Dead Girls thread

[Lucifal]

Dead Girls is the cult 1992 début novel by Richard Calder. In 2009 Calder re-wrote the film script (the Japanese-Australian film company had pulled out) for comics and pitched it at Murky Depths, who had already serialised his new comic story, Death and The Maiden, in Issues #1 to #3. With Filipino mangaka Leonardo M Giron on board to bring the words to life Issue #9 featured the first part of the Dead Girls graphic novel with Act 1 completing in Issue #12. If you're a Murky Depths fan you'll know that the internals of this quarterly prose/comics anthology are black and white.
With an extra eleven pages and now in full colour you can buy a limited (numbered) edition in hardback signed by both the author and artist direct from the website for £24.99 (it retails for £58.97). But there's only 100 available and 26 have already been pre-ordered (and will be shipping this week).

[Gibson Quarter]

dead girls rocks. love the art!

[Lucifal]

Act 2 continues the Dead Girls graphic novel in Murky Depths #16 with a 21-page double episode. Leonardo's art is awesome! I've received his sketches and they are beautifully drawn and just bring the story to life.

[Lucifal]

Sudden surge in sales from around the world. Not the UK. Strange . . .

Still 52 left. Oh yes, Richard Calder, the writer, will be at Kapow this Saturday and Neil Roberts, cover artist for Murky Depths #16, featuring the start of Dead Girls, Act II, launching at Kapow, will be sketching and signing on the Murky Depths table (71) from 1pm Saturday.

Oh yes, SFX has a feature on Dead Girls in #208 out on Thursday.

[HOO-HAA]

I noticed you guys at te SFX weekender! You had a stall around the corner from my own, and I meant to get over to see you. LOVE the artwork on DG - very cool

[Lucifal]

Thanks, Hoo-Haa. I didn't get to wander around much myself either. Maybe next year!

[Lucifal]

Page 35 of SFX #208: self-published? I guess they had no-where else to review Dead Girls, like when Murky Depths appeared five times as Fanzine of the Month. But the brief review is a good one: . . . is an absolute cracker . . . this is a graphic novel that will leave you with a serious doll addiction. Highly recommended. So can't grumble really.

[Lucifal]

Dead Girls #1 - the 24-page full colour comic to start the six-part story line will be launching in March, then every quarter. Rumours are that Kev Level is illustrating the first cover...


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[Lucifal]

Dead Girls has it's own website! Dead Girls #1 is now available and you can also subscribe to the full eight-comic series, save a couple of quid and be the first to get your fix.

You can read who the guest cover artists are at the website.


Dead Girls #2 will be available in June.

[Lucifal]

At the moment there's a 1 in 10 chance of winning a free copy of Dead Girls #1 at the Dead Girls website.

Nothing to loose.

[Lucifal]

Paul McCaffrey (Men of War #4, DC) has produced a superb wraparound for Dead Girls #3, but you'll have to wait to see the amazing back cover art - there's a little hint on the front though.

And the free offer on Dead Girls #1 is still available!

[TordelBack]

Not really my sub-genre, but that there is a cover that'll move copies.

[Lucifal]

Thanks. Not into cyberpunk then?


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[Lucifal]

Okay, so this issue won't be available until September next year (that's right 2013) but I wouldn't be cruel enough to keep it from your eyes that long. Art by Martin Baines, who also illustrated the last (#18) Murky Depths cover.

[Lucifal]

Dead Girls has it's own website! Dead Girls #1 is now available and you can also subscribe to the full eight-comic series, save a couple of quid and be the first to get your fix.

You can read who the guest cover artists are at the website.


Dead Girls #2 will be available in June.