Avatar Press started out as a noted publisher of T&A centered comics. However, unlike most of their competitors, they had uncensored nudity, sex, and gore on nearly every page. Later they moved away from that by licensing franchises like Robocop and Nightmare on Elm Street and publishing related miniseries, and by offering big-name authors the chance to publish creator-owned works with no content restrictions whatsoever.
Recently they opened up another imprint, called Boundless, which started with a refreshed Lady Death comic, and Avatar announced that others among their original T&A line (unseen for a number of years) will be reappearing as part of that imprint as well.
A young girl undergoes a bizarre brain surgery so she can work at a brothel for sorcerers. In there, she is witness to a destructive relationship between two of the prostitutes that work there.
Another Suburban Romance
Anthology
One-shot
Three poems by Alan Moore adapted into sequential art. Includes "old gangsters never die", "jenny switched off the tv" and "another suburban romance."
The Courtyard
Lovecraftian horror
2 issues
An undercover FBI agent investigates a series of identical but unrelated murders. He believes a street drug named "aklo" might have something to do with it.
Neonomicon
Lovecraftian horror
4 issues
A sequel to The Courtyard. Two FBI agents pick up the ritual murders investigation and discover a subculture of rock music and sex clubs built around H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos.
A Small Killing
Thriller, drama
One-shot
A publicist is hired to promote a popular american soda in Soviet territory. As he ponders on how to approach this campaign, he reminisces on key events in his life. He also deals with a small kid who seems to be stalking him and apparently wants him dead.
Yuggoth Cultures and Other Growths
Anthology
3 issues
Various stories by Alan Moore collected into three issues, including texts from a lost novel and a brief companion piece to From Hell.
Warren Ellis[]
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Bad World
Conspiracy
3 issues
Warren Ellis shares interesting and bizarre factoids related to conspiracy and fringe theories.
Crécy
War, historical fiction
One-shot
A retelling of the Battle of Crecy, in which a heavily outnumbered army of Englishmen fighting against the French won the battle by creating tactics that went to become commonplace in modern warfare.
Dark Blue
Crime, noir, thriller
One-shot
A detective is searching for a serial killer who scribbles LD50 on the walls.
FreakAngels
Sci-fi, thriller
Webcomic, collected into five volumes
23 years ago, twelve strange children were born in England at exactly the same moment. 6 years ago, the world ended. This is the story of what happened next.
No Hero
Sci-fi, crime, superhero
7 issues
Scars
Crime, noir, thriller
6 issues
A disgraced detective desperately tries to find a killer who cuts up little girls and stuffs the pieces in cardboard boxes.
Supergod
Superhero, sci-fi, especulative fiction
5 issues
Amidst a devastated London, a scientist tells the story of how some of the biggest nations in the world engaged into a second cold war by attempting to create their own gods.
Garth Ennis[]
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303
War
A very hard man leads the Russian special forces team that is investigating a downed plane in Afghanistan. But when British and US forces also get thrown in the mix, tension turns to carnage as the whole mission goes sideways.
Chronicles of Wormwood
Dark comedy, religion, satire
Original series (6 issues)
The Last Enemy (one shot)
The Last Battle (6 issues)
Danny Wormwood is the antichrist. He refused to follow his father's orders to start the apocalypse and now he lives amongst humans as a succesful television producer. He has a beautiful girlfriend and a talking pet rabbit, and he is also best friends with Jesus Christ.
Crossed
Post-apocalyptic
10 issues
The Crossed are people who, for undisclosed reasons, have been stripped of inhibition, every shred of morals, and turned into pure evil capable of any atrocity their minds can conjure. A group of men and women band together and attempt to survive the Crossed while looking for refuge.
(protip: Ennis wasn't involved with the Family Values and Psycopath series. You can [and should] skip them.)
Eric Powell[]
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The Goon
3 issues
Avatar published the first three issues of the series. After that Powell moved the series to Dark Horse, where it's been published ever sinve.
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