Told from a female zombie’s perspective, this smart, witty detective series mixes urban fantasy and romantic dramedy.
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Apr 18, 2011
David
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You'd think zombies were done to death, right? But this is fresh! A sexy zombie!
iZombie is pure brains candy. And the art is otherwordly: Mike Allred's illustrations are delicious enough to eat. And Chris Roberson’s writing is bone chilled out. This isn’t scary monster land, this is a charming monster party.
The main character, Gwen, is a gravedigger in Eugene, Oregon. She looks relatively normal—mildly goth with ghostly pale skin. Only problem is—she has to ea More...
iZombie is pure brains candy. And the art is otherwordly: Mike Allred's illustrations are delicious enough to eat. And Chris Roberson’s writing is bone chilled out. This isn’t scary monster land, this is a charming monster party.
The main character, Gwen, is a gravedigger in Eugene, Oregon. She looks relatively normal—mildly goth with ghostly pale skin. Only problem is—she has to ea More...
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Nov 09, 2011
Sarri
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Ajat ovat muuttuneet ja niin ovat zombietkin. Päähenkilö - zombie - Gwen on hotti bööna, jolla on arvot kohdallaan: elävistä ei ammenneta! Päivätyökseen Gwen kaivaa hautoja, öisin hän kaivaa niitä taas auki saadakseen tuoreet aivot ateriaksi. Ilman aivoja Gwen muuttuu kuolaavaksi zombiehirviöksi ja sitähän Gwen ei halua. Valitettavasti aivojen mukana Gwen saa myös kuolleen muistot, mikä hiukan mutkistaa elämää. Gwenin parhaat ystävät ovat kummitus Ellie sekä ihmisterrieri Spot, sorry, Scott. Sam
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Aug 25, 2011
jess
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Our shero is Gwen, Girl Zombie: gravedigger by day, brain-eater/painter by night. There's a little bit of mystery, some romantic tension, and an unsettling vampire "reservation" that reminded me of university sorority cliches. I wasn't crazy about the art, but I liked the story enough to get past it. This volume includes enough character introductions and back story to fuel future volumes, and I'm interested enough to read those future volumes. The story includes most of the basic "
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Jun 29, 2011
Addison
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I didn't read this as a single volume, but instead have been collecting them monthly since issue 3 (when I also picked up issues 1 and 2). And I didn't fall in love with it immediately. Hell, I wouldn't say I'm in love with it now, but it has definitely gotten better over the last year.
For this volume though, it took awhile for me, and a lot of others, to adjust to the idea that this wasn't your average Vertigo series. Instead, its a light, goofy, slice of life story about a group of More...
For this volume though, it took awhile for me, and a lot of others, to adjust to the idea that this wasn't your average Vertigo series. Instead, its a light, goofy, slice of life story about a group of More...
May 16, 2011
Rick
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In an era littered with countless zombie stories, mostly mediocre to terrible, Roberson and Allred successfully morph the tired undead concept into a superior 21st century slacker neo-gothic. Eugene, OR grave digger Gwen Dylan lives a most unusual existence. Her closest friends include a ghost and a were-terrier. Her recent crush hunts monsters for a centuries-old secret society. Beautiful, bitchy vampires threaten Eugene. And to top it off, Gwen must eat a fresh brain at least once a month or b
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Apr 18, 2011
Tyler
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My favorable rating is based entirely on two things: One, I feel like this series and this cast of characters has a lot of potential. 90% of what's going on in this volume is set-up, but its interesting set-up. Fun characters and concepts that manages to take classic monsters and turn them on their head in a way that doesn't seem forced or tired. I imagine a lot of people are going to complain "enough with the zombies and vampires already," but I'd argue that these are the types of zom
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Mar 28, 2011
Andrew
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Gwen Dylan works as a gravedigger in a Eugene, OR cemetery by day. By night, she hangs out with her friends, tries to figure out the meaning of her life, and tries to just survive.
But her friends are a ghost and a werewolf (or, more accurately, were-terrier). Gwen survives by eating brains once a month, in the process absorbing the memories of the recently-deceased and -consumed and finding herself compelled to resolve any unfinished business they've left behind. Because Gwen is a z More...
But her friends are a ghost and a werewolf (or, more accurately, were-terrier). Gwen survives by eating brains once a month, in the process absorbing the memories of the recently-deceased and -consumed and finding herself compelled to resolve any unfinished business they've left behind. Because Gwen is a z More...
Apr 13, 2011
Jeff
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Pop culture has been in zombie/vampire/werewolf overdrive the past few years, and it’s pretty rare to find a story that has a unique twist on the mythos. iZombie, an ongoing series from Vertigo by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred, isn’t the savior of the genre, but it does at least have a few original twists on some tired old archetypes.
iZombie tells the story of Gwen Dylan, an undead gravedigger who has to eat brains once a month to keep from becoming a full-on shambling zombie horro More...
iZombie tells the story of Gwen Dylan, an undead gravedigger who has to eat brains once a month to keep from becoming a full-on shambling zombie horro More...
Jun 05, 2011
Jordan
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Interesting zombie book. The main character, Gwen, is a zombie who must eat a person's brain every week in order to maintain her human appearance and mind. Unfortunately for her she also gets the memories of the brain's owner. She hangs around with a ghost girl from the sixties and a guy who turns into a were-terrier every month. Pretty intriguing concept. Partway through the book a nice semi-egyptian explanation is given for the presence of different types of supernatural beings that are runnin
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Aug 17, 2011
Reetta
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Päähenkilönä seksikäs zombie-haudankaivaja on aikas hyvä idea. Päivisin kaivetaan kuoppia, joihin haudataan ruumiit ja öisin kaivetaan ne jälleen auki pikkusnackeja varten. Jos aivoja ei tipu, alkaa homma muistuttaa Night of the Living Deadia - mutta vieraiden ruumiiden aivot tuovat älyn lisäksi mukanaa myös omat muistonsa.
Kun tämänkertainen ruoka paljastaa murhaajansa kasvot, on Gwenin ryhdyttävä toimeen. Mutkia matkaan tietää hirviönmetsästäjien parivaljakko, joista toinen on hyvin More...
Kun tämänkertainen ruoka paljastaa murhaajansa kasvot, on Gwenin ryhdyttävä toimeen. Mutkia matkaan tietää hirviönmetsästäjien parivaljakko, joista toinen on hyvin More...
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Oct 21, 2011
Craig Michael
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"It's easier to show than to tell."
Roberson and Allred present a fun take on monsters living in Eugene, Oregon and solving crimes. I was initially worried that the book would be too full of viscera and bloodletting, but in fact it was pretty charming. I often felt like there were large parts of the book that told rather than showed (the sequence explaining the under- and oversoul, for example) but the characters and their relationships make up for that.
I think A More...
Roberson and Allred present a fun take on monsters living in Eugene, Oregon and solving crimes. I was initially worried that the book would be too full of viscera and bloodletting, but in fact it was pretty charming. I often felt like there were large parts of the book that told rather than showed (the sequence explaining the under- and oversoul, for example) but the characters and their relationships make up for that.
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Aug 02, 2011
Raina
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This is so much fun. Think Buffy, except that she's a zombie.
I was originally attracted to this because I thought she would be a cyber-zombie ("i" connotes technology to me), but be warned, she's not. There are ghosts, vampires, a wereterrier, a mummy, and of course, a mystery. You don't know quite who to trust. But this is clearly an establishing volume for a much larger story.
And I think I'll read the rest.
At first glance, I wasn't a big fa More...
I was originally attracted to this because I thought she would be a cyber-zombie ("i" connotes technology to me), but be warned, she's not. There are ghosts, vampires, a wereterrier, a mummy, and of course, a mystery. You don't know quite who to trust. But this is clearly an establishing volume for a much larger story.
And I think I'll read the rest.
At first glance, I wasn't a big fa More...
May 24, 2011
Christopher
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We have too many movies, TV shows and books in the world about vampires and zombies, and here's another one about BOTH. But this one's actually pretty good! More than that, it's really good! If you're looking for an antidote to the sparkly, wistful monsters littering today's pop culture, here's a new series with bite and pith and snark to spare. And if you've never experience Michael Allred's deliciously retro looking artwork before, you're going to be in for a treat. Everything about iZombie po
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Feb 04, 2012
Jon Ward
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Absolutely amazing. iZombie is well-written, complex, and complete. There are multiple story arcs all going on at the same time and Roberson weaves them together seamlessly. He even included genius lore to explain the supernatural in the world he's created. That really impressed me. The story is very human and relatable, which is counter-intuitive, since most of the characters aren't strictly human, per se. I have the clawing urge to get Vol. 2 ASAP and read it before Vol. 3 is released.
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Jul 16, 2011
Matt
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Aug 08, 2011
Katie
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Finally! A zombie with attitude and sex appeal - just what we'd all been waiting for! Gwen Dylan is a zombie, but she looks human, so long as she eats a brain once a month. If she doesn't, then she becomes just another shuffling Undead.
Gwen isn't the only supernatural being in her neighborhood, however: there are ghosts, vampires, mummies, and wereterriers, and this is only in the first volume. It's a great introductory installation in Gwen's adventures, setting up the cast of charac More...
Gwen isn't the only supernatural being in her neighborhood, however: there are ghosts, vampires, mummies, and wereterriers, and this is only in the first volume. It's a great introductory installation in Gwen's adventures, setting up the cast of charac More...
Jul 30, 2011
Brad
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The Coolness—
• The main idea of iZombie vol. 1 Dead to the World is a thing of beauty if you're a horror fan (especially if you dig zombies). Gwen dies, wakes up undead and discovers that she has to feast on a brain a month or become a shambling mass of rotting flesh with an insatiable appetite. She is not just cute, she's hot (as David pointed out in his review, this is a wonderful change from the zombies we're used to seeing), and she has to navigate our everyday world while figh More...
• The main idea of iZombie vol. 1 Dead to the World is a thing of beauty if you're a horror fan (especially if you dig zombies). Gwen dies, wakes up undead and discovers that she has to feast on a brain a month or become a shambling mass of rotting flesh with an insatiable appetite. She is not just cute, she's hot (as David pointed out in his review, this is a wonderful change from the zombies we're used to seeing), and she has to navigate our everyday world while figh More...
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Aug 06, 2011
Cat Russell
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I, Zombie - A mind is a horrible thing to taste.
This was a fun read with brilliant illustrations. There were multiple plots occurring within the story, but the main focus is on Gwendolyn. She is a zombie who eats brains to survive and maintains a convenient job as a gravedigger that keeps them in steady supply. The downside to eating brains, aside from the horrible taste, is that Gwen retains the previous owner's memories and occasionally the need for vengeance for a short period of ti More...
This was a fun read with brilliant illustrations. There were multiple plots occurring within the story, but the main focus is on Gwendolyn. She is a zombie who eats brains to survive and maintains a convenient job as a gravedigger that keeps them in steady supply. The downside to eating brains, aside from the horrible taste, is that Gwen retains the previous owner's memories and occasionally the need for vengeance for a short period of ti More...
Aug 10, 2010
Gwen works as a gravedigger at an eco-friendly cemetery by day. By night she sneaks into the cemetery and digs up the bodies to feed. Gwen is a zombie…but no ordinary zombie. She functions as a living person, needing to eat brains only once a month to avoid becoming a mindless shambler. Her friends include Ellie, a ghost who died in the 1960s, and Scott, a were-terrier. Lately after feeding she has been experiencing the dead person’s memories, and her most recent meal was a murder victim w
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Jun 06, 2011
Allison
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What a fun, campy romp. There's plenty of zombie-lore available nowadays; this book adds something a bit different with a self-aware, first-person zombie narrative (whose skin, thankfully, tends to stay fresh-looking and attached to her body) as well as some zany allusions to Scooby Doo's retro mystery-solving gang of teens. But in this book, the gang's members are all some version of the undead: ghost, werewolf, zombie. Can't be too afraid of monsters when they're your friends, right?
Jun 24, 2011
Orrin
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Predictably enough, I didn't like the super-simplistic explanation of the supernatural stuff in this book. But that's a personal thing, and not really the point of the book anyway. This is very much in the Fables/House of Mystery (new series) style, and for that I guess it's pretty cute, but it didn't do a ton for me. Roberson's writing is good and Allred's art is too, but this just wasn't exactly my thing, apparently. Nothing really wrong with it, just not for me.
Oct 13, 2011
jjbooklvr
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This is one of those comics that I had seen in the comic store or online from time to time, but never seriously considered reading. Then a friend mentioned he read the first collected trade and liked it so I figured why not see if the library has it. They did and both the wife and I liked it enough we went out and bought this one and the second trade. What could I say, it is a fun series. And after reading too many things that try to take themselves too seriously a fun read is a good thing.
Apr 01, 2011
Nick
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At first I was really against reading this because of the name alone, but the premise and a Shaun of the Dead costume worn by a zombie got me to read it. Great concept, but I'm hoping just because it is the first 5 or so issues, that they aren't following it up. Zombie has to eat at least one brain a month, but then gets the memories of that person and then has to solve their murder, but then it becomes pretty lackluster. Hopefully the next volume follows through.
Mar 22, 2011
Trina
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This was not a good read for me. The story seemed rushed but still managed to be boring at the same time. It was a mishmash of good ideas trying to culminate into one great idea. That did NOT occur. The break down of souls and how they made up the various creatures of the night was interesting but came towards the end and did not have a big enough pull to keep me coming back for more. The artwork is not stunning but isn't horrible. I am not a fan of this series.
Apr 16, 2011
Matthew
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Great concept, but the overall delivery missed a bit for me on this one. For a story that features brain eating zombies and throat ripping vampires it's pretty tame. Some of the bigger concepts are fun and it wouldn't suprise me if this gets much better as the series develops. I really like Roberson as a novelist and his early forays into comics with Cinderella were strong as well. I'm hopeful even if this first volume is a bit weak.
Sep 03, 2011
Monica
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I like the concept, in theory. I appreciate that Gwen the zombie is not hyper-sexualized and that the book has, you know, girls in it.
But sheesh. This was like a zany Buffy comic at its worst. It managed to be obtuse and dull and undeveloped all in one go. I know there are a lot of people who love Allred's work, but the simplicity reads Sunday funny romance comic to me.
But sheesh. This was like a zany Buffy comic at its worst. It managed to be obtuse and dull and undeveloped all in one go. I know there are a lot of people who love Allred's work, but the simplicity reads Sunday funny romance comic to me.
Jun 12, 2011
Lindsay
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This is really quite interesting. Not like any other zombie comic I've come across. The main character is a zombie who works at a cemetery and has to steal brains from dead once a month to quench her hunger. Her co-workers don't know this. Eating brains gives her the memories of the victim. Then she tries to give closure to the dead by solving their mystery. Really fun so far!
Apr 15, 2011
Alan
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Chris Roberson is arguably an upcoming fantasy and science fiction writer who also writes comics. This first volume of his series about a zombie, Gwen, who needs to eat a brain once a month to retain her mind feels very much like a prologue. Well written, but again it all feels like setup. We meet ghosts, a mysterious stranger, a were-terrier, vampires, and monster hunters.
Aug 16, 2010
Liz
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Engaging stories, interesting characters and characterisation and I like the underlying mythos. I reckon it would be a good comic for someone new to comics as well as fans of the medium. I've read up to issue 4 thus far and I'm digging it. If you like Angel and Buffy (I put Angel first 'cause it's not a high school drama) I reckon the chances are good you'll like this.
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Apr 29, 2011
Michelle
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The story of Gwen, a normal girl who happens to be a zombie. Forced to eat one brain per month to avoid becoming a shambling monster, she absorbs the dead person's memories and experiences. Unfortunately, her last brain belonged to someone who was murdered, and she finds herself trying to solve the crime.
Fun drawings, candy colored pop-art.
Fun drawings, candy colored pop-art.
