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The Living and the Dead

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Told in Norwegian artist Jason's trademark style -- stark black-and-white drawings, anthropomorphized characters, action almost entirely without dialogue -- the story imparts a great deal of thought and emotion, horror, humor and, yes, even romance.

The Living & the Dead is remarkably lacking in gore, so far as zombie tales go -- although you will be treated to scenes of the undead noshing on a baby, a pimp and the occasional restaurant patron. The story has some sense of urgency, but it unfolds at a relaxed pace -- and the expressiveness of Jason's characters is delightfully wrought.

And the ending is about as touching as a zombie story possibly can be.

by Tom Knapp, Rambles.(net) editor

I'll have to say that this artist has a way with the graphic art form that I feel few others have demontrated thus far in the genre. The sincerity conveyed through simplicity in order to portray a wonderful series of elements that characterise the human condition is refreshing...not to mention that zombies, mummies and monsters in general NEED to be in our lives!

Jason is a graphic novelist who I have enjoyed since "The Left Bank Gang." I have been going back to find any of his work I could, all with anthropomorphic characters.

The Living and the Dead is a love story set during the zombie apocalypse. Will our hero be able to get the girl before they become the undead?

Many of Jason's stories are low on narration, so they are very quick reads. This makes buying them at the full price rather distressing at times. If you can, try to get these at a lower price. The stories are great and well-written, but go by very fast.

definitely not what i expected. it was my 1st zombie comic, and what a story it was. read it quickly then re read it a few times. simple but good drawings. very little words, it is alot like a silent film. the story is quite simple as well. as in most zombie storys, zombie randomly show up and people dont know why or how to deal with them.

I love this book. His stories always seem to meander and float along and then at some point they kick into high gear and they twist and twist and twist. Jason is by far my favorite new writer in the indie-comics scene. His stories are smart, witty, funny, horrifying and romantic. All in the same book. All within 48 or so pages. What a marvel.