Deadworld

For the Deadworld location in Judge Dredd, see Dark Judges.

Deadworld
Arrow Comics Deadworld #1
Publication information
Publisher	Arrow Comics Calibre Comics Desperado Publishing (Image Comics/IDW Publishing) Transfuzion Publishing
Schedule	sporadic
Format	Ongoing series
Genre	Zombies in comics
Publication date	1987 – present
Creative team
Writer(s)	Stuart Kerr Vince Locke Gary Reed
Artist(s)	Vince Locke Sami Makkone
Creator(s)	Stuart Kerr Ralph Griffith Vince Locke
Collected editions
Deadworld Classic: Volume 1	ISBN 1600108172
Deadworld Omnibus: Volume 1	ISBN 160010858X

Deadworld is an ongoing American comic book currently 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]}

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.^{[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] Deadworld vol. 1 ended at issue 26 in 1992. A year later vol. 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 (ISBN 1613770448).

Issues

Ongoing series

The ongoing series are:

Deadworld vol. 1

• #1-9 (Arrow)
• #10-26 (Caliber)

Deadworld vol. 2

• #1-15 (Caliber)

Limited series

All limited series by Caliber:

• King Zombie #1-2
• To Kill a King #1-3
• Realm of the Dead #1-3
• Tattoo #1-4
• Deadworld Archives #1-3 (reprints first three Arrow issues)
• Deadworld Slaughterhouse
• Deadworld Frozen Over
• Deadworld vol. 3 #1-6 (2005)

One shots

One shots include:

• Deadworld: Daemonstorm
• Deadworld: Bits & Pieces: comic collection of short stories
• Dead Tales: collection of back up story
• Dead Killer: collection of back up story
• Deadworld: Necropolis
• Deadworld: Plague
• Deadworld: December
• Roadkill: A Chronicle of the Deadworld
• Dire Wolves: A Chronicle of the Deadworld

Contributors

vol. 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

vol. 2

• Chris Morea
• Troy Nixey
• Gary Reed
• Galen Showman
• Chris Torres

2005 to present

• Mark Bloodworth
• Federico Dallocchio
• Vince Locke
• Sami Makkonen
• Mike Raicht
• Gary Reed
• Dalibor Talajic

Collected editions

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

• 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 Classic:
  • Volume 1 (collects Deadworld #1-8, 288 pages, IDW, August 2010, ISBN 1600108172)
  • Volume 2 (collects Deadworld #9-18, 272 pages, IDW, July 2011, ISBN 160010925X)
• Deadworld Omnibus: Volume 1 (reprints Frozen Over, Slaughterhouse and Deadworld vol. 3 352 pages, January 2011, IDW, ISBN 160010858X)

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.

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]

References

1. ^ "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]}
2. ^ "Deadworld - Information about the comic series from Caliber Comics". Caliber Comics. http://calibercomics.com/DEADWORLD/comictitle.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-11. 
3. ^ 08:02 AM. "Gary Reed: Living In The Deadworld". Newsarama. http://www.newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75935. Retrieved 2009-06-11. 
4. ^ "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. 
5. ^ "From the Tome Interview with Gary Reed". garyreed.net. http://www.garyreed.net/Deadworld/FromTomb/ReedInterFromTomb1.htm. Retrieved 2008 June. 
6. ^ By (2009-06-10). "Zombie 'Deadworld' on the horizon". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118004791.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2562. Retrieved 2009-06-11. 

External links

• Official website
• Eagle One Media