Image’s Deadworld Sells Out as Saint Germaine: Shadows Fall approaches

By Patrick Luce Jul 4, 2005, 17:09 GMT

Deadworld tells the tale of a world that has suffered the unleashing of a supernatural holocaust. The dead have returned to walk the earth but these are not just mindless hordes of zombies as the humans find themselves facing an even grimmer outlook - intelligent zombies. Leading the way is the sarcastic, Harley-riding, chain-smoking King Zombie.

Creator/writer Gary Reed is also bringing a collection of his acclaimed Caliber series to Image in September. Saint Germaine: Shadows Fall will be a 168-page trade paperback that will collect the first four issues of the series in addition to the one-shot, Restoration.

Art on the first four issues is by Vincent Locke, Reed's current collaborator on Deadworld. On the Restoration one-shot, Locke was joined by other artists who illustrated specific scenes and artists include: Galen Showman, Mike Perkins, Guy Davis, Nate Pride, Philip Xavier, and Laurence Campbell.

“The Shadows Fall storyline is a complete story,” Reed said in an Image press release, “as the first four issues introduced the characters and established the premise. However, I didn’t think the ending had come full circle and we already moved onto the next storyline so the Restoration one shot went back to finalize the opening storyline. Now, the full story can be in one cohesive package.”

Saint Germaine centers on the man who claimed to be immortal and his life-long love interest, Lilith. The two have lived through time and are able to snatch the memories of those near death.  Through those memories, Germaine and Lilith have lived an eternity yet died a thousand deaths. Reed explained that the opening of the series deals with Germaine contemplating his death…a true death.

“He has been without Lilith for quite some time and life has lost its meaning to him,” Reed said in the release. “However, when Lilith re-emerges, things are different as she blames him for her plight of immortality.”

Both Saint Germaine and Desperado are from the Desperado Publishing Studio. Saint Germaine: Shadows Fall will be published in September. Deadworld is a bi-monthly series. Visit Image Comics for more information on this and other comic titles.