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IDW Unleashes Prose Program for Breakout Comic Series: ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS
35 Writers Explore, Expand and Remix ZvR World
San Diego, CA (September 6, 2011)—IDW's gleefully subversive ZOMBIES VS
ROBOTS comic book series from creators Chris Ryall and Ashley Wood will soon
be eating readers' brains from the inside via a series of short stories,
novellas and more. As announced at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con in July, the
company plans for an ambitious slate of original prose stories set at
different points in this epic adventure of a zombie apocalypse. In ZOMBIES
VS ROBOTS, the clanking robots are built to fight the shambling braineaters,
in a desperate attempt to save Earth's dwindling population.
"It's gratifying to see that ZvR has taken on an unlife of its own," asserts
Ryall, series co-creator and Chief Creative Officer/Editor-in-Chief for IDW.
"Expanding from comics into prose is a logical progression, though as the
heretofore sole writer of the series I must admit that letting other writers
into our subversive little world was at first troubling. But now I'm fine
with it. Really. Mostly. Especially since editor Jeff Conner has corralled
such a talented array of writers to tackle some really bizarre and creative
prose stories. As long as no one expects me to let them write ZvR comics,
too..."
A lurching cohort of writers—including such notable talents as John Shirley,
Nancy A. Collins, Rio Youers, Brea Grant, Steve Rasnic Tem, Amber Benson,
James A. Moore, Rachel Swirsky, Norman Prentiss, and John Skipp & Cody
Goodfellow, led by Ryall himself—has been assembled to pen original stories
of life during wartime in the ZVR world. "It's our biggest project so far,"
states Conner, the IDW contributing editor helming the ZVR prose program.
"In a way it's a follow-up to our Classics Mutilated release, at least in
terms of its anything goes spirit. The results so far have been—um,
riveting."
The rest of the ZVR writer roster includes: Dale Bailey, Amelia Beamer,
Jesse Bullington, Simon Clark, Lincoln Crisler, Stephen Dedman, Rain Graves,
Rhodi Hawk, Robert Hood, Stephen Graham Jones, Nicholas Kaufmann, Steven
Lockley, Nick Mamatas, Jonathan McGoran, Joe McKinney, Gary McMahon, Mark
Morris, Bobby Nash, Yvonne Navarro, Hank Schwaeble, Ekaterina Sedia, Sean
Taylor, Simon Kurt Unsworth, Kaaron Warren, and Don Webb.
A film version of ZVR is currently in development through Sony Pictures,
with Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes as producer.
Visit IDWPublishing.com to learn more about the company and its top-selling
books.
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; Toho's Godzilla and comics and trade collections based on
novels by worldwide bestselling author, James Patterson. IDW is also home to
the Library of American Comics imprint, which publishes classic comic
reprints; Yoe! Books, a partnership with Yoe! Studio. IDW's original horror
series, 30 Days of Night, was launched as a major motion picture in October
2007 by Sony Pictures and was the #1 film in its first week of release. More
information about the company can be found at IDWPublishing.com.
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