|
|
Post by kooshmeister on Sept 27, 2014 15:32:52 GMT
 Written by Don Roff and lavishly illustrated by Chris Lane, Zombies is a 2009 "found journal" attributed to a Seattle doctor named Robert Twombly. It's even published with Twombly credited as the author, and presented as 100% authentic. It's set in 2012, meaning at the time it was written, it was future fiction. In its universe, the United States experienced a zombie outbreak from January to December 2012, which they were able to put down by some miracle, and officials found and decided to publish what is presented as Dr. Twombly's journal from January to December describing his misadventures following a zombie outbreak. The cause of the zombies here is attributed to a toxic food additive. Anyway, in-universe, Twombly is also an illustrator who, prior to the outbreak, painted birds and other wildlife as a hobby, so, naturally, he illustrates his journal with highly detailed drawings of people, places and things he meets on his adventures, particularly the very gory and gruesome zombies. I like the "bad food additive" explanation for the zombies. It's different than the usual virus angle. And I like the notion of people becoming zombies from eating the contaminated food. Apparently, eating the food with the additive means you take longer to become a zombie because of the time the digestive process takes, whereas being bitten by an afflicted person is quicker because the toxin goes straight into the bloodstream, bypassing digestion and absorption entirely. There's also the chilling thought of, during the outbreak as you're scrounging for food, what if the food you find has the additive? Worse... what if you'd already eaten it and didn't know it, and are slowly transforming? Scary stuff. |
|
