EDITOR'S NOTE: Comic Beat, one of the best web sources for comics related news, published their list of the Best Comics of 2020. It's the most comprehensive list I've seen so far, very thoughtful and a prime example of the diversity of themes prevalent in modern comics. You can view the entire list here . . .
Comic Beat's Best of 2020 List
Here's their review of DEAD DAY, one of my personal favorites of 2020, a great year for comics (in spite of, you know . . .)
Just when you thought everything that could be said and done with the zombie genre had already been said and done, Aftershock Comics releases Dead Day, a refreshing but still haunting tale that fundamentally challenges the idea behind “life after death”.
Parrot’s and Bornyakov’s tale keeps zombiism contained to a single day of the year in which the dead come back to see family members or attend to unfinished business. In this case, one of the zombies has set its sights on cold retribution against those that initially got him inside a coffin in the first place.
Parrot’s script goes for a more cultural and social angle, on what it actually means to have dead people make visits on a yearly basis. The point isn’t to further the flesh-eating bits of the monsters rather than turn into a different kind of being that keeps life from reaching its intended conclusion. It’s a fascinating and smart play on zombie expectations that yields more surprises than expected.
Dead Day represents hope for the zombie genre. Maybe it hasn’t said everything that it can say yet. – Ricardo Serrano Denis
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