Well this thing just fucking rocks. I mean I had high expectations but god-DAMN,
Zombies Calling doesn't do a single thing wrong. It's sweet undead comic awesomehood from chimpan-A to chimpan-Zombie. Now, milieu probably counts for something:
I defy you to find a better place to read a zombie comic from SLG than under the morbid neon glare of laundromat lights, when it's November Rainin' outside and you've got hot chocolate.
You are thus defied. Anyways it's a slight little thing, I got through the whole thing after the hoodies went in but before the sheets came out, but I loved the thing straight down to its dyed-pink toes. It will end up in the stockings of everyone I consider cool this Christmas. (Unless I forget. Do not assume you are not cool just because I didn't stick a digest-sized graphic novel in your sock drawer. Fuck, you could be uncool for
so many reasons.)
Also: based on this and Spike: Asylum / Shadow Puppets, it is now readily apparent that every single Joss Whedon fan knows another Joss Whedon fan who is not British but can't stop pimping British slang. I am the latter, not the former, and my shame is boundless, yet I've no intention of stopping. Sod blimey codpiece.
I would dearly love to make a very, very Canadian zombie movie out of Zombies Calling, but I suspect Slave Labor is not gonna sell me the option for the three dollars in nickels that currently reside in my change purse. Even if I show them my winning smile.
Yeah I think I'm gonna go see Slash now.
"Norbert? I wish! My name is Gaylord Q. Tinkledink." - Not a quote from ZC but it's in my head.
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Aw, thank you so much for liking my book! ^^ I really appreciate that. I was going to email you when I got my comp copies to see if you were still interested in one, but for some reason they haven't shown up yet, and I do get a bright shiny penny for every copy you actually BUY... so this works out better anyway. I might be having a signing at The Beguiling around the 19th of Dec (hasn't been confirmed, but I've been invited), so if you're interested, drop by and I'll scribble in your book. :)
PS. I am not stalking you. I just googled "zombies calling reviews." Honest!
Posted by: Faith | November 20, 2007 1:16 PM
Sweet timing, Faith, I was gonna email you tonight anyways just to reiterate everything I said above. I really, really enjoyed it.
If you're doing a Beguiling signing (or any Toronto appearances at all) please let me know because I will totally cover it on blogTO.com, and pimp your book out as THE Christmas present for the masses.
Posted by: tederick | November 20, 2007 2:00 PM
Oh and by the way: I would buy a poster of that image (the one from the back of the book) in a HEARTBEAT. Make it happen, comics woman! ;)
Posted by: tederick | November 20, 2007 2:03 PM