It's Graphic Time! Revival Vol 1: You're Among Friends by Tim Seeley

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Title: Revival Vol 1: You're Among Friends

Author: Tim Seeley
Illustrator: Mike Norton and Mark Englert

Publisher: Image Comics

Publishing Date: December 12th, 2012

Pages: 128
Audio Length: N/A

Genre: Horror Graphic Novel
TW: Gore, murder

Series: Revival Vol. 1

Source: Book

 

For one day in rural central Wisconsin, the dead came back to life. Now it's up to Officer Dana Cypress to deal with the media scrutiny, religious zealots, and government quarantine that has come with them. In a town where the living have to learn to deal with those who are supposed to be dead, Officer Cypress must solve a brutal murder, and everyone, alive or undead, is a suspect. The sell-out hit series created by NYT Bestselling author TIM SEELEY and Eisner winning artist MIKE NORTON is collected with bonus material!
Collects REVIVAL 1-5 and the FREE COMIC BOOK DAY short story

What made me pick this book up: 

I was at the comic store and this one definitely caught my eye. Mostly the cover. Also the title. So.

What did I like about the cover: 

Creepy, I love the girl holding the scythe and I love how it's in the rural area. 

What made me read this book: 

Sounded super creepy. Zombies. Middle of nowhere. It sounded awesome. 

What did I like the most: 

I kind of explain all of that below. I love the story. But there really isn't much that I don't like if I'm being honest.

I had picked this up at the comic store when looking for new graphic novels to get into. I took this home and immediately devoured it. I love that it's a quick read, but it doesn't feel like it at the same time. 

What didn't I like: 

That there isn't more! Ha!

Would I read the rest of the series/more from this author?
Absolutely!


This artwork is stunning. It's creepy and very dark. I absolutely love it.

I don't really care much for the characters. The MC sister is my favorite, but with only reading two of these I'm not really attached to them yet. 




The pace on this book is great. It's a constant go go go without making it feel like it's rushed. It's a quick read but you get completely immersed into the book.

This is a zombie book. But not like you would think. So of course it's great, it's really hard to find good unique zombie stories. They're either super over the top or hardly considered zombie. 

This has become one of my absolute favorite series. I can't wait to read more. 

Tim Seeley is a comic book artist and writer known for his work on books such as G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, The Dark Elf Trilogy, Batman Eternal and Grayson. He is also the co-creator of the Image Comics titles Hack/Slash[1] and Revival, as well as the Dark Horse titles, ExSanguine and Sundowners. He lives in Chicago.
Illustrator: Mike Norton has been working in comics for 10 years now, gaining recognition for projects such as The Waiting Place and Jason and the Argobots. In 2001, he became Art Director for Devil's Due Publishing where he drew the first Voltron mini-series. In 2005, he went freelance and has since made a name for himself working on books like Queen and Country, Gravity, Runaways, All-New Atom and Green Arrow/Black Canary.He is also very, very tall.