A few weeks ago we told you how Moonstone’s Rotten has been garnering critical attention. Just for example, Newsarama called it “one of those best kept secrets in comics,” BOOM! Studios’ Mark Waid said, “It’s Deadwood by way of Stephen King. It’s Undeadwood. It’s witty, it’s disturbing, and it’s a must-read,” and Captain America scribe Ed Brubaker described it as “One of the strongest and strangest concepts I’ve ever heard, executed with horrific precision.”

Now Moonstone is releasing a 184-page trade paperback collecting the first six issues of the series written by Mark Rahner and Robert Horton and illustrated by Dan Dougherty.

If you haven’t discovered Rotten yet, it’s a zombie-Western epic with an edgy, topical bite. The collection will have a cover price of $15.95 and should be in stores in July 2010.