Zombie Tales Vol. 3: Good Eatin'

Volume 3 of the critically acclaimed zombie anthology that rides the wave of new school zombie horror, ala 28 DAYS LATER, SHAWN OF THE DEAD and DAWN OF THE DEAD remake.We've got plenty more mad creations spilling out of our zombie kitchen! Delivering smart, accessible, high-quality short stories, this anthology has met with great acclaim amongst both comic and zombie fans. Featuring more great zombie stories from more great writers and artists that you know and love. Don't worry about leaving room for dessert-you're it!

From School Library Journal

Grade 8 Up—In this addition to the series, 12 vignettes by different authors and illustrators center on zombies. The artwork varies from classic comic style to sepia toned and horror-movie dark. Also varied is the quality of stories. The first selection is interesting in its use of faith as a healing factor, which is not often found in zombie tales. Unfortunately, the narrator with the strong faith is supposed to be "slow" as seen through her narration, but it's inconsistent. It's unlikely that someone who pronounces television "telebision" could smoothly say "DNA consultant." The collection is mildly entertaining and should be considered an additional purchase.—Suanne Roush, Osceola High School, Seminole, FL Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

From Booklist

This may be the weakest set of Zombie Tales so far, but you have to give editor Waid credit for trying to keep it fresh and successfully bring some new life, so to speak, to the subgenre’s classic scenarios. While a few other inclusions seem hurried and unfinished, many are exceptional. At the top of the class are Ian Brill’s “Henry Carve,” about a man who delivers revenge in a cooler and which profits from Toby Cypress’ sepia-toned illustrations; “Lucky Dog” by Karl Kesel, in which a boy and his faithful companion remain friends well past the end; Shane Oakley’s wordless “Etc.,” which tracks the zombie plague for more than a million years; and Todd Lepre’s demonstration of the healing power of tattoos in “Ink Stains.” The spirit of EC Comics and Night Gallery as well as first-rate artwork keeps this anthology series at the front of an ever-growing pack of shambling-corpse comics. --Carlos Orellana

About the Author

Monte Cook has been a professional writer and game designer for almost thirty years. He now runs the prolific and popular Monte Cook Games. He’s the co-creator of the Numenera RPG and has worked on hundreds of other games. He has published two novels, The Glass Prison and Of Aged Angels, numerous short stories, a comic series and The Skeptic’s Guide To Conspiracies. He lives in Seattle, Washington. Visit his website MonteCookGames.com or his Twitter @MonteJCook.

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