Deadworld: Restoration

Gary Reed has written Deadworld for nearly two decades and along the way he has written and created a number of memorable comic series including Saint Germaine, Renfield, Red Dairies, and of course, his Harvey Awards nominated, Baker Street. He has had books published by Penguin, Image, IDW, Simon and Schuster, Actionoplis, and of course, Caliber Comics, a company he founded in 1988. His Deadworld series have been nominated for numerous awards including Comic Monsters, Horror Net, Shel Dorf Awards, and has won three Ghastly Awards for the “Best in Horror” annual awards in the mini-series and original graphic novel categories. When not writing, Gary is an Adjunct Professor of Biology at a college in Ann Arbor, MI. Sami Makkonen is probably best known from his four volumes for the Eisner Award nominated Hatter M series which has made the NY Times best-selling list. Other works include Ryse: Sword of Damocles, a digital interactive graphic novel for Microsoft and covers for Clive Barker’s Hellraiser series. Sami early on also completed a graphic novel called “Blue” from Desperado Publishing. He was also a recipient of the Sarjas Award for Best Fantasy Comic and he has been nominated for a number of other awards including the Ghastly Awards for horror work. He has contributed to a number of other projects such as anthologies including the Webcomic of the Year, the Split Lip Horror Anthology.