{"id":2042,"date":"2020-08-03T12:12:49","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T16:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/?p=2042"},"modified":"2020-07-07T12:20:12","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T16:20:12","slug":"graphic-novel-review-mississippi-zombie-a-horror-anthology-by-bradley-golden-alex-barranco-joe-wight-marcus-h-roberts-et-al","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/?p=2042","title":{"rendered":"Graphic Novel Review: Mississippi Zombie: A Horror Anthology by Bradley Golden, Alex Barranco, Joe Wight, Marcus H. Roberts, et al."},"content":{"rendered":"

*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.*<\/p>\n

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Mississippi Zombie: A Horror Anthology<\/em>\u00a0by Bradley Golden, Alex Barranco, Joe Wight, Marcus H. Roberts, et al.<\/p>\n

Caliber Comics, 2020<\/p>\n

ISBN-13: 9781643377131<\/p>\n

Available:\u00a0Paperback, Kindle, comiXology<\/p>\n

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Caliber Comics brings us\u00a0Mississippi Zombie: A Horror Anthology<\/em>, a series of walking dead tales set in rural Mississippi. In \u201cMississippi Crossing Part 1\u201d, Private John Hilliard of the 1st<\/sup>\u00a0Battalion, 155th<\/sup>\u00a0Infantry tells the story of his fight against the incoming zombie horde from the north. \u201cMississippi Crossing Part 2\u201d presents two rednecks in a bar arguing over whether the zombie threat on the news is real, part of a government conspiracy, or if the town psychic was right, and it\u2019s the beginning of the Apocalypse. The conspiracy theorist gets fed up and leaves the bar in a huff, only to discover the truth for himself. \u201cMississippi Crossing Part 3\u201d, begins on a football field, where zombies break into the arena to wreak havoc on the unsuspecting public. One player fights his way free, only to board the wrong school bus. In \u201cGrave Times\u201d, Theodore and Angela Brown are newlyweds when the unthinkable happens. Angela succumbs to a mysterious illness and turns. Her devoted husband keeps her chained and locked in their basement. He delivers a freshly robbed corpse to her, but it isn\u2019t warm enough for her refined palate. \u201cZombie Attack on Horn Island\u201d, told around a campfire, includes hapless settlers, a vengeful witch, and bloodthirsty zombies. In \u201cIt\u2019s All About Commerce\u201d, four friends are trying to get to Commerce, Mississippi for safety to find something potentially much worse than the living dead. \u201cPlanet Z\u201d gives us a science fiction take on the zombie story. It\u2019s Christmastime in an industrial colony in Jackson, Mississippi. Unfortunately, the zombies didn\u2019t get the memo about peace on Earth and good will to men.<\/p>\n

I thoroughly enjoyed the stories in this anthology. They are short, sweet, and full of zombies. I want to focus on the artwork for a bit. Phil Williams provides chaotic, intense art for the \u201cMississippi Crossing\u201d segments, especially when the zombies attack. It\u2019s very well executed. The art for \u201cGrave Times\u201d by Antonio Acevedo is highly detailed and has some great shadowy effects. Shaun Barbour\u2019s art in \u201cZombie Attack on Horn Island\u201d and Harrison Wood\u2019s art in \u201cIt\u2019s All About Commerce both feel close to what you would see in\u00a0Eerie<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0Creepy<\/em>. Rod Espinosa has a slick art style that is great for a sci-fi horror comic. It would be great to see him do art for a Warhammer 40K comic.<\/p>\n

I would recommend this for anyone who wants to support independent, well-done horror comics. I think it is important for libraries to find ways to hold these in their collections as well. Highly recommended.<\/p>\n

Contains: blood, gore, zombies<\/p>\n

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Reviewed by Lizzy Walker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Mississippi Zombie: A Horror Anthology\u00a0by Bradley Golden, Alex Barranco, Joe Wight, Marcus H. Roberts, et al. Caliber Comics, 2020 ISBN-13: 9781643377131 Available:\u00a0Paperback, Kindle, comiXology   Caliber Comics brings us\u00a0Mississippi Zombie: A Horror Anthology, a series of walking dead tales set in rural Mississippi. In \u201cMississippi Crossing Part 1\u201d, Private […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[76,119,82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-graphic-novels","category-horror","category-zombies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Eu9f-wW","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2042"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2043,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042\/revisions\/2043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}