Dead Future

by Martin E. Brandt II (editor), Candy Hart, Sebastian Piccione

There is a story that is passed down through the ages. This tale of the undead, arisen to devour the living, leaving nothing but a wasteland behind them. Yes, that is what you find here. Contained within the pages you will be taken on a twisted ride through the end of the world. From Kindergarten zombie hunters to docile day dwelling zombies and then back to an undead beginning in old Europe. You will travel through space and across deserts, through abandoned highways and burned out homes. When you reach the end you will truly come to understand our, Dead Future. There is a story that is passed down through the ages. This tale of the undead, arisen to devour the living, leaving nothing but a wasteland behind them. Yes, that is what you find here. Contained within the pages you will be taken on a twisted ride through the end of the world. From Kindergarten zombie hunters to docile day dwelling zombies and then back to an undead beginning in old Europe. You will travel through space and across deserts, through abandoned highways and burned out homes. When you reach the end you will truly come to understand our, Dead Future.

250 pages, Paperback

First published August 22, 2011

About the author

Martin E Brandt has created and written several comic book series over the years. He co-created and wrote the comic Kidthulhu: Tales of Madness, a successfully funded project on Kickstarter in 2015 and the second issue in 2016.

Martin has a fondness for mythology, folklore, and horror that inspired his first published work Grim Furry Tales: Seeds. He was among the winners of Small Press Idol for creating and writing Stitchwork. Martin has also created and curated several small press graphic novel anthologies that include Grim Crew Presents: Dead Future, Grim Crew Presents Winter's Eye, and Extraordinary.

Outside of writing, you can find Martin raising his daughters with his wife, supporting the technology needs of journalists in DC, and obsessing over game design and mechanics.

Reviews

[Cale · Rating 1 out of 5]

First thing - this may have been a feature of the digital copy I got, but throughout the entire book, about one out of every five words is missing a letter. You can figure it out through context, but it's either a serious flaw with the ebook, or, considering it affects word bubbles as well as font work throughout the book, it's an intentional design choice, in which case it's inexcusable.
Beyond that, this collection of zombie stories is amateur in the worst ways - horrible writing, poor artwork, and stories that feel pointless, or in some cases, unfinished. There are maybe three stories in the collection worth reading (Kindergarten Zombies is kind of amusing, and the artwork for Real Monsters is by far the best in the collection); a couple others have interesting concepts but flawed execution. All in all, it was a slog to make my way through this, and I'm not happy that I forced it on myself. Do yourself a favor and save yourself the suffering.