{"id":45097,"date":"2025-09-17T00:59:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T04:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=45097"},"modified":"2025-09-17T00:59:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T04:59:17","slug":"hard-copy-explore-the-world-of-james-camerons-avatar-in-comic-form-this-october-with-avatar-the-gap-year-tipping-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=45097","title":{"rendered":"Hard Copy: Explore the World of James Cameron’s Avatar in Comic Form this October with Avatar: The Gap Year\u2014Tipping Point"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dark Horse Comics, 20th Century Studios \"\"<\/a>and Lightstorm Entertainment invite fans of James Cameron\u2019s AVATAR films to fill in the gap year with an all-new story, Avatar: The Gap Year\u2014Tipping Point. Set to debut in October 2025, this 6-issue series will bridge the narrative between Avatar and Avatar: The Way of Water and features new villains facing down familiar heroes. Writer Ethan Sacks (Star Wars Hyperspace Stories: Codebreaker, Marvel\u2019s Old Man Hawkeye) lends his adventurous creative touch to the world of the Na\u2019vi alongside artist Salvatore Porcaro (Dragonero, CCTVYLLE), colorist Michael Atiyeh (Star Wars Hyperspace Stories: The Bad Batch, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora\u2013So\u2019lek\u2019s Journey), and letterer Michael Heisler (TexArcanum, Avatar: Adapt or Die). The artistic team of Porcaro and Atiyeh create the covers for the series which brings the Academy Award\u2013winning world of the films to the page.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs a fan of James Cameron and his films ever since the Terminator terrorized my 11-year-old imagination, working on this saga has been one of the great professional honors of my lifetime,\u201d confided Sacks. \u201cThat this story is part of the official canon that bridges the gap between Avatar and Avatar: The Way of Water makes it all the more special. The result is a labor of love by everyone involved and you\u2019ll feel that passion in every panel and on every page.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In Avatar: The Gap Year\u2014Tipping Point:<\/p>\n

After defending their home of Pandora and sending the RDA packing back to Earth nearly fifteen years ago, the Na\u2019vi returned to their peaceful lives. Former Marine Jake Sully, now accepted as Na\u2019vi himself in an Avatar body, has started a family with Neytiri. Despite more than a decade of peace, Jake knows the RDA isn\u2019t done with Pandora yet. And now he\u2019s proven right as they return in force. With his adopted people and his children at stake, Jake will need to lead the Na\u2019vi into war once again, this time facing more firepower and advanced weapons, with new enemies who have just as much to fight for.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFor me, it’s a true honor to draw this amazing series, and I’m really excited to be part of it,\u201d said Porcaro. \u201dIt’s a story full of emotion, fascinating characters, and unexpected twists: working on it is both a stimulating challenge and a huge satisfaction. I hope you\u2019ll enjoy it as much as I enjoy illustrating it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDark Horse has a long history working with film legend Jim Cameron, and we continue that relationship with Avatar: The Gap Year\u2013Tipping Point,\u201d said Dark Horse founder and CEO, Mike Richardson. “Between Ethan’s incredible storytelling and James Cameron’s vision and immersive world building, these new stories are nothing short of breathtaking.”<\/p>\n

Get ready for an adventure directly tied to the hit film Avatar: The Way of Water when Avatar: The Gap Year\u2014Tipping Point #1 (of 6) arrives in comic shops on October 22, 2025, for $4.99. Visit Comic Shop Locator for more details and stores near you. <\/p>\n

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Praise for other James Cameron\u2019s Avatar Comics:<\/p>\n

\u201cMichael Heisler seems to be having a lot of fun with this comic\u2019s lettering. As I said, the sound effects that he does sometimes have to do the heavy lifting in conveying what\u2019s happening, but sometimes\u2026 they\u2019re just fun.\u201d\u2014Gate Crashers on Avatar: The High Ground<\/p>\n

\u201cThe artwork here is really clean and lovely. The colors of the forest are vibrant, and the few pages we spend in the human compound are juxtaposed nicely with that. The cover artwork is really gorgeous.\u201d\u2014Fanbase Press on Avatar: Adapt or Die #1<\/p>\n

Be sure to follow DarkHorseComics<\/a> on social media and check our website, www.darkhorse.com<\/a> for more news, announcements, and updates.<\/p>\n

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About Dark Horse Comics<\/p>\n

Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson with the goal of creating a welcoming environment for comics professionals. The company strives to be an example of how integrity and innovation can broaden a unique storytelling medium and transform a company with humble beginnings into an industry giant. Dark Horse has published modern masters such as Yoshitaka Amano, Margaret Atwood, Brian Michael Bendis, Paul Chadwick, Geof Darrow, Colleen Doran, Janet Evanovich, Dave Gibbons, Faith Erin Hicks, Kazuo Koike, Matt Kindt, Jeff Lemire, Kentaro Miura, Moebius, Chuck Palahniuk, Eric Powell, Stan Sakai, and Gerard Way, as well as Hall of Fame legends Will Eisner, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and Richard Corben. The company also set the industry standard for quality licensed comics, graphic novels, collectibles, and art books, based on properties such as Star Wars, Stranger Things, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Minecraft, The Legend of Zelda, Dragon Age, James Cameron\u2019s Avatar, Game of Thrones, Mass Effect, The Witcher, and Halo. Dark Horse established an entertainment division in 1989, finding success with company-owned projects The Mask and TimeCop. Current hits from Dark Horse Entertainment include The Umbrella Academy on Netflix and Resident Alien on SyFy. Additionally, Dark Horse has a long tradition of establishing new creative talent throughout all of its divisions.<\/p>\n

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In 2022, Dark Horse Media, LLC was established as the parent company of all three divisions, and became part of Embracer Group AB, strengthening the company\u2019s transmedia capabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dark Horse Comics, 20th Century Studios and Lightstorm Entertainment invite fans of James Cameron\u2019s AVATAR films to fill in the gap year with an all-new story, Avatar: The Gap Year\u2014Tipping Point. Set to debut in October 2025, this 6-issue series … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[12917,930,12919,100,85,2086,12918,2087],"class_list":["post-45097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hard-copy","tag-20th-century-studios","tag-avatar","tag-avatar-the-gap-year-tipping-point","tag-dark-horse","tag-dark-horse-comics","tag-james-cameron","tag-lightstorm-entertainment","tag-navi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45097"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45099,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45097\/revisions\/45099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}