Avatar Press - PRODUCTS SHIPPING: October 2003
Frank Miller's ROBOCOP #4
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Frank Miller
Story: Frank Miller
Art: Juan Jose Ryp
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: Full color, 32 pages, monthly 4 of 9
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The Robo-action continues with more pure-Frank Miller insanity! OCP has cut the cops down to size, turned Robocop's programming totally insane, and has mad assault teams dealing out lethal force on the streets! But these are all just small pieces in the far bigger game of the luscious lolita Doctor Love... This series continues to take the original Frank Miller Robocop story and faithfully adapt it into comics form by Steven Grant in order to capture every bit of the frenzied flavor that Miller wants with lusciously detailed artwork by Juan Jose Ryp.
Frank Miller's ROBOCOP #4 Wraparound
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Story: Frank Miller
Art: Juan Jose Ryp
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: Full color, 32 pages, monthly 4 of 9
STARGATE SG-1 Convention Special First Prime Edition
Retail Price: $5.95 US
Cover: Matt Busch
Story: James Anthony
Art: Renato Guedes
Readership: All ages
Format: Full color, 16 pages, one shot
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This special limited edition cover features the heroes Teal'c and Master Bra'tac on the all-new painted cover by the master Matt Busch! This Convention Special features an all- new full color story as well as tons of information on the new line of Stargate SG-1 comics that launches soon! Pinned down by enemy fire Teal'c and Master Bra'tac face certain death. The only thing standing between their capture and execution as traitors to the murderous Goa'uld Apophis is Colonel Jack O'Neill and the SG1 team. Can the upstart warriors of Earth save the fledgling resistance movement or will the hopes of freedom for the Jaffa be crushed beneath the boots of Goa'uld oppression once and for all? This special edition is limited to just 1500 copies.
Frank Miller's ROBOCOP #1 Jacen Burrows cover
Retail Price: $3.95 US
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Story: Frank Miller
Art: Juan Jose Ryp
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: Full color, 32 pages, monthly 1 of 9
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Coveted artist Jacen Burrows whips up his own version of Robo-mayhem on this specially priced limited edition! This is the first issue where Frank Miller's never before seen full Robocop epic finally sees the light of day! Robocop was one of the truly great bits of movie and pop culture magic from the 80's, and the cult of Robocop continues strong to this day. In full-on action, the Robocop story is told as Frank Miller always intended, composed straight from the master's original writings and scripts! The vast majority of Miller's insane ideas, vicious black humor, and robotic mayhem never made it to the screen, but every last bit is finally unleashed in this series! This special edition is limited to just 3000 copies.
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Joe Lansdale's THE DRIVE-IN #1
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Story: Joe Lansdale
Art: Andres Guinaldo
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 1 of 4
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Joe Lansdale's epic of insanity finally comes to comics, 10 years in the making! The original novel has a huge cult following as it personifies the best in Lansdale's writing, and this comic adaptation is true to the original- it's undiluted, unaltered Lasdale at it's finest adapted by top scribe Chris Golden. When a group of friends decide to spend a day at the world's largest Drive-In theatre horror fest, they expected to see tons of bloody murders, rampaging madmen, and mayhem- but only on the screen. As a mysterous force traps all the patrons inside the Drive-In, the worst in humanity comes out. Filled with Lansdale's razor sharp whit and black humor, The Drive-In is a darkly humourous masterpiece! For fans of Garth Ennis, Joe Lansdale will be just what you are looking for and this series is further enriched by the stunningly detailed art of Andres Guinaldo and covers by superstar artist Jacen Burrows.
Joe Lansdale's THE DRIVE-IN #1 Wraparound
Retail Price: $3.95 US
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Story: Joe Lansdale
Art: Andres Guinaldo
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 1 of 4
Alan Moore's YUGGOTH CULTURES #2
Retail Price: $3.95 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Story: Alan Moore
Art: Jacen Burrows, Mike Wolfer, Bryan Talbot
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 40 pages, monthly 2 of 3
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The magical mind of Alan Moore is unleashed in this new monthly series which weighs in at a super-sized 40 pages per issue! Yuggoth Cultures and Other Growths features tons of Alan's classic short sequential comic book stories that have been long out of print, stories that have never before been seen, and special developmental sections! This stellar second issue is packed with features, all written by Moore, including two long lost collaborations with Bryan Talbot, the classic Itchy Peterson story illustrated by Val Semieks, a short story drawn by frequent Warren Ellis collaborator Mike Wolfer, and another Lovecraftian story from the aborted novel Yuggoth Cultures, illustrated by the Courtyard artist Jacen Burrows! Fans of Alan Moore rejoice, many prayers are finally answered in this career-spanning series from the finest wordsmith in the industry!
Alan Moore's YUGGOTH CULTURES #2 Wraparound
Retail Price: $3.95 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Story: Alan Moore
Art: Jacen Burrows, Mike Wolfer, Bryan Talbot
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 40 pages, monthly 2 of 3
HELLINA vs PANDORA Preview
Retail Price: $1.99 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Story: Doug Miers
Art: Rafa Lopez
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 16 pages, monthly
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The battle for all of Hell and Earth starts right here! Avatar's greatest female warriors get sucked into the biggest conflict ever, one for control of Hell itself! This special preview looks behind-the-scenes at the art in the making. With an epic story from regular Hellina writer Doug Miers and art by sensational newcomer Rafa Lopez, this series is certain to please any fans of battling babe action! The brawl to end it all starts this winter with a full length mini series, don't miss it!
HELLINA vs PANDORA Preview - James Brown
Retail Price: $5.95 US
Cover: James Brown
Story: Doug Miers
Art: Rafa Lopez
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 16 pages, monthly
HELLINA vs PANDORA Preview - Jeremy Rock
Retail Price: $5.95 US
Cover: Jeremy Rock
Story: Doug Miers
Art: Rafa Lopez
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 16 pages, monthly
HELLINA vs PANDORA Preview Adult
Retail Price: $6.00 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Story: Doug Miers
Art: Rafa Lopez
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 16 pages, monthly
SHI: SEMPO #1 Prism Foil
Retail Price: $12.95 US
Cover: Billy Tucci
Story: Billy Tucci
Art: Wellington Alves
Readership: All ages
Format: B&W, 32 pages
HELLINA: Seduction Preview Bad Girl Edition
Retail Price: $5.95 US
Cover: James Brown
Story: Doug Miers
Art: Javier Aranda
Readership: All Ages
Format: B&W, 16 pages
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Red hot new artist James Brown unleashes the goods with this sexy new cover! The relaunch of Hellina at Avatar continues as we see a bit more of her college life as Sandra Lords, and how being Hellina as her other personality can cause more than a few problems! This special edition is limited to just 1000 copies.
JUNGLE FANTASY #3 Back to the Hunt Ed
Retail Price: $5.95 US
Cover: James Brown
Story/Art: Ron Adrian, Anibal Maraschi
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, quarterly
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Fauna is looking smokin' hot on this luscious all-new cover by our latest find, artist extrodinare James Brown! The third issue of the jungle book to end them all is filled with more dinosaur action than ever! Doug Miers writes and Ron Adrian draws the next chapter of Ivory about a prehistoric mother who is forced into action to protect her newborn babe. But when she gets swept up on a strange island, she must worry about saving her own skin first! Fauna swings back into action in the next exciting chapter by sexy new artist Anibal Maraschi! This special edition is limited to just 1000 copies.
JUNGLE FANTASY #3 Prehistoric Nude
Retail Price: $6.00 US
Cover: Sean Shaw
Story/Art: Ron Adrian, Anibal Maraschi
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, quarterly
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Fauna is caught in her birthday suit cavorting on top of a dinosaur by original Fauna artist, Sean Shaw! The third issue of the jungle book to end them all is filled with more dinosaur action than ever! Doug Miers writes and Ron Adrian draws the next chapter of Ivory about a prehistoric mother who is forced into action to protect her newborn babe. But when she gets swept up on a strange island, she must worry about saving her own skin first! Fauna swings back into action in the next exciting chapter by sexy new artist Anibal Maraschi! This special edition is limited to just 1000 copies.
SHI: Sempo #1/2 Royal Blue
Retail Price: $75.00 US
Cover: Billy Tucci
Story: Billy Tucci
Art: Rafa Lopez
Readership: all ages
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 1 of 2
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Shi is back with an all-new series that takes place during WWII that pits her against the Nazis as well as the Russians! This ultra-rare Royal Blue Edition is limited to just 100 copies and every copy ships in a special protective case with a certificate of authenticity.
(O/A) Alan Moore's WRITING FOR COMICS Vol 1 GN
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Retail Price: $5.95 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Writer: Alan Moore
Artist: Jacen Burrows
Readership: All Ages
Format: B&W, 48 pages, square bound
ISBN: 1592910122
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The master of comic book writing shares his thoughts on how to deliver a top notch script! The main essay was originally written in 1985 and appeared in an obscure British fanzine, right as Moore was reshaping the landscape of modern comics, and has been tragically lost ever since. Now Avatar brings it back in print, collected for the first time as one graphic novel, and heavily illustrated by Jacen Burrows. Alan Moore also provides a brand new essay on how his thoughts on writing have changed in the two decades since he first wrote it. For fans of Moore's work, new writers, or anyone who wants a peak behind the mental curtain of one of the greatest living writers, this is a can't miss book!
(O/A) Alan Moore's ANOTHER SUBURBAN ROMANCE GN
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Retail Price: $7.95 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Writer: Alan Moore
Artist: Juan Jose Ryp
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 64 pages square bound
ISBN: 1592910076
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: An all new graphic novel from the writer who defined modern comics, Alan Moore! For the first time ever, Alan Moore's performance works making up the play Another Suburban Romance are put in print and lavishly illustrated as full sequential stories. Comprised of three major pieces, adapted from Moore's original presentations by frequent collaborator Antony (The Courtyard) Johnston, this original graphic novel is completely illustrated by the Spanish sensation Juan Jose Ryp. Running from the 1920's Chicago style killings in Old Gangsters Never Die, to the ruminations on modern life in the namesake piece Another Suburban Romance, this powerful work is one that no Alan Moore fan will want to miss!
(O/A) Alan Moore's ANOTHER SUBURBAN ROMANCE HC
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Retail Price: $17.95 US
Cost to Diamond: 51% off
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Writer: Alan Moore
Artist: Juan Jose Ryp
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 64 pages square bound hardcover
ISBN: 1592910084
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This special hardcover edition features and all new full color cover and is limited to just 1250 copies!
(O/A) ALAN MOORE'S MAGIC WORDS Vol 1 GN
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Retail Price: $6.95 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Writer: Alan Moore
Artists: Juan Jose Ryp and others
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 56 pages, graphic novel
ISBN: 0970678495
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Alan Moore brings a new line of Graphic Novels to Avatar starting right here! Hand picked by Alan Moore, this book is a stunning adaptation of some of his songs, poems and writings turned into sequential art, by an amazing group of European artists never before seen in America! This is also the first American work by staggering talent Juan Jose Ryp who will certainly be providing many fantastic Avatar projects in the years to come! Also included is an exhaustive listing of Moore's work in other mediums as well. This deluxe edition book features an introduction by Warren Ellis.
(O/A) ALAN MOORE'S MAGIC WORDS Vol 1 Hardcover
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Retail Price: $16.95 US
Cost to Diamond: 51% off
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Writer: Alan Moore
Artists: Juan Jose Ryp and others
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 56 pages, graphic novel
ISBN: 1592910025
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This special edition hardcover features and all new cover by sensation Juan Jose Ryp and is limited to just 1250 copies!
(O/A) Warren Ellis' SCARS #1
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Writer: Warren Ellis
Artist: Jacen Burrows
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly, 1 of 6
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Warren Ellis serves up his long-awaited brilliant crime opus, Scars, with the stunning art of Jacen (Dark Blue, Bad World) Burrows! John Cain has been working Homicide long enough to get hard to pretty much anything; even wrenching personal loss. Today, it all gets too much. Today, he gets assigned something that finally breaks through his defenses -- a child killing that hits horribly close to home. Until now, he's been a good cop, a cop who goes by procedure because it's the best way to ensure that scum go to prison. Today, he makes the parents of the victim a chilling promise. He will find the killer using any means necessary. And the killer will not get away with it. Whatever happens.
(O/A) Warren Ellis' SCARS #2
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Writer: Warren Ellis
Artist: Jacen Burrows
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly, 2 of 6
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: John Cain is a hard man. Years of working Homicide would do that to anyone. But when he has to tell a family about the horrific death of their daughter, it becomes emotionally overwhelming. Today, he found out the young girl was tortured, mutilated and beaten for weeks on end, and somehow still alive when the killer disassembled her to fit into boxes. It was the first crime from a man teaching himself to become a monster. And he liked it.
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