Evileye Books and horror writer Mark Justice are teaming up to bring The Dead Sheriff to life in “original dime novel” and graphic novel format. April will see a series of graphic novels in the style of the sunday comics of the thirties and forties, followed by the the first prose book, The Dead Sheriff: Zombie Damnation, in fall 2010. The Dead Sheriff combines elements of the supernatural, humor and adventure in a framework that models the adventure dime novels popularized as early as 1860.

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“The Dead Sheriff stories bring together a few of my interests,” said Mark Justice. “I love old pulp western novels and comics, and as a horror writer, it was only a matter of time before I came around to writing a story that blends cowboys and monsters.”

As the saying goes, there’s a new sheriff in town.

Only, in this town, it’s a walking dead one.

According to legend, The Dead Sheriff was a lawman forced to watch the murders of his family before he was killed. His need for vengeance would not allow him to rest, and he rose from the grave to avenge himself upon his killers. Now he travels across the west, dispensing justice for those in need and sending the wicked to their graves.

He can never return to the grave until the western frontier is free of evil and tyranny.

The reality, however, is a little different….