author: Kevin Eastman
name: Wayne
average rating: 2.33
book published: 2014
rating: 3
read at: 2014/04/26
date added: 2014/04/26
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Zombie War Complete' by Kevin Eastman and Eric Talbot is an exploitation comic. The art is reminiscent of 'zines and it's gory, sexist and offensive. It's very much an underground comic from an earlier age. Whether that's a nostalgic homage, or someone stuck in the past is up to interpretation.
A UFO is sighted over Virginia, and a fighter pilot named Jina is sent to stop it. Before she can, the UFO has reanimated corpses which are, strangely, all dressed in various military garb. They go on a vicious rampage because they are zombies and this is what we are expecting (imagine a zombie apocalypse where the zombies all form a book club). Jina makes a strange alliance to try to stop them. Along the way they destroy Washington D.C. and hordes of people.
It falls very much in the post-modern deconstructionist type of comic. It's got a punk feel that I liked. What bothered me is that Jina is the only female character, and the only character who is seen naked. It's written by Kevin Eastman, who co-created The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and owned Heavy Metal magazine for awhile, so it was somewhat expected. Eric Talbot's art is very much in the 'zine style and may not be to everyone's liking, but I actually liked the rough style. There are some full page drawings of beleagured humans facing an onslaught of zombies that were pretty cool.
I was given a review copy of this graphic novel by Diamond Book Distributors and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to read this graphic novel.
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