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review 2015-11-21 08:00
The Mocking Dead #2
The Mocking Dead #2 - Fred Van Lente

I quite liked the first issue of this series, but since it was very short it was hard to already form an opinion of it.

 

The zombie crisis has started and there seems to be this resemblance to the old movie The Mocking Dead. Only acquiring a copy of it is harder than previously thought.

 

It still feels like an issue that is mostly still setting the scene for the story, however I read that this series consists of only four issues. While an entertaining read I'm not sure yet when and if I will continue.

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review 2015-11-15 08:12
The Mocking Dead #1
The Mocking Dead #1 - Fred Van Lente,Max Dunbar

This was part of a HumbleBundle and so, I'd never really heard of it before now.

 

I'd expected it to be more of a parody on the zombie genre, and although the story didn't seem too serious (the zombies are laughing for one thing) it kind of felt like a legitimate zombie story that seemed quite interesting.

 

This first issue sets the scene for the story, showing the first infected and also introducing the main character, who used to work for a secret part of the CIA investigating threats that derive from movies/games and the like.

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review 2014-11-02 23:16
Alright
The Mocking Dead #1 - Fred Van Lente,Max Dunbar

Some of the concepts are quite clever, but I find the execution to be lacking here.   It's not written in a clever enough way to keep me interested, at least not enough to buy further issues.   

 

The Entertainment Division of the government covers movies: realistic threats - Taxi Driver, and how it inspired the attempted assassination attempt of Regan - and more fantastical elements like Star Wars and zombies and vampires. 

 

It was disbanded, but two of the former agents - one still working for the government, and one a typical science fiction/comic book geek - are called back into service when a zombie infection breaks out in the US.   

 

Like I said, it wasn't that clever, especially since the concept had legs.   Long legs.   Even the giant robot reference couldn't save comic-geek from his unflattering portrait: unstable, a child in adult's clothing, and even with the heaviness and even a flippant comment about him not leaving his house.   Ugh. 

 

Thanks, author.   Thanks for putting down your target audience.   Yeah, not a huge fan. 

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text 2014-11-02 22:47
Reading progress update: I've read 2 out of 25 pages.
The Mocking Dead #1 - Fred Van Lente,Max Dunbar

"see back insode covers to see all variants"

 

I'm not sure if insode is an embarrassing typo - or them doing the mocking thing already. 

 

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