the comics news site Bleeding Cool, helmed by Rich Johnston.[citation needed]
Titles[edit | edit source]
Titles that Avatar publishes fall into three general areas.[citation needed]
Bad Girl[edit | edit source]
Notable Bad Girl comics (often written by William A. Christensen and Mark Seifert) 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
- Medieval Lady Death
- Everette Hartsoe's Razor
- Jungle Fantasy, starring Fauna from the Threshold series' "Fauna, Jungle Girl"
- Twilight, which, along with Twilight: Live Wire, was reprinted in Twilight: Raw
- Mike Wolffer's Widow
Adaptations[edit | edit source]
Licensed properties[edit | edit source]
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
- Species
Horror series, such as:
- Friday the 13th
- A Nightmare on Elm Street
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead
Other media[edit | edit source]
Adaptations from other media (and reprints):
- Alan Moore:
- Max Brooks:
- The Extinction Parade
- Joe R. Lansdale:
- The Drive-in
- By Bizarre Hands
- On the Far Side With Dead Folks
Original works[edit | edit source]
Avatar also publishes original works by comic creators:
- Steven Grant:
- My Flesh is Cool
- Mortal Souls
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "WW Philly: The Avatar Panel". [[wikipedia:Newsarama|]]. June 1, 2008.
- ↑ "Future Imperfect: Jamie Delano talks Narcopolis". [[wikipedia:Comic Book Resources|]]. November 7, 2007.
- ↑ "Entering Narcopolis I: Jamie Delano". Newsarama. March 1, 2008.
- ↑ "Double-Crossed: Ennis & Burrows talk Crossed". Comic Book Resources. June 12, 2008.
- ↑ "CCI: Christos Gage discusses Absolution". Comic Book Resources. July 23, 2008.
- ↑ Leader, Michael (November 3, 2009). "Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie Interview". Den of Geek. Archived from the original on 6 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
- ↑ "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.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Avatar Press at the Grand Comics Database
- Avatar Press at the Comic Book DB
- Avatar Press at Flickr