Popular comic series features graphic novel on a hunter of
the dead.
Deadworld, the long running comic series featuring world overrun
with zombies is currently being published by Image Comics, one of
the top four comic publisher in the U.S. Now, in addition
to the regular series, a graphic novel spotlighting the Dead-Killer
character will be released in September, 2006.
Written by Gary Reed, Deadworld is the saga of human survivors where
the dead not only walk the earth, but are led by an
intelligent zombie, the sarcastic and cruel, King
Zombie. King Zombie, a chain-smoking, Harley-riding, talking zombie
is on a mission to turn the world completely dead. The
storyline centers of a group of teens riding in their school bus and
trying to survive.
The original series was released by Caliber Comics with some of the earliest
issues from Arrow Comics. The character known as the Dead-Killer first
appeared in the first volume as a back up story before spinning into his own
three issue mini-series. Now, all of the Dead Killers appearances
in the back up and mini-series will be collected into the trade
paperback.The Dead-Killer has proven to be one of the most popular characters
in Deadworld, said writer Gary Reed, and we figured this was a good time
to release the trade as starting with issue seven of Deadworld, the
story will bring the Dead-Killer into quite a more prominent role.
The artist on The Dead-Killer is Ron McCain who may be known to
comic fans for his work on Batman: Dark Knight for DC and Daredevil for
Marvel. Reed explained that McCain has a different style than the
regular artist of Deadworld, Dalibor Talajic, but they’re both
excellent artists, just different styles, he said.
Reed said that Deadworld has been well received since he brought it
back last year after a hiatus. Put it in hibernation when it
was signed up to Warner Bros by George Clooney’s company, but after
I turned down the renewal option, I figured it was time to relaunch the series
and keep it true to what it was, said Reed. Although no
movie deal is currently pending, Deadworld is still active with a
recent announcement that Shocker Toys will produce action figures on the characters,
Rotten Cotton Graphics has produced t-shirts for mass
market distribution, a Halloween mask company will make masks of
King Zombie, and a novel is near completion by Gary Reed and
co-writer, Gary Francis of Young Dracula fame.
Deadworld ships bi-monthly from Image. The trade of Deadworld: Dead-Killer ships
in September. The ISBN for the book is 1582406545 and the order
number from Diamond Comics is JUL061680 and the 120 page graphic
novel retails for $14.99
