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A silent zombie comedy with a sweet love story at its heart.
After a couple of downright chatty full-color books (Why Are You Doing This? and The Left Bank Gang) the Norwegian cartoonist Jason returns, for his ninth Fantagraphics graphic novel, to his two-tone mute roots with The Living and the Dead, a George A. Romero-esque zombie comedy that he intends to be the middle installment of his "horror trilogy" begun with the Frankenstein monster love triangle of You Can't Get There From Here. (The third one is still under wraps.) (And no, "under wraps" isn't some sort of clue as to the nature of the monster.)
Jason's elegant deadpan style somehow manages to make the gruesome gore and splatter effects almost… charming—and yes, it is a sweet love story at heart. If you read only one book in which a zombie devours a baby this year (even Romero never quite summoned up the nerve for that), read this one!
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
One of Jason's best..., 2008-02-08
I love this book. His stories always seem to meander and float along and then at some point they kick into high gear and they twist and twist and twist. Jason is by far my favorite new writer in the indie-comics scene. His stories are smart, witty, funny, horrifying and romantic. All in the same book. All within 48 or so pages. What a marvel.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
A zombie story like no other I've seen, 2007-10-28
Told in Norwegian artist Jason's trademark style -- stark black-and-white drawings, anthropomorphized characters, action almost entirely without dialogue -- the story imparts a great deal of thought and emotion, horror, humor and, yes, even romance.
The Living & the Dead is remarkably lacking in gore, so far as zombie tales go -- although you will be treated to scenes of the undead noshing on a baby, a pimp and the occasional restaurant patron. The story has some sense of urgency, but it unfolds at a relaxed pace -- and the expressiveness of Jason's characters is delightfully wrought.
And the ending is about as touching as a zombie story possibly can be.
by Tom Knapp, Rambles.(net) editor
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Jason Comics, 2007-03-19
I'll have to say that this artist has a way with the graphic art form that I feel few others have demontrated thus far in the genre. The sincerity conveyed through simplicity in order to portray a wonderful series of elements that characterise the human condition is refreshing...not to mention that zombies, mummies and monsters in general NEED to be in our lives!
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