{"id":63036,"date":"2015-10-06T08:53:57","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T08:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/?p=63036"},"modified":"2015-10-06T08:53:57","modified_gmt":"2015-10-06T08:53:57","slug":"6-best-zombie-comic-books-6th-4th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/?p=63036","title":{"rendered":"6 Best Zombie Comic Books 6th-4th"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>6. The Goon<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-63041 size-medium\" title=\"The Goon zombie book cover\" src=\"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/The-Goon-34-Cover-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"the goon series\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/The-Goon-34-Cover-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/The-Goon-34-Cover-163x250.jpg 163w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/The-Goon-34-Cover-510x785.jpg 510w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/The-Goon-34-Cover.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"formatted-entry-p\">The Goon is a <strong>series of comic books<\/strong> scripted and designed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegoon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eric Powell <\/a>and currently published by Dark Horse (after a stint at Avatar Press and self-publishing).<\/p>\n<p>The series is distributed around the world via Delcourt editor so <strong>everybody can buy it and read it<\/strong>, i highly recommend so if you are a fan of zombies.<\/p>\n<h3>Story<\/h3>\n<p>The story takes place in an unnamed city located between the <strong>sea and a haunted forest<\/strong>, &#8220;<em>Woods Horses Eaters.<\/em>&#8221; It <strong>recounts the adventures of Goon and Franky<\/strong>, his best friend &#8211; and additional psychopath &#8211; in a city infested with zombies installing the gang led by a man with no name, the zombie priest whose lair is in the infamous Street Lonely Street.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Powell&#8217;s The Goon was <strong>created in a comic universe<\/strong> delirious on a dark frame. The comic starts in his first volumes of a series of crazy <strong>stories punctuated with a dark sense of humor<\/strong> and scathing replicas of the various protagonists. The first volumes are being accompanied by false advertisements or humorous skits featuring the characters from the comics or not (Valentin Pechu &#8230;)<\/p>\n<div id=\"quote_shortcode\" class=\"sixtop-post-quote post-quote-right\" >\n<div class=\"quote-sign-box hidden-on-desktop\"><\/div>\n<p>        &ldquo; Crazy stories punctuated with a dark sense of humor  &rdquo;<\/p>\n<div id=\"quote_shortcode_after\">\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Eric Powell introduced <strong>progressively complex and dark story<\/strong> that intensifies from Volume 6, Chinatown.<\/p>\n<p>The Goon<strong> includes many classic<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/top-10-true-story-horrors\/\" target=\"_blank\">horror cinema ideas<\/a> by bringing successively zombies, monsters, vampires, but also mad scientists and werewolves. However, the angle chosen is not horror but derision, such as the appearance of vampires or gothic vampires that glitter in the sunlight. The Goon is kind of a distant cousin of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kA9vtXbbhVs\" target=\"_blank\">Hellboy<\/a> &#8211; it has even visited him in Volume 3, Pile of Ruins.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>first appearance was in 1995<\/strong>, in a book called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mycomicshop.com\/search?TID=118751\" target=\"_blank\">Best Cellars #1<\/a>, but made the <strong>real debut in 1998<\/strong> in Goon #1. The series is very fun to read, with jokes similar to deadpool\u2019s and others, with a <strong>mixture of comical and horror<\/strong> or violent atmosphere that puts the main character against all sort of creatures, zombies, apes with an unnatural hunger for pies aliens and many more.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>5. Victorian Undead<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-63051 size-medium\" title=\"Victorian Undead book cover\" src=\"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/victorianundead-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"Victorian Undead book\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/victorianundead-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/victorianundead-163x250.jpg 163w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/victorianundead.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"formatted-entry-p\">I assume everybody heard of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sherlock_Holmes\" target=\"_blank\">Sherlock Holmes <\/a>and Dr. Watson right? The stories and <strong>detective tales<\/strong>, well take that and <strong>spice it up with some supernatural<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Victorian Undead is a comic series with Sharlock Holmes and Doctor Watson and main characters, following them while they deal with the supernatural. The first series was <strong>released in form of a book with 6 chapters<\/strong> or issues named Sherlock Holmes vs Zombies and it was published by Wildstorm with<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicvine.com\/ian-edginton\/4040-42594\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Ian Edginton<\/a> as the writer and in charge of the art work was Davide Fabbri.<\/p>\n<p>The name of the series comes from Victorian England, the era the series is set it, where Sherlock Holmes and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dr._Watson\" target=\"_blank\">Doctor Watson <\/a>are <strong>caught in the middle of the zombie crysis<\/strong>. Giving the success of the first series, it was immediately followed by the special Sherlock Holmes vs Hyde and the second series named <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/1963165.Sherlock_Holmes_vs_Dracula\" target=\"_blank\">Sherlock Holmes vs Dracula<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>First release<\/h3>\n<p>We are going to focus on the first release because it <strong>involves zombies<\/strong>. The action takes place in 1854 London, when a comet is visible in the sky and few fragments remain intact near Broad Street near Soho. Few months later Soho appears to be suffering from cholera and Doctor John Snow (not from <a href=\"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/sexiest-game-of-thrones-characters-10th-7th-place\/\" target=\"_blank\">game of thrones<\/a>) and Reverent Henry Whitehead are in charge of <strong>investigating the outbreak<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article_box related-article-right\">\n<div class=\"related-art-title\">Related<\/div>\n<div id=\"thumbnail_box\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/zombieev13.jpg);\"><a href=http:\/\/6toplists.com\/top-10-best-zombie-movies\/ class=\"related_a\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"thumbnail_box_top\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"thumbnail_box_bottom\">\n<div id=\"thumbnail_box_bottom_text\"><span style=\"color: white;\">Read article: <\/span><br \/><span class=\"related_span\" >Top 10 Best Zombie Movies<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The series hooked me when Doctor Snow was searching for the cause of the outbreak and Reverent Henry was discussing a recent confession about dead raising from their graves the eat the living. Minutes later the Reverent Whitehead visits Doctor Snow and one of his<strong> dead patients is revived as a zombie<\/strong> in front of their eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Our heroes make their appearance couple of years later in 1898 while searching for a man who hypnotized people into revealing secrets. The man turns out to be some sort of mechanic man as they find out the hard way in a brawl and in this time 2 men working on the railroad <strong>find a corpse that comes to live and bites them<\/strong>. I do not want to spoil further so grad the series and have fun.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>4. iZombie<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-63071 size-medium\" title=\"iZombie comic book series cover\" src=\"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/izombie-comic-jpg-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"comic book series\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/izombie-comic-jpg-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/izombie-comic-jpg-171x250.jpg 171w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/izombie-comic-jpg.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"formatted-entry-p\">Giving the huge success of zombie movies and books, it was inevitable that comic books will appear too, in 2010 writer <strong>Chris Roberson and Michael Allred decided to make their own zombie comic<\/strong> and the iZombie (not to be confused with the <a href=\"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/top-15-best-horror-tv-series-15th-12th\/\" target=\"_blank\">TV series<\/a>) series was made and published by DC Comics. The <strong>story is more about 4 characters<\/strong>: Gwen Dylan as the protagonist, her friend, a ghost from the year 1960 and a were-terrier named Scott, with the action taking place in Eugene, Oregon.<\/p>\n<p>I like that the <strong>writers used the old brain eating idea for the zombies<\/strong>, Gwen being one of them but she looks normal as long as she receives her <strong>monthly dose of brains<\/strong>, without eating brains she would lose her memories and intelligence, but working as a gravedigger gave her lots of opportunities to consume brains and by doing so she would get the deceased person\u2019s memories and thoughts.<\/p>\n<h3>Creatures<\/h3>\n<p>The <strong>creatures in the series are of 2 kinds<\/strong>: oversoul and undersoul. The <strong>oversoul is in connection with the brain<\/strong>, thought, memories and personality. The <strong>undersoul is in connection with the hearth<\/strong>, fears, emotions, appetite. There are exceptions too, creatures with both undersoul and oversoul called Revennants, Gwen being one of them which have the ability to infect others with their soul hence possessed and werewolves.<\/p>\n<p>What attracts most readers is the use of real area location in Eugene, where <strong>you can see famous areas<\/strong>, buildings and zone like the\u00a0University of Oregoncampus, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/McDonald_Theater\">McDonald Theater<\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shelton_McMurphey_Johnson_House\">Shelton McMurphey Johnson House<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eugene_City_Hall\">Eugene City Hall<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ya-Po-Ah_Terrace\">Ya-Po-Ah Terrace<\/a>, Portland&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oregon_Zoo\">Oregon Zoo<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oregon_Convention_Center\">Oregon Convention Center<\/a> and the most seen location &#8220;Dixie&#8217;s Firehouse&#8221; by the real name &#8220;Fins&#8221; and resides in Springfield, Oregon.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/6-best-zombie-comic-books\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"prev\" >\n<div id=\"prev_link\" >Introduction<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/6-best-zombie-comic-books-3rd-1st\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"next\" >\n<div id=\"next_link\" >3rd-1st place<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":63096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1812],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63036"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63091,"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63036\/revisions\/63091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/63096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}