Zombie Command

The Zombie Comic is a web comic by Matt Lee, started back in April and infrequently updated since. Of course that can be forgiven when you’re a student that also works.

Recently though Matt has been dedicating more time to the site and producing work like the image above.

If you’d like to support him you can also make a donation and in return you’ll get anything from a signed print to a zombified picture of yourself.

You can see examples of the zombification process on the blog or check out the picture of ZC Barry posted yesterday. You can also follow him on Twitter.

Much like Zombie Iron Man Riding A Giant Ealge before it, comic book covers featuring zombies are awesome.

This one features Triple H, The Undertaker (appropriately) and John Cena wrestling zombies (oh and some of them are also demon leopard men). I don’t know why and frankly I don’t care (but I’m led to believe the comics feature Wrestlemania set against historical (ly inaccurate) settings).

’nuff said.

As reported way-y-y back when Zombie Command started (May 19th, so not really that long ago), Boom Studios are releasing the continued adventures of Selena from 28 Days Later next Wednesday.

Set between 28 Days and 28 Weeks, the comics will focus on what happened to Selena after 28 Days Later and it’s safe to assume that it wasn’t that she lived happily ever after.

Check out the first couple of pages on Flickr below.

Robert Kikman’s The Walking Dead could (and it’s not yet final, though it is looking good) be coming to a small screen near you soon.

Frank Darabont, Director and Producer of 2007’s The Mist among other things, is in the very late stages of talks to bring The Walking Dead to TV. Gale Anne Hurd, who has some pretty mediocre movies to her name but will always be forgive for producing Tremors (and T2), and David Alpert (never heard of him, enlighten me in the comments as I’m too lazy to go to IMDb) are also on board as Executive Producers.

Now, if you don’t know why this is exciting I suggest you immediately educate yourselves and join us in a happy dance.

The story centres on a rotating cast of characters (read: zombies kill people, also, spoilers) and a fairly realistic depection of surviving in a post apocalyptic zombie infested world. As you can imagine this comic is bread and butter around Zombie Command HQ.

With talks of Jericho maybe coming back to the screens and this on the cards next year looks like a great year for post-apocalyptic TV.

Shamus Young, from The Escapist’s Stolen Pixels, wrapped up his Left 4 Dumb today after 21 strips of humerous observations revolving around Left 4 Dead.

His latest blog post reveals some of the frustrations faced when creating a comic where the characters weren’t available for in game screen captures and what he would have done if given the opportunity.

Left 4 Dumb captured some of the quintessential flaws in the writing and level design of Left 4 Dead and expressed them in a comic manner so that even those who haven’t played the game would get why they were funny.

If you’ve not read them I recommend that you go back through a few starting here. I’ll leave you with one of my favourites.

Anybody else super excited about Max Brooks’ new zombie survival guide?

While some of the science may have been a bit flawed in the original, the stories of encounters at the end and his World War Z were great reads. Now he’s taking new stories and turning them into a graphic novel, although how graphic remains to be seen.

Man has battled the undead for millenia. In The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks bestselling author and “Studs Terkel of zombie journalism,” Max Brooks provides the lessons that history has taught us about zombie outbreaks. This is not a list of all zombie attacks throughout history, but a chronicling of the most famous outbreaks, gruesomely illustrated in graphic novel form.

From our descendants on the African savannahs to the legions of ancient Rome to the voyages of Francis Drake to the ill-advised experiments of the Soviet army, The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attack, takes the reader on a journey across many anni horribilis and hauntingly reminds us how close the living dead have come to destroying humanity.

Recorded Attacks on YouTube have a few pages for you to feast your uninfected eyes on to get a feel for what the book will be like.

The Zombie Hunters is  brilliant web comic, especially popular with the teen crowd and is now taking pre-orders for it’s first print run.

Follow this team of zombie hunters as they go though life as survivors of the undead outbreak, earning their keep by collecting salvage, gladly trading the freedom of the wastes for the safety of the Argus Research Campus.

The author and artist, Jenny Romanchuk, gets 1 or 2 pages done a week and is currently almost up to the 200 page mark. All this in addition to in depth character/zombie art and backgrounds, providing an incredibly rich reference world.

Pre-orders for the book will contain chapters 1-4 (with many early comics including updated art) as well as concept art, character analysis and other exclusive information and all this for just $25!

For the real fans you can order a $35 edition which also comes with a unique hand drawn sketch by Jenny, which is well worth the extra $10 if you ask me.

All pre-orders receive a signed edition of the book but if you just want to read the great story then they’re all available online now.

Boom Studios have put up their July release schedule and sees 2 new zombie comics released and the #2 issue of Dead Run.

First up is their run of 28 Days Later with 3 different covers.

Alex Garland, screenwriter of 28 DAYS LATER, lays out a story connecting the film 28 DAYS LATER to its sequel 28 WEEKS LATER in a new ongoing series! Focusing on Selena, on of the three survivors of the first film, as she embarks on an epic journey of Selena’s return to Great Britain!

Next sees the anticipated release of Zombie Tales 2061.

The living dead walk among us! Zombies have taken over the planet! Humans only exist as novelty attractions…or worse. But today is the day of revolution and soon the tide will turn on undead supremacy! Academy Award-nominated writer Kim Krizan (BEFORE SUNRISE, BEFORE SUNSET) presents a zombie epic like no other! Ripped from the pages of the critically acclaimed Zombie Tales anthology! Collected in one volume for the first time!

And finally issue 2 of Dead Run.

“All Speed. No Limits.” The end isn’t near… it’s here. America has become a wasteland, leaving the few cities that remain transformed into impenetrable fortresses. NICK MASTERS a driver, the best there is. If you need something picked-up, delivered, or disposed of, Nick’s your man. But when he fails to deliver… all hell breaks loose. Part two of the epic saga that redefines the science fiction action genre. From the writer of HEXED and FALL OF CTHULHU, Michael Alan Nelson, collaborating for the first time with EUREKA creator Andrew Cosby!

Check out the rest of Boom Studio’s releases in July here.

Zombies as good guys? What is the world coming to? Next thing it’ll be cats lying with dogs and all sorts!

Zeke Deadwood is a zombie law enforcer in the old west. I’m not sure what I make of it yet but read the synopsis below and watch the video to draw your own conclusions or click the link at the end to be taken to a 10 page preview.

Whenever innocent blood is spilled upon the sand of the american west, a foul wind blows in across the frontier! Fear not! For that fould stench belongs to ZEKE DEADWOOD: ZOMBIE LAWMAN. Created, drawn and co-written by award nominated artist Thomas Boatwright with Ryan Rubio (creators of Cemetery Blues) comes a classic western tale of Saturday matinee action with a healthy dose of B-movie horror. ZEKE DEADWOOD tells the story of a lone zombie out to clean up a small western town from a villianous band of outlaws. Can Zeke stop thier drunken rampage of terror? Will the townsfolk even let themselves be saved by the undead? Find out this summer as Zeke Deadwood rides into a comic shop near you!

Zeke Deadwood - preview.