Xenozoic Tales

Xenozoic Tales is an alternative comic book by Mark Schultz set in a post-apocalyptic future.[1] Originally published by Kitchen Sink Press, the series began in 1986 with the story "Xenozoic!" which was included in the horror comics anthology Death Rattle #8. This was shortly followed by Xenozoic Tales #1 in February 1987. Kitchen Sink published 14 issues between 1987 and 1996 and it has since been reprinted by several publishers, including Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, and Flesk Publications. The series was well-received and in the early 1990s it won four Harvey Awards[2] and three Eisner Awards.[3] Despite this, issues started to be released further apart, eventually ceasing mid-story arc in issue #14. Xenozoic Tales also proved moderately successful under the title Cadillacs and Dinosaurs and spawned an animated series on CBS,[4] an arcade game from Capcom, a Sega CD video game from Rocket Science Games,[4] action figures, candy bars, and a Twilight 2000 system role-playing game.[4] The comic book reprints from Kitchen Sink and Marvel, and the continuation from Topps Comics, also used the Cadillacs and Dinosaurs name. The title Cadillacs and Dinosaurs and the likenesses of classic Cadillac automobiles were used with the consent of General Motors, which holds the phrase "Cadillacs and Dinosaurs" as a trademark and has licensed it for the comic books, the video game and the animated series.[5] Schultz's illustrated novella, Storms at Sea, published in 2015 with Flesk Publications, includes details which appear to provide a back-history of the circumstances that led to the creating of the world as shown in Xenozoic Tales.