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Widely regarded as one of comics' rising stars and having garnered praise for his comics work from the likes of Alan Moore and Warren Ellis, Antony Johnston is the award-winning author of Frightening Curves, Rosemary's Backpack and Three Days in Europe. This young British writer is currently blazing a trail through comics, defying labels and conventions with exciting work in a wide variety of genres and styles.

For Avatar, Johnston has written the sequential adaptations of Alan Moore's The Courtyard, illustrated by Jacen Burrows, and Alan Moore's Another Suburban Romance illustrated by Juan Jose Ryp, and a variety of shorts for Alan Moore's Yuggoth Cultures. Johnston also contributed an article in collaboration with Moore to Alan Moore's Magic Words. Upcoming Avatar work includes further adaptations of Alan Moore work, and Night Radio, an anthology series edited by Warren Ellis, and Nightjar, a horror tale based on characters and concepts created by Alan Moore and Bryan Talbot."

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Yuggoth Creatures #1 wrap cover by Ryp

Juan Jose Ryp provides the wraparound cover for Yuggoth Creatures #1, the Lovecraftian tome of monsters and madness written by Antony Johnston (Alan Moore's Yuggoth Cultures, The Courtyard) and drawn by the most fearsome collection of artists in indy comics, including Ryp (Frank Miller's Robocop), Mike Wolfer (Warren Ellis' Strange Killings), Sebastian Fiumara (Steven Grant's My Flesh is Cool), Matt Martin (Snowman), and Jacen Burrows (Warren Ellis' Scars). Yuggoth Creatures #1 will be a July release, available for order in the next issue of Previews.
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