This is a series that I read mostly for the robots, although people tend to call them 'warbots.'   And they are just that, meant to fight off the zombie invasion.   I forgot that I was reading out of order, and that this was volume two, but the story was cohesive on it's own, although I'm sure I missed specific incidents they referred to: the editor's notes told me which issues I missed them in, after all!

Other than being fine as a stand alone, this was a lot of fun.   The series doesn't take itself too seriously, for one thing, although it does focus on telling a fun story with solid characters while poking fun at itself in how ridiculous this whole thing gets. 

The art is lush in its painterly scope, although not color wise: muted colors reflect the horror of the world that's been created, adding to the creepy sense of this whole thing, adding a sense of gravitas that was, on occasion, missing in the writing.   Not to say that 'missing in the writing' was a bad thing; I liked how flippant this could get despite the desperate situations.   Not only that, a more serious art style - like the toned down color scheme - and the outrageous elements in the writing ended up matching up perfectly, one keeping the other in check. 

It felt neither too serious, nor too silly, but ended up a balance of both that simply appeals to me.   I'm looking forward to catching up on volume one, since I ended up getting both on sale along with the Undercity volume and simply ended up reading out of order...

This is the story about when zombies take over, and the president and his handpicked 100 guests go to the undercity: a city underground, built to withstand zombies.   Except his priest refuses to go ,and his backup priest ministers to the zombies themselves, believing that he has a calming effect on them.  

Perhaps he does.   They don't attack him until right before he's taken to the city.    Which, of course, means that the rest of the people are trapped in a unbreakable vault of a city - with a zombie in their midst.  

It becomes a scramble for survival while they're locked in, and their choices are stay with the zombies below ground, or try to escape to the world up above that's been decimated by zombies already. 

But of course this is Zombies VS Robots so it couldn't stay that mundane.   It's full of surprises that I didn't see coming, and for all the horror, it remains as cheeky as possible.   This graphic novel never took itself too seriously, and that only made it all that more enjoyable.   The art is also spectacular, painterly, emotive, and just absolutely perfect for this series. 

Except that there's so much more to this.   Although the main storyline had action and twists, I found I preferred the side stories at the end.   Don't get me wrong: the first story moves along, and is compelling, and, yeah, the ragtag bunch of humans clearly care for each other. 

But there was so much more warmth and heart in the side stories, particularly the one where a girl, Rosemary, fixes a robot she ends up naming Bot-Bot.   Without sacrificing on the action or twists, this created a story in which I felt the most emotionally connected to the characters, where I cared most about what happened to them.   It was horrific and yet adorable all at the same time. 

In otherwise, I loved this. 

Ja nicht schlecht, gibt aber schon früher, ich weiss nich von wem auch so eine Geschichte die dann von Stephen Spielberg verfilmt wurde und der Film ist richtig gut.

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - The Interconnectedness of All Kings - I will start by saying that I haven't ever read any of the Dirk Gently series of books by Douglas Adams.  Ijust recently listened to a radio-play adaptation of the first Dirk Gently book, and loved it!  Though I've only listened to the first one, I feel this comic does a good job of keeping the spirit of the character Adams created.

Ever since I watched the television series adaptation of Dirk Gently I've had the detective on my radar and when this comic popped up at the library I knew I had to check it out.

I wasn't disappointed, especially with some of the art done by Rob Guillory (of Chew).  The story itself was fun, though not my favorite, I would have liked a less rushed introduction to the concept of Dirk Gently and what exactly a 'holistic' detective is and what they exactly do...

However, I still had a lot of fun with all the linking stuff going on, the serial killers on vacation, ancient megalomaniacs and references to the Doctor (among others).  I'll come back for more of this series, but I think the best bit about this comic is that it will get new readers interested in reading the original series by Douglas Adams, which is what I'm doing!