iS iZombie Losing iT?

Vertigo's iZOMBIE starts anew with the 12th issue.  "Ghost Stories" centers around ghost girl Eleanor listening to stories told by her ghost friends in the cemetery.  Unhappy when she tells her own story, she meets a zombie girl (Gwen) in this telling of how the two met.  While Guest artist Gilbert Hernandez does a good job, Mike Allred's stylings were missed.  The issue is also cut short for a preview of another Vertigo title, so I'm hoping this medicore offering isn't a picture of things to come.


Issue 13 is more like it---although this time it's cut even shorter for a new mini-series titled THE DEAD PRESIDENTS (that I really didn't care for) and another preview for another vertigo title.  Seriously--if Vertigo can't fill an entire issue with an iZOMBIE story (which we're paying for), then perhaps it's time to call it quits?  Too bad, because the short and sweet tale here, "ARRIVALS AND EXITS (part one)" is the kind of thing that has kept me and all fans of this comic series glued to the pages since the first issue last year.  Mike Allred is back on the artwork and Chris Robinson's writing is as addictive as ever.  Here's hoping for fewer previews and more of Gwen and the ghouls...