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The cover of The Walking Dead: The Fall of the Governor: Part 2 was just officially revealed today on The Walking Dead Novels Facebook page.
The Walking Dead: The Fall of the Governor: Part 2 by Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga will be released on March 4, 2014.
New this week from Antarctic Press is The Last Zombie: The End #5.
"Last issue! The final chapter reaches its horrific conclusion as the surviving team members at long last reach their destination, only to face threats from within and without their ranks. The fate of Ian's fiancée Jen and the bunker staff is revealed, but will Ian live long enough to find them?"
The Last Zombie: The End #5 was written by Brian Keene and drawn by David Hutchinson.
New this week from BOOM! Studios is Fanboys Vs. Zombies #19.
“4 Stories of the Apocalypse” is back with a blast from the past…and a peek at what’s to come! Following their escape from San Diego, Rob and Burger hunkered down in Mexico to lick their wounds. But once they rejoined the Wrecking Crew, whatever happened to the kind-hearted, train-drivin’ Mexicans who helped save their lives? Find out here!
New this week from Avatar Press is Extinction Parade #3, Max Brooks vampires vs. zombies 12 issue limited run comic book series.
"The all-out war of the species roars on as MAX BROOKS – author of the New York Times Best Selling novels, World War Z and The Zombie Survival Guide, unleashes his zombies vs. vampires epic. Vampires have ignored the growing zombie threat for too long, feeling the zombie subdead were beneath them. Only too late do they realize that the plague has shifted the tide from annoyance to the outright annihilation of the human race. But the history of vampires has them ill-prepared to mount an offensive. Available with Regular, Wraparound, End of a Species and Bloodwashed Retailer Incentive covers by Raulo Caceres. Also, available with a special black Leather cover, limited to just 1000 copies!"
Extinction Parade #3 was written by Max Brooks and illustrated by Raulo Caceres.
New this week from Dynamite Entertainment is The Mocking Dead #2.
"The side-splitting and artery-spurting epic continues as the battle for Pittsburgh is underway as hordes of the Mocking Dead descend -- and Aaron Bunch's pop-culture-inspired battle plan is put to the test! Will the Internet nerds of DIA's Tinseltown Division save the city -- or accidentally lead it to the edge of the abyss of total zombie apocalypse?"
The Mocking Dead #2 was written by Fred Van Lente and drawn by Max Dunbar with a cover by Bill Tortollini.
New this week from Avatar Press is Night Of The Living Dead: Aftermath #11.
"Horror writer DAVID HINE brings the original zombie phenomena to new terror wrought heights in Night of the Living Dead: Aftermath! The Las Vegas survivors thought they were saved, delivered unto a military compound where the human race could fight back against the rising tide of undead. But inside the concrete walls a more heinous evil lives and breathes under the auspice of “research.” How can you survive a dead world when the living are just as much a threat as the virus ridden zombies? If you want more undead horror in your zombie comics, pick up Night of the Living Dead: Aftermath and let the chomping begin! Available with Regular cover painted by Matt Busch, Gore & Wraparound cover by German Erramousepe, and Terror Retailer Incentive cover also by Busch."
New this week from BOOM! Studios is Fanboys Vs. Zombies #18.
"As “4 Stories of the Apocalypse” continues, we head back to Creepy- Con, where the sadistic Gunther hides for his life in an abandoned comic shop. Will Kurt Kiel’s SURVIVAL OF THE DAMNED provide the escape Gunther is desperately searching for, or just a temporary respite from the inevitable?"
New this week from Image Comics is Spanish language version of The Walking Dead Vol. 1 trade paperback written by Robert Kirkman and drawn by Tony Moore.
This is the first time this translated edition is available in the US.
The Walking Dead Vol. 1 collects issues #1 through #6 of the monthly comic.
Image Comics reports that this streets today and Amazon has it as a pre-order with an October 1st release date.
New this week from Image Comics is The Walking Dead #114.
"What would Jesus do?"
Featuring a story by Robert Kirkman and art by Charlie Adlard and Cliff Rathburn.
New this week from Dynamite Entertainment is The Mocking Dead #1 (of 4), written by Fred Van Lente and drawn by Max Dunbar.
"From the New York Times bestselling writer of the Marvel Zombies series comes a gut-splitting (then eating) comedy! A small outbreak can turn into a worldwide apocalypse... but only through a long string of screw-ups. Once actual zombies begin popping up in our world, a lone intelligence analyst realizes real-life events are beginning to mimic the events of a long-lost, Grade-Z, drive-in horror flick. As he races to save humanity with this knowledge, he quickly learns the only thing more dangerous than ravenous walking corpses is the ineptitude of the living!"
The Mocking Dead #1 is available now.
Max Dunbar Cover:
Bill Tortolini cover:
Second Printing cover:
And a few sample pages:
New in comics this week from BOOM! Studios is Fanboys Vs. Zombies #17.
"Welcome to “4 Stories of the Apocalypse,” a series of four standalone tales featuring fan- favorite characters from the FvZ Universe. First up: the phantasmic Drake Masterson teams up with original Wrecking Crew member J-Mac (or what’s left of him, anyway) to figure out what “unfinished business” is keeping him on the Earthly plane. (Hint: it’s zombie-killin’!)"
New this week from AMC and Starz/Anchor Bay is The Walking Dead: The Complete Third Season , starring Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Laurie Holden, Steven Yuen, Lauren Cohan, Chandler Riggs, Melissa McBride, Scott Wilson, Sarah Wayne Callies, Michael Rooker, Danai Gurira and David Morrisey.
"In this uncertain world, Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and his band of survivors must not only fight the dead, but also face a whole new fear: the living. In this 16 episode season, the series Entertainment Weekly called the "greatest thriller ever produced for television", Rick and his fellow survivors continue to seek refuge in a desolate and post-apocalyptic world and soon discover that there are greater forces to fear than just the walking dead. The struggle to survive has never been so perilous. This season also introduces new characters, including the Governor (David Morrissey) and fan-favorite Michonne (Danai Gurira), along with her zombie pets.
Bonus Features:
Featurettes: Rising Son, Evil Eye, Gone But Not Forgotten, Heart of a Warrior, Michonne vs. the Governor, Safety Behind Bars, Making The Dead, and Guts and Glory.
Audio Commentaries: Episodes 4, 5, 8, 9 and 15.
Deleted Scenes: Walk With Me, Say The Word, Hounded, Home, I Ain't No Judas, and Clear.
The Walking Dead: The Complete Third Season is available now on Blu-ray, DVD, iTunes, Amazon Instant Video and special Limited Edition Blu-ray.
New this week from Avatar Press is Night Of The Living Dead: Aftermath #10.
"The original zombie menace is back and spreading its gruesome plague across the United States. DAVID HINE has breathed new life into the undead as his decade of decadence tale makes it clear that no one is safe. The virus is wiping out cities and turning the population into a shambling mockery of life. Tired of zombie books with no bite? Try NOTLD Aftermath for no holds barred ghoul horror! Available with Regular cover painted by Matt Busch, Gore cover by Jacen Burrows, Wraparound cover by German Erramousepe, and Terror Retailer Incentive cover also by Busch."
New this week from Image Comics is The Walking Dead #113.
"They march to certain doom."
Featuring a story by Robert Kirkman and art by Charlie Adlard and Cliff Rathburn.
New this week from Dark Horse Comics as a digital exclusive is Plants Vs. Zombies #5, written by Paul Tobin, with art by Ron Chan, coloring by Matthew J. Rainwater and a cover by Chan.
"You know things are bad when the safest place in town is a haunted house! Nate, Patrice, and their botanical battalion head to Patrice’s family mansion to activate the wind machine that will blow away Dr. Zomboss’s sun-blocking smoke. But whaddya know? It’s full of zombies!"
New this week from Dark Horse Comics is The Last of Us: American Dreams #4, written by Neil Druckmann and Faith Erin Hicks, with art by Hicks, coloring by Rachelle Rosenberg and a cover by Julian Totino Tedesco.
"Ellie and Riley thought they’d found a home with the Fireflies. Instead, they find themselves imprisoned, threatened with death unless they can prove their allegiance. Don’t miss the thrilling finale to this essential chapter of The Last of Us!"
New in comics this week from BOOM! Studios is Fanboys Vs. Zombies #16.
"This is it -- the epic conclusion to the Wrecking Crew’s harrowing space race. Rob and Kurt battle for control of the group as Burger’s life (and a cure for the zombie plague) hang in the balance. Ish gets real, y’all. No foolies."
New this week from Image Comics is The Walking Dead #112.
"Carl and Andrea are faced with the unthinkable."
Featuring a story by Robert Kirkman and art by Charlie Adlard and Cliff Rathburn.
Comicosity's Moms Read Comics invite Jerry Gaylord, the artist for BOOM! Studios' Fanboys Vs. Zombies, into The Hangout:
You can find Jerry online at theFranchize: Live! and follow him on Twitter at @theFranchize.
New this week from Avatar Press is the first volume of the trade paperback compilations for Night of the Living Dead: Aftermath by David Hine and German Erramouspe, collecting the first six issues of the comic.
"A decade after the original ghoul outbreaks, life seems mostly normal. As the occasional zombie uprising pops up, it is just as quickly put down. Things are under control…at least that is what the government keeps telling everyone.
But for a group of unlucky travelers in Las Vegas, they are about to get a front row seat to the events at the end of the world. Too quickly this new zombie outbreak spreads and soon they are forced to lead an exodus out of Sin City as waves of cruel undead turn the town into a bloody shambling wasteland.
They’re coming to get you… If you like your zombie stories with a little “bite,” this is your zombie tale. Get the new trade paper back…before it gets you."
Night of the Living Dead: Aftermath Vol. 1 is available in comic shops now and available for pre-order from Amazon.com (shipping on August 6th).
