CHAOS CAMPUS: SORORITY GIRLS VS ZOMBIES #37
APPROBATION COMICS
STORY: B. Alex Thompson – @ApproBAT
ART: Ricardo Mendez
COLORS: Alivon Ortiz
LETTERS: Krugos
POST-SCRIPTING/POLISH: John P. Ward
EDITOR: B. Alex Thompson
COVER: Ricardo Mendez with Alivon Ortiz
28pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. print/$1.99 U.S. digital (2018; digital release date – November 7, 2018)
Rated: Teen 13+ / 15+ Only – comiXology rating
Chaos Campus: Sorority Girls vs. Zombies created by B. Alex Thompson
“Restitution”
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 “Higher Learning” story arc gives way to a new story, “Restitution.” It is written by Thompson; drawn by Ricardo Mendez; colored by Alivon Ortiz; and lettered by Krugos.
Chaos Campus: Sorority Girls vs. Zombies #37 ("Restitution") opens in the wake of the battle to stop Paige's father, Parker Patton, who had become the villain, “Tech Locke.” As the story begins, Paige, Jamie, and Damien are attempting to kill off the remaining horde of Neo-Zombies in order to protect a nearby survivors' colony. Suddenly, Tess Raven, Paige's sister (of sorts), joins them in battle, but Paige and Damien would rather take her prisoner.
Paige is willing to hear what Tess has to say, but they are suddenly separated from the other two. Paige and Tess also discover that they are suffering from drained powers. The cause may be the sudden appearance of some of Paige's friends and allies: Brittany, Sanee, Darren Wormsor, Roger, Oliver, Mikhail. However, this Brittany seems strange. Roger is supposed to be dead! And Sanee is in full attack mode. Meet the alternate friends from another world, the “Paige Hunters.”
In order to escape them, Tess will finally have to tell her origin story. Now, she is going to reveal her true connection to Paige.
THE LOWDOWN: B. Alex Thompson has recently presented some big story lines in the Chaos Campus narrative, such as “The Road to Salvation” and “Higher Learning.” It is clear that Thompson is building towards something big as he heads to the end of this series.
Chaos Campus #37 directly ties into the trippy Chaos Campus: Sorority Girls vs. Zombies: Extra Credit #10, with its alternate take on the beginnings of Chaos Campus. There is also a connection to the early issue, Chaos Campus #7. Here, Thompson offers a wonderful and mind-bending trip through multiple universes, alternate worlds, and mirror images. I am loathe to spoil it, but Chaos Campus #37 is one of the series' best issues.
Artist Ricardo Mendez delivers sterling storytelling as he depicts a head-spinning number of dimensional jumps. Mendez seems to be the ideal artist to graphically chronicle Thompson's current Chaos Campus status quo, and he continues to show that he can do the big event stories.
Colorist Alivon Ortiz makes the art crackle in living color, and Krugos' lettering continues the steady beat of this series, pounding out fonts like surround sound. So where does Thompson go from here? Let's keeping following, dear readers, because it is worth discovering.
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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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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