false 62074239 1204694 418694 1560977949 9781560977940 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174579687m/418694.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174579687s/418694.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/418694.The_Living_and_the_Dead 3.86 205 A silent zombie comedy with a sweet love story at its heart.

After a couple of downright chatty full-color books ("Why Are You Doing This?" and "The Left Bank Gang") the Norwegian cartoonist Jason returns, for his ninth Fantagraphics graphic novel, to his two-tone mute roots with "The Living and the Dead," a George A. Romero-esque zombie comedy that he intends to be the middle installment of his "horror trilogy" begun with the Frankenstein monster love triangle of
"You Can't Get There From Here." (The third one is still under wraps.) (And no, "under wraps" isn't some sort of clue as to the nature of the monster.)

Jason's elegant deadpan style somehow manages to make the gruesome gore and splatter effects almost charming, and yes, it is a sweet love story at heart. If you read only one book in which a zombie devours a baby this year (even Romero never quite summoned up the nerve for that), read this one!]]> 70011 4.00 2023 267 2007 0 0 false Fri Jul 03 19:13:25 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 19:13:25 -0700 2009