William A. Christensen

Avatar Press is an independent American comic book publisher founded in 1996 by William A. Christensen, and based in Rantoul, Illinois. Avatar Press is most notable for publishing bad girl comics, such as '' Faust'', ''Pandora'', ''Hellina'', ''Lookers'', ''The Ravening'', and Brian Pulido's ''Lady Death''. Such comics are currently published under the "Boundless Comics" imprint.

Avatar has a strong web presence, anchored by Warren Ellis' ''FreakAngels'' webcomic, as well as the comics news site Bleeding Cool, helmed by Rich Johnston.

History

Publisher Christensen had been a freelance contributor to '' Wizard'' magazine before founding Avatar Press. The company initially published only limited series. Avatar subsequently expanded to other formats.

As part of an effort to expand beyond its reputation as a bad girl publisher, Avatar offered a number of noted creators an opportunity to publish creator-owned books with no content restrictions whatsoever. Among the creators to take Avatar up on its offer were Frank Miller, Warren Ellis, Alan Moore, and Garth Ennis.

The company has also licensed comic book adaptations of famous science-fiction and horror movies and television shows, such as ''RoboCop'', ''Night of the Living Dead'', and ''Friday the 13th''.

Titles

By author

* Jamie Delano:
** ''Narcopolis''
** ''Rawbone''
* Mike Deodato:
** ''Jade Warriors''
* Warren Ellis:
** ''Aetheric Mechanics''
** ''Anna Mercury''
** '' Apparat''
** ''Atmospherics''
** ''Bad Signal''
** ''Bad World''
** ''Blackgas''
** ''Black Summer''
** ''Captain Swing and the Electrical Pirates of Cindery Island''
** '' Crécy''
** ''Dark Blue''
** ''Doktor Sleepless''
** ''Frankenstein's Womb''
** ''FreakAngels''
** ''Gravel''
** ''Ilium''
** ''Ignition City''
** '' No Hero''
** ''Scars''
** '' Supergod''
** ''Wolfskin''
* Garth Ennis:
** ''303''
** ''Chronicles of Wormwood''
** '' Crossed''
** ''Dicks''
** ''Rover Red Charlie''
** ''Stitched''
** '' Streets of Glory''
* Christos Gage:
** '' Absolution''
* Kieron Gillen:
** ''The Heat''
** ''Über''
* Steven Grant:
** ''Mortal Souls''
** ''My Flesh is Cool''
* Jonathan Hickman:
** '' God Is Dead''
* David Lapham:
** ''Caligula''
** ''Dan the Unharmable''
** ''Ferals''
* Rob Liefeld:
** ''Avengelyne''
** ''The Coven''
** '' Glory''
* Mark Millar:
** ''The Unfunnies''
* Alan Moore:
** '' Another Suburban Romance''
** ''Cinema Purgatorio''
** ''The Courtyard''
** ''The Courtyard Companion''
** ''Fashion Beast''
** '' Glory''
** '' Hypothetical Lizard''
** ''Light of Thy Countenance''
** '' Magic Words''
** ''Neonomicon''
** '' Nightjar''
** ''Providence''
** ''A Small Killing''
** ''Writing for Comics''
** ''Yuggoth Cultures and Other Growths''
* Zak Penn:
** ''Hero Worship''
* Eric Powell:
** ''The Goon''
* Brian Pulido:
** ''Belladonna''
** ''Gypsy''
** ''Lady Death'' (of Chaos Comics fame)
** ''Unholy''
** ''War Angel''
* John A. Russo:
** '' Escape of the Living Dead''
* William Tucci:
** ''Shi''
* Tim Vigil:
** ''777: The Wrath''
** ''Cuda: An Age of Metal and Magic''
** ''Faust/777: The Wrath'' (aka ''Darkness in Collision'')
** '' Faust: Book of M''
** ''Webwitch''
* Mike Wolfer:
** ''Widow''

Selected other titles

* ''Pandora'' (Avatar's flagship character)
* ''Demonslayer'' by Marat Mychael
* ''Dreamwalker'' by Jenni Gregory
* ''Hellina''
* ''Jungle Fantasy'', starring Fauna from the ''Threshold'' series' "Fauna, Jungle Girl"
* ''Jungle Fantasy: Ivory'', starring an independent cave-woman named Ivory who is a "widow" in search of her infant son who was abducted
* ''Lookers''
* ''Medieval Lady Death''
* ''Nira-X Cyberangel'' by Bill Maus
* ''The Ravening''
*'' Razor'' by Everette Hartsoe
* ''Rich Johnston's Holed Up'' by Rich Johnston
* ''Twilight'', which, along with ''Twilight: Live Wire'', was reprinted in ''Twilight: Raw''

Adaptations and licensed properties

By author

* Max Brooks:
** ''The Extinction Parade''
* Joe R. Lansdale:
** '' By Bizarre Hands''
** ''The Drive-in''
** '' On the Far Side With Dead Folks''
* George R. R. Martin:
** ''Fevre Dream''
** ''The Skin Trade''

Selected other titles

* '' Frank Miller's RoboCop''
* ''Friday the 13th''
* ''George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead''
* '' A Nightmare on Elm Street''
* ''Species''
* ''Stargate''
* ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre''

References

External links

Avatar Press website

Boundless Comics website
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Avatar Press
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1996 establishments in the United States
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Companies based in Champaign County, Illinois