New Deadwardians

The New Deadwardians by Dan Abnett, 172 pages


New Deadwardians is about a post apocalyptic London society and the survivors of an undead uprising. What makes this different from all of the rest of the zombie graphic novels out there is this one features a cure. A cure that makes you a vampire. In all honesty that is not much of a cure, you go from an undead zombie to an undead vampire. But I guess you avoid all that flesh rotting but still, not much of a cure.

The story follows a vampire or "Young" named George. He works as the only detective in the murder room. Ever since people started rising from the grave and the undead, namely the Young, were accepted into society there is no longer any murder, because people dont stay dead. That all changes when one of the Young turns up dead and not by any normal means (staking, beheading or incineration). What follows is an investigation that makes him question himself and society.

While using vampirism to avoid being changed into a zombie is a unique idea it is not enough to make this graphic novel anything special. It is not a bad read, but it didn't make that big of an impression on me.