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Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection: Field Notes by Dr. Robert Twombly
The year is 2012, and what starts as a pervasive and inexplicable illness ends up as a zombie infestation that devastates the world's population. Taking the form of a biologist's illustrated journal found in the aftermath of the attack, this pulse-pounding, suspenseful tale of zombie apocalypse follows the narrator as he flees from city to countryside and heads north to Canada, wherehe hopesthe undead will be slowed by the colder climate. Encountering scattered humans and scores of the infected along the way, he fills his notebook with graphic drawings of the zombies and careful observations of their behavior, along with terrifying tales of survival. This frightening new contribution to the massively popular zombie resurgence will keep fans on the edge of their seats right up to the very end.
144 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2009
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Don Roff
48 books123 followersDon Roff is the author of over 16 books including–Scary Stories, Zombie Tales, Dragon Adventures, Werewolf Tales, and Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection. His chilling suspense thriller, Snowblind, is soon to be a major film from The Traveling Picture Show Company. He is a former U.S. Army Ranger.
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November 2, 2020
Book 1 of my Zombie-a-thon!
Well that was a thoroughly entertaining short field study! I'm not going to put it under the microscope because it isn't trying to be anything other than a light-hearted piece of zombie literature. I don't know what it says about me that I laughed my head off at the ending though....
Additional Note: Listen to the audiobook first, then follow up with the book as it has sketches etc.
Well that was a thoroughly entertaining short field study! I'm not going to put it under the microscope because it isn't trying to be anything other than a light-hearted piece of zombie literature. I don't know what it says about me that I laughed my head off at the ending though....
Additional Note: Listen to the audiobook first, then follow up with the book as it has sketches etc.
October 30, 2021
This one is filled with brilliant illustrations, the writing is large print so it doesn't take long to read and can be read in one sitting.
It reads like a diary with each couple of pages covering a day.
If you're a zombie-lover like me, this is probably right up your alley.
I really liked it, it was different from anything else I've read.
Quick, easy reading.
It reads like a diary with each couple of pages covering a day.
If you're a zombie-lover like me, this is probably right up your alley.
I really liked it, it was different from anything else I've read.
Quick, easy reading.
November 9, 2017
Over my semi-hiatus from Goodreads and book blogging while I tried to adjust to a crazy new reality in my real-life, I found myself really hard pressed to find time to devote to full novels. After a week or so of struggling to feel like I was keeping pace with larger books, I sought out something I could read in an afternoon and settled on the ever-reliable zombie fare. Always a page turner, right?
I can happily say that this fit the bill and ended up being exactly what I expected. I devoured this in a couple of hours on a rainy Sunday afternoon, which was exactly what I was hoping for from it. Does it add anything new to the genre of zombie-apocalypse horror? Not really. Is it entertaining? Definitely.
This is very much a slower, more introspective take on a zombie apocalypse, as it follows one character's perspective in the initial chaos caused by the outbreak. Roff peppers the story with sketches of characters, and of the zombies that his characters encounter along the way. The book is worth it for the sketches alone, which are quit fun and add a great deal of needed depth.
The trouble with a genre such as zombie horror, which is pretty over-exposed right now, is that there is not much new that can be done with it. Much of this felt like a story I'd already seen a number of times already. I wish it had gotten a tad more inventive with the zombies and with the situations the characters ended up in, but what is there was still entertaining enough for a read from start to the expected numbing finish.
If you're a fan of zombies and of horror, add this one to your list!
★★★ = 3 out of 5 stars!
I can happily say that this fit the bill and ended up being exactly what I expected. I devoured this in a couple of hours on a rainy Sunday afternoon, which was exactly what I was hoping for from it. Does it add anything new to the genre of zombie-apocalypse horror? Not really. Is it entertaining? Definitely.
This is very much a slower, more introspective take on a zombie apocalypse, as it follows one character's perspective in the initial chaos caused by the outbreak. Roff peppers the story with sketches of characters, and of the zombies that his characters encounter along the way. The book is worth it for the sketches alone, which are quit fun and add a great deal of needed depth.
The trouble with a genre such as zombie horror, which is pretty over-exposed right now, is that there is not much new that can be done with it. Much of this felt like a story I'd already seen a number of times already. I wish it had gotten a tad more inventive with the zombies and with the situations the characters ended up in, but what is there was still entertaining enough for a read from start to the expected numbing finish.
If you're a fan of zombies and of horror, add this one to your list!
★★★ = 3 out of 5 stars!
January 21, 2024
I listened to this and I lived the way it was done. It really felt like somone was describing their experiences trough recordings rather in a normal novel format. It was short but very easy to get invested in and I had some emotions at the end. Won't say anymore so I won't spoil.
July 27, 2010
Jenny came home last week with a new zombie book for me. She said she considered it the "me" equivalent of flowers. Isn't that nice? Zombies is crafted as a journal that a scientist/birder keeps during his time trying to survive a food-additive-driven (perhaps) zombie outbreak. He has both narrative and sketches in the book, along with an involving tale. Some thoughts:
* It's a lovely book, with great zombie art and character sketches. The writing is crisp and economical, but tells the story well through short vignettes of survivors the main character encounters. The drawings are pretty great too, especially the portraits of living people.
* The stories ring true -- there are lots of people who survive by happenstance, and the result is that everyone is in mortal peril all the time.
* I like the gimmick of the food-additive zombie menace. This means that anyone can change at any time, especially because they all have to keep eating the food despite its potentially dangerous qualities. At one point, our narrator writes: "It's my birthday today. I'm 33. To celebrate I had a potentially zombifying nutritional bar from my pack (peanut butter chocolate chip) and a bottle of potentially zombifying nutritional water that promises calm focus, energy, and antioxidants (tropical breeze)." As with most zombie texts of the past few years, it's some technological development that shapes the outbreak. This time, it's aspertame (kinda).
* This book features a section on how to kill the zombies as well--it's very hard, apparently, as one particular area of the brain controls the motor function. In other words, it's easy to shoot them in the head and not kill them.
* Toward the end of the comic, we get some sense that the zombies are starting to get smarter. Woe to us all.
Overall, a good read. Especially if you received it as a sign of affection. Ain't bloodthirsty undead cannibal corpses romantic?
* It's a lovely book, with great zombie art and character sketches. The writing is crisp and economical, but tells the story well through short vignettes of survivors the main character encounters. The drawings are pretty great too, especially the portraits of living people.
* The stories ring true -- there are lots of people who survive by happenstance, and the result is that everyone is in mortal peril all the time.
* I like the gimmick of the food-additive zombie menace. This means that anyone can change at any time, especially because they all have to keep eating the food despite its potentially dangerous qualities. At one point, our narrator writes: "It's my birthday today. I'm 33. To celebrate I had a potentially zombifying nutritional bar from my pack (peanut butter chocolate chip) and a bottle of potentially zombifying nutritional water that promises calm focus, energy, and antioxidants (tropical breeze)." As with most zombie texts of the past few years, it's some technological development that shapes the outbreak. This time, it's aspertame (kinda).
* This book features a section on how to kill the zombies as well--it's very hard, apparently, as one particular area of the brain controls the motor function. In other words, it's easy to shoot them in the head and not kill them.
* Toward the end of the comic, we get some sense that the zombies are starting to get smarter. Woe to us all.
Overall, a good read. Especially if you received it as a sign of affection. Ain't bloodthirsty undead cannibal corpses romantic?
October 23, 2009
The story here is nothing much—Roff basically follows the rules of Max Brooks’ zombieverse, with the (admittedly creepy) addition of the infection initially arising from chemically enhanced food. The ending is annoyingly abrupt, especially as it denies the reader any information about how the rest of society survived, despite it being clear from the introduction that it did. The story is like a small zombie aperitif (brains on a cracker?) without any main course.
The art, however, is fantastic. It’s evocative and spooky, with a great use of color; it somehow manages to frequently achieve beauty and grossness with the same image. No small feat! If you are capable of seeing printed text without reading it—I personally lack this skill—I would recommend just flipping through this book and enjoying the pictures. They are by far the best part.
I must brag and admit to getting extra bonus enjoyment from the artwork, however: several of my coworkers are friends with the illustrator, and thus I get to see them grace these pages as zombie hunters or, in one case, zombified. How awesome is that?
The art, however, is fantastic. It’s evocative and spooky, with a great use of color; it somehow manages to frequently achieve beauty and grossness with the same image. No small feat! If you are capable of seeing printed text without reading it—I personally lack this skill—I would recommend just flipping through this book and enjoying the pictures. They are by far the best part.
I must brag and admit to getting extra bonus enjoyment from the artwork, however: several of my coworkers are friends with the illustrator, and thus I get to see them grace these pages as zombie hunters or, in one case, zombified. How awesome is that?
November 26, 2010
Let's face it- while zombies are awesome, they can be a little overdone. Many movies & literature feature the same clichés & stereotypes of zombies, so it's nice that lately there are quite a few books & movies that are breaking the mold, so to speak.
`Zombies' is quite literally, a picture diary about zombies, written by one of the last human survivors- a doctor named Twombly who is "lucky" enough to have been in a relatively well enough stocked office/lab setting to last him a few days. When the food begins to run out, though... he knows that he has to find a way out & find if there are still any living survivors. Illustrating the dead along his journey, he meets a few handfuls of survivors, some who are just like him as well as some who make him just as nervous as the zombies do.
I really enjoyed this book & like others have said, this isn't a book for young children. If you think that your kids would probably like this, I'd recommend reading it first. It's not as graphic as some of the zombie movies out there, but it's pretty graphic for a book. I also have to let you know that `Zombies' is more of a book with drawings in it- much of the novel is Twombly's journal entries narrating his experiences along the way. I also liked that there was a new spin on what caused the zombification- it was both original & believable.
The artwork for this is pretty well done & I liked the sudden shift in narrative in the first two pages (the original purpose of the diary was for bird drawings). My only thing though is that I'd really liked to have known more about some of the characters in the book, like the first van of survivors that Twombly meets. The book is completely from the author's perspective, so I suppose that there's no way of following those characters without breaking that perspective. (I'd really like to learn more about the loner girl- she was my favorite character!)
If you are looking for something eerie to read for Halloween or just to get in the mood for a good scare, check this book out. This one is good enough to buy. Reading this thing gave me the creeps!
(ARC provided by amazon vine)
`Zombies' is quite literally, a picture diary about zombies, written by one of the last human survivors- a doctor named Twombly who is "lucky" enough to have been in a relatively well enough stocked office/lab setting to last him a few days. When the food begins to run out, though... he knows that he has to find a way out & find if there are still any living survivors. Illustrating the dead along his journey, he meets a few handfuls of survivors, some who are just like him as well as some who make him just as nervous as the zombies do.
I really enjoyed this book & like others have said, this isn't a book for young children. If you think that your kids would probably like this, I'd recommend reading it first. It's not as graphic as some of the zombie movies out there, but it's pretty graphic for a book. I also have to let you know that `Zombies' is more of a book with drawings in it- much of the novel is Twombly's journal entries narrating his experiences along the way. I also liked that there was a new spin on what caused the zombification- it was both original & believable.
The artwork for this is pretty well done & I liked the sudden shift in narrative in the first two pages (the original purpose of the diary was for bird drawings). My only thing though is that I'd really liked to have known more about some of the characters in the book, like the first van of survivors that Twombly meets. The book is completely from the author's perspective, so I suppose that there's no way of following those characters without breaking that perspective. (I'd really like to learn more about the loner girl- she was my favorite character!)
If you are looking for something eerie to read for Halloween or just to get in the mood for a good scare, check this book out. This one is good enough to buy. Reading this thing gave me the creeps!
(ARC provided by amazon vine)
November 19, 2009
AWESOME! AWESOME! AWESOME!!! What a great graphic novel by Don Roff. I love the theme of using an "actual running journal with sketches" from a character right in the middle of infection. The illustrations by Chris Lane are the icing on the cake, perfectly depicting the gruesome outbreak.
April 22, 2012
Loved it! I think the idea of tainted food makes the most sense with the Zombie Apocalypse. Also loved the little Canada insert
November 1, 2017
Good short story, some great drawings...perfect for a Halloween read for fans of the Walking Dead and the side mini webisodes.
January 25, 2010
It's a picture book. About zombies.
Okay, maybe picture book is a bit of a stretch. Perhaps graphic novel would be better? The pictures are excellent, though, and vivid and detailed. It's probably not a good idea, though, to read this while eating.
The detailing is spectacular, and I particularly enjoyed the way that Roff (or Twombly, in this case) attempted to put a scientific, medical analysis onto the zombies, or necrotic infection as it's referred to in the book. A struggling explanation is also given for the infection, which I liked, although I'm not sure how genetically modified food would cause an infection, but I suppose it's not meant to be thought about too deeply. After all, the tools for a thorough investigation aren't given.
I understand that Twombly is meant to be dead at the end of the novel, and that's a bit sad. Haha, okay, I'm pathetic. But given the way some people suddenly became zombies without being bitten and how the people in Churchill upset Marty, the dog, I'm thinking that's most likely what happened.
And I still really want to go to Churchill now.
Very well done, A+!
Okay, maybe picture book is a bit of a stretch. Perhaps graphic novel would be better? The pictures are excellent, though, and vivid and detailed. It's probably not a good idea, though, to read this while eating.
The detailing is spectacular, and I particularly enjoyed the way that Roff (or Twombly, in this case) attempted to put a scientific, medical analysis onto the zombies, or necrotic infection as it's referred to in the book. A struggling explanation is also given for the infection, which I liked, although I'm not sure how genetically modified food would cause an infection, but I suppose it's not meant to be thought about too deeply. After all, the tools for a thorough investigation aren't given.
I understand that Twombly is meant to be dead at the end of the novel, and that's a bit sad. Haha, okay, I'm pathetic. But given the way some people suddenly became zombies without being bitten and how the people in Churchill upset Marty, the dog, I'm thinking that's most likely what happened.
And I still really want to go to Churchill now.
Very well done, A+!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 4, 2009
Neat little journal-styled book, with illustrations every other page. Nothing groundbreaking or surprising in the terms of zombie stories, but it has some good artwork and a solid, satisfying story.
Compare to Gnomes.
Compare to Gnomes.
December 20, 2009
Very well written narrative. Great illustrations. An engaging read. I finished it in one sitting.
September 12, 2011
Good. But not as good as Zombie Haiku.
October 19, 2020
Dr. Robert Twombly is a biologist who attempts to deal with the sudden zombie apocalypse by keeping a record of his experiences, in the hope that it might help others. The audiobook is set up like it's his field recording (we're told that he has several boxes of batteries - somehow he manages to lug these around with him wherever he goes). Although Twombly's account is the primary focus, he occasionally finds traveling companions whose stories he also records. This came across more like an audio drama, with occasional background sounds, than an audiobook (based on its Goodreads page, the print version may be a graphic novel?).
We're told at the beginning that the plague did eventually end after a year, but based on Twombly's recordings, whatever was left of humanity probably had a rough time of it. Things got pretty bleak at times.
That said, some of the things I feared would happen didn't. Due to the way the story was being told, there wasn't much "on-page" gore (although there definitely was some). Named characters died, but I never got attached enough to any of them to get all that upset, and all the named characters were adults. Child zombies made a brief appearance, but none had to be killed that I can recall. And I don't recall any pet dogs being killed, although
The revelations about what caused the zombie apocalypse were somewhat annoying and basically boiled down to
Dr. Twombly encountered a lot of different people during his journey, but even the ones he interviewed were pretty bland. This wasn't a bad audiobook, and the acting was generally pretty good, but it's not one I'll want to listen to again.
(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)
We're told at the beginning that the plague did eventually end after a year, but based on Twombly's recordings, whatever was left of humanity probably had a rough time of it. Things got pretty bleak at times.
That said, some of the things I feared would happen didn't. Due to the way the story was being told, there wasn't much "on-page" gore (although there definitely was some). Named characters died, but I never got attached enough to any of them to get all that upset, and all the named characters were adults. Child zombies made a brief appearance, but none had to be killed that I can recall. And I don't recall any pet dogs being killed, although
The revelations about what caused the zombie apocalypse were somewhat annoying and basically boiled down to
Dr. Twombly encountered a lot of different people during his journey, but even the ones he interviewed were pretty bland. This wasn't a bad audiobook, and the acting was generally pretty good, but it's not one I'll want to listen to again.
(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)
November 4, 2019
Great, if gruesome, illustrations. High level of tension . . . quite appropriate for a zombie survivor journal.
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October 31, 2009 The book I read was kind of an underground book. It is called Zombies, The Year of Infection, by Dr. Robert Twombly a.ka. Don Roff. This was a different type of a novel, instead of being a big story, it was a bunch of field notes about the end of the world with zombies destroying everyone and taking over. It was based in 2012; it was about a two month period of time. It was following the story of a doctor whose hospital got overrun by zombies and he had to flee in order to survive. He meets quite a lot of people during his migration through the wasteland he once knew as his planet.
This book I would recommend to horror, and gore freaks. Anyone with a weak stomach would not like this book. It is filled with bone chilling gore. It’s all in the name, Zombies, that just screams gore-fest. During this book the narrator puts graphic drawings of the infected.
The part that kept me reading this book was the gore. It just wouldn’t stop. Every time I would think it’s done, there would just be more. And it got worse and worse; I loved it.
I could predict the ending of the book. It was pretty obvious what was going to happen, there is a lot of foreshadowing in this book, which I didn’t care for so much. I like to have mystery as well as gore.
The part that captivated my attention was when my favorite character, Ian, knocked a zombies head off with his bass, which is the reason he is my favorite character. He was a member of a metal band and they were on tour when the infection happened and their going around killing them.
This book had one emotion in it and that was death. That’s all you would think of when you read it. 2012 seems a lot creepier after reading this book. That would most likely not happen though.
My least favorite character was probably the main one. He was such a pansy, the whole time I thought he was a girl until the end when he mentioned his ex-girlfriend. All he did was complain about world peace.
The author wrote this book to make a good story and have something fun to read. It doesn’t really have a lesson to learn unless your learning about zombies.
This book I would recommend to horror, and gore freaks. Anyone with a weak stomach would not like this book. It is filled with bone chilling gore. It’s all in the name, Zombies, that just screams gore-fest. During this book the narrator puts graphic drawings of the infected.
The part that kept me reading this book was the gore. It just wouldn’t stop. Every time I would think it’s done, there would just be more. And it got worse and worse; I loved it.
I could predict the ending of the book. It was pretty obvious what was going to happen, there is a lot of foreshadowing in this book, which I didn’t care for so much. I like to have mystery as well as gore.
The part that captivated my attention was when my favorite character, Ian, knocked a zombies head off with his bass, which is the reason he is my favorite character. He was a member of a metal band and they were on tour when the infection happened and their going around killing them.
This book had one emotion in it and that was death. That’s all you would think of when you read it. 2012 seems a lot creepier after reading this book. That would most likely not happen though.
My least favorite character was probably the main one. He was such a pansy, the whole time I thought he was a girl until the end when he mentioned his ex-girlfriend. All he did was complain about world peace.
The author wrote this book to make a good story and have something fun to read. It doesn’t really have a lesson to learn unless your learning about zombies.
October 26, 2009
It's hard to imagine anyone picking up this book who isn't aware of the massive resurgence of zombies across pop culture the last few years. From film (28 Days Later, Shaun of the Dead, Zombieland, etc.). to fiction (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, HIstory is Dead), to mock non-fiction (Zombie Survival Guide, World War Z), to comics (The Walking Dead, etc.) to video games (Zombie Apocalypse, etc.), zombies have become an unavoidable cross-platform genre. It seems like the only thing holding zombies back from the mainstream success enjoyed by vampires is their total lack of sexiness.
In any event, this faux-journal of a year-long zombie "epidemic" is a perfectly nice addition to the ever-expanding zombie canon. The journal is the birdwatching journal/sketchbook of a doctor, who turns it into a journal of an epidemic, complete with gruesome watercolor and ink renderings of zombie anatomy. (The doctor is named Twombly, which is probably a nod to contemporary abstract painter Cy Twombly, some of whose work features ink and paint splashes that might have influenced the art here.) It's not really a graphic novel in the traditional sense, it's an illustrated diary, with each spread covering a day, and is the perfect length to be read in one sitting.
The story hits all the zombie genre marks -- survivors are holed up, their numbers drop, the hero has to make his escape. Then he keeps on the move, trying to find somewhere safe and link up with other survivors, all while trying to figure out what caused the epidemic and trying to figure out. He meets the usual cast of colorful folks, gets through some close calls, sees fellow survivors suddenly turn violent, etc. In the end there's nothing particularly noteworthy about this book other than its format and Chris Lane's art. So, if you're a zombie-lover, this is probably right up your alley, and if you're not, there's no reason to pick it up.
In any event, this faux-journal of a year-long zombie "epidemic" is a perfectly nice addition to the ever-expanding zombie canon. The journal is the birdwatching journal/sketchbook of a doctor, who turns it into a journal of an epidemic, complete with gruesome watercolor and ink renderings of zombie anatomy. (The doctor is named Twombly, which is probably a nod to contemporary abstract painter Cy Twombly, some of whose work features ink and paint splashes that might have influenced the art here.) It's not really a graphic novel in the traditional sense, it's an illustrated diary, with each spread covering a day, and is the perfect length to be read in one sitting.
The story hits all the zombie genre marks -- survivors are holed up, their numbers drop, the hero has to make his escape. Then he keeps on the move, trying to find somewhere safe and link up with other survivors, all while trying to figure out what caused the epidemic and trying to figure out. He meets the usual cast of colorful folks, gets through some close calls, sees fellow survivors suddenly turn violent, etc. In the end there's nothing particularly noteworthy about this book other than its format and Chris Lane's art. So, if you're a zombie-lover, this is probably right up your alley, and if you're not, there's no reason to pick it up.
March 23, 2011
I actually enjoy reading Zombies. I thought the pictures were really well done. Whoever drew them knew what they were doing. Just think about it. There are zombies everywhere. There are zombies outside the door, and you still have the concentration to draw these pictures! Mine would've looked like a toddler drew them! On second thought, I wouldn't have been drawing at all. I'd have probably been in a corner crying.
Zombies (the book, not the people group) helped me to realize that as much as I love zombie books (I could read about them all day long), I really don't want to actually see them! It's full of pictures, but it's certainly not for kids. My mental pictures of them are pretty tame! The ones in the book were just so well done, I didn't know what to do! Of course, it didn't help that they didn't fit into my idea of the perfect zombie - you know, slow and bumbling and easy to kill by messing with the brain. In this book, you had to bludgeon them to death! Where's the fun in that? It's all work, and it's just setting you up to be killed. Boohoohoo. Not my ideal story!
I liked seeing how the timeline progressed for Dr. Twombly. Though, I did wonder why they felt the need to continue to migrate. I am sure if they didn't behave like a really bad horror movie, things would've worked out better for them.
It's written diary style, so all it is from Twombly's perspective. We do get to meet other survivors along the way, and we get to hear their stories. Nothing too in depth, but still good.
This was a fast read. It was short because the diary entries could be short at times, and the pictures took up a lot of pages. It was still a good read if you want to read about zombies just to past the time. I almost wish there were more entries in the book. Or, maybe even journal entries from other characters at different times throughout the zombie invasion.
Overall, good and fast read – I'm glad I read it!
Zombies (the book, not the people group) helped me to realize that as much as I love zombie books (I could read about them all day long), I really don't want to actually see them! It's full of pictures, but it's certainly not for kids. My mental pictures of them are pretty tame! The ones in the book were just so well done, I didn't know what to do! Of course, it didn't help that they didn't fit into my idea of the perfect zombie - you know, slow and bumbling and easy to kill by messing with the brain. In this book, you had to bludgeon them to death! Where's the fun in that? It's all work, and it's just setting you up to be killed. Boohoohoo. Not my ideal story!
I liked seeing how the timeline progressed for Dr. Twombly. Though, I did wonder why they felt the need to continue to migrate. I am sure if they didn't behave like a really bad horror movie, things would've worked out better for them.
It's written diary style, so all it is from Twombly's perspective. We do get to meet other survivors along the way, and we get to hear their stories. Nothing too in depth, but still good.
This was a fast read. It was short because the diary entries could be short at times, and the pictures took up a lot of pages. It was still a good read if you want to read about zombies just to past the time. I almost wish there were more entries in the book. Or, maybe even journal entries from other characters at different times throughout the zombie invasion.
Overall, good and fast read – I'm glad I read it!
December 16, 2012
Okay, so I actually had never heard of this before and picked it up at random, because, hey, I love zombie stories. Anyway, turns out that this is actually an audiobook of a graphic novel. If your first reaction to that is "lol whut" then we're totally on the same page. I really never would have thought that a graphic novel would convert so well to a picture-less format, but they did a wonderful job with this, considering that I didn't figure that out until later.
There is so much zombie stuff out there, it's true. While I don't know that there's anything especially original about Zombies, at least in the audio version, I did very much enjoy it. If you like to read zombie tales, there's really no excuse to not read this, since even on audio it takes less than two hours. Oh, short audiobook, I finished you in a day and I feel so accomplished.
I'm really not going to go into the plot much, because it's the pretty basic zombie outbreak business, following one guy in his efforts to survive. What I want to talk about specifically is why I loved the audio. Stephen R. Thorne, the narrator, sounds exactly like Chris Traeger, Rob Lowe's character on the show Parks and Recreation. Seriously, even his intonation and the way he pronounces certain words are Chris all the way. So, naturally, I pictured Robert Twombly as Chris Traeger. Here are some gifs to illustrate what this would be like.
Zombies attack:
Reaction to the zombie apocalypse:
Excuse my silliness, but, seriously, I had a lot of fun with Zombies. I'd actually really love to check out the graphic novel version too, because I love graphic novels and it could be rather different.
There is so much zombie stuff out there, it's true. While I don't know that there's anything especially original about Zombies, at least in the audio version, I did very much enjoy it. If you like to read zombie tales, there's really no excuse to not read this, since even on audio it takes less than two hours. Oh, short audiobook, I finished you in a day and I feel so accomplished.
I'm really not going to go into the plot much, because it's the pretty basic zombie outbreak business, following one guy in his efforts to survive. What I want to talk about specifically is why I loved the audio. Stephen R. Thorne, the narrator, sounds exactly like Chris Traeger, Rob Lowe's character on the show Parks and Recreation. Seriously, even his intonation and the way he pronounces certain words are Chris all the way. So, naturally, I pictured Robert Twombly as Chris Traeger. Here are some gifs to illustrate what this would be like.
Zombies attack:
Reaction to the zombie apocalypse:
Excuse my silliness, but, seriously, I had a lot of fun with Zombies. I'd actually really love to check out the graphic novel version too, because I love graphic novels and it could be rather different.
January 12, 2010
It's true . . . look at any other work of Zombie-ness in pop culture, and this will look like a blatant rip-off. The zombies are seen mindlessly returning to shoping centers (Dawn of the Dead), an evil corporation accidentally set of the pandemic (Resident Evil), even the road trip aspect was seen in last year's Zombieland, there's also a little World War Z thrown into the mix. It isn't filled with new, creative, or clever ideas.
However, Don Roff and artist Chris Lane, make the infection and journal realistic. They also pack it full with beautiful, and graphic, artwork to detail the journey of Dr. Robert Twombly.
It's not the greatest Zombie work of art out there, but it should be somewhat satisfying to fans of the walking dead.
However, Don Roff and artist Chris Lane, make the infection and journal realistic. They also pack it full with beautiful, and graphic, artwork to detail the journey of Dr. Robert Twombly.
It's not the greatest Zombie work of art out there, but it should be somewhat satisfying to fans of the walking dead.
January 16, 2010
Although this book lacks any imagination, and stays true to the scenarios we have had tattooed on our brains for the last several decades; I kept on reading. This book isn't about modifying our perception of the fantasy Zombie world we have grown to love, it is about a normal man trying to survive the end of the world. There are no super human survivors who can do triple back flips and throw knives. He is just a guy; not much different from myself, trying to out run Zombies, and he happened to keep a journal. His journal, along with the beautiful sketches to go along with it leave me no choice but to recommend this book for other humans who are interested in a day in the life of a regular guy trying to survive the plague.
May 29, 2013
this book defines ZOMBIE.It is great but if you dont like horor movies like saw or other such movies this isnt for you. as if you were right next to the narater the whole time the way he describes stuff is just implausible like a few pages into the book and he breaks a hydrochloric acid bottle of his zombified friend and describes how the head and brains melt away as the acid eats at it. the realism in this book and the makeshift every thing is pure perfect.
December 11, 2009
I've never really been one for zombie stories, but A Record of the Year of Infection was well put together; a solid story combined with killer illustrations. Whether or not you're a sci fi/fantasy/horror geek or not, there's a good chance you'll enjoy the ride.
February 8, 2010
I loved this book. The illustrations were amazing. The story was pretty much like every other Zombie book out there, but I still loved it anyway.
January 7, 2010
LOVED this book. The handwriting and sketchings were top notch. Only wish there'd been more. Subtle humor throughout. Fabulous.
March 26, 2010
great illustrations!
August 26, 2010
If you love some F*cking Zombies and I'm sure you do, you'll enjoy this little piece with totally awesome illustrations! super cool!
September 12, 2010
Best coffee table book ever and set in Bellingham!
June 6, 2011
written like it really happened, I always love convincing zombie tales. Loved It!!!!
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