Written by Don Roff
Illustrated by Chris Lane
Published by Chronicle Books
I really enjoyed this unique take on the zombie tale – the book is printed in the style of an individual’s handwriting, with names redacted, including lists of various defenses against the zombies (hydrofluoric acid?), and the drawings are what one would expect to see from a scientist. The survivors and zombies Twombly meets on his journey north are interesting: a rock band, a group of survivors who put together a fortified “Farm” and send radio signals for survivors to follow, several people who prefer to go it alone, zombie bikers, zombie shoppers, etc. There are even a few brief homages to both Romero’s and Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead in a few of the doctor’s entries.
I know people are saying “enough!” with all of the zombies, but then a book like this comes along which reads SO much like a real person’s trials together with the illustrations of what the survivor is observing that it makes me want more of these “survivalist” tales. Check it out for yourself – it makes for great reading (and I love that the last entry in on my birthday).
3 1/2 out of 5
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