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A review by dantastic
The Izombie Omnibus by Mike Allred
4.0
After dying mysteriously, Gwen Dylan is a dead girl who must eat a brain once a month to avoid madness. But an evil lurks beneath her city that could destroy the world...
The iZombie Omnibus collects iZombie 1-28 plus short stories from House of Mystery Annual 1 and 2.
I got this as part of Amazon's 3 for 2 deal a couple weeks ago. It's been on my radar for years but I never picked it up. I went into this as cold as possibly, only knowing Gwen was a zombie. I was banking on Allred and Roberson's past works and my gamble paid off because this was great.
While Gwen is a brain eater, she's not typical. She retains the memories from the brains she eats and tries to finish things the deceased left undone. Not only that, she's a gravedigger so she doesn't have to kill anyone to eat their brains. Her best friends are a ghost and a were-terrier.
The world Allred and Roberson have crafted here is packed with all sorts of things I like: undead government agents, agent monster hunting orders, soul devouring menaces from beyond the walls of the world, Russian brains in coffee pots, talking chimps, etc. Without giving anything else away, this is way closer to Doom Patrol than The Walking Dead.
Roberson's dialogue is punchy as hell and Allred's art is as slick as ever. The characters were engaging and there were some funny moments, although Roberson knew when to use the humor and when not to. None of the dramatic moments have their legs cut out from under them by stupid quips. The twists kept on coming and it was really hard to set this tome aside for long.
28 issues isn't that long of a run but I'm glad iZombie had a definitive beginning and ending. Too many series go on for way too long. I didn't really see the ending coming until a few pages before it hit and it was a satisfying conclusion. I was afraid I would be underwhelmed like some recent series enders I've read.
The iZombie Omnibus was a great read. 4.5 out of 5 brains.
The iZombie Omnibus collects iZombie 1-28 plus short stories from House of Mystery Annual 1 and 2.
I got this as part of Amazon's 3 for 2 deal a couple weeks ago. It's been on my radar for years but I never picked it up. I went into this as cold as possibly, only knowing Gwen was a zombie. I was banking on Allred and Roberson's past works and my gamble paid off because this was great.
While Gwen is a brain eater, she's not typical. She retains the memories from the brains she eats and tries to finish things the deceased left undone. Not only that, she's a gravedigger so she doesn't have to kill anyone to eat their brains. Her best friends are a ghost and a were-terrier.
The world Allred and Roberson have crafted here is packed with all sorts of things I like: undead government agents, agent monster hunting orders, soul devouring menaces from beyond the walls of the world, Russian brains in coffee pots, talking chimps, etc. Without giving anything else away, this is way closer to Doom Patrol than The Walking Dead.
Roberson's dialogue is punchy as hell and Allred's art is as slick as ever. The characters were engaging and there were some funny moments, although Roberson knew when to use the humor and when not to. None of the dramatic moments have their legs cut out from under them by stupid quips. The twists kept on coming and it was really hard to set this tome aside for long.
28 issues isn't that long of a run but I'm glad iZombie had a definitive beginning and ending. Too many series go on for way too long. I didn't really see the ending coming until a few pages before it hit and it was a satisfying conclusion. I was afraid I would be underwhelmed like some recent series enders I've read.
The iZombie Omnibus was a great read. 4.5 out of 5 brains.