''Empire of the Dead'', also known as ''George Romero's Empire of the Dead'', is a

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, that began publication in

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. It is written by

George A. Romero George Andrew Romero (; February 4, 1940 – July 16, 2017) was an American-Canadian filmmaker, writer, editor and actor. His ''Night of the Living Dead'' series of films about an imagined zombie apocalypse began with the 1968 film of the ...

, his second comic after "The Death of Death", a mini-series he wrote for the

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anthology ''Toe Tags'' in 2004 and 2005. ''Empire'' features zombies similar to those in his

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series of films. One way the series departs from his films is that vampires are also part of the story.

Publication history

The series was announced in October 2013, as a 15-issue miniseries, split between three 5-issue acts. Act One launched in January 2014, with art by

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, and ended in June 2014. Act Two, which featured art by

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, began in September 2014 and ended in January 2015. The final act, Act Three, features art by

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and began in April 2015 and ended in August 2015.

Collected editions

TV series

In May 2015, it was announced at Cannes that the production company Demarest was developing the comic series in to a TV series. The series was going to be written and executive produced by Romero and Peter Grunwald, with Sam Englebardt and William D. Johnson also executive producing.

References

External links

George Romero's Empire of the Dead: Act One
at Marvel.com
George Romero's Empire of the Dead: Act Two
at Marvel.com
George Romero's Empire of the Dead: Act Three
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