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Steve Niles’ Follow-up to “Dark Days” Provides a New Take on the Frankenstein Legend

San Diego, CA (June 25, 2003) Steve Niles is proving to be a prolific fountain of blood and fear. He is being called the modern master of comic book horror. This September, IDW Publishing, along with Steve Niles and artist Milx, will debut one of the most twisted pieces of horror storytelling ever: Wake The Dead.

Wake The Dead is just what happens when Victor discovers a way to reverse the death process. Doing so he starts a whole new way of living that can only be described as “death defying.”

“Basically Wake The Dead is a re-telling of ALL the Frankenstein stories I’ve ever read, or watched. It’s like a story created out of the bits and pieces of other stories, so in a way, Wake The Dead is a Frankenstein monster all its own,” says Niles. “I wanted to capture the essence of the original book as far as the youth of the characters and the price paid for playing God, but I think we’ve still managed to create an original and really freaky story.”

“Milx is a rare find, a skilled craftsman who brings it all to every page with meticulous detail and care,” said Jeff Mariotte, IDW’s Editor-in-Chief. “From the interior of a house to the process of reviving a dead pig, he puts you on the spot and makes you believe it. Combine that talent with a script by Steve Niles, and you know you’re in for a terrifying treat.”

Wake The Dead is a five-part monthly miniseries, premiering in September, at a retail price of $3.99.

IDW PUBLISHING is a division of Idea + Design Works, LLC, a revolutionary creative service company with a wide range of clients including The Upper Deck Company, Electronic Arts, Ultima Online, WizKids, Cartoon Network, Sony Online Entertainment, Nickelodeon, and many more. IDW Publishing focuses on a small number of high-quality titles. Among them are CBS’s CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith’s 30 Days of Night and its sequel, Dark Days; Ashley Wood’s Popbot; Paul Lee and Adam Huntley’s Lurid; Beau Smith’s Wynonna Earp; and the art books Uno Fanta, Dos Fanta, Art of Armitage and Art of Sam Kieth. Columbia Pictures has optioned the movie rights to 30 Days of Night with Sam Raimi attached to produce.

For only the second time since they began working together, Ben Templesmith and Steve Niles will be signing together at Dark Delicacies! The event will also feature horror editor Steve Jones, director Mick Garris and writers Lisa Morton, Dennis Etchison and others!

Niles and Templesmith will be signing Dark Days #1, Criminal Macabre #1&2 as well as 30 Days of Night and Hellspawn!

When?

Saturday, June 21st 2003 starting at 2:00 PM

Where?

Dark Delicacies- 4213 W. Burbank Blvd. Burbank, CA 91505
Phone: 818-556-6660

Don’t just sit there! Come on down and say hello!

30 Days of Night was the comic event of 2002! With a major movie sale and the bestselling trade paperback of January, the buzz continues to attract new fans. Now the same creative team returns with the next chapter in the tale, every bit as violent and gripping as the first!

The first issue hits comic stores TODAY!

From The HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

‘Criminal’ intent: MGM nabs rights to comic series
June 11, 2003

MGM has paid mid-six against low-seven figures to pre-emptively pick up film rights to Steve Niles’ comic book miniseries “Criminal Macabre” from Dark Horse Entertainment. The first part of the five-part series debuted May 14 and sold out its first printing within one week. The entire series, which is described as a horror project with strong comedic elements, centers on the life and career of supernatural private eye Cal MacDonald, who doubles as a hit man, ridding contemporary Los Angeles of its underbelly of monsters, ghouls and vampires who live among the humans and come out at night.

Updates soon!HOLLYWOOD REPORTER