APPROBATION COMICS
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
STORY: B. Alex Thompson – @ApproBAT
ART: Pramit Santra
COLORS: Russell Vincent Yu and Schmerys Baal
LETTERS: Elisa M. Coletti
POST-SCRIPTING/POLISH: John P. Ward
COVER: Kevin Wallace
24pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (2015)
Rated: Teen 13+
Chaos Campus: Sorority Girls vs. Zombies created by B. Alex Thompson
“The Pink, Part 1 of 2”
The long-running Chaos Campus: Sorority Girls vs. Zombies is a horror-comedy and zombie apocalypse comic book series. It was created by B. Alex Thompson and is published by his company, Approbation Comics. The series is set during a zombie invasion and follows the adventures of three members of the sorority, Epsilon Alpha Zeta Upsilon (EAZY): ass-kickin’ Jaime Lynn Schaeffer, brainy and magic-wielding Paige Helena Patton, and sexy Brittany Ann Miller.
The current story line is “The Pink,” which finds the trio and other zombie riot survivors in a house that holds a surprise. This story is written by B. Alex Thompson; drawn by Pramit Santra; colored by Schmerys Baal and Russell Vincent Yu; and lettered by Elisa M. Coletti.
Chaos Campus: Sorority Girls vs. Zombies #23 opens in the wake of the “Smart Zombies” conspiracy. On the run with four other survivors of that debacle, Jamie, Paige, and Brittany come upon a strange meteor after an even stranger meteor shower. Then, the group finds a house that is perfect as a shelter because it has not one, but two generators. However, Jamie has been acting strange since her encounter with the meteor, and the house also holds a shocking connection to her past.
In the “Smart Zombies” story line, creator/writer B. Alex Thompson threw a left-hook at readers. Chaos Campus is a humorous spin on comic books, and it is a comic take of the zombie apocalypse. But (and its a big but) Chaos Campus offers good characters and an intriguing, evolving narrative. With the arrival of a smart zombie, Thompson showed that Chaos Campus will defy genre expectations by whatever means necessary and unnecessary.
Chaos Campus: Sorority Girls vs. Zombies #23 is funny, and I'm assuming that it is spoofing the Species film series. I really like the personal reveal, which is one more example of Thompson evolving our fearless zombie fighters. This remains a fantastic comic book, and I enjoyed reading it, although I am not crazy about the artist. Pramit Santra's graphical storytelling is good, but the technical aspects of the art is wanting, I must say. Still, I am ready for issue #24.
8 out of 10
Buy Chaos Campus #23 at comiXology.
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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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