AVATAR PRESS Solicitations for MARCH 2013


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MARCH 2013

Crossed: Badlands #25

Written By: Garth Ennis

Art By: Raulo Caceres

Covers By: Raulo Caceres and Jacen Burrows

Description: Crossed C-Day 2013 is here! Crossed creator Garth Ennis returns to his stark vision of horror for a four-part tale that pits a group of war hardened soldiers on a quest to wipe out the Crossed and reclaim Britain. In “The Fatal Englishman,” these warriors stop running and take the fight to the enemy! There is no hope. There is no cure. There is only the Crossed.

* The return of Garth Ennis writing Crossed!

* New story arc that is a perfect starting place for new readers

* This issue kicks off C-Day 2013 parties across the world!

* A new four issue arc setting up the future of Crossed and promises a glimpse at the beginning!

* Available with Regular, Wraparound, and Torture covers by Raulo Caceres

* Jacen Burrows provides covers for the limited Die Cut, Foxy, Burn Baby Burn, Chopper, and Lip Slip covers, all that are likely to sell out!

* Exotic leather cover by Burrows limited to 1,500 copies

* Red Crossed and Retailer Bonus incentives for retailers.

* Also a Deluxe Collector Set is available!

32 pages, $3.99; Leather, $14.99.

Crossed: Badlands #26

Written By: Garth Ennis

Art By: Raulo Caceres

Covers By: Raulo Caceres and Jacen Burrows

Description: Garth Ennis’ return to Crossed continues with the second brutal issue of “The Fatal Englishman.” What drives men in an insane world? Facing pure and utter hatred, these soldiers are learning the hard lesson that there is no hope…

* Garth Ennis returns to his ultimate horror series!

* This story sets up a future arc focusing on the beginning of the Crossed epidemic!

* Available with a Regular or Wraparound cover by Raulo Caceres, Torture cover by Jacen Burrows, and a special Red Crossed Incentive also by Caceres.

32 pages, $3.99.

Crossed: Skull T-Shirt

Art By: Jacen Burrows

Description: These Crossed: Badlands black T-Shirts are just in time for C-Day! Featuring an iconic image from the horror series to end all survival horror tales, Crossed will look good on the hordes of fans descending upon local retailers for the 2013 C-Day events!

M-XL–T-Shirt, $8.99; XXL-XXXL–T-Shirt, $12.99.

Crossed volume 5

Written By: David Lapham and David Hine

Art By: Jacen Burrows and Eduardo Vienna

Cover By: Jacen Burrows

Description: Journey back to the earliest days of the Crossed outbreak, when an outbreak of viral insanity first plunged an unsuspecting world into darkness, in two tales scribed by the masters of modern horror, David Lapham and David Hine! In high school, Edmund earned his nickname “Yellow Belly” by running away and hiding whenever confronted by conflicts or fears. But when the Crossed infection ignites at a local circus, perhaps it’s that very same cowardice that will save him in the end! Meanwhile, a group of self-centered and hedonistic college kids head to a writer’s retreat to explore their inner selves… but end up surrounded by berserk killers. What depths will they sink to in order to survive? This volume collects Crossed: Badlands #10-18.

* Horror masters David Lapham and David Hine expand Garth Ennis’ twisted Crossed universe with violent new tales!

* Original Crossed artist Jacen Brorrow draws the first story in this volume!

* Available in trade paperback, hardcover, and a limited double-signed hardcover edition by Burrows and Lapham, limited to just 750 copies!

240 pages, softcover, $24.99; 240 pages hardcover, $32.99 (signed, $39.99).

Dan the Unharmable #11

Written By: David Lapham

Art By: Rafael Ortiz

Cover By: Rafael Ortiz

Description: Dan the Unharmable is the most original and over-the-top crazy comic on the stands! Lizzy is sucked into the world of the Consortium while her siblings lives slide dangerously close to social services intervention and being split up into an orphanage. Dan is just Dan. But after some divine hobo intervention, he finally takes steps to save his maybe kids.

* David Lapham has created a drug-induced gonzo world where an unharmable slacker private detective is the sanest one living on it!

* Available with a Regular, Wraparound, and special Retro Incentive cover by series artist Rafael Ortiz.

32 pages, $3.99.

Night of the Living Dead: Aftermath #6

Written By: David Hine

Art By: German Erramouspe

Covers By: Raulo Caceres and Matt Martin

Description: The bloody ending to the first Night of the Living Dead: Aftermath arc is here and no one is safe! All of the reports of the ghoul menace being contained are blown wide open as the undead claim the west coast for themselves. For fans who like actual zombies in their zombie comics.

* David Hine continues to take the original zombie franchise beyond the cult-movie — a decade later!

* Available with Regular and Wraparound covers by Raulo Caceres, a Gore cover by Matt Martin, and Terror Retailer Incentive cover by Caceres.

32 pages, $3.99.

Fashion Beast #7

Written By: Alan Moore

Art By: Facundo Percio

Cover By: Facundo Percio

Description: The stars in the sky are hidden by the fallout of a post-industrial nightmare world. But Doll has become a star herself with everything she has always wanted. Yet the complex web of mystery around the Patron, Celestine, begins to unravel her tightly guarded dreams.

* Alan Moore spins a tale of desire on the cusp of nuclear winter!

* The time-lost manuscript from 1985 is finally unveiled!

* Available with a Regular or Wraparound Cover by series artist Facundo Percio or Haute Couture Incentive (by Percio) or the very rare Tarot (by Paul Duffield) Incentive cover.

32 pages, $3.99.

Ferals #13

Written By: David Lapham

Art By: Gabriel Andrade

Covers By: Gabriel Andrade

Description: A startling new arc begins here! Officer Dale Chesnutt is long gone…what remains is a feral man bent on finding and killing the man who took his woman. The government has moved in and is working to eliminate the Feral threat… but the ancient clan won’t go down without a bloody war.

* David Lapham has redefined the werewolf legend from silly superstitions to bloody violent horror!

* Brand new story arc!

* Available with a Regular, Wraparound, Gore, and special Slashed Incentive cover by series artist Gabriel Andrade.

32 pages, $3.99.

Stitched #12

Written By: Mike Wolfer

Art By: Fernando Furukawa

Cover By: Fernando Furukawa

Description: In a bid to take the Strathmore mansion and its valuables as his own, Salib orders his cut-throats to slaughter the staff. But what they don’t know is, the twisted smuggler is about to unleash an even greater horror upon all of them, in a blood-splattered orgy of death! Meanwhile, there is one more secret hidden behind the doors of the East Wing, one which the beautiful Zari Salib unwittingly uncovers…

* Created by Garth Ennis, Stitched is an ancient horror for a modern world!

* Available with a Regular cover, Wraparound cover, Gore cover, and a special Ancient Evil retailer incentive cover by Fernando Furukawa.

32 pages, $3.99.

SOURCE: Comics Continuum