Avatar Press

Infobox Company
company_name = Avatar Press
company_
company_type = Comic publisher
company_slogan =
foundation = 1996
founder =William A. Christensen
key_people = William A. Christensen
location = Rantoul, Illinois
industry = Comics
homepage = [http://www.avatarpress.com 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.

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. Fact|date=August 2007 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".

Titles

Titles that Avatar publish fall into three general areas.

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

Adaptations

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"

Other media

Adaptations from other media (and reprints):
*Alan Moore:
**"Another Suburban Romance"
**"The Courtyard"
**"The Courtyard Companion"
**"Glory"
**"Hypothetical Lizard"
**"Magic Words"
**"Nightjar"
**"A Small Killing"
**"Writing for Comics"
**"Yuggoth Cultures and Other Growths"

Original works

Avatar also publishes original works by comic creators:

*Jamie Delano: "Narcopolis" [ [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=12341 Future Imperfect: Jamie Delano talks "Narcopolis"] , Comic Book Resources, November 7, 2007]

*Warren Ellis:
**"Aetheric Mechanics"
**"Anna Mercury"
**"Apparat"
**"Atmospherics
**"Bad Signal"
**"Bad World"
**"Blackgas"
**"Black Summer"
**"Crécy"
**"Dark Blue"
**"Doktor Sleepless"
**"FreakAngels"
**"Gravel"
**"No Hero"
**"Scars"
**"Strange Killings"
**"Wolfskin"

*Garth Ennis:
**"303"
**"Chronicles of Wormwood"
**"Crossed" [ [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16780 Double-Crossed: Ennis & Burrows talk “Crossed”] , Comic Book Resources, June 12, 2008]
**"Dicks"
**"Streets of Glory"

*Christos Gage: "Absolution" [ [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17353 CCI: Christos Gage discusses "Absolution"] , Comic Book Resources, July 23, 2008]

*Steven Grant:
** "My Flesh is Cool"
** "Mortal Souls"

*Rich Johnston: "Rich Johnston's Holed Up"

*Joe R. Lansdale: "The Drive-in"

*John A. Russo: [ [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=11592 WWC XTRA: Picking the Brains of a “Living Dead” Legend with Avatar Press] , Comic Book Resources, August 13, 2007]
**"Escape of the Living Dead" [ [http://www.avatarpress.com/escape/ Escape of the Living Dead - Avatar Press ] ]
**"George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead" [http://www.nightofthelivingdead.ws/]
**"Plague of the Living Dead" [http://www.plagueofthelivingdead.com/]
*Tim Vigil:
**"Faust"
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**"Webwitch"

References

External links

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* [http://www.comiccavalcade.com/cgi-bin/store/agora.cgi?page=avatar.html&cart_id=6224060.19598*LX7nb ComicCavalcade.com] - Serves as Avatar's online store
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/avatarpress/ Avatar Press] at Flickr