APPROBATION COMICS
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
STORY: B. Alex Thompson – @ApproBAT
ART: Ricardo Mendez
COLORS: Alivon Ortiz
LETTERS: Krugos
EDITORS: B. Alex Thompson and John P. Ward
COVER: Ricardo Mendez (2017 Monterey Comic Con Convention Exclusive cover)
32pp, Color, $9.99 U.S./.99¢ digital-comic (2017; digital release date – April 12, 2017)
Rated: Teen 13+ / 15+ Only – comiXology rating
Chaos Campus: Sorority Girls vs. Zombies created by B. Alex Thompson
“The NecroMager”
Chaos Campus: Sorority Girls vs. Zombies is a zombie apocalypse comic book series that mixes in elements of comedy, horror, and adventure. The creation of B. Alex Thompson, Chaos Campus is published by Thompson's company, Approbation Comics. Chaos Chaos is set during a zombie invasion and follows the adventures of three members of the sorority, Epsilon Alpha Zeta Upsilon (EAZY): ass-kickin’ Jamie Lynn Schaeffer, brainy and magic-wielding Paige Helena Patton, and sexy Brittany Ann Miller.
Thompson is also producing a Chaos Campus side series, Chaos Campus: Extra Credit, which offers readers something “extra,” but (apparently) in continuity to the main series. Thompson also releases a “convention exclusive” variant cover edition of Extra Credit. Thompson recently provided me a copy-for-review of Chaos Campus: Extra Credit #7 – Convention Exclusive 2017 (for the Monterey Comic Con).
Chaos Campus: Extra Credit #7 opens in the middle of Paige's funky dream that finds her in a too-revealing swimsuit, in a situation of submission and humiliation, and in a meeting the mysterious Locus. Back in the waking world, Paige reunites with Jamie and Paige and also with the ongoing battle against the “Neo-Zombies.”
There are also some new complications. Jamie makes a shocking announcement. A killing machine named “Denvey” joins the fray. Locus is real, and she has friend named “Spook.” And a friend, Brian, turns out to be a budding magic-baddie and a total frickin' asshole and ass-wipe.
As usual, I enjoy whatever Chaos Campus comic book I read. Chaos Campus: Extra Credit #7 does not have the dramatic (or humorous) chops of the regular series, but it is wacky, offbeat, and gleefully gruesome. I enjoyed the guest characters: Locus, Spook, and Denvey, which are the property of comic book creator, Adam Black.
The art by Ricardo Mendez is quite nice. What he lacks as an experienced draftsman, Mendez makes up with imaginative illustrations. To me, Mendez feels like a natural at comic book storytelling. As usual, Alivon Ortiz delivers strong coloring, this time conveying the chaotic situation of this issue. Letterer, Krugos, gets the most out of “sound effects,” especially “Budda Budda” for gunfire.
So, for those who can't get enough zombie education from Chaos Campus: Sorority Girls vs. Zombies, you'll get schooled in the ways of necromancy and backstabbing in Chaos Campus: Extra Credit #7. You, dear reader, can even get this “Extra Credit” from comiXology.
7.5 out of 10
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
Buy Chaos Campus: Extra Credit #7 at comiXology.
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