I'm having a time out until I can learn some manners.
Looks like the wait for the paperback isn't too long on this one. Cool! Not a bad price too, though it would have been nice for Avatar to have gotten the price down to something that might be expected from Image or Dark Horse or Vertigo. It is priced at about what one might expect from IDW.
ANNA MERCURY VOLUME 1: THE CUTTER (W) Warren Ellis (A) Facundo Percio Warren Ellis introduces you to the sultry Anna Mercury in this collection of first action-packed series! Dancing amid the spires of a city called New Ataraxia, there is a woman who can cloud men's minds, leap across buildings as if weightless, unerringly fire twin automatic pistols in the most insane conditions, and disappear in a crowded room. She fights against the political repression of an insane technocratic society, and she comes from a place that no-one in New Ataraxia has ever heard of. And she's got one hour to save the city from itself. A high-octane blend of The Shadow, Tomb Raider, retro-punk science fiction and 21st-century Weird Pulp action, Anna Mercury is a headlong adventure serial about a beautiful and mysterious spy-adventurer who is not what she seems! Anna Mercury Volume 1 features all five of the original issues with art by all-new talent Facundo Percio as well as a special super-sized cover gallery! Available in a standard Softcover and a limited edition Hardcover, of just 2,000 copies, both with fully-painted covers by Felipe Massafera. MATURE THEMES SOFTCOVER—SC, 7x10, 144pgs, FC SRP: $19.99 HARDCOVER—HC, 7x10, 144pgs, FC SRP: $27.99
I would have ordered the Anna Mercury t-shirts, but they are only available in L, XL, and XXL. Citizens demand Medium. Girls want to wear this shirt and have their boobs nestle properly underneath Anna's boobs.
Wanted to order the SC, but I can find the book neither on Amazon (.com, .fr), nor at The Book Depository. I retrieved the ISBN (1592910661) and tried a search using it. Same result. The book is obviously not in their database. I don't know what the problem is, but it may hurt the sales.
Well I won't get it for nearly a month, as I get all my stuff in giant shipments from my old shop. This usually means that, because of being in the same box, my non-Avatar stuff gets the Avatar Smell. This is a Good Thing.
So... uhm. When will it be made available through British online retailers? Neither the Book Depository or Amazon.co.uk has it listed, and I should know: I've been checking in every few days since the 15th, and there's no sign of it.
Yes Warren, I'm here! Obviously Anna Vol 1 is out. I will yell at our distributor, no idea why it isn't on Amazon.uk. I do know that Diamond UK (our UK distributor) has copies, so they should be able to fill any retailer orders. Sorry folks, will work on sorting this out.