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Extinction Parade #2
The Extinction Parade: War
New York Times bestselling author, Max Brooks, returns to the frightening world of zombies versus vampires in his groundbreaking follow-up series: Extinction Parade: War! Well known for his breathtakingly original fiction, Brooks pushes the limits of the horror genre with his trademark meticulous research and vision for the next evolution in zombie storytelling. The subdead were always a joke to the aristocratic vampire race. Just a spec on the radar of their immortal lives, nothing worth even a moment's notice in their quest for self-gratification through the veins of their host, the human race. But at last they have been pulled from their ignorance into the reality of the new world order. The human race is facing extinction and should they succumb, so too shall the vampires disappear beneath the waves of rotting walking dead. Now the vampire race has mobilized and formed a grand Army of the Bloodline to combat the growing threat of extinction. But after centuries of ambivalence will they be able to learn how to wage war before it is too late? This volume collects Extinction Parade: War #1-5.
144 pages, Paperback
First published April 7, 2015
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Max Brooks
105 books7,767 followersMax Brooks is The New York Times bestselling author of The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z. He has been called ”the Studs Terkel of zombie journalism.“
Brooks is the son of director Mel Brooks and the late actress Anne Bancroft. He is a 1994 graduate of Pitzer College. His wife, Michelle, is a screenwriter, and the couple have a son, Henry.
Brooks is the son of director Mel Brooks and the late actress Anne Bancroft. He is a 1994 graduate of Pitzer College. His wife, Michelle, is a screenwriter, and the couple have a son, Henry.
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August 24, 2017
What a shame. I know Max Brooks from his excellent World War Z book. So I was excited to see him writing a comic about zombies AND vampires. Well now that I've read it I am no longer excited. But rather I am very disappointed.
Brook's take what could have been a great idea and then writes this banal piece of crap. So here is the gist- the zombies have arisen. But this tide of "sub-dead" (a vampire term for zombies) may wipe out humanity and thus the vampires have come out to fight against the zombies. For some reason Brooks has this set in Malaysia. The vampires are just weird. The first two females vampires we run into are running around punching zombies (the zombies do not detect vampires as they are not alive either). Now apparently the blood inside of zombies is toxic to vampires and touching it can be lethal. So then we have these two female vampires keep wrapping crap around their hands so they can punch zombies. *sigh* So apparently Asian vampires have never heard of gauntlets or even the SpecOps style of assault glove that is relatively common. Not to mention when they run into vampires suing weapons they seemed stunned. That makes them really stupid. It's like vampires are completely brain dead and know nothing about their own country or it's native weapons (from guns to swords).
There is also another vampire who is creating a vampire army to fight the dead. Obviously there is some conflict. Blah blah..normally I dig vampire stories. This one did nothing for me. This might work for some people but by the end I stopped caring and flipped through the rest of the story. Shame-this had some potential but it falls into "could have been" territory. It "could have been good" but instead we got this. 1 star. Avoid unless you are a masochist.
Brook's take what could have been a great idea and then writes this banal piece of crap. So here is the gist- the zombies have arisen. But this tide of "sub-dead" (a vampire term for zombies) may wipe out humanity and thus the vampires have come out to fight against the zombies. For some reason Brooks has this set in Malaysia. The vampires are just weird. The first two females vampires we run into are running around punching zombies (the zombies do not detect vampires as they are not alive either). Now apparently the blood inside of zombies is toxic to vampires and touching it can be lethal. So then we have these two female vampires keep wrapping crap around their hands so they can punch zombies. *sigh* So apparently Asian vampires have never heard of gauntlets or even the SpecOps style of assault glove that is relatively common. Not to mention when they run into vampires suing weapons they seemed stunned. That makes them really stupid. It's like vampires are completely brain dead and know nothing about their own country or it's native weapons (from guns to swords).
There is also another vampire who is creating a vampire army to fight the dead. Obviously there is some conflict. Blah blah..normally I dig vampire stories. This one did nothing for me. This might work for some people but by the end I stopped caring and flipped through the rest of the story. Shame-this had some potential but it falls into "could have been" territory. It "could have been good" but instead we got this. 1 star. Avoid unless you are a masochist.
May 12, 2015
What should have been an entertaining depiction of vampires going to war with zombies with humans caught in the middle, becomes an exceedingly tedious comment on the nature of war by way of vampires "learning" to fight in an ongoing war, and in so doing, unknowingly emulating the development of human conflict.
I was going to write it's hard to believe this came from the author of World War Z, but it actually is entirely feasible. Only imagine he opted to jettison all the entertaining aspects of that narrative, added vampires, and then further emphasised the political commentary.
Even the artwork doesn't save this one, as Raulo Caceres is not someone whose work I overly appreciate.
In short, that's it for me with regard to this series.
1.5 Disappointing Head Dances for The Extinction Parade: War.
I was going to write it's hard to believe this came from the author of World War Z, but it actually is entirely feasible. Only imagine he opted to jettison all the entertaining aspects of that narrative, added vampires, and then further emphasised the political commentary.
Even the artwork doesn't save this one, as Raulo Caceres is not someone whose work I overly appreciate.
In short, that's it for me with regard to this series.
1.5 Disappointing Head Dances for The Extinction Parade: War.
November 9, 2018
A nice different take on the relationship of humans, vampires and zombies. Interesting read. Recommended
September 21, 2020
A nice followup, but it doesn't really build to anything - things are just as f-ed at the end as the beginning.
November 7, 2024
The Extinction Parade: War by Max Brooks, of World War Z and Devolution fame is the 2nd volume of his Extinction Parade graphic novel series. It appears that he has not continued with it after this volume. That's unfortunate.
Vol 2, like Vol 1, is set in Malaysia and follows two vampire females, Laila and her friend (I can't seem to find her name) as they battle the invading zombie hordes. In the first volume, the vampires realized that if the zombies succeed in shutting down mankind, the vampires will no longer have anything to feed off. So they must 'join' the human race in its battle against the zombies. But of course, they are really working with the humans, just emulating them and feeding off of the humans when they need food.
Laila and friend fight a non-stop battle against the hordes. They seem to be coming from China and all the countries around it so the battle seems to go on forever. They are also working mainly on their own and they come to realize that ingesting zombie 'blood' or being cut by zombies can be fatal for them. They try different methods to prevent being cut but nothing seems to work. Gradually they start meeting other vampires who have their own techniques; stomping rather than punching; using swords and knives; guns, etc. But for all of their strength, Laila realizes that not only do they are relying on scraps that they find in human ruins, but they really don't seem to have the will power to fight continuously. At least that the case of those they meet, who fight for a day or so and then wander off when they run out of bullets or their swords break.. Yada yada.
Finally Laila and a group she is with meet up with the army of the bloodline, led by an old friend, Nguyen. They are encouraged by the scope of his organization, a sealed bunker, weapons galore, etc. But they soon realize that what they are seeing are vampire just playing a game. They don't really have the know how to operate the systems or to repair them.
Laila and friend must try to find another way to defeat the zombies....
It's a gruesome, zombie / vampire battle throughout the pages, graphic, bloody (well, whatever zombie fluid is); colored in a dark and foreboding style. It's worth checking out even if it isn't finished. It lets you see more of Max Brooks' imagination and story-telling skill. (3.0 stars)
Vol 2, like Vol 1, is set in Malaysia and follows two vampire females, Laila and her friend (I can't seem to find her name) as they battle the invading zombie hordes. In the first volume, the vampires realized that if the zombies succeed in shutting down mankind, the vampires will no longer have anything to feed off. So they must 'join' the human race in its battle against the zombies. But of course, they are really working with the humans, just emulating them and feeding off of the humans when they need food.
Laila and friend fight a non-stop battle against the hordes. They seem to be coming from China and all the countries around it so the battle seems to go on forever. They are also working mainly on their own and they come to realize that ingesting zombie 'blood' or being cut by zombies can be fatal for them. They try different methods to prevent being cut but nothing seems to work. Gradually they start meeting other vampires who have their own techniques; stomping rather than punching; using swords and knives; guns, etc. But for all of their strength, Laila realizes that not only do they are relying on scraps that they find in human ruins, but they really don't seem to have the will power to fight continuously. At least that the case of those they meet, who fight for a day or so and then wander off when they run out of bullets or their swords break.. Yada yada.
Finally Laila and a group she is with meet up with the army of the bloodline, led by an old friend, Nguyen. They are encouraged by the scope of his organization, a sealed bunker, weapons galore, etc. But they soon realize that what they are seeing are vampire just playing a game. They don't really have the know how to operate the systems or to repair them.
Laila and friend must try to find another way to defeat the zombies....
It's a gruesome, zombie / vampire battle throughout the pages, graphic, bloody (well, whatever zombie fluid is); colored in a dark and foreboding style. It's worth checking out even if it isn't finished. It lets you see more of Max Brooks' imagination and story-telling skill. (3.0 stars)
August 5, 2017
This volume deals more with the Vampire vs. Zombie War, but to me it seemed weaker than the first volume. Not much happens and it really deals more with the internal struggles and weaknesses of the Vampires rather than the war itself. I don't know if we'll ever see the concluding volume, which is too bad.
May 13, 2020
The book ends on a to be continued in Extinction Parade: Endangered, but as so many years have passed I guess this series is another comic that doesn't have a proper end..
There's some really good art in this series but because the inks are so thick it doesn't leave much space between the lines to add colour and shade, it makes the art flat and less 3D had it been done in grey tones.
There's some really good art in this series but because the inks are so thick it doesn't leave much space between the lines to add colour and shade, it makes the art flat and less 3D had it been done in grey tones.
January 23, 2016
un planteo interesante inacabado una pena realmente que no siga
February 15, 2018
The parade continues with the two vampire princesses continue to kill the subdead with their fists until their friend Adila arrives to show them her "skull dancing" routine. They go through various killing methods including blades and eventually guns. They briefly join the Bloodline Army of zombie killing vampires. Highly recommended
January 14, 2023
Such an interesting angle.
February 16, 2017
I'd have given this 5 stars, but I'm not 100% sold on the art style. This issue busted an old trope that I first encountered in "The Highlander". The idea that an immortal gets better and better over time. That would work if they had perfect recall, but otherwise skills rust over time. So I really like the arrogant and useless vampires fumbling their way towards extinction. They have no survival skills, they've never needed them before. I'm looking forward to the next instalment.
January 11, 2017
I was glad to see that some of the vampires finally figured out the consequences of the zombie situation and how they can take action. But they're still pretty stupid. I will only read any follow on issues to discover the outcome.
May 8, 2015
Continuation. Even more violent and bloody. Who would love vampires vs zombies vs humans?
September 12, 2015
A little slow paced in terms of plot, but plenty of fighting & gore!
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