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.
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.
Pandora (Avatar's flagship character)HellinaNira-X Cyberangel (Bill Maus)William Tucci's ShiThe RaveningLookersMike Deodato's Jade WarriorsRob Liefeld's Avengelyne, Glory, and The CovenMarat Mychael's DemonslayerTim Vigil's WebwitchBrian Pulido's Lady Death (of Chaos Comics fame), Belladonna, War Angel, Unholy, and GypsyMedieval Lady DeathEverette Hartsoe's RazorJungle Fantasy, starring Fauna from the Threshold series' "Fauna, Jungle Girl"Twilight, which, along with Twilight: Live Wire, was reprinted in Twilight: RawMike Wolfer's WidowJamie Delano's Narcopolis and RawboneWarren Ellis:Aetheric MechanicsAnna MercuryApparatAtmosphericsBad SignalBad WorldBlackgasBlack SummerCaptain Swing and the Electrical Pirates of Cindery IslandCrécyDark BlueDoktor SleeplessFrankenstein's WombFreakAngelsGravelIliumIgnition CityNo HeroScarsSupergodWolfskinGarth Ennis:303Chronicles of WormwoodCrossedDicksRed Rover CharlieStitchedStreets of GloryChristos Gage' AbsolutionKieron Gillen's The Heat and ÜberSteven Grant's My Flesh is Cool and Mortal SoulsJenni Gregory's DreamwalkerRich Johnston's Rich Johnston's Holed UpDavid Lapham:CaligulaDan the UnharmableFeralsMark Millar's The UnfunniesAlan Moore's Neonomicon and ProvidenceEric Powell's The GoonZak Penn's Hero WorshipJohn A. Russo's Escape of the Living DeadTim Vigil:FaustCuda: An Age of Metal and MagicWebwitchJonathan Hickman's God Is DeadFrank Miller's RoboCopStargateSpeciesFriday the 13thA Nightmare on Elm StreetThe Texas Chainsaw MassacreGeorge A. Romero's Night of the Living DeadAlan Moore:Another Suburban RomanceThe CourtyardThe Courtyard CompanionGloryHypothetical LizardLight of Thy CountenanceMagic WordsNightjarA Small KillingWriting for ComicsYuggoth Cultures and Other GrowthsFashion BeastMax Brooks:The Extinction ParadeJoe R. Lansdale:The Drive-inBy Bizarre HandsOn the Far Side With Dead FolksGeorge R. R. Martin:Fevre DreamThe Skin TradeStargate, both Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis as Avatar 1999-2016-17
