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A review by magnetgrrl
Izombie Vol. 1: Dead to the World by Chris Roberson
2.0
I watched the TV series hyped on Netflix before I realized it was based on a comic and then bought this first volume to check out the origins. It's not often I say an adaptation did it better, but it seems like they took the best gems out of this idea, and turned them into something more cohesive. This first book is OK, but really the only thing doing it for me is Mike Allred's artwork, which is smooth and cool as always.
The story in the comic jumps around too much, and it's hard to follow. There's a LOT MORE going on in the comic that makes way less sense, or is just unexplained, than in the TV series.
Overall the entire concept is pretty done in from the start: Girl with a great future as a doctor + great future husband + great, rich family and great friends, gets scratched by a zombie and has to give all that up to start working a crappier job so she has access to brains in order to stay sort of living. To start feeling useful in the world again, she solves the murders of the people whose brains she has eaten, and tries to help stop an impending zombie apocalypse. Seems like just another "Person with special and unusual quality X solves crimes!" serial drama, but capitalizing on the popularity of zombies and also touching on anything supernatural (werewolves, vampires, ghosts) that wanders nearby - like about 50% or more of pop culture at the moment. If it's not supernatural, it's GEEK! Sigh.
I might keep reading the comic to see where it goes but, I would recommend the TV show before the comic to anyone at this point.
The story in the comic jumps around too much, and it's hard to follow. There's a LOT MORE going on in the comic that makes way less sense, or is just unexplained, than in the TV series.
Overall the entire concept is pretty done in from the start: Girl with a great future as a doctor + great future husband + great, rich family and great friends, gets scratched by a zombie and has to give all that up to start working a crappier job so she has access to brains in order to stay sort of living. To start feeling useful in the world again, she solves the murders of the people whose brains she has eaten, and tries to help stop an impending zombie apocalypse. Seems like just another "Person with special and unusual quality X solves crimes!" serial drama, but capitalizing on the popularity of zombies and also touching on anything supernatural (werewolves, vampires, ghosts) that wanders nearby - like about 50% or more of pop culture at the moment. If it's not supernatural, it's GEEK! Sigh.
I might keep reading the comic to see where it goes but, I would recommend the TV show before the comic to anyone at this point.