Dead Eyes Open now out in TPB
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Dead Eyes Open, a series I wrote for SLG and that a Hollywood screenwriter would pitch as “the West Wing meets Dawn of the Dead”, came out in trade paperback this week. That’s the SLG store link, but I also encourage you to patronize your friendly local comics shop.
I’ve put both Chapter One (4.7 MB) and Chapter Two (4.6 MB) — the first third of the book — online as free PDFs.
In retrospect, this was a 12-issue book that I tried to cram into 6 issues, because 6 issues was all I had. I still love it for its ambition, but the Publisher’s Weekly description of the pacing as “frenzied” is accurate, if a bit harsh.
Blow for blow, though, I still think it’s the most ambitious zombie book, in terms of really taking the genre in new directions and trying new things, that’s ever been released. If you haven’t read it yet, please give the free chapters a try.