These Zombie Comics are Coming to Get You, Barbara!
Zombie tales are a cinema classic, but some of the best living dead moments come from the pages of these comic books…
Zombies are horror classics for a reason – after all, what’s more terrifying? The scores of the undead hungry for your flesh or other humans, desperate and afraid? Do you love stories about mindless hunger vs. the need to survive at any cost? If you’re a zombie-lover, you’ve got to read these comic books.
As always, we know that digital comics are very convenient. But if you see something you absolutely need to own in the meatspace, be sure to head to your local comic book shop!
The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, & Charlie Adlard
Rick Grimes is not prepared for this. A couple months ago he was a small town cop who had never fired a shot and only ever saw one dead body. Separated from his family he must now sort through the death and confusion to try and find his wife and son.
You can check out the first volume for free with a Comixology subscription.
iZombie by Chris Roberson & Mike Allred
Told from a female zombie’s perspective, IZOMBIE is a smart, witty detective series with a mix of urban fantasy and romantic dramedy. Gwendolyn “Gwen” Dylan is a 20-something gravedigger in an eco-friendly cemetery. Once a month she must eat a human brain to keep from losing her memories, but in the process, she becomes consumed with the thoughts and personality of the dead person until she eats the next brain. She sets out to fulfill the dead person’s last request, solve a crime, or right a wrong.
Marvel Zombies by Robert Kirkman & More
On an Earth shockingly similar to the Marvel Universe, an alien virus has infected all of the world greatest super heroes into flesh eating monsters! It took them only hours to destroy life as we know it but what happens when they run out of humans to eat?!? Plus, are you ready for Marvel Zombies Civil War? 40 years have passed and the zombies have come back home after eating just about everything else in the universe. What awaits them back on Earth is beyond anything they could have conceived! Also, the story of the plague first infecting the Marvel Zombie Universe is revealed! Find out who was the first to succumb to the virus, and witness the birth of the Zombified Four!
Afterlife with Archie by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa & Francesco Francavilla
When Jughead’s beloved pet Hot Dog is killed in a hit and run, Jughead turns to the only person he knows who can help bring back his furry best friend—Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Using dark, forbidden magic, Sabrina is successful and Hot Dog returns to the land of the living. But he’s not the same… and soon, the darkness he brings back with him from beyond the grave begins to spread, forcing Archie, Betty, Veronica and the gang to try to escape from Riverdale!
Revival by Tim Seeley, Mike Norton, & More
For one day in rural central Wisconsin, the dead came back to life. Now it’s up to Officer Dana Cypress to deal with the media scrutiny, religious zealots, and government quarantine that has come with them. In a town where the living have to learn to deal with those who are supposed to be dead, Officer Cypress must solve a brutal murder, and everyone, alive or undead, is a suspect.
Just so you’re aware, if you buy these comics, we’ll make a little money. We need to stock up on hatchets, canned foods, and penicillin… just in case.
