about the book
Meet Wayne Wilson, a mercenary better known as Deadpool. Disfigured and mentally unstable, he is a real anti-hero, a wisecracking guy with a talkative nature and totally unpredictable. His mental issues come from his psychosis, probably brought on by his amazing healing and regenerative powers. The guy can re-grow his head. Let’s face it, popping out a new head…or two…or three has got to leave you a little crazy.
As Deadpool wakes from a food induced coma—he ate too many chimichangas—he sees that the diner he passed out in is empty. With all the staff gone, he doesn’t have the pay the bill, right? High-tailing it out of the place, he is shocked that the entire city of New York appears abandoned, too!
Unfortunately the city isn’t quite as empty as he thinks—zombies roam the streets. What’s worse, these creatures know they are zombies, don’t like it, and are looking for an out!
Now the logical thing for Deadpool to do is to search for survivors and take on the mantle of leader, right? Not Deadpool. He’s only concerned about where he will find his next junk food fix and Golden Girls marathon! So he heads off to find a nice comfy place to just wait out the apocalypse. His cowardly plans go up in smoke when he stumbles upon ground zero, a badass old lady, two young children, and a couple of military types.
How do you fight a horde of zombies that beg for forgiveness, tell you to run, and horrorified over what they are about to do? Be assured that Deadpool will get down to business, and there will be a lots of violence, even more carnage, and plenty of dead brain suckers…along with a snarky remark or two! If you love zombies…or hate zombies…this dark graphic novel is perfect for you!
about the author
For years, as Cullen Bunn worked in marketing, he had a difficult time breaking into the comic industry. But with work and determination, he now is a New York Times best-selling author, acclaimed for his comic books, short stories, novels, and graphic novels, and he wouldn’t change a thing!
Cullen grew up in North Carolina and is an alumnus of Missouri State University. He currently lives and writes full time in St. Louis, Missouri, with his wife Cindy and their son Jackson.
His noir/horror comic books include Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe for Marvel Comics, and The Damned and The Sixth Gun for Oni Press. Watch for a Sixth Gun television series on NBC. Other major characters he wrote about include Magneto, Captain America, Superman, Wolverine, and Spiderman. Middle grade readers might enjoy his horror series Crooked Hills. His short stories are in the anthology collection Creeping Stones & Other Stories. Cullen also founded Undaunted Press and edited the horror magazine Whispers from the Shattered Forum.
Cullen is a shy guy, but he will tell you that he used to perform as the World’s Youngest Hypnotist when he was three or four. His is dad was a stage performer and Cullen was part of his act. Cullen also fought a cougar by the name of Eight Ball!
Sources:
Author website
Author biography: Comic Vine
Also by Cullen Bunn:
Castle : Unholy Storm (Castle : Derrick Storm Mystery). Marvel Entertainment Group. 2014.
The Fearless Defenders : 2 : The Most Fabulous Fighting Team of All. Marvel Entertainment Group. 2014.
The Sixth Gun series. Oni Press. 2013-2014.
Captain America and Black Widow (Captain America). Marvel Entertainment Group. 2013.
Venom : The Land Where Killers Dwell. Marvel Entertainment Group. 2013.
Wolverine : Covenant. Marvel Entertainment Group. 2013.
Fear Itself : The Fearless. Marvel Entertainment Group. 2013.
Venom : Toxin With a Vengeance. Marvel Entertainment Group. 2013.
The Fearless Defenders : 1 : Doom Maidens. Marvel Entertainment Group. 2013.
Captain America and Iron Man (Captain America). Marvel Entertainment Group. 2012.
Wolverine : Rot. Marvel Entertainment Group. 2012.
Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe. Marvel Entertainment Group. 2012.
Captain America & Hawkeye (Captain America). Marvel Entertainment Group. 2012.
about the illustrator
When he was small, illustrator Ramon Rosanas loved to draw but didn’t discover story telling until he stumbled on Asterix, created by French author Rene Goscinny and illustrator Albert Uderzo. Then he knew exactly what he wanted to do—tell stories in panels, some small, some taking the whole page. He had discovered comics!
At the age of nineteen, Ramon started selling his comics to magazines and made small contributions to Marvel UK. For the next fifteen years, he worked for newspapers and was a freelancer for such big names as Elle, Simon and Schuster, Macmillan, Oxford University Press, and several top advertising agencies.
Ramon was thrilled when he had a chance to go back to illustrating comics. Acclaimed for his expressive characters, he worked with Marvel on The Age of the Sentry, Spider-Man 1602, Agents of Atlas, and 36 others. He recently worked on the comic adaptation of the movie Iron Man 2 and volume four of WW2.2.
He lives with his family in a small village outside Barcelona, Spain.
Sources:
Illustrator website
Illustrator biography: Dargaud
Also Illustrated by Ramon Rosanas:
Ant-Man : 1 by Nick Spencer. Marvel Entertainment Group. June 2015.
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