the deadworld saga continues!

Following the acclaimed War of the Dead mini-series which

won the Ghastly Award as Best Mini-Series of 2012,
Restoration reaches deeper into the series described
by Talking Comics as "frightening, haunting, gloomy,
grave, and delectably mystifying.
With the lepers slaughtered, the human breeding pits
abandoned, and the King Zombie appearing disposed, the
survivors of New Washington can continue their plan to
bring the zombies under control. But Donna, the half-
human//half-zombie hybrid is searching for her daughter
and shell destroy anything and anyone in her path to
find her. When the grakken, four-armed killing machines
are unleashed, the zombies have a new ally, one far more
vicious than the brain-dead zombies.
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This is thinking mans horror done right.
-Comic Bastards
This comic really rewrites the genre and gives it a
breath of fresh air.
-Unleash the Fanboy
An intriguing story line and twist on the standard
zombie apocalypse.
-Mighty Ink Comic Reviews
Plain and simple, you need to read Deadworld...it is
at the top of my list of horror comic must read titles.
-Horror News Network
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ISBN: 978-1-61377-974-3 17 16 15 14 1 2 3 4
DEADWORLD: RESTORATION. JUNE 2014. FIRST PRINTING. Deadworld is 2014 by Gary Reed. IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Editorial offices: 5080 Santa Fe St., San Diego, CA 92109. The
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Originally published as DEADWORLD: RESTORATION issues #15.
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WRITTEN BY Gary Reed
ART BY Sami Makkonen
LETTERS BY Nate Pride
SERIES EDITS BY Tom Waltz
COVER BY Sami Makkonen
COLLECTION EDITS BY Justin Eisinger
AND Alonzo Simon
COLLECTION DESIGN BY neil uyetake
Another chapter in the Deadworld saga. As I continue to do these
story arcs, primarily as mini-series, and then collected like this
trade paperback, one might think that Im taking a break between
the arcs but actually Im not. Something like Deadworld, which I
accept is a big part of my writing career, is not something that
stops and then starts when its time to launch another mini. Its
always in front of me.
Deadworld is an integral part of my writing world. Sure, I have
other worlds such as my teaching and my personal life and other
projects that Im working on, but Deadworld sometimes even intrudes
in those areas. When I do my lectures on cellular respiration in my
General Biology class and touch on the cessation of respiration
leading into death and rigor mortis, I give a brief side excursion
into the viability of zombies. Of course, the majority of students
have no idea that after class Im immersed in the zombie world, but
occasionally a student stumbles across the connection. One time I
had a student actually reading one of my graphic novels during a
break in class and they never put it together that the Gary Reed
they were reading was the same one gently nodding them to sleep
during the endocrine lecture.
Now that Restoration is over (well, for me... not for you as I
assume youre just starting off on this book), it seems that a
deliberate plan has formed on how Deadworld is unfolding. Of
course, I cant state that it is all some master plan, because
its not. I have a germ of an idea but as Im writing the stories,
they constantly shift into directions I didnt expect.
When I first took over Deadworld, decades ago (yes, decades), I
felt obligated to keep the integrity of the series. Sure, I
modified things and moved the story ahead but it wasnt until after
I did the re-launch with Image Comics (Requiem for the World), that
I really felt Deadworld was truly mine. By that, I mean, it had my
voice. I could let go of the legacy of the past and even though I
felt I should maintain the world, I was in a position to mold it
more to my liking.
The last three story arcs could be seen as one larger one, although
for each, I tried to give new readers an opportunity to come in and
not feel lost. I dont know how successful that was but at the same
time, I didnt want to sacrifice story for the old readers who
have been here since the beginning.
Slaughterhouse, War of the Dead, and Restoration can be viewed as
one long story line. They tie in with each other and build up to
the climax at the end of this volume.
Of course, that climax is just a step towards the ultimate end,
which to be honest, I dont exactly have worked out although I
have a good idea now. But thats likely to change... again.
Gary Reed
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