Comics
Lazy Sunday Review of XXXombies mini-series
Recently Mr. D talked about the comic series XXXombies being turned into a movie. I never read the series because I thought the title was very lame, I have a huge problem not reading comics because of the title. Well, I’m trying to move past that and I picked up the 4 issue mini-series this weekend. Jump after the break to see my review…
XXXombies takes place in L.A. during the 70’s and centers around a crew from a porn shoot being attacked by zombies. The crew then needs to escape but finds that no place is safe…that’s as about it for plot, but it’s strong suit is in blood, guts, and sex.
XXXombies tries to take a page from Grindhouse and take the zombie formula and add copious amounts of sex, swearing, and violence. There are many scenes in the mini-series that might make you cringe or just say “no way” in disbelief like I did. These scenes of exploitation are clearly the draw in XXXombies. I was going to show some images from the comic, like the infamous nursery scene, but I think it would be better for you to be surprised.
The bottom line is if you want a fun zombie book that does not take it self too easy and has boobs and over the top gore…XXXombies is for you. Up next on my comics to review that I missed because of their awful names: ZMD, Zombies of Mass Destruction…yuck.
IDW Dark and Paramount recently joined forces to launch limited comic book tales set in the worlds of Smile and A Quiet Place, and we’ve learned today that they’ll continue hanging around in those franchise universes with two brand new limited series tales.
Entertainment Weekly has exclusively revealed this afternoon that IDW Dark’s Any Given Smile debuts in September, while A Quiet Place: Rising Tides arrives in November.
First up, from writer Stephanie Williams and artist Pablo Collar, Any Given Smile puts a football-themed twist on Parker Finn’s successful Smile movie franchise.
The five-part limited series is “set in January 1995, during the American Arena League football championship game in St. Augustine, Florida. The rising superstar of the Sharks, backup quarterback Dupree, is feeling the pressure from his teammates, the fans, and also the city’s gambling underworld, to whom he owes a considerable debt. Meanwhile, a sports journalist investigates a string of suicides that may be connected to the big game. At the very least, they are connected to a sinister entity that preys on the minds of its victims.”
From writer Declan Shalvey and artist Luke Sparrow, A Quiet Place: Rising Tides will also be a five-issue limited story. The comic book tale “brings the creatures to the Florida Keys, where a father-daughter duo attempt to survive on water in a houseboat.”
EW further details, “This tense family reunion coincides with the arrival of the vicious creatures that hunt through sound. Grace and her dad find safety on the open ocean, but she’ll have to make landfall sooner or later; the father’s oxygen tank and their supplies are running low, while a hurricane swiftly approaches.”
Learn more about both comic books over on Entertainment Weekly.
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