Deadworld: War Of The Dead - Softcover

Reed, Gary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1613775083 ISBN 13: 9781613775080

Publisher: IDW Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

• The undead have overrun the Earth! A small outpost, remnants of a twisted scientists’ scheme to defeat the plague, holds out against the army of King Zombie with their secret weapon, the Lepers ― victims of a bizarre experiment that left them with dead flesh in breathing husks that even zombies won’t touch.

About this title

Review

“...remarkably literate and starkly imaginative, and is a winner in every scene, in every shot, in every line of dialogue.” - The Lottery Party 

“War of the Dead is by far the greatest zombie story out there right now” - Unleash the Fanboy. 
 
“This is a fantastic zombie book.  Makkonen has an insanely terrifying style, the writing is beautiful...it’s like reading a nightmare.” - Drunk on Comics 

“It is a unique take on the zombie horror genre.” - Comics for Noobs. 

“This is a deliciously dark comic.” - Civilian Reader. 

“It is frightening, haunting, gloomy, grave, and delectably mystifying.” - Talking Comics.

About the Author

Gary Reed has written Deadworld for nearly two decades and along the way he has written and created a number of memorable comic series including Saint Germaine, Renfield, Red Dairies, and of course, his Harvey Awards nominated, Baker Street. He has had books published by Penguin, Image, IDW, Simon and Schuster, Actionoplis, and of course, Caliber Comics, a company he founded in 1988. His Deadworld series have been nominated for numerous awards including Comic Monsters, Horror Net, Shel Dorf Awards, and has won three Ghastly Awards for the “Best in Horror” annual awards in the mini-series and original graphic novel categories. When not writing, Gary was an Adjunct Professor of Biology at a college in Ann Arbor, MI until his passing in October 2016. Sami Makkonen is probably best known from his four volumes for the Eisner Award nominated Hatter M series which has made the NY Times best-selling list. Other works include Ryse: Sword of Damocles, a digital interactive graphic novel for Microsoft and covers for Clive Barker’s Hellraiser series. Sami early on also completed a graphic novel called “Blue” from Desperado Publishing. He was also a recipient of the Sarjas Award for Best Fantasy Comic and he has been nominated for a number of other awards including the Ghastly Awards for horror work. He has contributed to a number of other projects such as anthologies including the Webcomic of the Year, the Split Lip Horror Anthology.

Edition details

• Publisher: IDW Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1613775083
• ISBN 13: 9781613775080
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 124