The Mammoth Book of Zombie Comics [Paperback]

David Kendall (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 28, 2008

These zombies just won’t die. Here is the first ever popular collection of zombie comics and short graphic stories. Full of spooky and well-crafted tales from beyond the grave, this collection will appeal to readers of graphic novels, comic books, and followers of the undead. With stories from Vincent Locke, Steve Niles, Hideshi Hino, Joe Lansdale, and many others, this collection will be sure to frighten and entertain even the most undead of readers.

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• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: Running Press; 1st edition (October 28, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762433981
• ISBN-13: 978-0762433988
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.4 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #85,475 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun simple zombie fare, January 23, 2009

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Patrick S. Dorazio "Author of The Dark Trilogy" (Cincinnati, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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Another large volume of Zombie comics nicely compiled in one thick tome. Plenty of stories that run only a few pages and get pretty fanciful, not all stories worked or resonated for me but overall this is another bevy of quality zombie tales. One much longer tale, Dead Eyes Open, was pretty entertaining though it certainly does not fit as your normal zombie story.
These are tales collected from over the past 20 years with distinctly different art and story telling styles. Despite the book's size I still was able to finish it off in one night. If you are disappointed or don't really like a particular story in here, fear not, there are ample more that will likely draw your interest as you flip through the pages.

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Worth the price for the amount of stories it offers., November 25, 2008

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Terry A. Lane "laneta" (Wartburg, Tennessee United States) - See all my reviews
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I gave this book three stars because the stories are all in black and white. NO COLOR! The item description at Amazon fails to mention this. So be forewarned! Other than that, the art and the stories themselves are for the most part good. And for the price I think it is worth buying for any zombie fan. My guess is that they produced it in black and white as it is cheaper to do so, but I for one would have been happy to pay more for a color version. Oh well, you take what you can get.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brains, not Brian! Sheesh!, December 22, 2009

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TastyBabySyndrome "Matthew Lewis, author of M... ("Daddy Dagon's Daycare" - Proud Sponsor of the Little Tendril Baseball Team, USA) - See all my reviews

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18 stories, a little over 450 pages, and an army of zombies - sounds like the pages literally drip a brain-consuming lovechild. And some of the book is great, with the editions to the book making one wonder if things could get better. Sadly, however, there are always the little pieces of the puzzle where the stars do not alig and where one thinks "wow, if only." Still, the book is more than big enough to make up for any little problems.

Stories - Making amends, Pariah, In Sickness, Necrotic: Dead flesh on a Living body, the immortals, Flight from Earth, Amy, black Sabbath, M*A*S*H, Dead Eyes Open, Might of the Living Dead, Job Satisfaction, The Corpse, Haunted Ship, The Zombie, Pigeons from Hell, Zombie World: Dead End, "Zombies."

Each of these has something different to offer, from the campy to the thought-provoking, and most stick to the formula that empowers the dead. I personally like that about zombies - it isn't so much prediction but a knowledge of what you are dealing with. Still, the motions through history and the motions through different pens makes these an interesting selection because, frankly, there are some great voices here. I added the names of all the tales because, if you need to know the who in this, then you can find them easily. And 80% of them will definately hit you in your happy place.

If you want a book of zombie tales, like campy and bloody, and enjoy pulp, get this. It isn't just a hardcore zombie reader's need - it is something that a lot of people like. I have had a few friends borrow it just to read stories from people like Steve Niles, only to find they like a whole lot more.
Good stuff - nice addition to any collection.