Comic Author Gary Reed Brings 'Deadworld' to Comic City in Canton

of Canton will be hosting writer Gary Reed and his new series, Deadworld: War of the Dead, from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday.

The second issue of the series will be on the shelves that day, even though the first issue arrived just last week. Deadworld: War of the Dead ships weekly instead of the traditional monthly as the publisher, IDW, made the zombie series its "event comic" of the month.

Deadworld is a series that has been around since the 1980s and predates the popular The Walking Dead by over a decade, but interest in the television show has spawned a renewed interest in all things zombies and interest in Deadworld has been escalating.  The new series, War of the Dead, is a five-issue series structured so new readers can enjoy it. It features an unusual twist in that the lepers, victims of bizarre experimentation, have such diseased skin that the zombies can’t sense them.

Gary Reed has written more than 60 issues of Deadworld, but has also written a number of other comics and books including Baker Street, Curious Cases of Sherlock Holmes, Jack the Ripper, Saint Germaine, Renfield, and adaptations for Penguin Books.  His Red Diaries graphic novel got recent media attention as it deals with the deaths of Marilyn Monroe and JFK  and this connected with the recent anniversary of Monroe’s death  50 years ago.  

In addition to signing Deadworld, Reed will be passing out free bookmarks and special promotional cards to all attendees and Comic City will have a sampling of many of his books, some 25 in all.

Comic City is at 42823 Ford Road in Canton, located in the shopping center.