Remains (comics)

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Remains
Publication information
Publisher	IDW Publishing
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Limited series
Genre	Horror; Post-Apocalyptic; Science fiction
Publication date	May – August 2004
No. of issues	5
Creative team
Created by	Steve Niles; Kieron Dwyer
Written by	Steve Niles
Artist(s)	Kieron Dwyer
Letterer(s)	Robbie Robbins
Colorist(s)	Harper Jaten
Editor(s)	Jeff Mariotte
Collected editions
Remains	ISBN 1-932382-38-0

Remains is a five-issue comic book limited series published by IDW Publishing in 2004. The story is written by Steve Niles and has art by Kieron Dwyer.^[1]

Remains is about a post-apocalyptic world overrun with flesh-eating zombies.

Characters

Tom Bennett
Tori
Colonel Glenn Ramsey
Cindy Ramsey
Spaulding
Flo

Plot

On an invitation from president Shirley Wallace, every leading nations of the world came to an agreement of complete disarmament. But when a VIP guest's meddling son named Spaulding sneaks into the nuclear oven of Nevada and pressed a button he wasn't supposed to, humanity is literally doomed. The radiation turned the entire populace within the blast-radius into flesh-eating zombies.

During the meltdown, outside Nevada, in Reno, Silver Star Hotel and Casino's Blackjack dealer Tom Bennett was busy screwing waitress Tori inside the vault. They came out with the realization that they are the only remaining persons that haven't been turned into zombies. But as their life in a post-apocalyptic period goes on, they realize they have even bigger threats to worry about.

Collected editions

Remains was published as a trade paperback by IDW Publishing, ISBN 1-932382-38-0.

Film adaptation

The comic book has been optioned to be a made into a television film that would appear on the Chiller television network.^[2]^[3]

Filming on Steve Niles' Remains wrapped in June 2011 and the film premiered on Chiller on December 6, 2011.

Awards

2005: Keiron Dwyer was nominated for the "Best Cover Artist" Eisner Award, for his Remains covers^[4]

Notes

^ "Looking at IDW's Remains". Newsarama. March 11, 2004. Archived from the original on May 25, 2007. Retrieved September 10, 2009.
^ Ng, Philiana (March 22, 2011). "Chiller Unveils Original Programming Slate". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
^ Wojtas, Joe (March 23, 2011). "Horrors! Cameras will roll in Mystic this summer for new zombie movie". The Day. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
^ 2005 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, Comic Book Awards Almanac

References

Remains at the Grand Comics Database
Remains at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)

External links

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[1] "Looking at IDW's Remains". Newsarama. March 11, 2004. Archived from the original on May 25, 2007. Retrieved September 10, 2009.

[2] Ng, Philiana (March 22, 2011). "Chiller Unveils Original Programming Slate". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 27, 2011.

[3] Wojtas, Joe (March 23, 2011). "Horrors! Cameras will roll in Mystic this summer for new zombie movie". The Day. Retrieved March 27, 2011.

[4] 2005 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, Comic Book Awards Almanac

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