Ghoul Scouts: Night of the Unliving Undead

author: Steve Bryant
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.60
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2016/11/03
date added: 2016/11/03
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Ghoul Scouts: Night of the Unliving Undead' by Steve Bryant with art by Mark Stegbauer and Jason Millet is a group of scouts that track down the paranormal. This time around it's zombies, and the Ghoul Scouts didn't exactly go looking.

Outside the town of Full Moon Hollow, Paranormal Capital of the World, a couple groups of scouts are camping. When zombies suddenly show up, the boys fight them off and wonder where everyone else has gone. They run into a couple of girls in their own scout group and decide to team up to find out what is happening. One thing they notice is that all the zombies are heading East. They decide to head the other way and find out what is going on in town. Armed with a frying pan, a slingshot, a potato gun, a baseball bat and a stick, they are able to fight their way to town. What is causing this and where is everyone?

A zombie story for kids seems a bit weird, but it works. Each included issue has a glance at the creative process that goes into creating a comic. I found these to be pretty great. The creators hint at other things to come in this ongoing series. The characters are likeable enough, but I found the action to feel repetitive with each of the 5 kids getting to hit a zombie with their weapon of choice. It repeated enough over the 5 issues that it wore on me a bit. It's good for what it is, and young readers should like it well enough if they are in to monsters.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Action Lab, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.


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