CHAOS CAMPUS: SORORITY GIRLS VS ZOMBIES #35
APPROBATION COMICS
STORY: B. Alex Thompson – @ApproBAT
ART: Ricardo Mendez
COLORS: Alivon Ortiz
LETTERS: Krugos
POST-SCRIPTING/POLISH: John P. Ward
EDITORS: B. Alex Thompson and John P. Ward
MISC. ART: Ricardo Mendez with Alivon Ortiz
COVER: Ricardo Mendez with Alivon Ortiz
24pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. print/$1.99 U.S. digital (2017; digital release date – October 24, 2018)
Rated: Teen 13+ / 15+ Only – comiXology rating
Chaos Campus: Sorority Girls vs. Zombies created by B. Alex Thompson
“Higher Learning, Part 3 of 4”
Chaos Campus: Sorority Girls vs. Zombies is the long-running zombie apocalypse comic book series from Approbation Comics. Mixing in elements of comedy, horror, adventure, and magic, it is the creation of B. Alex Thompson. 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’ Jamie Lynn Schaeffer, brainy and magic-wielding Paige Helena Patton, and sexy goddess-type Brittany Ann Miller.
The current story line is “Higher Learning.” It is written by Thompson; drawn by Ricardo Mendez; colored by Alivon Ortiz; and lettered by Krugos. In this story arc, Paige is reunited with her father, who also happens to be the villain, Tech Locke, and her “sister,” Tess Raven.
Chaos Campus: Sorority Girls vs. Zombies #35 opens in the “Campus Survivors Compound.” Paige's mother, Morgan, wants the group to have a really good plan of action before they launch an attack on Tech Locke's compound to retrieve her daughter. Jamie and Brittany, newly recovered from her injuries, are raring to go. What they don't know is that Paige is willing to help her father and is all-in on his diabolical plans, which she doesn't see as diabolical.
Locke will assist his ally, Doctor Lucian Campbell, who wants to ascend as “Skull Drudgery's” vessel. In order to do that, he needs the “Ever-Ice,” and that can only be found on an alternate Earth – an “Ice Earth” that Tess visited a few years ago. But Tess will need Paige's magical powers, which are only getting stronger, to open a portal to that world.
Meanwhile, the other two EAZY sisters are in a pitched battle against Neo-Zombies outside Locke's compound. Now, they must follow Paige and Locke to the Ice Earth, but if they do, tragedy will also follow them.
THE LOWDOWN: After bringing “The Road to Salvation” story line to an end and delivering a series of standalone stories, writer B. Alex Thompson turns the focus of Chaos Campus' narrative eye to Paige Helena Patton. The fun thing of that, especially for regular readers of Chaos Campus, is that this story arc, “Higher Learning,” means a return of favorite characters that have been absent for several issues or even longer. Thompson brings family drama, tragedy, and real pain to Chaos Campus #35, and he also delivers some epic action.
Ricardo Mendez's art and graphical storytelling deftly mixes the magic and the reunions. As he did in the second issue, Mendez also conveys how important this story arc is both in terms of Paige's development and in her personal story and in terms of how the story affects the future of the series. In this thirty-fifth issue, Mendez also offers readers six cool double-page spreads that greatly heighten the sense of drama and action; they are like a kick of adrenaline to your imagination, dear readers.
Alivon Ortiz's dazzling colors and impressive color effects make “Higher Learning's” magic look … well, magical. Krugos' lettering continues the steady beat of this series, as he carries readers into an alternative world of high-powered action. I heartily recommend Chaos Campus #35, so go back and get issues #33 and #34, if you have to, as you prepare for the conclusion of “Higher Learning.”
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of zombies and of horror-comedies will want to try Chaos Campus: Sorority Girls vs. Zombies.
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9 out of 10
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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