Bitten by Books
Benny Imura and his friends Nix, Chong, and Lilah have seen the impossible:a plane flying way up in the clouds. It is impossible because they are living in a time of zombies. There have not been planes in many years, society is barely scraping by as it is. Benny has nothing to hold him back, his brother, Tom, died saving him and a bunch of other people, so he decides to track down where the plane came from with his friends.
Benny’s brother taught him to be warrior-smart, and taught him and his friends the way of the samurai. They feel they have the skills to find that plane. While passing through the edge of Yosemite Park they come across a bear being attacked by zombies, and end up getting surrounded by them. They take off and head to the nearest town and get inside the hospital to look for supplies. What waits for them there is quite horrific.
This comic series follows his Rot & Ruin books, bringing that world to wonderful, colorful life. Any time we get to see zombie killing in full color is always a good thing. Rot and Ruin #1 gives us the past history of how Tom came to be in charge of raising Benny, and how the world first became infested with Zombies. He lays the groundwork for why Benny and his friends are out in the wild looking for a plane.
The story follows the books really well. The artwork is great, I love a colorful Zombie. The characters do not always look like what I picture them to be in my mind while reading the books, but it is not too distracting. For any who do not already know, Rot & Ruin is in production for film, and I am very excited about that.
Book Stats:
- Comic
- Publisher: IDW (2014)
- ASIN: B00P876RD4
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Summary : This comic series follows his Rot & Ruin books, bringing that world to wonderful, colorful life. Any time we get to see zombie killing in full color is always a good thing. Rot & Ruin #1 gives us the past history of how Tom came to be in charge of raising Benny, and how the world first became infested with Zombies. He lays the groundwork for why Benny and his friends are out in the wild looking for a plane.
