Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:08 pm
Written and drawn by the Luna Brothers.
This is a four volume set.
Girls is an interesting take on the "end of the world" and "zombie" genres. A small town in the U.S. is turned upside down when a large object lands in a local cornfield. Soon after, a man finds a lone naked and very beautiful woman on a deserted road in the middle of the night. He takes her to his house so he can protect her from whatever happened to her and contact the authorities, but while there one thing leads to another and hilarity ensues.
Now, cut off from the rest of the world, the citizens of Pennysville have to learn to work together to survive. Easier said than done.
This is one of the best zombie stories I've ever read, despite there being no zombies. At their core, zombie stories are really about the human beings trying to survive and their interactions with one another. Well, the story told her ranks up there with "World War Z" and "The Walking Dead". Not as good as those, but it definitely doesn't shy away from showing humans at their most vulnerable and, in a nice contrast, brutal moments.
The "zombies" here, the girls, are also quite interesting. They're not your basic shamblers trying to find fresh brains. Instead they have a very specific mission and are brutal in trying to accomplish it. They're more like worker bees running off here or there accomplishing their tasks, rather than single minded ants marching through a jungle, which is more "zombie-like".
Overall, the storyline flows well and none of the characters betray their behavior. These people act as stupid and as brave as you would expect. There are a lot of really well done sub-plots involving various characters that should resonate with a lot of the readers. It seems like every subset of our own culture is represented. The characters are very real in the different ways that they view their situation.
I only have a few complaints in terms of the story. One is that sometimes the blood flows too quickly leaving you trying to remember who the players are and what their death means. The end also seems to come rather quickly compared to the way the rest of the story plays out very slowly.
This is highly recommended reading for fans of the genres I talked about previously. It's a very entertaining story that could make a pretty good film. Although, I'm not sure how they'd handle all the naked women running around everywhere...
This is a four volume set.
Girls is an interesting take on the "end of the world" and "zombie" genres. A small town in the U.S. is turned upside down when a large object lands in a local cornfield. Soon after, a man finds a lone naked and very beautiful woman on a deserted road in the middle of the night. He takes her to his house so he can protect her from whatever happened to her and contact the authorities, but while there one thing leads to another and hilarity ensues.
Now, cut off from the rest of the world, the citizens of Pennysville have to learn to work together to survive. Easier said than done.
This is one of the best zombie stories I've ever read, despite there being no zombies. At their core, zombie stories are really about the human beings trying to survive and their interactions with one another. Well, the story told her ranks up there with "World War Z" and "The Walking Dead". Not as good as those, but it definitely doesn't shy away from showing humans at their most vulnerable and, in a nice contrast, brutal moments.
The "zombies" here, the girls, are also quite interesting. They're not your basic shamblers trying to find fresh brains. Instead they have a very specific mission and are brutal in trying to accomplish it. They're more like worker bees running off here or there accomplishing their tasks, rather than single minded ants marching through a jungle, which is more "zombie-like".
Overall, the storyline flows well and none of the characters betray their behavior. These people act as stupid and as brave as you would expect. There are a lot of really well done sub-plots involving various characters that should resonate with a lot of the readers. It seems like every subset of our own culture is represented. The characters are very real in the different ways that they view their situation.
I only have a few complaints in terms of the story. One is that sometimes the blood flows too quickly leaving you trying to remember who the players are and what their death means. The end also seems to come rather quickly compared to the way the rest of the story plays out very slowly.
This is highly recommended reading for fans of the genres I talked about previously. It's a very entertaining story that could make a pretty good film. Although, I'm not sure how they'd handle all the naked women running around everywhere...