a. christensen country of origin united states headquarters location rantoul illinois key people william a. christensen publication types comics official website www.avatarpress.com avatar press is an independent american publisher of comic books founded in 1996 by william a. christensen and based in rantoul illinois . avatar press is most notable for publishing bad girl comics such as pandora hellina lookers the ravening and brian pulido s lady death . currently avatar publishes several ongoing series . they have a strong web presence anchored by warren ellis freakangels webcomic as well as the comics news site bleeding cool helmed by rich johnston . contents 1 history 2 titles 2.1 bad girl 2.2 adaptations 2.3 upcoming works 2.3.1 licensed properties 2.3.2 other media 2.4 original works 3 references 4 external links history edit founder and editor in chief william a. christensen . publisher christensen had been a freelance contributor to wizard magazine before founding avatar . the company initially published only mini series . they subsequently expanded to other formats . as part of an effort to expand beyond their reputation as a bad girl publisher it offered a number of noted creators an opportunity to publish creator owned books with no content restrictions whatsoever . among the creators to take them up on their offer were frank miller warren ellis alan moore and garth ennis . lately the company has taken to licensed comic book adaptations of famous sci fi and horror shows from movies and television such as robocop night of the living dead and friday the 13th . titles edit titles that avatar publishes fall into three general areas bad girl comics adaptations including licensed properties and original titles . citation needed bad girl edit notable bad girl comics often written by william a. christensen and mark seifert are pandora avatar s flagship character hellina nira x cyberangel bill maus william tucci s shi the ravening lookers mike deodato s jade warriors rob liefeld s avengelyne glory and the coven marat mychael s demonslayer tim vigil s webwitch brian pulido s lady death of chaos comics fame belladonna war angel unholy and gypsy medieval lady death everette hartsoe s razor jungle fantasy starring fauna from the threshold series fauna jungle girl twilight which along with twilight live wire was reprinted in twilight raw mike wolfer s widow adaptations edit upcoming works edit ape killer from world 2017 sadism man 2017 trollevil 2017 war of the worlds martian evil avatar press 2017 2018 licensed properties edit notable adaptations of licensed properties include was alternate universe of bad science fiction series such as frank miller s robocop based on his unused scripts for robocop 2 and robocop 3 stargate both stargate sg 1 and stargate atlantis species horror series such as friday the 13th a nightmare on elm street the texas chainsaw massacre george a. romero s night of the living dead other media edit adaptations from other media and reprints alan moore another suburban romance the courtyard the courtyard companion glory hypothetical lizard light of thy countenance 1 magic words nightjar a small killing writing for comics yuggoth cultures and other growths fashion beast max brooks the extinction parade joe r. lansdale the drive in by bizarre hands on the far side with dead folks george r. r. martin fevre dream the skin trade original works edit avatar also publishes original works by comic creators jamie delano narcopolis 2 3 rawbone warren ellis aetheric mechanics anna mercury apparat atmospherics bad signal bad world blackgas black summer captain swing and the electrical pirates of cindery island cr cy dark blue doktor sleepless frankenstein s womb freakangels gravel ilium ignition city no hero scars supergod wolfskin garth ennis 303 chronicles of wormwood crossed 4 dicks red rover charlie stitched streets of glory christos gage absolution 5 kieron gillen the heat 6 ber steven grant my flesh is cool mortal souls jenni gregory dreamwalker rich johnston rich johnston s holed up david lapham caligula dan the unharmable ferals mark millar the unfunnies alan moore neonomicon providence eric powell the goon zak penn hero worship john a. russo 7 escape of the living dead 8 tim vigil faust cuda an age of metal and magic webwitch jonathan hickman god is dead references edit ww philly the avatar panel . newsarama . june 1 2008 . future imperfect jamie delano talks narcopolis . comic book resources . november 7 2007 . entering narcopolis i jamie delano . newsarama . march 1 2008 . double crossed ennis & burrows talk crossed . comic book resources . june 12 2008 . cci christos gage discusses absolution . comic book resources . july 23 2008 . leader michael november 3 2009 . kieron gillen and jamie mckelvie interview . den of geek . archived from the original on 6 november 2009 . retrieved 2009 11 03 . wwc xtra picking the brains of a living dead legend with avatar press . comic book resources 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