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Interview: RIP M.D and Angry Beavers Creator Mitch Schauer
Little terrors love big monsters. Rip, the protagonist of RIP M.D., the new series from animation studio Lincoln Butterfield and publisher Fantagraphics Books, is so convinced that the creatures that go bump in the night are simply misunderstood, he decides to make it his business to befriend the undead.
From Angry Beavers creator Mitch Schauer, RIP M.D. is an all-ages … read more
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Tagged all-ages comics, comic books, indie comics, small press, zombie comics
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Terry Cronin Presents Zombies of Rock in the New Indie Comics Magazine #2
Press Release: Rock is back from the dead, as indie author Terry Cronin contributes a double-sized zombie story to the new Indie Comics Magazine #2, scheduled for preorder in Diamond Comic Distributors’ February 2011 Previews catalog and available ONLY through Previews. The done-in-one tale features the band Recalcitrant Jones and the Deadbeats from Cronin’s popular Students of the Unusual comic … read more
Victorian Undead: Sherlock Holmes vs. Zombies! Review
2010, Wildstorm/Titan Books
Story: Ian Edginton
Art: Davide Fabbri, Tom Mandrake
Colours: Carrie Strachan
Yet another entry built from the “classic fiction + zombies = junk culture irony” formula, Victorian Undead takes the world’s greatest detective and – if the superfluous “Sherlock Holmes vs. Zombies!” does not already made it clear enough – pits him against the hordes of the … read more
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Tagged graphic novels, Titan Books, Wildstorm, zombie comics
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Zombie Terrors Gets New Release Date, 32-Page Preview
Zombie Terrors gets new release date, bumps pages to 184 – Keeps price $14.95
Press Release: Frank Forte, publisher of Asylum Press, announces the release of a new 32-page preview of their newest anthology, Zombie Terrors. ”We had some production delays, but the book looks great.,” says Publisher/Creator Frank Forte, “We should have the books in hand by Nov. 22, … read more
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Tagged comic books, horror comics, indie comics, zombie comics
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Shaun of the Dead Graphic Novel Review
2010, Titan Books
Adapted by: Chris Ryall
Art: Zach Howard, Sean Murphy
Colours: Thompson Knox
It’s time to hit the Winchester once more with the Shaun of the Dead comic adaptation, originally published by IDW in 2005 and brought to British shores a half-decade later by Titan Books.
Not that I’m complaining. I haven’t seen the film itself since its … read more
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Tagged films / movies, graphic novels, movie/tv adaptations, Simon Pegg, zombie comics
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Rock and Roll Never Dies: Zombie Rock Band Must Be Destroyed
Press Release: Ink Pen Mutations announced today that their next title Zombie Rock Band Must Be Destroyed (ISBN-978-0-9776361-6-7) will come out this December. The book chronicles the efforts of main character Jim to stop the government and record labels from cashing in on their contaminated talent. Zombie Rock Band Must Be Destroyed takes the zombie genre and goes one step … read more
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Tagged comic books, indie comics, Ink Pen Mutations, zombie comics
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Creator Book Signings Announced for RIP M.D. Graphic Novel
Press Release: Just in time for Halloween, Lincoln Butterfield Animation has scheduled three October book signing events for RIP M.D., its new graphic novel published by Fantagraphics Books. Comic book and monster fans alike are invited to meet RIP M.D. creator Mitch Schauer, inker Mike Vosburg and color artists Michael Lessa and Justin Yamaguchi. With more to come, … read more
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Tagged children's comics, graphic novels, indie comics, zombie comics
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Massive Awesome #1 Comic Book Review
$2.99, 215 Ink
Story: Stephen Lindsay
Art: Rolf Lejdegård, Daniel Thollin
I went into Massive Awesome with no clue as to what it was about. 215 Ink should be commended on this first issue’s standard edition cover, which depicts a group of monstrous ninjas, for not revealing the series’ two, er, unique protagonists. You see, Massive Awesome stars a zombie … read more
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Tagged 215 Ink, comic books, indie comics, small press, zombie comics
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Mike Foxall Has Elvis Turning in His Grave
Australian illustrator, animator, short film maker and punk rocker Mike Foxall has released Issue 1 of The Grave Shakers, a new self-published comic series under his XRay Studios label.
The 4-part miniseries sees famous rock icons brought back to life by mad scientist Doctor Sponglehoff, who plans to combine his two great passions, “genetic re-animation and rock and roll.” Enter … read more
iZombie #1 Comic Book Review
Vertigo, $1.00
Story: Chris Roberson
Art: Michael Allred
Colours: Laura Allred
iZombie is an odd first issue, in that for a title debuting at an alluring $1 it offers little in the way of a hook, or any reason that readers might want to return next month. That isn’t to say that it’s a bad first issue by any means, … read more
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Tagged comic books, Mike Allred, vampires, Vertigo Comics, zombie comics
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