Plants vs. Zombies Zomnibus Volume 1

by Paul Tobin, Ron Chan (Illustrator), Matthew Rainwater (Illustrator)

Start your Plants vs. Zombies adventures from the very beginning with this Zomnibus hardcover collecting the first three original Plants vs. Zombies graphic novels!The confusing-yet-brilliant inventor known as Crazy Dave helps his niece, Patrice, and young adventurer Nate Timely fend off several fun-dead neighborhood invasions. Follow Crazy Dave and his dedicated group of gifted plants, as they confront Zomboss and his hordes of clueless zombies! Then, are Patrice and Nate ready to investigate on their own? Venture to a strange college campus to keep the streets safe from zombies and join forces with the mysterious Anti-Bully Squad! Zomnibus Volume 1 collects the full graphic  Plants vs. LawnmageddonPlants vs. TimepocalypsePlants vs. Bully for YouIncluding bonus stories illustrated by Dustin Nguyen, Jennifer Meyer, and Peter Bagge, this collection is over 250 pages!

Genres: Comics

256 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 16, 2021

About the author

Paul Tobin is the Eisner-award winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Bandette, Colder, and many other comic books and graphic series.

Bandette, drawn by Colleen Coover, was awarded the Eisner Award for Best Digital Series in 2013, 2016, and 2017; and was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award for Graphic Literature in 2016. His original graphic novel I Was the Cat was nominated for an Eisner in 2015.

The Genius Factor: How to Capture an Invisible Cat , first in his five-book series of middle-grade books, came out in 2016 from Bloomsbury Kids. It was followed in 2017 by How To Outsmart A billion Robot Bees , and How To Tame A Human Tornado in March 2018.

Reviews

[Samuel · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think it was pretty fun!

[Cale · Rating 3 out of 5]

This omnibus collects three separate trades with some bonus material. The best is the first trade Lawnmaggedon, which I'd actually just read separately not too long ago. It does a good job of laying out the concept with decent protagonists and a focus on the plants and zombies, being both silly and action packed. The second trade, Timepocalypse, jettisons anything resembling a coherent story in favor of basically a series of sketches of plants and zombies in different time periods, most of which don't pay off as much as you would hope. Bully for You, the third trade, reads like someone really thought ZomBoss was an interesting character and decided to develop him further. I can't say I really see the appeal in him, though, and the story overstays its welcome. The bonus stories don't add much, but some do have a very different art style that looks good even if it doesn't really capture the tone of the series.
Altogether, this is a decent collection of silliness that is definitely aimed at younger audiences, but is inoffensive to pretty much anybody.

[Nina · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.0/5 stars| I have been a fan of the Plant vs. Zombie game since a child and occasionally revisit them as an adult. This collection of 3 different issues, I suppose, are self contained but do do well together. The third issue/story had a secondary storyline that was distracting and although we later understand why it was included, it could do well without the dramatic and pathetic awe of Crazy Dave. He's crazy-we get it!

I do appreciate the use of different plants and their names! The nostalgia of the plants ^.^

[Erika · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this to my 6 year old as he's a big fan of Plants Vs. Zombies he enjoyed and Brains! is now a sight word he'll never forget.

[Tomáš Štefunko · Rating 5 out of 5]

I fond it as yellow zomnibus

[Sebastian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book, I reccomend it

[Alex Knapp · Rating 4 out of 5]

it was really just a good book