IDW Brings Chasing the Dead This November
Tuesday, Sep 4th, 2012
New supernatural thriller based on novel by Joe Schreiber
San Diego, CA (September 4, 2012) – IDW Publishing is pleased
to announce an all-new horror mini-series, CHASING THE
DEAD, written by Matthew Scott and
Tim Westland, based on a novel by author
Joe Schreiber (Red Harvest, Death
Troopers). Coming in November, CHASING THE
DEAD is a fast-paced, ferociously tense supernatural
thriller. Artist Dietrich Smith will provide
captivating interiors and cover art for the series.
“I was immediately struck by Schreiber’s ability to
create amazing suspenseful situations that contained subtle
elements of horror lurking in the corners. This is a zombie road
trip done in a whole new way with a unique supernatural mythology
and a fun twist at the end,” says Scott.
“As soon as I finished the book, I knew we had to bring this
to graphic novel.”
The debut issue tells the story of a stranger who has kidnapped
Sue’s daughter, Lily. But he doesn’t want her money,
only her suffering – and he will kill Lily if Sue
doesn’t follow his every command. With detailed instructions,
the faceless abductor leads Sue into a blinding snowstorm on the
longest night of the year to a place she has not traveled to since
childhood. The voice on the other end of her cell phone somehow
knows Sue’s deepest, most chilling secret – an ominous
incident from her past, buried long ago...
From the twisted mind of Star Wars horror novelist Schreiber, with skillful adaptation by Scott and Westland, and compelling art by Smith, this eerie series will be sure to bring chills down your spine!
CHASING THE DEAD #1 ($3.99, 32 pages, full color) will be available in November 2012. Diamond order code SEP12 0364.
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About IDW Publishing
IDW is an award-winning publisher of comic books, graphic novels and trade paperbacks, based in San Diego, California. Renowned for its diverse catalog of licensed and independent titles, IDW publishes some of the most successful and popular titles in the industry, including: Hasbro’s The TRANSFORMERS and G.I. JOE, Paramount’s Star Trek; HBO’s True Blood; the BBC’s DOCTOR WHO; Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Toho’s Godzilla; Wizards of the Coasts Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons; and the Eisner-Award winning Locke & Key series, created by best-selling author Joe Hill and artist Gabriel Rodriguez. IDW is also home to the Library of American Comics imprint, which publishes classic comic reprints, and Yoe! Books, a partnership with Yoe! Studio.
IDW’s critically- and fan-acclaimed series are continually moving into new mediums. Currently, Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Disney are creating a feature film based on World War Robot, while Michael Bay‘s Platinum Dunes and Sony are bringing Zombies vs. Robots to film.
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