Zombie Tales: Oblivion

Zombie Tales #2

by Joe R. Lansdale

Collects the best-selling zombie anthology, featuring material written by Mark Waid and Keith Giffen, among others, and art by Fallen Angel's J.K. Woodward, Painkiller Jane's Lee Moder, and many other talented artists! Original. 10,000 first printing.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Zombies, Comics, Horror, Fantasy, Graphic Novels Comics

112 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2008

About the author

Champion Mojo Storyteller Joe R. Lansdale is the author of over forty novels and numerous short stories. His work has appeared in national anthologies, magazines, and collections, as well as numerous foreign publications. He has written for comics, television, film, newspapers, and Internet sites. His work has been collected in more than two dozen short-story collections, and he has edited or co-edited over a dozen anthologies. He has received the Edgar Award, eight Bram Stoker Awards, the Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Grinzani Cavour Prize for Literature, the Herodotus Historical Fiction Award, the Inkpot Award for Contributions to Science Fiction and Fantasy, and many others. His novella Bubba Ho-Tep was adapted to film by Don Coscarelli, starring Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis. His story "Incident On and Off a Mountain Road" was adapted to film for Showtime's "Masters of Horror," and he adapted his short story "Christmas with the Dead" to film hisownself. The film adaptation of his novel Cold in July was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, and the Sundance Channel has adapted his Hap & Leonard novels for television.

He is currently co-producing several films, among them The Bottoms, based on his Edgar Award-winning novel, with Bill Paxton and Brad Wyman, and The Drive-In, with Greg Nicotero. He is Writer In Residence at Stephen F. Austin State University, and is the founder of the martial arts system Shen Chuan: Martial Science and its affiliate, Shen Chuan Family System. He is a member of both the United States and International Martial Arts Halls of Fame. He lives in Nacogdoches, Texas with his wife, dog, and two cats.

Reviews

[Edward Taylor]

A good and quick read of several short zombie comics that boasts some really good writers like Joe R. Lansdale "The War at Home" and William Messner-Loebs "5 Stars" both of which are awesome at both ends of the spectrum. Kim Krizan put together a very dark story called "Spring 2061" where the zed's have won the war against humanity with more than dire consequences.

[Matty]

The last story was alright but overall no depth or anything not seen before.

[Mike]

Reminds me of what I'd like SNL to be someday again: smart enough to end the skit/story when the idea has run it's course. Some are still more fun or interesting than others, but at least there's enough variety to keep a good zombie man suitably entertained.

My favourite stories are Krizan/Reed (zombies for the ethical treatment of humans), Kesel/Reed (lone hard-drinking zombie killer chick) and the Zaambi epic (Morgans et. al.).

[Earline]

a great compilation of a wide variety of zombie comics. Everything from zombie-killing samurai to Zombies for the Ethical Treatment of Humans. My favorites would have to be:

"War At Home" by: Joe R. Lansdale, Eduardo Barreto
"Last Call In Devil's Bend" by: Karl Kesel, Jon Reed
"5 Stars" by: William Messner-Loebs, Jon Reed
"Zaambi" by: Terry Morgan, Chris Morgan

[Connie]

Was surprised to be so engrossed in this. Short stories all about some future where zombies have a role in society. There are messages about vegetarianism, our health care system, and just some good old fashioned conspiracy theory. Gruesome and gory, but fun.

[Keith]

Having quite enjoyed the first volume, it was good to see that the quality was maintained here as well. The concluding tale in particular was eerie and memorable. Zombie lovers should find this a treat.

[Elizabeth]

A fun set of zombie short stories that I checked out for Halloween and didn't get to until November. I think that my favorite was the one with the vampire.

[David Corleto-Bales]

A fast and exciting read, with Zombies being the main focus of this graphic novel, with a few humorous ones thrown in and one from Japan.

[Dan]

Stories were much too short, and I didn't like that some were split into parts. Expected so much more from this book.