‘Night of the Living Dead’ comic shows what happened outside of the farmhouse

Black-and-white horror movie classic and nightmare-fueling “Night of the Living Dead” from George Romero has been expanded. Fans clamoring for more classic zombies can check out our exclusive premiere of the new undead comic line set in the same world as Romero’s classic movie.

Double Take, or 2T, got a jump on the Halloween horror comics rush by releasing 10 first issues of its “Ultimate Night of the Living Dead” universe Wednesday.

“Originally, we were thinking of trickling out a couple of series every month or so, building up our roster over time,” 2T General Manager Bill Jemas said.

“Now we’re planning to launch our new universe in one big bang.”

The universe Jemas mentions is one built from Romero’s classic 1968 horror standard “Night of the Living Dead.” The comics titles are an homage, but no one affiliated with the film is in any way involved in the creation of the stories. The influential film introduced the splatter genre and Romero continued the story through numerous sequels, including “Dawn of the Dead,” “Day of the Dead,” “Land of the Dead,” “Diary of the Dead” and “Survival of the Dead.”

In late March 2015, 2T announced the first three books of the series (“Rise,” “Home” and “Z-Men”). The seven new comics recently released continue telling the stories of Romero’s world. In the final image of the attached gallery, a map lays out where in Pennsylvania the books actually take place. The company also launched a Kickstarter campaign in support of the “Ultimate Night of the Living Dead” line.

Jemas is not only the general manager of 2T but also writes a few of the series that are being offered, including “Honor” -- and Hero Complex has exclusive images from that release. On that title, the company’s tagline for the book reads: Protect. Serve. Beat. Burn.

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FOR THE RECORD
Sept. 17, 5:22 p.m.: In an earlier version of this article, it was stated that Peter Aguero wrote “Home” and co-wrote “Honor.” Michael Coast wrote “Home,” and Aguero did not participate on “Honor” either.
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The new titles are:

-- “Rise,” written by Jeff McComsey and drawn by Kurt Tiede, Frederica Manfredi and Vladimir Popov, follows siblings Barbara and Johnny from “Night of the Living Dead.”
-- “Home,” written by Michael Coast and drawn by Julian Rowe, Monica Catalano and Javier Mena, follows a happy family on a lovely spring evening -- and zombies rising.
-- “Z-Men,” written by Jeff McComsey and drawn by Kurt Tiede, Alisson Rodrigues and Max Flan, follows Secret Service folks who are ordered by President Lyndon B. Johnson to bring back a zombie.
-- “Lab,” written by Bill Jemas, Michael Coast and Julian Rowe, is scripted by Brian Finkelstein and drawn by Rowe, Joseph Cooper, and Tanya and Richard Horie.
-- “Spring” presents college students versus the undead, as written by Jemas, Coast and Jessica Lee Williamson with art by Kurt Tiede and Alejandro Sicat.
-- “Honor” is written by Jemas and Rowe, with art by Rowe, Monica Catalano and Fernando Melek.
-- “Remote” follows KBRF radio personality DJ Samantha, who stays on the air as danger closes in. It was written by Coast and Colin Mitchell and drawn by David Wilson.
-- “Medic,” also written by Jemas (with Coast and Rowe), is scripted by Finkelstein and drawn by Rowe and Marco Castiello.
-- “Dedication,” written by Coast and Matthew Summo with art by JJ Dzialowski, follows the closing shift at George’s Market.
-- “Soul” is written by Jemas, Coast and Rowe and drawn by Rowe, Ricardo Sanchez and Tamara Bonvillain. The description: The posse shoots to kill, but Ben survives. Too bad it’s all downhill from there.

Be sure to check out the above photo gallery of the zombie-filled comics.