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Everything Dead & Dying
Everything Dead & Dying #4
In the penultimate chapter, Jack finds himself trapped with the human invaders spread out all over his rural town and ready to take it for themselves. Will Jack be able to defend his undead loved ones, or will his zombie neighbors take matters into their own rotting hands -- especially as they grow hungrier and hungrier?
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Published December 17, 2025
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January 25, 2026
One of the best and most emotionally powerful zombie-apocalypse series I have ever read, Tate Brombal's graphic novel series "Everything Dead & Dying" tells the story of Jack, a gay farmer struggling with the loss of his husband and daughter, his town, and the rest of the world in the only way he can. Unfortunately, a major part of his dealing with the grief is denial. Yet, he has managed to keep the infected people in his life docile by feeding them. When human survivors show up, it forces Jack to face reality, but the reality that these survivors bring with them isn't necessarily a good one, or a compassionate one. Jack's PTSD-driven "reality" may not be perfect, but it isn't driven by violence or hatred of the infected, unlike the survivors. And their lack of compassion may inadvertently bite them in the ass... literally.
December 18, 2025
*4.5 stars
This is a great comic to read if you feel like crying uncontrollably!
This is a great comic to read if you feel like crying uncontrollably!
January 16, 2026
ohh this is picking up
need the next issue to drop asap
EDIT: absolutely devastated to just find out that the next issue is the LAST ISSUE, woe is me 😞
need the next issue to drop asap
EDIT: absolutely devastated to just find out that the next issue is the LAST ISSUE, woe is me 😞
February 8, 2026
Have I mentioned that this series is genius? Rhetorical question as I know I have, but what I owe now is an apology to Jack. As what I’ve realized from this issue, is that he’s the only human one left. The topic of this issue is memories and the power they hold. Memory is a huge part of why has kept Jack going all this time. The memory of his family and all of the memories he has of the people in this town, the good and the bad. Jack was knocked out at the end of the last issue as Daisy went over the side of the bridge into the water below, and this issue he stirs as images of the dead churn in his mind and suddenly he remembers back to his youth. Jack was a young man when he ran off with Ralph to one of the barns to share a personal moment, only to be caught by the town priest sending Ralph running. It explains a lot about Ralph and why he was so willing to jump in and protect Jack when others remained complacent, but it’s also interesting to see how the dead have infected Jack’s memories. He doesn’t just see the priest, but he sees the priest as he is today…dead. Jack then wakes up tied to a pipe in a kitchen as he sees Sam and Colette arguing about their next steps. Sam wanes to take Jack back to sanctuary where laws still exist to face judgement by the leaders. As Jack gets his bearings he suddenly realizes that the two dead cooks in the kitchen are truly dead now and sitting next to him and Jack immediately begins to yell out and ask where his daughter is.
Elsewhere we jump to the researcher who found the water turbine in the mill, only to quickly duck out of the way as Liz, Daisy’s surrogate mother and the inventor of the retrofitted mill. But Liz isn’t attacking her, she is going right back to work on the machine following her muscle memory, and this peaks the interest of the researcher who sees this as a unique opportunity to find out how she ticks. She ultimately drills Liz against the wall and then slices open her head to get to the brain and start messing around with the electrical pathways to see if there are ways to rewire them and possible put the dead to work in a mass scale. She is the first to admit that she has no respect for humanity and didn’t even care about solving the virus as the “herd” as she puts it, needed thinning. Just a walking bag of skin and bones to be turned into slaves at this point in her mind. Additionally, we check in on the trigger happy couple (who kinda look like then could be related) as they found away into the fortified farm through the broken river gate. It’s dream come true for them and they immediately go on my kill list as Jack’s dog attacks the man to defend the farm, only for Georgia to put a few shots in his leg and send him running away. They just hurt a living creature, and a dog is at the top of the list of things you don’t hurt, the could fall into a hole they can’t climb out of for all I care. This is the first time they have been alone in a long time and they are in their concept of paradise. They decide this is the perfect time to strip down and “christen” it.
At this point Jack is getting desperate trying to warn Sam and Colette about the dead. They are growing hungry and when they grow hungry they grow angry and they need to be fed or things will go bad. Sam is sticking to the idea of bringing Jack back to their home for their people’s leaders to decide what to so with him. That is all they have left as humans, it’s what gives them meaning. But Jack would rather die before he ever leaves this town. Sam pulls up a chair and sits next to Jack, he recognizes this stubborn pain as that is how he was for a long time. Sam tells Jack the story about how he lost his family, how he was a trucker and he hears about his kids returning from camp with a bad fever. He rushed home and drove long hours just trying to get back to them, but the day he came back he found they had turned. His kids were eating the family dog and his wife was convulsing on the floor. And then they came running to him like they always do, hoping he would pick them up in his arms and bring them to the heavens. He shot them immediately, then shot his wife, and then turned the gun on himself and prayed for forgiveness…only for the fun to be empty. He saw it as a sign that his work wasn’t over and that this is his hell. But Sam isn’t hearing any of it, the story only confirms his belief that none of them are innocent. The only innocents in this world are the people that walk around this town, Sam just told an entire story about killing his own family. This enrages Sam and he begins to punch Jack down, sending him right back to his days in school where he was beat up in the locker room and then berated by his father when he got home. With every punch from Sam, all while he exclaims that his family was already dead, Jack loosens the cable tied around his hands as he affirms that they weren’t dead and the dead done ever die. But suddenly the fight comes to an end by Colette as she aims a gun at Sam and orders him to his knees. Jack is just as confused as we have a double cross on our hands, Colette has moved her timeline up as she is sick of watching Sam waste his time and blames him for Zeke’s death. Colette checked in on the others as she confirms their plan has begun. Ross and Georgia are still in the middle of screwing in the barn as they report the farm they found, and Magnolia reports in the hydro electric generator she found keeping the town alive. They hut the jackpot and this may be the exact town they have been searching years for. Sam isn’t apart of any of these plans as this is a full betrayal of their entire community. They plan on clearing out the entire town but Colette has to start with cleanup of Jack and Sam first. But they have waited too long, the dead are hungry and are now moving from their muscle memory toward them. Suddenly the waitress busts through the door and lunges for Colette. As Colette blows her brains out, a memory of the waitress flashes before Jack’s eyes. As each neighbor is brought down, a memory pops up in Jack’s mind. And then Ralph stumbles in, tons of memories flood back form the special moments they shared together, to Ralph defending Jack, and even being put into a position where he was among the bullies who beat Jack. It’s a complicated history for a complicated person as their brains are blown out and Jack finally breaks free and runs out of the building. He tried to yell out to the dead to run and get away before they are killed. Collette walks up to the woman with the stroller, a memory of her coming to Jack and Luke’s house for safety with her baby when she was clearly abused, hangs in Jack’s mind as he was able to keep her safe then but isn’t now. Colette then walks up to kill Jack…and all he hears is the click as the gun barrel is empty. I can’t help but think of Sam’s story, maybe it’s a sign? We experience another of Jack’s memories as he is now at his Father’s funeral. Liz is there with him but neither of them feel like grieving after knowing how he treated Jack. Jack actually found wisdom in the father, asking what to do if he hates his dad. The father admits it is customary to say we should honor our mothers and fathers, but the scriptures also state the importance of spiritual families we gather along the way like our neighbors. He advises that if Jack can’t find solace in his father’s life, to find it in theirs and honor the family he has with every waking moment. And now in the present day it seems that family is coming back to pay him in kind. They sacrificed themselves to empty the gun and now the entire town is hungry and surrounding Colette and Jack. We know Jack can get out of this, Colette won’t be as lucky. As the issue comes to an end we check back in on Ross and Georgia as it seems Ross is ready for another round. But as Georgia opens her eyes she finds that Ross has fully turned and is coming for her! This is one of the issues Jack has been facing, something in that farm is turning things and they stumbled right into it. But we also see at the end of this issue that Daisy survived and the normal zombie slurs she usually says is replaced with a very legible “dadduh” as it seems like she is cognitively heading back home. What a development that is.
Elsewhere we jump to the researcher who found the water turbine in the mill, only to quickly duck out of the way as Liz, Daisy’s surrogate mother and the inventor of the retrofitted mill. But Liz isn’t attacking her, she is going right back to work on the machine following her muscle memory, and this peaks the interest of the researcher who sees this as a unique opportunity to find out how she ticks. She ultimately drills Liz against the wall and then slices open her head to get to the brain and start messing around with the electrical pathways to see if there are ways to rewire them and possible put the dead to work in a mass scale. She is the first to admit that she has no respect for humanity and didn’t even care about solving the virus as the “herd” as she puts it, needed thinning. Just a walking bag of skin and bones to be turned into slaves at this point in her mind. Additionally, we check in on the trigger happy couple (who kinda look like then could be related) as they found away into the fortified farm through the broken river gate. It’s dream come true for them and they immediately go on my kill list as Jack’s dog attacks the man to defend the farm, only for Georgia to put a few shots in his leg and send him running away. They just hurt a living creature, and a dog is at the top of the list of things you don’t hurt, the could fall into a hole they can’t climb out of for all I care. This is the first time they have been alone in a long time and they are in their concept of paradise. They decide this is the perfect time to strip down and “christen” it.
At this point Jack is getting desperate trying to warn Sam and Colette about the dead. They are growing hungry and when they grow hungry they grow angry and they need to be fed or things will go bad. Sam is sticking to the idea of bringing Jack back to their home for their people’s leaders to decide what to so with him. That is all they have left as humans, it’s what gives them meaning. But Jack would rather die before he ever leaves this town. Sam pulls up a chair and sits next to Jack, he recognizes this stubborn pain as that is how he was for a long time. Sam tells Jack the story about how he lost his family, how he was a trucker and he hears about his kids returning from camp with a bad fever. He rushed home and drove long hours just trying to get back to them, but the day he came back he found they had turned. His kids were eating the family dog and his wife was convulsing on the floor. And then they came running to him like they always do, hoping he would pick them up in his arms and bring them to the heavens. He shot them immediately, then shot his wife, and then turned the gun on himself and prayed for forgiveness…only for the fun to be empty. He saw it as a sign that his work wasn’t over and that this is his hell. But Sam isn’t hearing any of it, the story only confirms his belief that none of them are innocent. The only innocents in this world are the people that walk around this town, Sam just told an entire story about killing his own family. This enrages Sam and he begins to punch Jack down, sending him right back to his days in school where he was beat up in the locker room and then berated by his father when he got home. With every punch from Sam, all while he exclaims that his family was already dead, Jack loosens the cable tied around his hands as he affirms that they weren’t dead and the dead done ever die. But suddenly the fight comes to an end by Colette as she aims a gun at Sam and orders him to his knees. Jack is just as confused as we have a double cross on our hands, Colette has moved her timeline up as she is sick of watching Sam waste his time and blames him for Zeke’s death. Colette checked in on the others as she confirms their plan has begun. Ross and Georgia are still in the middle of screwing in the barn as they report the farm they found, and Magnolia reports in the hydro electric generator she found keeping the town alive. They hut the jackpot and this may be the exact town they have been searching years for. Sam isn’t apart of any of these plans as this is a full betrayal of their entire community. They plan on clearing out the entire town but Colette has to start with cleanup of Jack and Sam first. But they have waited too long, the dead are hungry and are now moving from their muscle memory toward them. Suddenly the waitress busts through the door and lunges for Colette. As Colette blows her brains out, a memory of the waitress flashes before Jack’s eyes. As each neighbor is brought down, a memory pops up in Jack’s mind. And then Ralph stumbles in, tons of memories flood back form the special moments they shared together, to Ralph defending Jack, and even being put into a position where he was among the bullies who beat Jack. It’s a complicated history for a complicated person as their brains are blown out and Jack finally breaks free and runs out of the building. He tried to yell out to the dead to run and get away before they are killed. Collette walks up to the woman with the stroller, a memory of her coming to Jack and Luke’s house for safety with her baby when she was clearly abused, hangs in Jack’s mind as he was able to keep her safe then but isn’t now. Colette then walks up to kill Jack…and all he hears is the click as the gun barrel is empty. I can’t help but think of Sam’s story, maybe it’s a sign? We experience another of Jack’s memories as he is now at his Father’s funeral. Liz is there with him but neither of them feel like grieving after knowing how he treated Jack. Jack actually found wisdom in the father, asking what to do if he hates his dad. The father admits it is customary to say we should honor our mothers and fathers, but the scriptures also state the importance of spiritual families we gather along the way like our neighbors. He advises that if Jack can’t find solace in his father’s life, to find it in theirs and honor the family he has with every waking moment. And now in the present day it seems that family is coming back to pay him in kind. They sacrificed themselves to empty the gun and now the entire town is hungry and surrounding Colette and Jack. We know Jack can get out of this, Colette won’t be as lucky. As the issue comes to an end we check back in on Ross and Georgia as it seems Ross is ready for another round. But as Georgia opens her eyes she finds that Ross has fully turned and is coming for her! This is one of the issues Jack has been facing, something in that farm is turning things and they stumbled right into it. But we also see at the end of this issue that Daisy survived and the normal zombie slurs she usually says is replaced with a very legible “dadduh” as it seems like she is cognitively heading back home. What a development that is.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 27, 2026
this has been good through and through!! i can’t wait to read the last volume
again this comic does an insanely great job at making you care. surprisingly, we care about the zombies, seeing their histories in our main character’s memory. we don’t want the zombies killed in this one, instead we want the living people to be killed - the ones who are threatening the zombies that have been living peacefully
with this, there are a lot of characters around to forget about. it’s easy to forget who has died, who is still alive and scouting the area. everyone is kind of spread out, which creates this anticipation and suspense, what will happen with the zombies go too long without being fed?
i wasn’t that crazy about how the ole dude grabs a gun and has it on our main character, talking about “i’m gonna kill yiu” instead of just firing the second he gets the gun. seems very juvenile and purely cinematic. if you wanted a mf dead, shouldn’t be no talking, it would really just be popping off
again this comic does an insanely great job at making you care. surprisingly, we care about the zombies, seeing their histories in our main character’s memory. we don’t want the zombies killed in this one, instead we want the living people to be killed - the ones who are threatening the zombies that have been living peacefully
with this, there are a lot of characters around to forget about. it’s easy to forget who has died, who is still alive and scouting the area. everyone is kind of spread out, which creates this anticipation and suspense, what will happen with the zombies go too long without being fed?
i wasn’t that crazy about how the ole dude grabs a gun and has it on our main character, talking about “i’m gonna kill yiu” instead of just firing the second he gets the gun. seems very juvenile and purely cinematic. if you wanted a mf dead, shouldn’t be no talking, it would really just be popping off
January 14, 2026
Some trepidation about the foreshadowing
February 27, 2026
4.5 WHY DO I FEEL BAD FOR ZOMBIES?
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April 7, 2026This is what we call true f--- around and find out
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