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Zomnibus #1
Zomnibus Volume 1
They stalk, they rot, they eat flesh, they're the walking dead for Pete's sake. What's not to love about zombies?! Well, it's not all fun and yucks as this collection of three zombies tales will show, ranging from the seriously scary "Feast!" to the urban sprawl "Eclipse of the Undead," and finally ending with the surreal stylings of the one-and-only Ashley Wood in "The Complete Zombies vs. Robots."
380 pages, Paperback
First published September 15, 2009
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February 28, 2017
this was a really good book. three different stories, involving different types of people surviving the best that they can.
I'd have to pick Zombies! Feast, the first story as the best of the bunch. You end up rooting for the inmates as they progress further into town. The ending was fantastic, as not all zombie stories have a happy ending.
I'd have to pick Zombies! Feast, the first story as the best of the bunch. You end up rooting for the inmates as they progress further into town. The ending was fantastic, as not all zombie stories have a happy ending.
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April 9, 2024Zombies! Feast
This had a good setting. The
characters were fine, even though i felt weird about the “main” character being a murderer/rapist who gets told by ‘Dimity’ (worst name i have heard in a while) that hes ‘not like that anymore’. Severe eyeroll moment. Laura made me cringe with how they decided to draw her. The illustrations also sometimes seemed to skip a panel, relying on the reader to bridge the gaps.
All in all 6/10
Zombies! Eclipse of the undead
Now this one i am not enjoying very much so far. The rape scenes were way too much. I get that the setting is that these surviving humans are a mix of victims and aggressors, thats fine. And rape in refugee camps is a unfortunate reality, so fine, that is uncomfortable but justified by the narrative. But the 2 young women with exposed chests (one fully nude) crossed into gratuitous imo. I also found paquita’s clothes to be cringe worthy.
This had a good setting. The
characters were fine, even though i felt weird about the “main” character being a murderer/rapist who gets told by ‘Dimity’ (worst name i have heard in a while) that hes ‘not like that anymore’. Severe eyeroll moment. Laura made me cringe with how they decided to draw her. The illustrations also sometimes seemed to skip a panel, relying on the reader to bridge the gaps.
All in all 6/10
Zombies! Eclipse of the undead
Now this one i am not enjoying very much so far. The rape scenes were way too much. I get that the setting is that these surviving humans are a mix of victims and aggressors, thats fine. And rape in refugee camps is a unfortunate reality, so fine, that is uncomfortable but justified by the narrative. But the 2 young women with exposed chests (one fully nude) crossed into gratuitous imo. I also found paquita’s clothes to be cringe worthy.
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January 1, 2017
I was surprised at how much I liked it.
"Zombie Feast" is about a group of prisoners and guards encountering the zombie apocalypse for the first time. I liked how dark it was.
"Zombies: Eclipse of the Undead" follows a group of refugees in a stadium, including an eccentric Japanese sensei and a group of Latino gang members.
"Complete Zombies Vs. Robots" is a bit misleading because it's really just the miniseries with the Amazons. It's not really my cup of tea. Too silly. But still worth checking out.
"Zombie Feast" is about a group of prisoners and guards encountering the zombie apocalypse for the first time. I liked how dark it was.
"Zombies: Eclipse of the Undead" follows a group of refugees in a stadium, including an eccentric Japanese sensei and a group of Latino gang members.
"Complete Zombies Vs. Robots" is a bit misleading because it's really just the miniseries with the Amazons. It's not really my cup of tea. Too silly. But still worth checking out.
January 11, 2014
“Zomnibus Volume: 1” is a collection of three different zombie tales presented in graphic novel format. The cool thing about this compilation is that all three works are written by different people and the artwork is done by different artists as well meaning that the three stories actually feel unique and separate as opposed to only slightly different kinds of things written by one author. The artwork in particular in all three of the stories is fantastic and a real high point for “Zomnibus”.
The three stories are all mostly okay too, with the exception of the very last one, “Zombies vs. Robots”, which was so boring and badly written, I was barely able to finish it. All three stories have the same problem of having excellent scenes of action while also having so-so stories and pathetic attempts at drama. It’s a shame that none of the three were able to capture good dramatic feel and dialogue despite creating good setups; every time they try, it just comes out really cheesy, only mildly disappointing, or just straight laughable. A little more work on the story could have made this compilation excellent. But it really does just make me question why the authors even tried making their stories dramatic when they could have just focused purely on action and had them turn out way better.
In summary, all the artwork is phenomenal, the first two stories are okay, the last one is extremely boring and tiring to read, and all three stories depict great action, but poor drama.
The three stories are all mostly okay too, with the exception of the very last one, “Zombies vs. Robots”, which was so boring and badly written, I was barely able to finish it. All three stories have the same problem of having excellent scenes of action while also having so-so stories and pathetic attempts at drama. It’s a shame that none of the three were able to capture good dramatic feel and dialogue despite creating good setups; every time they try, it just comes out really cheesy, only mildly disappointing, or just straight laughable. A little more work on the story could have made this compilation excellent. But it really does just make me question why the authors even tried making their stories dramatic when they could have just focused purely on action and had them turn out way better.
In summary, all the artwork is phenomenal, the first two stories are okay, the last one is extremely boring and tiring to read, and all three stories depict great action, but poor drama.
April 20, 2014
Three full-length stories.
"Zombies: Feast" is a solid tale hampered by incredibly inconsistent art. 3/5 have really good, dark, fitting art. But the rest has some really standard, middle-of-the-road art hampered by awkward anatomy and everything being overly wrinkly. Very middling.
"Eclipse of the Undead" has a totally-ok story and totally-ok art. It's sort of middle-of-the-road all the way around. Not a bad read, but nothing memorable.
But then there's "Robots vs Zombies" with is unbearably fun. I can certainly see people not liking it--Ashley Wood's art is really stylistic. But I thought it was a lot of fun all the way around.
So: an ok volume, but unless you're a huge zombie fan, I'd skip this and just pick up the Complete Robots vs. Zombies.
"Zombies: Feast" is a solid tale hampered by incredibly inconsistent art. 3/5 have really good, dark, fitting art. But the rest has some really standard, middle-of-the-road art hampered by awkward anatomy and everything being overly wrinkly. Very middling.
"Eclipse of the Undead" has a totally-ok story and totally-ok art. It's sort of middle-of-the-road all the way around. Not a bad read, but nothing memorable.
But then there's "Robots vs Zombies" with is unbearably fun. I can certainly see people not liking it--Ashley Wood's art is really stylistic. But I thought it was a lot of fun all the way around.
So: an ok volume, but unless you're a huge zombie fan, I'd skip this and just pick up the Complete Robots vs. Zombies.
October 26, 2010
This is a collection of three zombie tales; Eclipse of the Dead , Feast and Zombies vs Robots. Each story doesnt get a score above 4/5 but collectively its a fantastic buffet of zombie lore.
More accurately I would probably say
Feast 4/5 , Eclipse of the Dead 2.5/5 , Zombies vs Robots 4/5.
More accurately I would probably say
Feast 4/5 , Eclipse of the Dead 2.5/5 , Zombies vs Robots 4/5.
June 13, 2013
I only bought this for the Zombies vs Robots stories. I'm a big Ashley Wood fan and needed my fix! The other story in this comic looked stupid so I didn't bother reading it. This was back before I felt zombies were played out and done to death so I'd probably like it even less now...except for Ashley Wood's art!
November 8, 2012
Are you kidding me? IDW put out all of their best zombie storylines (Zombies!: Feast, Zombies!: Eclipse of the Undead, and the Complete Zombies Vs. Robots) into one book? Incredible and glorious! Get it and you will see why zombies are the new cool.
September 27, 2009
The first half of the book is utter trash, but the Ryall Zombie vs. Robot stuff is brilliant.
November 29, 2009
Absolute garbage. Robots Vs. Zombies is decent thanks to Ashley Wood's artwork, but it's not enough to save this tepid, poorly written zombie collection.
April 3, 2010
The first story was awesome.the second was pretty good. The third lost me a lot (zombies vs robots). - The art was a bit confusing although i did like the abstract it created.
October 6, 2010
The Zombies vs. Robots was the best story in the book.
January 1, 2016
Volume 1: Zombies!: Feast, Zombies!: Eclipse of the Undead, Complete Zombies vs. Robots.... I think there is some sort of theme here...
May 28, 2013
Great stories! Loved the first one the most.
October 11, 2013
the first two stories were pretty decent, classic zombie fare. however I didn't care for Robots vs Zombies.
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September 12, 2010
Lacked variety but entertaining nonetheless.
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