Living with the Dead: A Zombie Bromance (Second Edition)
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| Rating | : | 4.56 (563 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1506700624 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 88 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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The author lives in Lake Oswego, Oregon. He lives with his wife Karie in Lake Oswego, Oregon. He is also the President of Dark Horse Entertainment, for which he has produced numerous projects for film and television.In addition to producing films such as R.I.P.D., Hellboy, and The Mystery Men, he has also produced films based on several of his own creations, including The Mask and Timecop. . Richardson owns a successful pop culture retail chain, Things From Another World, stretching from Universal's City Walk in Los Angeles to his hometown in Milwaukie, Or
The author lives in Lake Oswego, Oregon. MIKE RICHARDSON is the President and founder of Dark Horse Comics, the award-winning international publishing house he founded in 1986. . He lives with his wife Karie in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Richardson owns a successful pop culture retail chain, Things From Another World, stretching from Universal's City Walk in Los Angeles
Soon the duo begin to feel the flames of jealousy over who in all likelihood is the last woman on earth.. They pass their time disguising themselves to fit in with the decaying hordes, pilfering musical instruments from deserted shopping malls, eating like kings, and performing rooftop rock shows until they meet a gun-crazy vixen named Betty. But for hard rockers Straw and Whip, life among the flesh-eating populace is easy. Life in the big city has its problems: traffic, overpopulation, and crime, not to mention the brain-hungry living dead
Not a very good story Michael Carr Shannon's review is pretty spot on. There is some great full color artwork, but not much beyond that. It just doesn't really have a very compelling story. It is trying to be a dark comedy zombie buddy story but it falls short. It's not funny enough to be a comedy, not scary enough to be horror and not introspective enough to be a character piece.The big problems are that the characters don't seem particularly effected by the total collapse of human civilization and the potential for human drama isn't fully explored when the guys find Bettie. Finding Bettie leads to some rivalry, but the conflict doesn't drive the sto. Veers said Great when evaluated on the appropriate terms. The "Great when evaluated on the appropriate terms" according to Veers. The 2 and Great when evaluated on the appropriate terms The 2 and 3 star reviewers are taking this book way too seriously. There is complaining that it is "not introspective enough" - well it isn't supposed to be. The aim here has not been to create an introspective character piece. Should *everything* be introspective?There is complaining that this "not scary enough to be horror" - well it isn't supposed to be. If you read the back cover, the plot description makes it clear that this is *not* intended to be taken as horror.There is complaining that this is not "not funny enough" - well guess what: "funny" is a highly subjective concept. Different people have different ta. star reviewers are taking this book way too seriously. There is complaining that it is "not introspective enough" - well it isn't supposed to be. The aim here has not been to create an introspective character piece. Should *everything* be introspective?There is complaining that this "not scary enough to be horror" - well it isn't supposed to be. If you read the back cover, the plot description makes it clear that this is *not* intended to be taken as horror.There is complaining that this is not "not funny enough" - well guess what: "funny" is a highly subjective concept. Different people have different ta. and Great when evaluated on the appropriate terms The 2 and 3 star reviewers are taking this book way too seriously. There is complaining that it is "not introspective enough" - well it isn't supposed to be. The aim here has not been to create an introspective character piece. Should *everything* be introspective?There is complaining that this "not scary enough to be horror" - well it isn't supposed to be. If you read the back cover, the plot description makes it clear that this is *not* intended to be taken as horror.There is complaining that this is not "not funny enough" - well guess what: "funny" is a highly subjective concept. Different people have different ta. star reviewers are taking this book way too seriously. There is complaining that it is "not introspective enough" - well it isn't supposed to be. The aim here has not been to create an introspective character piece. Should *everything* be introspective?There is complaining that this "not scary enough to be horror" - well it isn't supposed to be. If you read the back cover, the plot description makes it clear that this is *not* intended to be taken as horror.There is complaining that this is not "not funny enough" - well guess what: "funny" is a highly subjective concept. Different people have different ta. Not bad, but not that great either. Shannon P. Cronin Coming across a good Zombie comic is few and far between. After reading the plot outline for "Living With the Dead" I thought "This has promise" and decided to purchase the book.There are three issues contained in this collection and the first issue is really good. We are introduced to Whip and Straw. Two living survivors of some type of Zombie plague. They use masks and Zombie like strolls to make their way through the day without being noticed by the flesh eaters who have no over taken the country. While out collecting supplies they come across something they have not seen in years, a living woman. Once the first i