Road Rage

On the isolated road of the American highway terror rides on 18 wheels! Tales of diesel-fueled fear from three masters of horror fiction With Throttle acclaimed novelistEisner-winning graphic novelist Joe Hill collaborated with his father Stephen King for the first time on a tale that paid tribute to Richard Matheson&s classic short story Duel Now IDW is proud to present comic book versions of both stories in Road Rage adapted by Chris Ryall with art by Nelson Daniel and Rafa Garres About the AuthorJoe Hill is the 1 New York Times Bestselling Author of The Fireman NOS4A2 Heart-Shaped Box and Horns (which was made into a feature film starring Daniel Radcliffe) His book of short stories 20th Century Ghosts won the Bram Stoker Award and British Fantasy Award for Best Collection He earned the
Eisner Award for Best Writer for his long-running comic book series Locke & Key featuring the eye-popping art of Gabriel Rodriguez Stephen King was born in Portland Maine in 1947 the second son of Donald andNellie Ruth Pillsbury King He made his first professional short story sale in 1967 toStartling Mystery Stories In the fall of 1973 he began teaching high school English classes at Hampden Academy the public high school in Hampden Maine Writing in the evenings and on the weekends he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels In the spring of 1973 Doubleday & Co accepted the novel Carriefor publication providing him the means to leave teaching and write full-time He has since published over 50 books and has become one of the world&s most successful writers Stephen
lives in Maine and Florida with his wife novelist Tabitha King They are regular contributors to a number of charities including many libraries and have been honored locally for their philanthropic activities Richard Matheson was the New York Times bestselling author of I Am Legend Hell House Other Kingdoms Somewhere in Time The Incredible Shrinking Man A Stir of Echoes The Beardless Warriors The Path Seven Steps to Midnight Now You See It… and What Dreams May Come among others He was named a Grand Master of Horror by the World Horror Convention and received the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement He also won the Edgar the Spur and the Writer&s Guild awards In 2010 he was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame In addition to his novels Matheson wrote screenplays
including several Twilight Zone episodes such as “Nightmare at 20000 Feet” based on his short story He was born in New Jersey and raised in Brooklyn and fought in the infantry in World War II He earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri He passed away in 2013 Chris Ryall is the Chief Creative Officer at IDW Publishing and the co-creator of Zombies vs Robots with Ashley Wood Ryall has also co-created and written Groom Lake The Colonized The Hollows and Onyx and has also written adaptations of stories by Stephen King Clive Barker and Richard Matheson He is also the co-author of a prose book about comics Comic Books 101 and has written comics based on the Transformers the band Kiss Mars Attacks Weekly World News and currently Hasbro’s
Rom Ryall and ZvR co-creator Ashley Wood were nominated for the 2006 Eisner Award for “Best Short Story”