Art by Michael Allred
My fear, when hearing that DC was going to trim two pages out of each of their monthly books as a method of maintaining the $2.99 price point, was that the two pages would be pretty noticeable. For the most part, since the shift started last month, I haven't often found that a DC comic takes much less time to read than one from any other company, at least until I read this issue of I, Zombie.
The problem, as I see it, is that this issue uses way too many splash pages and is too decompressed for a shortened comic. It feels like a quick check-in on the various sub-plots Roberson has been establishing, instead of being a coherent chapter in an on-going story. We see Gwen talk to her old friend, on behalf of the friend's dead mother, despite the fact that Gwen is herself supposed to be dead. Diogenes has been kidnapped by the vampire paintball girls, and Horatio learns of this fact. Ellie scares Spot, and then he takes her home to meet his Grandfather Chimp. Plus, we see some more of Galatea, and Amon goes to meet her. In short, too much is happening in such a short space for there to be two splash pages and a couple more pages with only one or two panels each.
Having said all that, I still find this to be a very enjoyable series. I just wish it could be a bit denser, even if it means crowding Michael Allred's wonderful art with a lot of words.
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