FVZA #2 (of 3)

[MichaelRoberts]

Title: FVZA #2 (of 3)
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Publisher Website: Radical Publishing

Writer: David Hine
Art: Kinsun Loh & Jerry Choo
Number of pages: 56
Price: $4.99
Color: Color
Safety Content Label: MAX: EXPLICIT CONTENT - 18 years old.

Publishers Blurb:
After a successful raid on the zombie-infected town of Corben, the newly reinstated FVZA recruits are on high alert. But as the agency scans the world for new outbreaks of the undead virus, the vampire high council begins its plan for domination of the United States. Only the knowledge of newly appointed agency adviser Hugo Pecos and the battle skills of his grandchildren, Landra and Vidal, will give the FVZA a fighting chance at extinguishing the undead threat once and for all.

Reviewer Comments:
After spending lots of time setting up everything in issue 1, FVZA #2 hit the ground running with tons of action-packed story. Flame-throwers, biological warfare, and vampire gang attacks are all balanced with lots of plot and character development.

The biggest surprises for me in this series so far are the emotional moments where readers begin to sympathize with the zombies or vampires. I think it’s easier to create that emotional connection with vampires since they still retain so many human characteristics, but the few traits that some of the zombies retain are surprisingly touching. How many zombie books have you read where you sympathized with the zombies?

This book continues its spectacular art with one of the most dynamic uses of painted art that I’ve seen in comics. These battles move with a real energy, and they’re still able to retain that beautiful, shiny quality of painted art. The lettering also played a pivotal role in this issue early as a song played in the background of a scene. The lyrics of the song were non-intrusive, and the reader didn’t have to focus on them to get the meaning of the scene. But going back to read the lyrics added an emotional weight to the actions of the panels.

This isn’t a book to read while you’re eating, but it is one that you need to read if you’re at all interested in zombies or vampires. The creative team had a chance to effectively incorporate all of the big ideas of this seamlessly in this issue, and it’s worth your time.