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International Ordering Information for Second Avatar Magazine
Posted by Acastus on August 19, 2007 @ 2:45 pm EST (link)
Dave Roman, one of the Editors of Nick Mag Presents, has posted instructions on his DeviantArt
account, where he is known as yaytime, on how US fans can best obtain a copy of the new magazine and how overseas fans of Avatar can go
about ordering them.
To help get the word out as far as possible, here are the instructions straight from Dave:
"The best place to find the magazine is a newsstand or at a "smoke shop" that has a diverse magazine section.
Often it will be in the kids’ section. Barnes and Noble, Borders, Chapters, etc. tend to be even better stocked. Often,
Blockbuster Video and grocery stores carry them too. Sometimes they can even be found for sale on eBay...
International
folks can order the Avatar magazine (or any back issues) directly through the publisher by emailing: Jesse.Pirraglia@nick.com
You just have to pay cover price plus shipping."
This is only a snippet of Dave's full DA journal entry, and
we encourage everyone to drop by and give it a read here. Apparently, the sales of the first magazine were only mediocre, so a good showing this time is really
the only hope for a third magazine. As Dave's awesome drawing at right reminds us, help keep the fire alive by buying a copy
or two when this new issue hits the streets next month!
Second All Avatar Magazine Hits the Stands on September 18th!
Posted by Acastus on August 13, 2007 @ 8:48 pm EST (link)
Nick Magazine has released the street date for its much anticipated second, all Avatar magazine!
Below they share with the fans some tantalizing previews of the magazine's content, and have even given us permission to print
the first page of some of the major comics that appear in it. Click on the thumbnails of each comic or graphic to view it
in full size, including the final version of the cover seen at right!
Enjoy, and remember to support the show by buying
a copy of the magazine when it comes out!
Exclusive AvatarSpirit.Net news
release.
On Newsstands, September 18th, the all-new official Avatar magazine!
Includes over 30 pages of all-new
comics featuring adventures that take place between seasons 2 and 3! These comics are the collaboration of writers and artists
from the show such as Aaron Ehasz, Ethan Spaulding, Tim Hendrick, Josh Hamilton, May Chan and Katie Mattila along with acclaimed
comic artists Amy Kim Ganter (Sorcerer’s and Secretaries), Reagan Lodge (Flight), Bryan Ralph (Giant Robot), and Johane
“Rufftoon” Matte (Teen Titans Go!)
Here’s the complete line up...
COMIC STORIES:
At left: "The Bridge"
Story by Josh Hamilton and Tim Hedrick with Aaron Ehasz.
Script by Frank Pittarese. Art and Color by Reagan Lodge.
After the fall of Ba Sing Se, the gang meets up with Hakoda
and the Water Tribe to plan their next move. With the Avatar wounded and out of commission do they stand a chance against
the approaching Fire Nation fleet?
At right: "Going Home Again"
Story by Aaron Ehasz. May Chan and Katie Mattila.
Script by Katie Mattila with Alison Wilgus. Art by Amy Kim Ganter. Color by Wes Dzioba.
Azula refuses to take no for
answer when Zuko chooses to stay in Ba Sing Se, rather than return to the Fire Nation as a hero alongside her.
Thus a
plan is set in motion that involves false pretenses, the Dai Li, and reigniting an old flame.
At left: "It’s Only Natural"
Story by Josh Hamilton and Johane Matte.
Art
by Johane Matte. Colors by Wes Dzioba.
Sokka helps the Earth King prepare his royal bear Bosco for life in the wild.
Hilarity ensues and lessons are learned…but by whom?
At right: "Momo in Fruitstand Freestyle"
Story and Art by Brian Ralph. A silent
story about everyone’s favorite wicked little critter doing what he does best…getting into trouble!
Below:
"Gym Time"
Story by Alison Wilgus. Art by Ethan Spaulding. Colors by Wes Dzioba.
In the spirit of "School
Time Shipping" the Avatar gang goes super-deformed for dodgeball antics. Oh, the mayhem!
OTHER COOL STUFF:
- Cover by show artist, Lauren
Montgomery!
- Exclusive Season 3 preview by the show’s head writer Aaron Ehasz, giving you the inside scoop
on the season of fire along with production art and even a few possible "you read it here first" spoilers!
- A collection
of the coolest Avatar-related fan art and cosplay out there. See many of your favorite internet fan artists in print!
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Interviews with most of the voice cast, including the new Uncle Iroh!
- Spot the MYTHtakes. An illustrated puzzle by Kim Miranda (aka Isaia on Deviant Art).
- BrainBENDERS. 4 assorted mini-puzzles by Alison Wilgus involving, Tea, Haiku, Boomerangs,
and Cabbages!
- Advice Column written by…Azula?! With Katie Mattila handling the transcript.
Edited by Andrew Brisman and Dave Roman.
On sale September 18th, 2007
52 full color pages
Only
$4.99
Check out the Nick Mag Comics Blog for more scoops and behind the panel info:
http://nickmag-comics.livejournal.com/
Second SDCC Video & Amira's SDCC Coverage Is Up !
Posted by Acastus on August 8, 2007 @ 6:55 pm EST (link)
The second SDCC video containing additional footage of the Avatar panel is now up! You can access it by clicking on the
link above or by clicking on the logo at left. Alternatecoppa of Distant Horizon / Dongbu Feng has worked hard on putting
this together from different footage sources and we thank him for his prodigious efforts! Here's a message from Alternatecoppa
describing the video:
"Hi everyone! It's Alternatecoppa. Here it is, the video
footage I edited together from as
many of the Avatar events as I could attend on Saturday July 28th at the San Diego Comic
Con.
You've waited a long time, and so have I. But it was important to get it right. First of
all, let me
remind everyone that we were kindly asked to refrain from showing the entire
60 minutes of the panel by Nickelodeon since
they wish to keep some of what happened as a
treat for us on the Book 3 DVD box set special features. While we know others
have
ignored this wish and posted the panel video in full elsewhere, I hope you'll enjoy the 6
minute summary I'm
bringing to you here all the same.
The video is fairly long, 20 minutes in total (so try to be patient with the download
times) and the panel is hardly the only thing we covered that day. If you were there in
costume, you may very well
see yourself, hamming it up for my camera. For those who
weren't there, I hope this gives you a satisfying first hand
look at what it was like to
be at San Diego Comic Con!"
~ Alternatecoppa
Thanks again to Alternatecoppa
and the other good folks of DH and DF who collaborated on this project! Working together for the fans pays off and we're glad
to have met everyone face to face finally. See y'all next year!
Nick to Release Season 3 Trailer on TurboNick
Posted by Acastus on August 4, 2007 @ 1:52 pm EST (link)
We have received word from Nickelodeon that the full season 3 trailer shown at San Diego Comic
Con a week ago will be posted in the near future on TurboNick. The time frame mentioned was "about a week", but we should probably start keeping an eye out for
it now. This is a welcome development that will give fans the highest quality material to sift through for hints on season
3 plot and character development!
Nick also asked us, and anyone else who took a video of the entire SDCC panel, to
not post them in public. They asked this because they plan to release a high quality copy of this footage on a future Avatar
DVD box set, "most likely...the Season 3 box set" according to our last communication. Yes, that's season 3, not the season
2 box set coming out on September 11th. That said, Nick generously allowed us to put together a "highlights" clip of the rest
of the panel which our partner alternatecoppa of Distant Horizon / Dongbu Feng is working on furiously using a combo of the footage we both shot. We hope to have something to post
from that effort soon.
On a separate note, many people have emailed us about how we made the "Star Wars" type opening
crawl to celebrate the season 3 premiere date announcement. First, we're glad you enjoyed it! We thought a little tidbit like
that might be fun for the many of us Avatar fans who are also Star Wars geeks. The clip should be available on youtube indefinitely, but we also put it up in the special episode list and uploaded a few screenshots.
We're happy to answer the question on how it was made, though, because it allows us to showcase
our partners in crime on this effort, Masakox, and the guys over on Daily Motion who make the awesome parody "Naruto Abridged." The story in a nutshell was that, after we decided to make a "Star Wars" type opening, we wrote
the text and made the ending slide, but we couldn't go farther because no one on staff had the skill to produce the clip.
After laughing our behinds off watching "Naruto Abridged", we decided to contact Masakox and ask them for help. The result
was what you saw below. We had a lot of fun making it with MasakoX and his folks, and we have no reservations about encouraging
everyone who loves Naruto to go check out their hilarious series so that you too can understand the mysteries of "Gaara of
the Funk!" If you become as much of a "Naruto Abridged" nut as some of us have, go ahead and check out their forums as well!
SDCC Avatar Panel Blowout! 374 Screenshots Now Up!
Posted by Acastus on July 28, 2007 @ 7:21 pm EST (link)
 
We'll be writing up a full con report for the "Con Report" section and posting it in the forums, but as you can see
from the screenshot on the left (Maiko shippers rejoice!), the trailers and other items displayed for season three were spectacular!
We have a 61 minute video of the whole presentation which we will try and post very soon, but in the meantime we've posted
below the season 3 trailer for your enjoyment. Pardon the loss of focus in a few places, all camera mistakes are my own!
We
will post two sets of screenshots for the video of this panel, one will be the complete set, and one will be just screenshots
from the season 3 promo and the character, background art and storyboard shots.
EDIT: 374 screenshots of the panel video have now been posted! Enjoy!
Season 3 to Premiere at 8 PM EST on September 21st!
Posted by Acastus on July 27, 2007 @ 1:01 am EST (link)
The back of the card says, "Go to nick.com/comicon this week for the
exclusive game: Avatar Fortress Fight 2." Sounds like fun, so it might be worth checking out!
We will post more updates
over the next few days with information from the Avatar panel here at SDCC, but in the meantime here is a little Season 3
promo we put together just for fun. Hope you get a kick out of it!
Stay tuned to ASN for more SDCC
coverage in the days ahead!
SDCC Preview Night - Season 3 Poster
Posted by Acastus on July 26, 2007 @ 7:14 am EST (link)
SDCC is finally here! Several ASN staff members have already arrived in San Diego and attended
preview night last night, including Avatar_Mom and Aangster who snapped the photo of the Season 3 poster at right. Click on
the image to see a larger version.
Most interestingly, the poster indicates at the bottom that Nick has decided to
run a scavenger hunt where, if you succeed, you get a card that reveals the premiere date for Season 3. It says, for those
who can't quite read the fuzzy letters on the picture:
"Collect 5 cards and return to the Nick Booth for the Super
Bonus card which reveals the date of the Season Premiere of Avatar Book 3 - Fire"
Since we're likely to get a large
volume of new information from SDCC regarding the new season of Avatar, we've set up a SDCC talkback string in the forum. Please drop by to check for new tidbits of news as they come in from the many fans
attending the convention! Several ASN staff members will also be posting con reports as we go along and we hope to have video
and screenshots from the panel on Saturday.
Thanks again to Avatar_Mom and Aangster for the picture! The rest of the
ASN staff will be heading to San Diego tonight, so more coverage from us and many other sites is sure to come!
Avatar Nominated for Primetime Emmy Award
Posted by Acastus on July 19, 2007 @ 12:55 pm EST (link)
Our favorite show has once again been honored with a nomination for a prestigious entertainment
industry award. This time Avatar, specifically episode 214, "City of Walls and Secrets", has been nominated for a prime time Emmy award in the category of "Outstanding Animated Program
(for Programming Less Than One Hour)."
The full list of nominees for this category is as follows:
- Avatar: The Last Airbender, "City Of Walls And Secrets", Nickelodeon, Nickelodeon Animation Studio
- Robot Chicken, "Lust For Puppets", Cartoon Network, ShadowMachine Films
- The Simpsons, "The Haw-Hawed Couple", Fox, Gracie Films in association with 20th Century Fox
- South Park, "Make Love, Not Warcraft", Comedy Central, Central Productions
- SpongeBob SquarePants, "Bummer Vacation / Wig Struck, Nickelodeon, Nickelodeon Animation Studio
in association with United Plankton Pictures, Inc.
Congratulations to the show
staff on yet another award nomination! The winners will be announced at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards show on Sunday, September
16th at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
For those interested in a complete list of nominations, click on the
Emmy icon above or you can go to their website here.
Also, thanks to everyone who emails in news to us here at ASN. We get dozens of emails after
each news event, and we can't thank everyone by name, but please know that your efforts are appreciated!
Season Three, Volume I DVD Release Date Announced
Posted by Acastus on July 10, 2007 @ 1:54 pm EST (link)
In a surprise move, the release date for the first DVD set for the as yet unaired third season
of Avatar has been announced by Paramount Home Entertainment. The street date for the set, which will include the first five
episodes of the new season, is October 30th. Please see the full write up on TVShowsOnDVD.com which contains further details, including some solid speculation on a season three premiere date
of late September.
The awesome cover art at left (click on the thumbnail to see the full size version) has the Gaang
in Fire Nation garb, and, as many have been speculating would be the case, Aang with a full head of hair. This revealing cover
art, along with the release date being announced before the episodes have even aired, has caused some controversy in the forum over the authenticity of this information. To settle this fast, we contacted Dave Lambert, the News
Director for TVShowsOnDVD.com. He confirmed the information and indicated that TVShowsOnDVD.com gets its information right from Paramount's password protected press website.
If the cover
art is any judge, season three looks worth the wait! Let's hope for more good news at SDCC!
Avatar Panel Announced for SDCC
Posted by Acastus on July 9, 2007 @ 10:27 am EST (link)
It's official. San Diego Comic Convention (SDCC) will have a panel dedicated to season three
of Avatar: The Last Airbender! The panel will take place on Saturday, at 10:30AM. The SDCC website contains the following
description:
"10:30-11:30 Into the Fire Nation: Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last
Airbender, Season 3 Sneak Peek"
"Get a first look at what's to come in the third season, including clips from new
episodes; a visual tour of the Fire Nation from show creator Bryan Konietzko and director Joaquim Dos Santos (Justice League);
insider information from the show's head writer Aaron Ehasz (Futurama); and a voice-over demonstration from Dee Baker (The
Fairly OddParents), who voices Appa and Momo. Don't forget to come in your Avatar costume—there will be a very special
prize for the best one! Moderated by Eric Coleman, VP/executive producer, animation production and development. Room 6A"
This
exciting panel promises to be even better than last year's! We can only hope this means the long hiatus is coming to a close...
we'll find out in a few weeks!
Avatar Comic Included in August Edition of Nick Magazine
Posted by Acastus on July 4, 2007 @ 8:05 am EST (link)
An extra treat has popped up to help us over our collective bout of Avatar Withdrawal Syndrome.
The ever active Johane Matte (rufftoon) has a two page Avatar in this August's edition of Nickelodeon Magazine.
The first two panes of this comic appear on the right. You can click on the graphic to see
a full size version of these first two panes. The rest of the comic focuses on Sokka's humorous interruption of Toph's attempt
to train Aang.
Just to be clear, this is NOT from the all Avatar edition of the magazine that will hit the stands
in a few months that is discussed in the update below. This is just a sweet bonus in this month's edition of Nick Mag, which
is available at book stores and news stands today. Enjoy!
Description of Second All Avatar Magazine Released
Posted by Acastus on June 30, 2007 @ 8:33 pm EST (link)
A preview has been sent out by Nick Magazine of the upcoming second all Avatar edition of the
publication. The description reads:
Avatar: the Last Airbender Magazine Sep/Oct
2007
"The official Avatar magazine - written by the writers of the Avatar TV show - and including over 30 pages of
all-new comics featuring adventures that take place between seasons 2 and 3! This issue includes an exclusive Season 3 preview
along with fan pages, interviews, behind-the-scenes articles, puzzles, and more! Illustrated by Amy Kim Ganter, Reaggan Lodge,
Johane Matte and Brian Ralph.
52 pages...Full Colour...SRP $4.99"
Johane Matte is of course the famous fan
artist turned Avatar staffer "rufftoon" who's DA account has been featured on ASN in prior updates. We can't wait to see what she did for
what is sure to be an awesome collector's item for every hard core Avatar fan!
Thanks to ASN forum member Nandireya for the update!
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