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IZombie #24 – Review

Posted on April 9, 2012 by dfstell

By: Chris Roberson (writer), Jim Rugg (art), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: A background for Agent Kennedy of the Dead Presidents. Review: This is an issue that suffers a little bit because of the news that the series is ending at issue #28.  We have a [...]

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IZombie #22 – Review

Posted on February 7, 2012 by dfstell

By: Chris Roberson (writer), Michael Allred (artist), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor), & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: The big threat is beginning to show itself.  What impact will this have on our main characters? Five Things:  1. Interesting plot development for Gwyn. – Even though I Zombie has an [...]

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IZombie #21 – Review

Posted on January 7, 2012 by dfstell

By: Chris Roberson (writer), J. Bone (guest artist), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: Gwyn the zombie gets hooked up with the Dead Presidents and Galatea’s plans start to make more sense. Four Things:  1. Nifty guest art by J. Bone. – Whoah! Wasn’t expecting [...]

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IZombie #20 – Review

Posted on December 14, 2011 by dfstell

By: Chris Roberson (writer), Michael Allred (artist), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Gregory Bond (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: With the feds on site looking for leftover zombies from the big outbreak, how’s a girl supposed to get a brain to eat? Five Things:  1. A new direction for the series. [...]

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IZombie #19 – Review

Posted on November 24, 2011 by dfstell

By: Chris Roberson (writer), Michael Allred (art), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: In the aftermath of the zombie outbreak, our main characters take time to regroup…..or hide. Five Things:  1. Nice settling point for the series.  We always make a big deal of “jumping [...]

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IZombie #18 – Review

Posted on October 9, 2011 by dfstell

By: Chris Roberson (writer), Jay Stephens (guest artist), Laura Allred (colors), Michael Allred (inks on a few pages), Todd Klein (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: The back-story of Diogenes, the monster hunter from the Fossor Corporation. What’s Good: This is a very clean and streamlined story.  IZombie is an [...]

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I Zombie #16 – Review

Posted on August 7, 2011 by dfstell

By: Chris Roberson (writer), Michael Allred (artist), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: Many plot points crash into one another as the zombie outbreak afflicting Eugene, Oregon comes to a climax. What’s Good: Honestly, the best thing about this comic (and series) is the artwork. [...]

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I Zombie #15 – Review

Posted on July 10, 2011 by dfstell

By: Chris Roberson (writer), Michael Allred (art), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: A cute zombie & her monster-hunter boyfriend take on a hoard of shambling zombies. What’s Good: This is a pretty standard issue of I Zombie.  If you’re invested in and enjoy the [...]

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IZombie #13 – Review

Posted on May 8, 2011 by dfstell

By: Chris Roberson (writer), Michael Allred (art), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: After spending the first dozen issues mostly sorting out who these freaky characters are, it seems that we are embarking on our first mission-based story arc having to do with the evil [...]

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I Zombie #12 – Review

Posted on April 10, 2011 by dfstell

By: Chris Roberson (writer), Gilbert Hernandez (art), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Review: Anyone who has followed my reviews of this series knows that I’m a serious fan of Mike Allred’s art, so when I first flipped this issue open, I said, “Hey!  This isn’t [...]

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I, Zombie #11 – Review

Posted on March 13, 2011 by dfstell

By: Chris Roberson (writer), Michael Allred (art), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: Kinda a wrapping up story as many loose ends are secured. What’s Good: Roberson and Allred have done a yeoman’s job of world building over the first eleven issues of I, Zombie. [...]

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I, Zombie #10 – Review

Posted on February 8, 2011 by dfstell

By: Chris Roberson (writer), Michael Allred (art), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: Gwyn has to talk to someone from her pre-zombie life in order to calm the voices in her head. What’s Good: Many of the conceptual things in this issue are very strong and have been strong throughout [...]

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I, Zombie #9 – Review

Posted on January 8, 2011 by dfstell

By: Chris Roberson (writer), Michael Allred (art), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: Gwyn goes out on a date with a monster hunter. What’s Good: At its core, this comic has a ton of potential as just a human relationship type of comic.  Sure the main character is a [...]

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Dean’s Drive-by Reviews

Posted on December 7, 2010 by dfstell

My pull list is way too long (even after a fairly vigorous pruning recently), so just about every week I read a few comics that don’t get the full review treatment from us here at WCBR.  But, it still seems fair to give the comic a quick thumbs up/thumbs down… Iron Man – Thor #2 [...]

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Dean’s Drive-by Reviews

Posted on November 9, 2010 by dfstell

My pull list is way too long, so every week there are at least a few comics that I read that didn’t get a feature review from me or my colleagues here at WCBR.  Nonetheless, they deserve some kudos (or a warning sign) as a service to our loyal readers. Strange Tales II #2 – [...]

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I, Zombie #6 – Review

Posted on October 9, 2010 by dfstell

By: Chris Roberson (writer), Michael Allred (art), Laura Allred (colors) & Todd Klein (letters) The Story: Now that we know where zombies, vampires & ghosts come from, what about were-terriers? What’s Good: Roberson has a pretty complex story to tell and has to deal with the challenge of establishing all of the expansive groundwork for [...]

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iZombie #4 – Review

Posted on August 8, 2010 by paladinking

by Chris Roberson (writer), Mike Allred (art), Laura Allred (colors), and Todd Klein (letters) The Story: Gwen gets to know Amon, who explains the existence of monsters, while Horatio fights Claire the vampire. What’s Good: After three issues of relaxed storytelling, it’s nice to see iZombie really lay down some big ideas.  Readers impatient with [...]

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iZombie #3 – Review

Posted on July 11, 2010 by paladinking

by Chris Roberson (writer), Michael Allred (art), Laura Allred (colors), and Todd Klein (letters) The Story: The hunters continue their vampire-chase with Horatio meeting Gwen in the process, someone discovers Scott’s secret, and Gwen meets the mummy. What’s Good: Without a doubt, the best thing about iZombie, this issue included, is Michael Allred’s art.  It [...]

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iZombie #2 – Review

Posted on June 5, 2010 by paladinking

by Chris Roberson (writer), Mike Allred (art), Laura Allred (colors), and Todd Klein (letters) The Story: Gwen closes in on the murderer while one of the vampire paintballers gets a little too murderous. What’s Good: This is a big improvement from last month’s issue that assuages most of my concerns regarding this series.  One of [...]

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