Deadworld

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Deadworld is an ongoing comic book published by Image Comics. The series follows survivors in a post-apocalyptic scenario brought on by zombie attacks. The comic book was highly regarded in the beginning by its fanbase for the cover art which featured gory depictions of the undead.

1 History
2 Publishers
3 Media
4 Recurring characters
5 Contributors
6 Deadworld CD-ROM Collection Library
7 External links

[edit] History

Originally published by Arrow Comics, Deadworld was written and created by Stuart Kerr and Ralph Griffith in 1987, [1] mostly scripted by Kerr in the beginning [2][3] and illustrated by Vince Locke. The comic book quickly became a cult favorite success in the independent publisher industry with its artwork leading in the art of gore. Unfortunately for its readers, Arrow Comics ceased production of all titles, but sent Deadworld over to Gary Reed's Caliber Comics and sold the rights of the title to Locke. By issue 12, Reed took over as the main scriptor/writer, and eventual ownership through his company. [4] Volume 1 ended in 1992. A year later volume 2 started up, only to end with issue 15.

After a lull in its printing, the series returned to print in 2005 through Image Comics, with Gary Reed and Locke working on the series. By issue number 5, Dalibor Talajic took over illustration duties.

[edit] Publishers

Arrow Comics (#1-9)
Caliber Comics (#10-26)

This also includes One-shots and Mini-series

Caliber Comics (vol 2 #1-15)
Image Comics (2005-present)

[edit] Media

A CD that collects all of the Arrow and Caliber back issues has been marketed by the company Eagle One Media, with around 1,700 pages of Deadworld comics collected on the disc. [5] The title was once under option by a movie production company. Shocker Toys is set to produce action figures based on characters from Deadworld.

[edit] Recurring characters

Joey Blake
Bowker
Dead-Killer
King Zombie

[edit] Contributors

[edit] Volume 1

Mark Bloodworth
Paul Daly
Jack Herman
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

Vince Locke
Gary Reed
Dalibor Talajic

[edit] Deadworld CD-ROM Collection Library

Eagle One Media recently collected and released onto CD-ROM the first 46 issues of the original Deadworld comic book series along with two mini-series. Each page from the comic book issues are scanned and viewable on one's PC.