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Steve Niles is one of the writers responsible for bringing horror comics back to prominence. Currently writing Wake The Dead, Freaks Of The Heartland, Fused: Think Like A Machine and Love Me Tenderloin: A Cal Macdonald Mystery for Dark Horse Comics and Hyde and Dark Days for IDW, Niles also recently released his third Cal MacDonald illustrated prose novel, Dial M For Monster.His 30 Days Of Night comic is also being developed as a major motion picture, with Spider-Man's Sam Raimi producing. Also in pre-production are adaptations of his Wake The Dead and Hyde, and also a Criminal Macabre movie for which he will write the screenplay as well.Niles got his start in the industry when he formed his own publishing company called Arcane Comix, where he published, edited and adapted several comics and anthologies for Eclipse Comics. His adaptations include works by Clive Barker, Richard Matheson and Harlan Ellison. IDW recently released a hardcover collection of Niles' adaptation of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend.Niles has completed a wide array of projects, including Remains and Aleister Arcane from IDW and The Nail (with Rob Zombie), Fused: Dazed And Confused and Fused: Machinehead from Dark Horse Comics. Additionally, he is hard at work on another Cal MacDonald novel, Last Train To Deadsville and a second 30 Days Of Night sequel entitled Return To Barrow.
Met Rob Zombie through mutual friend, wrestler Diamond Dallas Page, the two became instant friends and have since worked on several comic projects together.