Okay, after touting our recent and long-overdue purchase of The Walking Dead series, I also wanted to mention this little gem from Boom! Studios. Zombie Tales is just what it sounds like: a collection of over a dozen short tales of all things zombie. With writers like Mark Waid and Keith Giffen on board, and killer – no pun intended – artwork by Andy Kuhn, Lee Moder, you just can’t go wrong.
After I finished reading The Walking Dead, I was really surprised how much I not only enjoyed Robert Kirkman’s epic tale, but desperately wanted the next volume to be published so I could continue to follow Rick and his band of survivors. That series has its slightly humorous moments, but it’s really a survival story and a harrowing one, at that. Zombie Tales takes a nod from George Romero and combines alternatingly dark and hysterical stories to create a real world tour of the zombie phenomenon. This is definitely a fun book, and if you have any interest in all-things-zombie, you should really check it out.
And if you haven’t read The Walking Dead yet, what are you waiting for?!
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