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UPCOMING ISSUE PREVIEW: DEAD EYES OPEN #4
The cover and first three pages of DEO #4: another sidelong look at a world overrun by the thinking dead!
BACK ISSUE PREVIEWS
Sneak previews of Dead Eyes Open issues, all available at the Slave Labor store or by ordering at your friendly local comics shop!
Dead Eyes Open #1
Meet John Requin -- therapist, humanitarian, loving family man... corpse. John's suffering from a strange and unique affliction -- while he's walking and talking, he is most definitely dead. But is his curse as unusual as it seems? And why does the government want him dead? Pages 1-5 and 15-18 of the first issue!
Dead Eyes Open #2
John falls into the hands of a Returner terrorist cell -- which then falls afoul of the government's new anti-Returner squad, led by the enigmatic Hamilton Ellard. But they want John alive, for reasons that surprise even them... pages 4-10 of the second issue!
Dead Eyes Open #3
The reluctant government administrator in "charge" of the Returner portfolio, John fights to restore basic rights to the living dead, explores the weird world of Returner internment camps, and sees his splintered family finally fall apart. Meanwhile, the General's terrorist movement starts to gain popular appeal... and Ellard is keeping a horrific secret in the sub-levels of the Pentagon... pages 2-5 and 10-12 of the third issue!
OTHER VISIONS
Before there was Dead Eyes Open, there was Deadies -- an aborted Internet project that became the pitch package for Dead Eyes Open. Enjoy complete stories from the "proto-DEO" universe... in full and glorious colour!
Happy Birthday, Angel!
The original John-and-Julie short story, an eight-page segment that's a little more Twilight Zone than the "real" comic's high-octane blend of satire, action and politics. (comic / script)
Jakob Runs
Early in the days of the Returner phenomenon -- a German Returner must flee from the life he had to save him from death at the hands of his brother. (comic / script)
Frat Boy
A disaffected university student kills himself -- and enters a world stranger than any he'd imagined when he was alive. (first four pages of comic / full script)
Purgatorio.
A dead priest must confront his feeling of abandonment by God in a world where the dead are rising. What does life mean in a world where the dead still walk? (script)
NEAT STUFF
Toe Tags (pops)
The now-legendary promo item for DEO #1, in a handy downloadable .pdf format.
Dead Funny (pops)
External link to the experimental webcomic by Matt and Roy! Currently down 'til Feb. '06.
T-Shirt Transfers
The DEO logo and cover for #3 in a 2500px high-rez format (heavy download!) for printing and t-shirt-making if you're so inclined. If you're hardcore, bring them to the tattoo parlour!
