Dead Roots

Edited and created by Mike Garley, Dead Roots is a 200+ page zombie comic anthology, which features thirty-six unique stories from a diverse range of creators from the worlds of TV, animation, film, comics and games.

The Dead Roots Launch Party in full swing.

The anthology focuses on the emotional state and experiences of everyday people and their journeys, as they search to find their loved ones in the initial frantic hours of a zombie outbreak!

Dead Roots was successfully Kickstarted in 2013 when its £11,030 it almost doubled its £6,000 funding goal.

Dead Roots features a whole host of up and coming creators as well as established creators such as: Paul Alexander (Red Dwarf, My Parents are Aliens, Emmerdale), Eric Canete (Iron Man, Luke Cage, Superboy), Andrew Ellard (Red Dwarf, IT Crowd, Miranda), James Henry (Green Wing, Smack the Pony, Campus), James Moran (Doctor Who, Severance, Cockneys VS Zombies), Jason Arnopp (Doctor Who, Friday The 13th, Stormhouse) and Gordon Rennie (Judge Dredd, White Trash, Necronauts). Ensuring that Dead Roots is full of amazing stories throughout.

Dead Roots issue #1 cover by Luke Butland. Dead Roots was serialised in four-parts as an app available in iTunes.

The Conversation: Part one. Written by Mike Garley, illustrated and lettered by Wynn Ryder, and coloured by Andrew Richmond.

Kickstarter. Written by Mike Garley, illustrated by Martin Simmonds, and lettered by Mike Stock.

The Dead Roots promo comic. This comic was used to convey the tone of Dead Roots to potential creators. Written by Mike Garley and illustrated and lettered by Rebecca Morse.

A promo image for the Survival of the Fittest competition. The image was illustrated by Joe Ward, inked by Mike Bunt, coloured by Nathan Ashworth, with text by Mike Stock.