Cheap Box Review: Night of the Living Dead: Just A Girl

We’ve all seen them in our comic shops. They’re the cheap boxes, row after row of comics at discount prices because the titles in them just wouldn’t sell or their just not good enough for the showcase. Many people try to avoid them, I can’t get enough of them. Sure alot of the time you pull a dud. However, every once in a while, you pull a gem. Such was the case when I picked up this one-shot from Avatar.

Night of the Living Dead: Just A Girl takes us back to that old farmhouse in 1960, where a small group of frightened individuals holed up against a horde of zombies. For any of you who’ve never seen the original film, you’ve never seen a zombie film until you’ve seen this one. Those of you who have seen it will undoubtedly remember the little girl in the basement. Well, have you ever wondered what happened to her that turned her into a zombie or why she so violently killed her parents? Well this is a book you don’t want to miss.

Written by NotLD co-writer John Russo, I was hopeful that this would not be another crap story riding on the cult classic’s tail. I was not disappointed. Rather than twisting and ruining a story that I consider one the best social satires of our time, it added to it and explored a character that was left pretty unexplored in the movie.  Edison George provided the artwork for the tale, managing to strike a fine balance between story, character, and gore.

This book was an excellent find and I only paid half a dollar for it. Featuring a great story and detailed art, I give this book 4 of 5 stars.