CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE TPB

Tom Waltz (W) • Casey Maloney (A)
Dan Brereton (C)

IDW Publishing

Team Orphan, a U.S. Special Forces team made up of three hardened soldiers, has been tasked with assassinating a maniacal terrorist guilty of genocide on a massive scale. In their desperate quest to rid the world of the rogue terrorist, Team Orphan will soon learn they are not the only ones seeking his death. The terrorist's many small victims — the children he has destroyed — have returned from the dead, bent on revenge. Team Orphan is caught in the middle, wondering who they should fear most—the terrorist, themselves, or the Children of the Grave?

The artwork for the entire miniseries collected here has been given new greytone shading from artist Casey Maloney, and this special collection will also feature an all-new cover from artist Dan Brereton!

Diamond Previews Ordering Code: JUNE063212

Children of the Grave © 2006 Tom Waltz and Casey Maloney.

TPB • B&W • 120 pages • $14.99 • ISBN: 1-933239-93-X

See a 5-page preview at Wizard Online by clicking here: Wizard Magazine CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE preview

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Here are some comments about CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE:

"I dug the authenticity of the military action, and the imagination of the horror. Congrats on the cool book! " -- Brian K. Vaughan (Writer, PRIDE OF BAGHDAD)

"I honestly wasn't expecting to like CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE as much as I did. I figured it would be a military operation/zombie revenge book and that's all, but it kept surprising me with more and more depth and character development...CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE is not your ordinary zombie book, and I'd be hard-pressed to really call it a zombie book at all. Really, it's a drama, and a very well done one at that. Kudos to Waltz and Maloney for this early effort." –- Dan Grendell (Ain’t It Cool News)

"CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE is a weird war story with a heart. Writer Tom Waltz and artist Casey Maloney don't hold back when it comes to the carnage of armed conflict or the madness that grips soldiers and civilians alike in the deadliest corners of the world. But it also isn't afraid to explore what lies behind that madness and to offer, perhaps, a bit of hope for a less violent and more sane tomorrow." -- Tony Isabella (Comics Buyer's Guide)

"Children Of The Grave-- Man!! This stuff is creepy, brutal and full of character and action. I highly recommend this one. It's like a movie put to print." -- Beau Smith (Writer, COBB, WYNONNA EARP)

"Children of the Grave is a superior military-horror story...If you enjoy adventure, action, or the macabre, this is one to pick up." -- David Bird (Paperback Reader)

"I should confess right away that I'm a sucker for a good ghost story. The flip side is that it's hard to find a good ghost story, as most disintegrate into pure horror or gore. It's rare to find one that evokes a sense of menance and curiosity at the same time. Children of the Grave did both those things. " -- Corinna Lawson (Sequential Tart)

"I'm quite impressed; the story is a cracking good yarn and the art is especially eye-popping... Children of the Grave is a sure bet for those seeking a little bit of horror as well as a strong plot... (The creative team have) seamlessly blended a technical military adventure with a seriously creepy horror undertone... Waltz and Maloney have a real winner here. " -- Matthew Clark (Broken Frontier)

"Tom Waltz and Casey Maloney, take a bow; you’ve officially freaked me out with your Children of the Grave title." -- Rob Irwin (SBC Sunday Slugfest)

"I find that I like these three (main) characters and I find the horror-tinged mystery at the center of the book intriguing... (Waltz and Maloney) should definitely get credit for pulling off such a strange genre mix as well as they do." -- Randy Lander (The Fourth Rail)

"Tom Waltz was into editing and writing prose before taking to comics. There are many reasons why you’d choose one form over the other, but I’m glad that with CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE, Waltz has found the right medium for the story —- Casey Maloney brings a gritty immediacy to the story that brings us in a way that is special to comics. This series has a few more issues to go, so I’d recommend picking it up…(Waltz and Maloney) have got a really good thing going." -- Jason Henderson (Writer/Creator, SWORD OF DRACULA)

"I got… Children of the Grave, and I'm very impressed. Fantastic writing...you set a very disturbing tone. Just wanted to drop in and let you know that you're creating great material. There are a lot of sub-par comics out there, books that I can't read past the first couple pages...but Children of the Grave was a book that demanded to be read cover to cover." -- Ty Gorton (Writer, GUNN and RUNES OF RAGNAN)

“Tom Waltz creates major atmosphere here. The storyline, though fairly straightforward, and seemingly more than slightly influenced by a former Iraqi dictator, does manage to grab the reader…Couple that with three main characters fleshed out quite well…and Waltz has two feathers in his cap for this book, already. As great as the writing is, Casey Maloney's art may be better. His black-and-white interior art is also pleasing, boasting the same defined line work and uncluttered panels, the later of which seem to derail so many artists who attempt black-and-white comics.” --Mark Allen (Suspended Animation Reviews)

“Tom Waltz has plotted a tightly structured story. This is a four issue story presented in four issues…The amount of detail (Casey) Maloney provides in every uniform, every vehicle, every weapon, every piece of terrain is noteworthy…Children of the Grave remains an engaging fusion of the Military Combat and Supernatural Horror genres…According to their biographies in the back of the (book), Waltz and Maloney are newcomers to the comic book scene, but everything about this comic book is thoroughly professional.” -- Keith Dallas (Silver Bullet Comicbooks)

"Children of the Grave is a great story, no two ways about it." -- A.C. Hall (Paperback Reader)

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