31 days of Horror 2012 Extra 07

The Mammoth Book of Zombies Comics
Edited by David Kendall

Reprinting 18 different zombie comics in black and white,this book is a nice collection of a wide variety of zombie fiction. There is stories written by Steve Niles,Jon Arye,Buddy Scalera,M.Swank,Darko Macan,Oleg Kozyrev,Mark Bloodworth,Stuart Kerr and many other writers. Overall the artwork is pretty good with some stories having amazing artwork.

The real stand outs are "Necrotic:Dead Flesh on a Living Body","Dead Eyes Open","Might of the Living Dead" and a great adaptation of the Robert E. Howard horror classic "Pigeons from Hell". Necrotic is a fun story about an archaeologist that has his friend mummify him when he dies. He comes back to life about 60 years later and tries to live a normal life,but quickly realizes that isn't gonna happen. Dead Eyes Open is a fairly long story about zombies that don't crave human flesh and behave like living humans. Lots of twists and turns in the story that keep it interesting. Might of the living dead is a short comedy piece that helps offset all the grimness and darkness in the other stories. Then there is Pigeons from Hell.I had read the Robert E Howard story many years ago in a collection of short horror fiction. But had forgotten most of it. This adaptation is amazing. The artwork helps capture the mood of the story. If you are into comics and horror this a nice collection to get. The cover price is right at 18 bucks but it is easy to find a used copy for less than half of that. The Mammoth Book of Zombie Comics gets an B+.