Deadworld
| Deadworld | |
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 Arrow Comics Deadworld #01 |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | IDW Publishing |
| Schedule | sporadic |
| Genre | Horror |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Gary Reed, others |
| Artist(s) | Vince Locke, Sami Makkonen, others |
| Creator(s) | Gary Reed Stuart Kerr Ralph Griffith |
Deadworld is an ongoing comic book published by Desperado Publishing in association with IDW Publishing. The series follows survivors in a post-apocalyptic scenario brought on by zombie attacks. Led by King Zombie, Deadworld brings forth a different slant than just humans slaughtering zombies.[citation needed]
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[edit] 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 7 issues[2][3] and illustrated by Vince Locke. The comic book quickly became a cult favorite success in the independent publisher industry.[citation needed]
Arrow Comics ceased production of all titles, but sent Deadworld to Gary Reed's Caliber Comics and sold the rights of the title to Locke who transferred the rights to Gary Reed. By issue 12, Reed took over as the main scriptwriter/writer, and eventual ownership through his company.[4] Volume 1 ended at issue 26 in 1992. A year later volume 2 started up, ending with issue 15.
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. Although Deadworld has been published by Image and IDW, in both cases, Deadworld is part of Desperado Publishing which releases titles as an imprint via those companies. By issue number 3, Dalibor Talajic 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 and a sequel is currently in development. IDW released Deadworld Classics which collects the long out of print first original eight issues illustrated by Vince Locke.Gary Reed joined up with Gary Francis for the soon to be released Deadworld: The Last Siesta, an original graphic novel illustrated by Mark Bloodworth and set for a 2011 release through IDW.
[edit] Issues
Deadworld-VOL. 1
- 1-9 (Arrow)
- 10-26 (Caliber)
Deadworld--VOL. 2
- 1-15 (Caliber)
Miniseries- (All by Caliber)
- King Zombie 1-2 (Caliber)
- To Kill A King 1-3
- Realm Of The Dead 1-3
- Tattoo 1-4
- Deadworld Archives 1-3 (reprints first three Arrow issues)
Collections
- Deadworld Book One (WeeBee did first print, Caliber did 2nd and 3rd printings)
- Deadworld Book Two (Caliber)
- The Killer & The King (Caliber) Reprinted as The Dead Killer (Image)
- Realm Of The Dead (Caliber)
- Bits and Pieces: trade collection of shorts and scenes (Transfuzion)
- Deadworld Chronicles: All New stories (Desperado)
- Deadworld Classics (IDW) collects original first 8 issues
One shots
- Deadworld: Daemonstorm
- Deadworld: Bits & Pieces: comic collection of short stories
- Dead Tales: collection of back up story
- Dead Killer: collection of back up story
[edit] Contributors
[edit] Volume 1
- Mark Bloodworth
- Paul Daly
- Dan Day
- Jack Herman
- Phil Hester
- Stuart Kerr
- Vince Locke
- Ron McCain
- James O'Barr
- Scott Parish
- Gary Reed
- Mark Winfrey
[edit] Volume 2
- Chris Morea
- Troy Nixey
- Gary Reed
- Galen Showman
- Chris Torres
[edit] 2005 to present
- Mark Bloodworth
- Federico Dallocchio
- Vince Locke
- Sami Makkonen
- Mike Raicht
- Gary Reed
- Dalibor Talajic
[edit] 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 onto CD-ROM. Each page from the issues are scanned and viewable on one's PC in protected (non-extractable) PDF format.
[edit] Film
In June, 2009, it was announced that Deadworld was to be turned into a film. Dark Hero Studios partners David Hayter and Benedict Carver have teamed up with Bill Mechanic to turn the comicbook into a zombie feature franchise.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ "Deadworld Contributors - lists the writers and artists of Deadworld, the horror series, from Caliber Comics". Caliber Comics. http://calibercomics.com/DEADWORLD/contributors.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-11.[dead link]
- ^ "Deadworld - Information about the comic series from Caliber Comics". Caliber Comics<!. http://calibercomics.com/DEADWORLD/comictitle.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
- ^ 08:02 AM. "Gary Reed: Living In The Deadworld - Newsarama". Newsarama<!. http://www.newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75935. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
- ^ "Creator's Bill Of Rights site is up". COMICON.com. http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=011652;p=3. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
- ^ "From the Tome Interview with Gary Reed". garyreed.net. http://www.garyreed.net/Deadworld/FromTomb/ReedInterFromTomb1.htm. Retrieved 2008 June.
- ^ By (2009-06-10). "Zombie 'Deadworld' on the horizon - Entertainment News, Film News, Media". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118004791.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2562. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Gary Reed
- Desperado Publishing, current publisher
- IDW Publishing, current publisher
- Image Comics, past publisher
- Caliber Comics, past publisher
- Arrow Comics, original publisher
- Eagle One Media
