And Then I Read: G.I. ZOMBIE 4

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Here’s a book that continues to surprise and entertain me. I’ve always hated zombie stories, but this one works because the main character is a smart zombie, in fact a military operative who’s in the middle of a town of the usual stupid zombies trying to figure out how to deal with them. The odds are against him, but his cleverness helps, and eventually government reinforcements arrive. Meanwhile, his female non-zombie partner is working the case from the inside, but far from the action, and she’s having wartime flashbacks, which are filling in some of her own story, but not helping her nerves. The art by Scott Hampton is terrific, especially where he’s doing painted backgrounds, but it’s all great, and the writing by Gray and Palmiotti is also very smart and clever, but down to earth at the same time, not playing up the horror angle too much. I admire that, makes it all the more creepy at times. This is fine comics.

Recommended.