The dead are set to rise again this June as Double Take (2T) launches
Ultimate Night of the Living Dead, with three new comics that are set in the universe of the 1968 film. The launch of these titles marks the first release in a major initiative surrounding the classic horror franchise that frightened moviegoers worldwide and made zombies a household name. 2T has commissioned a new generation of writers, who are working in collaboration with 2T General Manager Bill Jemas, to breathe new life into the franchise and has a dozen series in the works - some of which follow characters from the film, while other stories are all new.
Two series,
Rise and
Z-Men are written by preeminent zombie writer, Jeff McComsey, while the third,
Home, is written by Moth Grand Slam Champion, Peter Aquero.
Digital previews of all three premier issues are available now at
doubletakeuniverse.com.
Rise #1:
Sister’s Keeper
They're coming to get you Barbara. Follow our favorite siblings, Barbara and Johnny, from the classic 1968 Night of the Living Dead film as they try to survive beyond the night at the abandoned farmhouse.
Format: Monthly (print and digital)
Print Price: $2.50
Release date: June
Writer: Jeff McComsey
Artists: Kurt Tiede, Frederica Manfredi, Vladimir Popov
Home #1:
Lighter Than Air
A happy family, a lovely spring evening, and Zombies.
Home follows a working-class farm family through the events of the zombie apocalypse in western PA. On the night the dead rise, the Foster family has gathered for a quiet Sunday dinner. Oblivious to the horrifying events that will soon unfold, Paul Foster takes his wife and two young children into town, leaving his teenage daughter home alone with her boyfriend. As his small town falls into chaos, Paul has to keep his family together and somehow get back home to his daughter, who is left to fight her own battles.
Format: Monthly (print and digital)
Print
Price: $2.50
Release date: June
Writer: Peter Aguero
Artist: Julian Rowe, Monica Catalano, Javier Mena
Z-Men #1:
Nervous in the Service
Dead and/or alive. LBJ orders the Secret Service to bring him back a Zombie.
It’s 1966 and the Oval Office is in an uproar; there’s been a spree of mass murders in Western Pennsylvania (and reports of the dead returning to life). President Lyndon B. Johnson assigns the head of the Secret Service to send agents into the field to investigate. Agents Stuart and Clancy are given the opportunity to serve their country and see if the zombie apocalypse has indeed begun.
Format: Monthly (print and digital)
Print Price: $2.50
Release date: June
Writer: Jeff McComsey
Artists: Kurt Tiede, Alisson Rodrigues, Max Flan