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Superhero Week: Warrior Num Dora graphic novel hits Kickstarter

July 1, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Dora discovers that her nun teachers there are caught in a raging conflict against undead horrors.

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: Avatar Press, kickstarters, pat shand, superhero week, warrior nun

Brutal: A review of God is Dead

July 19, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I knew nothing about Hickman, Costa and Amorim’s God is Dead when I started to read. The opening pages show us the world tormented by natural disasters and the shocking death toll. I wondered if these horrors were the consequence for the death of God. That theory didn’t last very long. I watched as a […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: Avatar Press, Di Amorim, god is dead, Jonathan Hickman, Mike Costa, reviews

Blood, death and sex: A review of Max Brooks’ Extinction Parade

July 9, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Yes, but what happens next? This review of Extinction Parade is of the first graphic novel which collects the first five issues of Max Brooks’ (World War Z and The Zombie Survival Guide) and Raulo Caceres’ (Crossed) series. Zombies are stupid. They’re slow. They can’t even see vampires. No wonder the lords of the night […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: Avatar Press, horror, max brooks, Raulo Cáceres, reviews, world war z, Zombie Survival Guide, zombies

Bloody good: A review of Kieron Gillen’s Uber

March 24, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Blood, gore, super-powers and the Nazis; what a heady mix. Uber is set at what would have been the tail end of World War II. There’s just one catch. The Nazis have just released their final secret weapon – super soldiers. These “Wunderwafen” are brutal. Uber pulls no punches. The pages of this full colour […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: Avatar Press, caanan white, Kieron Gillen, reviews, uber

Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows’s Neonomicon banned from library

January 8, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood 3 Comments

Neonomicon, published by Avatar Press in 2010, was the first ever winner in the “Graphic Novel” category at the Bram Stoker Awards. The graphic novel has now been banned from one American library after a complaint from a parent. Their 14 year old daughter had managed to use an adult library card to get access […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: Alan moore, Avatar Press, Jacen Burrows, legal, Neonomicon, occult

Titan brings Avatar Press’ comic book range to the UK

July 22, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

William A. Christensen founded indie Avatar Press in 1996. The company now looks after the likes of George R.R. Martin, Warren Ellis, Garth Ennis, Alan Moore, David Lapham, Christos Gage and many more. Titan Books has signed a deal that will allow them to distribute Avatar’s titles in the UK. It’s expected that up to […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: Alan moore, Avatar Press, Christos Gage, David Lapham, Fevre Dream, Garth Ennis, George R. R. Martin, Nick Landau, Titan Books

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