Written by Tim Seeley
Art by Mike Norton
The zombie genre has well
run its course at this point. It's been parodied, deconstructed,
reconstructed, and so on until it seems like there's nothing left to do.
Revival makes a big change: taking the zombies out of the genre.
Revival takes place in a small
Wisconsin town, where about 25 recently deceased people have come back to life.
Instead of being zombies, they're just normal people who are just
returning to whatever they were doing before. The first arc is mainly
focused on a policewoman whose job is adjusting with the revival, along with a
mysterious creature that's also appeared.
While there are main characters here, Revival is really an
ensemble piece, focused on everybody in the town and their reactions. We
see the police, teachers, students, upper class, lower class, and even the CDC.
Everybody is affected, and this is a story as much about the basic drama
of a small town as it is about an incredible event happening. We still
get plenty of mysteries going, including the central one of "How did this
happen?" but we also get to know the people and the place.
One of the things that can
easily go wrong with a concept like this is a failure to explain the rules.
But they're perfectly explained from the outset. People will still
die, and the revivers will keep coming back. This is not a horror comic
necessarily, but it does have some pretty horrific scenes, particularly as one
person keeps pulling out her teeth as they keep growing back. Norton's
art is perfect for both the scenes of gore and the simple conversations that
really drive the book.
Revival is fascinating,
mysterious, and unique. Definitely worth picking up for anybody who wants
something different.
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