Deadworld

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Arrow Comics Deadworld #1
Publication information
Publisher Arrow Comics
Caliber Comics
Desperado Publishing (Image Comics/IDW Publishing)
Transfuzion Publishing
ScheduleOngoing
Format Ongoing series
Genre
    Publication date1987 – present
    Creative team
    Created byStuart Kerr
    Ralph Griffith
    Vince Locke
    Written byStuart Kerr
    Vince Locke
    Gary Reed
    Artist(s)Vince Locke
    Sami Makkonen
    Collected editions
    Deadworld Classic: Volume 1 ISBN   1-60010-817-2
    Deadworld Omnibus: Volume 1 ISBN   160010858X

    Deadworld is an ongoing American comic book published by Desperado Publishing in association with IDW Publishing.

    Contents

    The series follows survivors in a post-apocalyptic scenario brought on by zombie attacks led by King Zombie, an intelligent, talking zombie.

    Publication history

    Originally published by Arrow Comics, Deadworld was written and created by Stuart Kerr and Ralph Griffith in 1987, [1] scripted by Kerr for the first seven issues [2] [3] and illustrated by Vince Locke. The comic book quickly became a cult favorite success in the independent publisher industry.

    Arrow Comics ceased production of all titles, but sold the rights of the title to Locke who transferred the rights to Gary Reed's Caliber Comics. By the twelfth issue of the title, Reed took over as the primary writer. [4] The first volume of Deadworld ended in 1992 after twenty-six issues. One year later, a second volume began and ended after fifteen issues.

    After a lull in its printing, the series returned to print in 2005 through Image Comics, [5] with Gary Reed and Locke working on the series. By issue number #3, Croat comic artist Dalibor Talajić took over illustration duties and completed the story arc of Requiem to the World. Following that, Image released Deadworld: Frozen Over with guest writer Michael Raicht and artist Federico Dallocchio. Deadworld: Bits and Pieces collected the short stories and scenes from various issues and was released through Transfuzion Publishing. Desperado released Deadworld Chronicles which featured all-new short illustrated tales of Deadworld. Deadworld: Slaughterhouse was released in 2010 with artwork from Sami Makkonen. Slaughterhouse was originally intended as a four issue series, but after the first issue was shipped, it was released as a complete story in hardcover. [6] The four issues were later released separately in digital format only. IDW released volumes one and two of Deadworld Classics which collects the long out-of-print first original 16 issues illustrated by Vince Locke. Gary Reed joined up with Gary Francis for the original graphic novel, Deadworld: The Last Siesta, illustrated by Mark Bloodworth and released through IDW ( ISBN   1613770448).

    In 2012, Gary Reed teamed up again with Sami Makkonen to bring Deadworld into full color for the first time. The five-issue series, "War of the Dead" was released by IDW as a weekly comic series during the month of August and then collected in October ( ISBN   978-1613775080). It received a number of award nominations including the Shel Dorf for Best Mini-Series [7] and Comic Monsters.com for Best Mini-Series [8] and won the Ghastly Award for honoring excellence in horror comics as Best Mini-Series. [9]

    In October 2012, Reed released a special graphic novel-sized book called "Voices from the Deadworld". This was a series of single-page tales from those who lived and died in Deadworld with each text page accompanied by an original illustration from over 40 various artists.

    Also that year, Reed licensed Deadworld to PopFunk for T-shirts [10] and to Breygent Marketing for a collector card series. [11] IDW also released the "Deadworld Omnibus" which collected the Image series' "Requiem for the World" and "Frozen Over" plus the "Slaughterhouse" saga from Desperado. ( ISBN   978-1600108587).

    The most recent series was Deadworld: Restoration, the full-color follow-up mini-series to War of the Dead, also from IDW which debuted in December 2013 with the final issue shipping in April 2014.

    In 2015, Reed launched Deadworld Zombie Soda, in 12 themed flavors: Orange Roamer (Orange); Goon Bitters (Cherry Cola); Royal Rotter (Black Cherry); Brain Sap (Cream Soda); Zeek Cocktail (Cotton Candy); Geek Juice (Vanilla Cream); Grisly Swill (Grape); Slow Decay (Vanilla Root Beer); Rot Berry (Strawberry); Twilight Shuffler (Root Beer); Morbid Mix (Green Apple); and Graveyard Delight (Ginger Ale). Each soda contains one of 48 label images drawn by various comic book artists. [12] [13] [14] [15] A collectible soda trading card set featuring the label images was also released. [16] Additionally, Deadworld Premium Chips were released in 2 flavors: original and BBQ. [17]

    Issues

    Ongoing series

    The ongoing series are:

    Deadworld vol. 1

    Deadworld vol. 2

    Limited series

    Caliber:

    Image:

    Desperado:

    IDW:

    One-shots

    One-shots include:

    Contributors

    Vol. 1

    Vol. 2

    2005 to present

    Collected editions

    The series has been collected into a number of trade paperbacks:

    Deadworld CD-ROM collection library

    Eagle One Media collected and released the first 46 issues of the original Deadworld comic book series along with two mini-series[ clarification needed ] onto CD-ROM. Each page from the issues is scanned and viewable on one's PC in protected (non-extractable) PDF format.

    Film

    By June 2009, Deadworld was revealed to be turned into a film. Jeffrey D. Erb and Framelight Productions, along with Dark Hero Studios partners David Hayter and Benedict Carver, had teamed up with Bill Mechanic to turn the comic book into a zombie feature franchise. [18] In 2013, Gary Reed said that the option had expired and he did not renew it. The film has been put back onto the schedule and is now in pre-production for a as yet unknown release. [19]

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