Overview
Comics luminary Gilbert Hernandez
envisions his strangest, most thrilling future yet! A drug called “spin” offers
the wildest trip imaginable, followed by its users’ inevitable, rapid
deterioration into undead flesh eaters. Despite the side effect, the drug is so
popular that the human population is dying out! With no cure to be found, the
beautiful, lovesick Fatima may be the only thing standing between the survivors
and the apocalypse. Get ready for four issues of zombies, drug lords, and
gorgeous women!
The Good
My 1st
thought was a more sarcastic “yay, more zombies” theme. However, I ended up
really enjoying the premise to this breed of zombies. This world is filled with terrible things
that people can be addicted to, so, to me, the plot is a natural progression.
What if people did this to themselves because they thought their addiction was
worth it. The story has a great line “they will do what they are going to do.”
I just found that to be so poignant.
The Bad
This
style of art is so not my style. I enjoy
comic art with some type of detail within the work. This comic has none of
that. I just find this style way too undeveloped, like what you would see in a
story board of a still developing animation.
The
uniforms of the task force. They were
not seen very much but when they show up, it is so noticeable. They wear the
stereotypical black task force outfit but, so some reason, they appear to be wearing cotton thongs over their
clothing. I just found it distracting to the art I wasn’t already a fan of.
The Summary
As much
as I did not enjoy the art, I oppositely enjoyed the premise. The story works
in 2 ways- a quick “ooo zombie, kill it” story and a “huh, never thought of it
that way before” story. There is still
some character development that needs to occur but, overall, the story was
enough to make me care to wonder what happens next. If you enjoy zombies, this goes right with the
genre. Or, if you enjoy thinking about the human psyche
while reading comics, this could spark a thought or two.
For more information regarding this book, check out the Dark Horse website, their Facebook page or your local comic book shop!
--Walter--
Life With Katie received a copy of this book for the purpose of this review. All thoughts, comments and opinions belong to the author and not the site or publisher.
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