Snag IZombie, Vol. 2: UVampire Originated By Chris Roberson Format Kindle
plots thicken and the tales expand and mingle, . This second volume continues the fun ride that was sitelinkiZombie, Vol,: Dead to the World, with a more indepth look at Gwen, her friends, and other supporting characters, It introduces a villain Galatea and includes a flashback tale, with guest artist sitelinkGilbert Hernández in which Gwen first meets Eleanor Ellie, iZombie was/is my first exposure to sitelinkChris Roberson, so this was a nice find for me, I may even look up some of his other stuff, I like how this series is different than most if not all things I've read and how much fun it actually is to read! And it's got art by Mike Allred! What's not to like
Looking forward to volumesitelinkSix Feet Under and Rising.
A quick, but thoroughly entertaining, read on an IZombie reading day!
I liked the first volume of iZombie for the wonderfully weird and creative ideas that Roberson brought to horror staples like zombies and werewolves.
And he's still full of ideas, which is part of the problem, There's a lot of stuff going on, but nothing really happening, if you know what I mean, We get introduced to fascinating concepts, but nothing happens with them, I've readissues now, a full year of stories, and I still feel like we're in exposition mode, Surely this has to kick into some kind of gear soon, right I don't get all the crap people are giving this volume, It is every bit as good and enjoyable as the first one, I really like this series so far, iZombie, Vol.: uVampire was another enjoyable installment in the iZombie series continuing zombie Gwen's adventures,
Gwen Dylan works as a gravedigger which gives her easy access to human brains which she needs to eat once a month to remain relatively human, Dealing with experiencing the dead person's memories is a less than pleasant sideeffect but it's a price Gwen is willing to pay, When Gwen ends up eating the brains of a person she knew as a child, things quickly become complicated,
This series continues to be very different from the iZombie TV show which I still enjoy more than the comics, In this installment, we meet a few characters from Gwen's past back before she became a zombie, It was interesting watching Gwen have to navigate not revealing what she is while finding a way to communicate with someone who thinks she's dead, This volume reveals a bit more of Amon's past and I'm still very curious to find out what his overall plan is regarding Gwen as I definitely don't trust him.
We also see quite a bit more of the vampires and monster hunters who now know about there being a zombie in town which could be bad for Gwen.
I really enjoy how these comics blend the paranormal, mystery, and romance genres,
Overall iZombie, Vol,: uVampire was a fun read and I would recommend it for readers looking for a paranormal comic series, Stars
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I liked all the same things in this one that I liked in Volumegreat characters, fun supernatural aspects, gorgeous artworkbut more stuff happened in the plot this time, so I thought this one was a little better.
I also liked the interesting twists, And I loved the scene when Gavin wrote his number on Scott's hand and Scott just kind of stared at it in awkward confusion, Also, Amon is far too hot for his own good, For anyone's good. I mean, seriously, have you seen him Being attracted to drawings makes me question my sanity, And let's not even mention the fact that he's a mummy, I'm just gonna end this review now,
sitelinkOriginal Metaphors and Moonlight This isnt the best followup to the charming first book of iZombie uVampire instead focuses more on the individual characters which, although important, might be a bit too early to do so as the main story feels a bit underdeveloped.
Nevertheless we get the origin stories of Scott the WereTerrier and Ellie the Ghost, and more background to Gwens past life without revealing the whole story yet, The paintball vampires square off against the monster hunters Diogenes and Horatio and a new character, the mysterious Galatea, appears at the same time numerous bodies from the citys morgues begin disappearing.
Gwen has to eat a human brain each month to stave off becoming a shambling, mindless zombie but in turn she inherits that persons memories and, being the kindly soul she is, she tries to help right any wrongs that were unresolved at the time of their deaths.
This books mission leads her the daughter of the dead mother who was also, coincidentally, Gwens best friend when they were kids but its also not the most interesting quest as its basically about telling the daughter that shes sorry about the way her mother treated her when she was alive, not the most original of messages.
The people of Eugene, Oregon must be the most accepting people in the world because dead people walking up to them in the street barely fazes them Gwen walks up to her childhood friend who knows Gwens dead but gets over that fact real quick.
Also earlier in the book Ellie possesses a man for a while but when she leaves him, he ambles off pleasantly holding his head with a puzzled look on his face why wasnt he completely freaked out by being possessed by a ghost!
Chris Robersons writing is also a bit lacking in this book.
The story is slow enough as it is but the book is filled with pseudoprofound statements like “Everybody has something they want but cant have, Or something they used to have but lost, Sometimes the only thing to do is find something new to want, ” it just makes it that much harder to read, especially when youre rolling your eyes all the time, What is this, Goth Dawsons Creek
Mike Allreds art is fantastic as always and Gilbert Hernandez guest draws the last issue in the book and does a brilliant job.
I didnt notice before but if youve read Betos books like “Sloth” and “Speak of the Devil”, iZombie really reads like one of those books his art suits the story and itd be great to see him do more work on the series, but Im biased as Im a big fan of the Hernandez brothers already.
“uVampire”s a bit slow in places but the series is moving forwards and the cast is developing further into becoming more complex and interesting, The characters origin stories save this book from being a total
bore, Heres hoping Roberson picks up the pace a bit in the next book and works in a little more plot, We start off with Scott, telling us how he met the girls at the café for the first time, He is such a nerd!
I did like to find out more about Scott, But generally I expected more vampires in this, considering the name of the volume,
A lot of buildup and many plot bunnies, but none of the storylines went anywhere conclusive in this volume, Very much a filler, that fleshes out some background,
It was ok, art and colouring are nice, but it doesnt inspire me to find and buy the next volume, I might like the TV adaptation just a little bit more after this,
I really like how things are shaping up and how the various subplots are coming together, I'm anticipating Gwen having some serious revelations coming her way, and I don't trust Amon a bit, While the backstory concerning monsters and their hunters wasn't earthshattering, it was solidly presented and highly entertaining, This was better than the first one!
This book was great, More adventures of the zombie, the ghost, the wereterrier, and the vampires,
Gwen actually remembers SOME of her old life, but she's got some large gaps,
And there's a new person in town, mixing things up old friend of the mummy, Her name is Galatea. In this second volume of iZombie, the various storylines already set up in volumestart to expand and at the same time start to intersect each other more closely.
This is by no means a perfect process because the whole volume feels rather disconnected and doesn't really work that well,
We are introduced to two new charterers Scott's grandfather who has just dies and whose soul has accidentally possessed the body of a chimp, and Galatea who seems to be some sort of Frankenstein's monster.
The first works brilliantly, the second less so,
We also start to see where the story may be leading as we are introduced to a Lovecraftian monster in a flashback which seems rather out of place compared to the rather more mundane problems that Gwen and her friends face.
The artwork is again generally good but often let down by awkward poses and slightly dodgy anatomy, .