Zombie Comics...

locustsofdeath! · 21 April, 2011, 08:05:54 AM

Every time I read a review about either The Walking Dead or Crossed the reviewer makes mention of there currently being a "glut of zombie comics" on the market right now. Yet...I haven't seen any. Is this because the Forbidden Planet out here in Buttcracksville doesn't carry any, or am I just missing it all?

I'm in the mood for some gut-munching zombie action. What series are out there? Which ones are good? Hell, which ones are bad? Though a few of you (sbt, looking at you) might point in the right direction. Cheers!

SmallBlueThing · 21 April, 2011, 08:33:28 AM

Sorry locusts, im not a huge fan of zombie comics, bizarrely! i find most of them infantile, badly drawn and adding nothing to the concept beyond repeats of romero's best bits, or self-conscious attempts to make them 'different' by adding some 'high concept' spice to the dish.

Only walking dead, really, interests me. Crossed (the garth ennis one) was just pathetic, im not greatly impressed with deadworld as you know (gave all mine to you!), things like xombie and war of the dead (is that even right? Badly painted nazi nonsense in my library!) leave me cold, and the mammoth book of zombie comics could have used the word 'terrible' inserted in the title somewhere.

I quite like marvel zombies, which is fun in its own way, but even 2000AD's efforts- zombo and defoe- arent amoung my favourite strips in the prog.

I think there's definitely room for another great zombie comic, but im afraid i dont know of one at the moment. If you find one, let me know!

SBT

locustsofdeath! · 21 April, 2011, 08:52:27 AM

Quote from: SmallBlueThing on 21 April, 2011, 08:33:28 AM
even 2000AD's efforts- zombo and defoe- arent amoung my favourite strips in the prog.

Ooh, Defoe is in my top five favorite thrills of recent years!

I forgot about the Zombies Vs. Robots series which has some great moments, and always has good art.

Keep looking, that's what I'll do. I'm not opposed to some rotten zombie comics, as long as they're the equivalent of the Italian splatter zombie movies compared to Romero's flicks!

SmallBlueThing · 21 April, 2011, 09:08:24 AM

Yeah, thinking about it over a coffee, i reckon it's that i prefer my zombies played straight. By all means play on the ludicrous nature of the scenario, but play the drama absolutely for real, and youve got me. Too many zombie comics do it for laughs; crossed especially was ennis trying and failing to empty out the lower levels of his chuckle/yuckle bucket, and entertaining nobody except fourteen year old boys.
So yes, give me endless versions of the zompocalypse, but do it for real please.
SBT

chaingunchimp · 21 April, 2011, 09:31:29 AM

Gotta say i love a good zombie comic, some of my faves are: Evil Ernie and Dead King from chaos comics have their moments, very 90s with lots of ultra violence and heavy metal mixed through. Evil Ernie Destroyer is a good place to start, lush Kyle Holtz art. Oh and the Zombie Simon Garth series by Powell and Holtz published by marvel under marvel max, surprisingly good that one.
Also the Dead Kingdom of Flies by Berserker Comics, with Alan Grant writing and the Biz on art tis good stuff.

Van Dom · 21 April, 2011, 09:37:20 AM

You'll have to wait for this year's Hallowscream locusts, myself and Krombasher will have a corker for you to enjoy then!

strontium71 · 21 April, 2011, 10:42:36 AM

The zombie world ones were good . There were a few spin offs like Winters Dregs and Tree of Death.

locustsofdeath! · 21 April, 2011, 12:06:32 PM

Quote from: Van Dom on 21 April, 2011, 09:37:20 AM
You'll have to wait for this year's Hallowscream locusts, myself and Krombasher will have a corker for you to enjoy then!

Or you could send it to me early for a sneak peek...?

May have to look into Evil Ernie or Zombie World - any collecteds worth starting at?

sbt, I'm with you on the horror-comedy; not much I like. Movie-wise there's Dead Alive/Braindead, Evil Dead II, Shaun of the Dead, and Night of the Comet, if you consider that a horror-comedy, plus Night of the Demons and maybe a few others. Prefer my horror...um...scary.

chaingunchimp · 21 April, 2011, 02:41:23 PM

i got all those zombie world tree of death comics for 50p each last month.
brilliant, these came out when i was 14 and read and traced em till they fell apart.
great,messed up artwork

Emperor · 21 April, 2011, 03:08:58 PM

Avatar are doing some Night of the Living Dead sequels written by John Russo, like:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_of_the_Living_Dead

I enjoyed XXXombies (an outbreak of zombies on a Californian porn set) which really went for it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXXombies

I have the Army of Darkness Omnibus which is good fun and has the Reanimator crossover, but see the other thread about rights and why I feel a bit guilty about it

You could try Ellis' Blackgas:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackgas

And there was a Gravel story featuring zombies - I'd need to check but it might be Necromancer.

Quote from: Van Dom on 21 April, 2011, 09:37:20 AM
You'll have to wait for this year's Hallowscream locusts, myself and Krombasher will have a corker for you to enjoy then!

I'm hoping to have 2 in myself and... well there are a number of others in the works too, so keep watching the cemetries

Emperor · 21 April, 2011, 03:10:25 PM

Quote from: strontium71 on 21 April, 2011, 10:42:36 AM
The zombie world ones were good . There were a few spin offs like Winters Dregs and Tree of Death.

Definitely. The initial Mignola one is a good pulpy, Lovecraftian affair as you'd expect, then the second book has a short story from Gordon Rennie and ends with full-on Millsian madness, with John Hicklenton on board, worth buying just for that.

Jim_Campbell · 21 April, 2011, 03:17:01 PM

Quarantined from Markosia takes a slightly different tack on the genre. I had a hand in this book, and so have to declare a vested interest, but the reviews thus far have all been pretty positive...

Cheers

Jim

locustsofdeath! · 21 April, 2011, 03:19:53 PM

Cheers Chaingun, think I'll have a look at those.

And thanks Emps! Lots to sort through there.

Jim, would you by chance be able to email me a single page or a few panels to browse? If all looks good, I'll buy that ASAP. It certainly SOUNDS cool by the description.

locustsofdeath! · 21 April, 2011, 03:34:20 PM

Quote from: locustsofdeath! on 21 April, 2011, 03:19:53 PM
If all looks good, I'll buy that ASAP.

Whoops, I mean pre-order it ASAP.

Emperor · 21 April, 2011, 03:38:44 PM

Oh and The Zombies That Ate The World, its a different take on the genre and it has Guy Davis on art (DDP went down the swanny around the time they were producing the trades of a number of Metal Hurlant titles, so I don't know if the trade ever appeared in great numbers, you'll either want to track down the originals or their reprint comic books that seem to be fairly cheap on the US eBay):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zombies_That_Ate_The_World