Deadworld - Publication History

Publication History

Originally published by Arrow Comics, Deadworld was written and created by Stuart Kerr and Ralph Griffith in 1987, scripted by Kerr for the first seven issues and illustrated by Vince Locke. The comic book quickly became a cult favorite success in the independent publisher industry.

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. 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, 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 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).