A hugely enjoyable and engagingly fresh take on zombies. A smart idea that is executed with confident skill and detail. A widower has his son involved in a fatal accident and somehow restores him. This attracts the attention of some very unpleasant people who are very interested in this talent. Leveraging grief and fear for his son they draw the father into their plans.
N.S. Paul has taken a different route into a zombie story and it creates a different atmosphere and set of story possibilities that are very enticing. A man who has lost his wife to death and may or may not have lost his son is already out of his depth in his own life, when he becomes entangled with someone who has plans for those who have been resurrected the depth increase as does the surrounding darkness and malice. The story sets up everything with deft economy and wonderful confidence. The reader can relax into the story as it unwinds in unexpected and engaging ways.
R. Donald’s art is a pleasure to read and brings the story forward on every level. The use of panels to control the story is superb, the pacing and flow of the story is carefully managed and the emotional tones are brought to the fore with subtle force. The cast are expressive with out ever overacting, the body language and their faces reveal them naturally and with impact. The colours are suitably subdued and used with stunning effect to create the compositions and give depth and detail to the art.
This is a great comic, all the elements work with each other to deliver the story and bring the reader into it, a great comic and a great story. The possibilities have been set up and I greatly look forward to seeing how they are embraced by the creative team.
