Survivors' Club

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Survivors' Club
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Textless cover of Survivors' Club #1 (cover date December 2015) by Bill Sienkiewicz.
Publication information
Publisher Vertigo
ScheduleMonthly
Format Ongoing series
Genre Horror
Publication dateOctober 2015 – June 2016
No. of issues9
Creative team
Created by Lauren Beukes
Dale Halvorsen
Ryan Kelly
Written byLauren Beukes
Dale Halvorsen
Artist(s)Ryan Kelly
Letterer(s) Clem Robins
Colourist(s) Eva de la Cruz
Editor(s)Rowena Yow
Shelly Bond

Survivors' Club is a comic book series created by writers Lauren Beukes and Dale Halvorsen, and artist Ryan Kelly, published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics, [1] beginning in 2015. The series is set in a world where the archetypal characters from 1980s horror movies are real. The titular "Survivors' Club" is made up of those would-be victims who managed to escape. The series ran monthly for nine issues until 2016. [2]

Contents

Publication history

The first issue of Survivors' Club was released by Vertigo Comics, an imprint of DC Comics, in October 2015. [3] The series ran for nine issues until June 2016. The complete series was compiled as a graphic novel, which was released in September 2016. [4]

Characters

Cancelled television adaptation

In November 2018, it was announced that a television series based on Survivors' Club was in development at The CW from Warner Bros. Television. Jared Frieder and Len Goldstein were attached to the potential drama series as executive producers, with the former also set to write the pilot script. The longline for the project read:

"In a world where horror franchise monsters are real, twins Jason and Jennifer barely survived a demonic childhood possession that claimed their mother's life and fractured their bond. Ten years later, when a new evil force awakens, the siblings join forces with other teen survivors to combat the literal and metaphorical monsters that haunt them." [5]

The script was not picked up to pilot by The CW for the 2019–2020 television season and no further development updates have been announced. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "SURVIVORS' CLUB". DC Comics. DC Comics.
  2. ↑ Lovett, Jamie (November 10, 2018). "Vertigo's 'Survivors' Club' TV Series in Development at The CW". ComicBook.com. Retrieved September 4, 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. ↑ Dominguez, Noah (November 7, 2018). "Vertigo's Survivors' Club TV Series In Development At The CW". CBR . Retrieved September 14, 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. ↑ Beukes, Lauren (June 22, 2016). "Survivors' Club Interview with Vertigo Comics". LaurenBeukes.com. Retrieved September 14, 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  5. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (November 6, 2018). "'Survivors' Club' Drama Based On Comic In Works At the CW From Jared Frieder". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved September 5, 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  6. ↑ "Survivors' Club (CW)". The Futon Critic . Retrieved September 6, 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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