| Title | : | Night of the Living Deadpool (The Living Deadpool, #1) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0785190171 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780785190172 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 96 |
| Publication | : | First published May 20, 2014 |
Night of the Living Deadpool (The Living Deadpool, #1) Reviews
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Is this a slice of awesome?
Eh. I don't know about that, but it is exactly what it's advertised to be.
Deadpool vs Zombies!
And for what it is, it isn't bad.
Now, if you (like me) are a tad burned out on the zombie genre, this isn't going to reignite your love of The Walking Dead. The good news is that it's also not the worst thing you'll read about them, either. It's basically just a tongue-in-cheek tale about the zombie apocalypse featuring everyone's favorite psychotic Canadian.
Like most Deadpool stories, the plot is thin on...plot. BUT. Also like most Deadpool stories, the plot really doesn't matter that much anyway. Deadpool comics are a lot like porn in that way - you're there to see titties and weiners, not Oscar-worthy storylines.
So, if you're a huge fan of the Merc with a Mouth, or maybe you're just looking for something to scratch that George Romero itch, you may want to check this one out. -
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“The world will end . . . not with a bang but with a whimper. The painful truth of the matter is a little different, though, ain’t it? Because the fact of the matter is that the world keeps on keeping on. We just ain’t in charge any more.”
Yep, that definitely seems to be the case for the old Merc with the Mouth when he wakes up from one seriously wicked food coma . . .
Turns out while he was sleeping it off, the entire world was overran by the undead. Sure, there might have been a few warning signs of what was to come, but Deadpool had his priorities straight – like flipping the channel during the boring news and catching a marathon of the best television show ever created on T.V. Land instead . . .
Now Deadpool is the only superhero alive, and it’s up to him to save humankind . . . with fart jokes. I keeeeed – well, sorta. Along the way Deadpool will cross paths with various people and deal with . . .
Yes, Rick. And stuff too. We’ll also FINALLY learn how the zombie apocalypse came about in the first place . . .
And watch as the action builds to a crescendo . . . .
(That was supposed to be a “Blaze of Glory” gif – but it turns out I like this song better so if you don’t like it SUCK IT!)
I hate to admit when someone like
Jeff is right, but since it’s only happened once so far in our friendship I’ll go ahead and give him credit. Deadpool is the bomb dot com and gets all the stars. Dear Deapool . . .
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“When a 9mm rings, an angel gets his wings.”
Show of hands. Who can’t wait for zombiemania to bite the dust? That’s what I thought. In the meantime, let’s bring out Mr. Meta Humor himself, the Merc with a Mouth, Deadpool and run him through his paces during a zombie apocalypse.
Credit Cullen Bunn and Ramon Rosanas for making this work as well as it does. Deadpool has woken up from a food coma after binging on Mexican food and finds that he’s the only hero (work with me here) left. Bunn musters just enough of an original take on zombies, ample dollops of humor and pathos (you read that right) to make this a recommended read.
Note: I would pay top dollar to see him and the Deadpool Scouts eliminate Rick and re-set the Walking Dead. -
"Solemnly, our hero surveys the unspeakable carnage . . . for he is the last 'super-bro' on Earth. His heart, swelling with a sense of proud duty, beats out a clear, urgent message. And it says . . . @#$% THIS! TOO MANY ZOMBIES!" -- Deadpool's clamorous narration
Gleefully making reference to and/or ripping off the countless zombie-involved flicks from the last fifty or more years (including director George Romero's Dead trilogy, 28 Days Later, Zombieland, and writer Richard Matheson's story that spawned the movies Last Man on Earth, Omega Man, and I Am Legend), Night of the Living Deadpool has our titular antihero awakening from an all-you-can-eat buffet-induced overeating coma to realize that his world is being overrun by the quickly-multiplying animated undead. You know - those slack-jawed, pale-faced, and blank-eyed decomposing corpses who aimlessly shuffle around while hungrily desiring the flesh, blood and brains! of the dwindling number of survivors. Lots of splatterific action scenes (courtesy of decapitation by swordplay, since ammunition becomes a rare commodity) and the expected darkly humorous and bizarre quips in the first half, which then segues into an investigation of the root cause in the latter chapters. Stylishly illustrated in a black / white / red palette, it wasn't especially memorable or wildly original with hopping on the zombie bandwagon, but it functions as some quick and adequate light reading. -
Decidí volver a leer sobre Deadpool porque, vamos, es Deadpool; y esta vez no solo superó mis expectativas, sino que lo hizo y con creces. Deadpool es un personaje brillante, gracioso y muy bien desarrollado, cualidad que me parece perfecta cuando hablamos de calidad en lo que respecta a su área.
En esta ocasión, nuestro querido Wade Wilson despierta de un coma inducido por una chimichanga para descubrir que el mundo ha cambiado radicalmente, y bueno, que todo se fue al demonio. Rodeado de zombies cuasi-pensantes y el clásico humor que lo caracteriza, Deadpool deberá acatar su destino como el "último superhéroe con vida" y salvar a la raza humana... o bueno, algo así.
Básicamente lo que debes saber antes de leer esta historia es que Deadpool no cambiará tu vida de ninguna forma, pero vaya que te sacará muchas carcajadas.
Lo mejor, a mi parecer:
1.- Las constantes referencias a The Walking Dead y Zombieland.
2.- La cabeza de Clarence de paseo —léanlo y entenderán, jaja—.
"Crumbling econmy... natural disasters... weapons of massive destruction... televised baking competitions... Surley, these are the end of times."
"I' not sure how this mess started, but the undead pretty much came out of nowhere, and they spread like wildfire, like carbs, or One Direction fandom."
"That's how the old saying goes, right? If you can't beat 'em, let them eat you alive." -
Deadpool wakes up from a chimichanga-induced food coma to discover the zombie apocalypse has happened – and he’s the only surviving superhero! Where will Deadpool get his junk food and beer from now? Oh and of course how will he save humanity etc. …
Deadpool in a zombie movie is pretty much all you need to know about this book – it gives you everything you’d expect from the premise. There’s plenty of Deadpool cutting down zombies while making jokes. But Cullen Bunn does throw in some neat details, like the zombies aren’t the boring “braaaaaains” kind, but are actually aware of and horrified by their current state, so they stumble about saying things like “I had a good life…”, “Why is this happening to me?!” and “Don’t forget to kill me!” etc.
Ramon Rosana’s art is really good like in the flashback scenes when Deadpool’s trying to remember if he saw the zombie apocalypse coming or not. People biting one another, blood pools in the street, and the shuffling dead all pass Deadpool by as he’s too wrapped up in his own bubble of Golden Girls marathons and food. Rosana’s placement of the details in the background to Deadpool play really well to the comedic angle.
The comic is also drawn almost entirely in black and white with Deadpool often being the only colour on the page. It works to the zombie movie idea but also allows them to put tons of blood on the page and still get it published for a wider audience as the gore’s coloured black, not red.
Bunn riffs on other popular zombie stories like The Walking Dead and Night of the Living Dead in certain scenes and there are some completely batty moments like when a group of old women show up to cleanse one of the survivors’ outposts in the name of god! And while most of the book is par for the course in terms of what you’d expect from a zombie story, the ending is unique, ties in brilliantly to the character, and is completely inspired.
Night of the Living Deadpool isn’t going to change anyone’s life but it’s a really entertaining Deadpool comic with some clever moments to make it its own one-of-a-kind zombie story. It also totally delivers on the premise, so if you’re after a zombie/Deadpool comic, this one is it! -
I don't like horror stories because they are basically protagonists run away from the antagonists. Protagonists are the vulnerable weak side. This comic is not a horror story because I am sure until the end of comic book, Deadpool survives (as usual).
The nagging part is only I have to patiently reading the parts where the story revealing the cause of zombie plague, and the solution, if there is any.
Oh, by the way, the art style, illustrating Deadpool in colours and other persons in black and white, is brilliant. -
THIS WAS A WEIRD READ but I really enjoyed it.
I know who Deadpool is and the reputation he has. But I've never read anything from him. I picked this one up because it sounded weird and it was Deadpool so... Why the fuck not right?
The title itself sounded a lot like a tribute to all the zombie stuff we've all been eating up recently. And true enough, this is what this was.
WHAT I LIKED:
✔ The illustrations looked really cool. The black and white and reds worked really well with the story.
✔ I really liked Deadpool's humor. Like I said, I haven't really read anything of him yet except for this one. But I liked him here so I'd definitely check out other Deadpool title.
✔ I liked the references to the other zombie flicks. It was so good.
✔ The ending was surprisingly disturbing. Haha. It was hilarious but in the same time it was unsettling.
WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE:
✘ I usually like weird. And this definitely was one of the weirdest things I've ever read. But... But... the story just wasn't for me. I just didn't care to much what happened to Deadpool or any of the characters introduced to this story.
FINAL WORDS
I enjoyed reading this book but it wasn't all that great for me. I was expecting more. I think my issue is just with the story, but other than that this was a pretty good read. -
What could possibly go wrong when you combine deadpool and zombies?Well...everything!
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At first, I thought this was about the walk of whore-ers...so I wondered why we had a whole theme of reading about Lono's Wednesday afternoons...then I realized it meant SCARY Stuff (Then again, I've seen some of those Whores...yikes! and Lono's balls? it's like Emperor Palpatine's neck in Jedi!). But I digress...
Anyhow, this is a short, fun, funny, and only conceptually scary book. It's about zombies, so I know it counts. Also, it's a tribute to the Romero films and enjoyable. I LOVE the colour palette, black, white, read, and other shades but those 3 are the best. The Covers are art. Pure art. I'd hang some on my walls, but then I'd have to take down the Dukes of Hazzard and Kathy Ireland posters...
This is one of the better Deadpool's I've read; Cullen Bunn has a good handle on him now, and there's not too much smartass 4th wall stuff, but just enough funny bits to make you chuckle in a good way.
"This is a Civil War Graveyard"
"We talkin' Cap versus Iron Man or Patrick Swayze versus James Read?" ZING!
Superhero cribs smell more like testosterone and B.O. less like mold and fertilizer...
Singing Rush songs? "Working Man"...hilarious!
Making a Jack-o-Lantern out of a severed zombie head and a flashlight? So he can have his sword/gun hand free!
Complaining that killing zombies is actually kinda sad: "But I've played video games!"
Clarence, the AIM scientist zombie head companion, then the joke about every time a 9MM Rings...an Angel gets his wings!
Going out in a blaze of glory..."Young Guns Style"! Yes.
The plot itself is pretty decent too, Wade wakes from a food coma (all you can eat Chimichangas) to find that there's a zombie apocalypse, and all the heroes are dead...except him, and some ragtag peeps in an El Camino all jacked up. There's the usual stereotypes left in the party, and what happens is what we expect.
(of course the 8 week search for a perfect hideout until they find a terrible one is pretty funny)
Then the usual sliver of hope, and whatever happens from there, Deadpool puts himself into his work...and a different, yet nifty ending.
I'd love to see it continue in some way, but who knows. (We also get to see Bunn's notes on what he might have done with the series in the back).
So pretty fun, some good laughs that hit my pop culture target, and we have a whore-if-eye-ing good time!
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This ain't yer annoying Duggan/Poehsn Deadpool. Still quippy, but not like you want to stab him in the throat until the only jokes he's making are blood bubbles.
Almost no reference to forgettable pop culture - in fact, the only "pop" culture I saw was Betty & Veronica, and I was pleased.
A quickie take, fun and not bad, and forgotten nearly a quickly as cotton candy. -
Deadpool meets zombies. Inevitable, considering Deadpool's current status as Marvel's trendy, gimmicky character of the moment. I'm not saying that he isn't fun, but Deadpool is quickly becoming the new Wolverine, everywhere that Marvel can vaguely justify putting him. It's only because Bunn takes the concept seriously (as much as you can take any Deadpool concept seriously) that this book is actually worth reading. If it had been almost any other writer, I might have skipped this book, but Bunn earned a certain amount of goodwill from me by taking the equally gimmicky, equally senselessly violent
Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe seriously as well.
What does it mean to take a "Quick! Cash in on the trend before it isn't trendy anymore!" concept like Deadpool versus zombies seriously? It means that Bunn fills the book with sometimes thoughtful, sometimes funny references to genre tropes. That there's a larger story somewhere in the background, one that Deadpool entirely misses but the reader can guess at. That the ending is bleak and unsettling. And that Bunn has actually put a new spin on zombies. These zombies retain a tiny sliver of consciousness. Not enough to stop them from trying to eat anyone they come across, which is actually worse. Imagine being attacked by a horde of somethings that are begging for forgiveness, telling you to run, expressing horror at themselves, asking for death... Now imagine being one of those things. For me, the scariest part of the zombie concept was always the idea that a small part of you might know what you'd become, without being able to do anything about it. See also
Marvel Zombies for a slightly different take on the same concept.
But this is still Deadpool. Which means lots and lots and lots of violence, and then some more violence. And also lots of wisecracks with varying levels of funniness. I admit that my eyes sometimes glazed over during the hacking and slashing and shooting sections of the book. I mean, I've basically seen all that before. I'm not sure what Bunn could have done differently there to make it a more exciting experience, and obviously a zombie book has to have actual zombie combat, so I can't really complain much.
I'm very happy with the art, especially with the decision to leave everything black and white but Deadpool. It's kind of an odd choice, but it makes the book look more properly grim and horrific, while allowing Deadpool to pop. After awhile, the black and white starts to seem normal, and it allows for one of the great surprises of the book. Of course, the art is good enough on its own that it doesn't need a gimmick.
Night of the Living Deadpool does have a little more depth than I'd expected. Not much more, of course, but enough to make it worth reading. -
Four installments, for an ambitious story that starts relatively slow but later on becomes an avalanche of broken limbs and severed heads and takes you with it. In true Deadpool fashion, the mix between His Royally Screwed Up Self and zombies turns easily into sear madness, in the best way possible.
MISCHELENIOUS THOUGHTS AND HIGHLIGHTS ✎
♛ The artwork is awesome.
♛ The Return of the Living Deadpool is also great. -
I really enjoyed it because it's Deadpool but I don't know if comics are a thing for me.
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Deadpool vs. zombies, what’s not to love? Bonus points for the hilarious Evil Dead reference. The Spice Girls reference too. So adorable <3
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I really liked this. It was intriguing and hilarious. I also really enjoyed that the art was all in black, white and red. I picked this up per my brothers recommendation. He reads A LOT of Deadpool and said that this was one of his favorites. I didn't love it as much as he did, but it's still Deadpool and is therefore awesome.
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Sevgili Deadpool,
Bu seferkini hiç sevemedim. Sorun sende değil; ama bende de değil. Hikâye çok zayıf, Türkçe çevirisiyse hikâyeden de zayıf.
Hiç olmamış bu. -
Apparently regenerative healing factor can do anything *sigh*
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BR with :
Anne
An apocalyptic take on Deadpool where Deadpool was busy eating all you can eat chimichangas and dozed off only to wake few days later to find himself surrounded by zombies.
just another weird take on zombie with really nice illustrations and usual gory stuff and trash-mouth of his with nice action scenes. -
I only give this a 4 instead of a 3 because of it's classic Deadpool humor.
Otherwise, it was a bit bland and very similar to most zombie stories. The end was funny though! -
Oh boy, this is a great story! I should definitely review this!
What’s it about?
Deadpool wakes up from a food coma and the world has pretty much gone to s***. Zombies have taken over but to make it particularly f***ed up, the zombies know what they’re doing and don’t want to eat people, they just can’t stop it! Now the last hope the world has is sadly Deadpool.
Why it gets 5 stars:
The story is a very interesting and unique take on the zombie idea.
The art is fantastic!
The characters are pretty interesting.
There’s a lot of great action scenes. It’s Deadpool vs zombies so of course you can expect lots of great action!
This story is surprisingly suspenseful.
There’s lots of funny stuff (this is a Deadpool comic after all) and there’s also some pretty humorous references to other zombie tales.
The horror is surprisingly well done and f***ed up.
Overall:
This is a really good Deadpool comic and a very dark horror tale. I definitely recommend this book to fans of Deadpool and/or twisted horror!
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Watch out Zombies..here comes Deadpool!!
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5
Finally a Deadpool book I enjoyed. I did research this one before I got it. Cullen Bunn has impressed me with Hallow County, but has been slightly mixed with the Deadpool books. I'm happy that this one-shot styled book is incredible and showcases what this character is good at.
Why the 5?
A nice twist on the walking dead. Night of the Living Deadpool is a solid addition to my collection and I've heard there is a sequel. Quick read and one of the better Deadpool books I've read. Nice artwork and genuinely twisted funny. Highly recommended. -
Note - review of series as a whole
My intro into the world of Deadpool - and wow - it was a fun one:) -
Fue divertido, un cómic corto y entretenido. Soy fan del trabajo de Cullen Bunn y el editor Jordan White, voy a leer la segunda parte pero no creo que lea otro zombie au porque no es lo que más me gusta.
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I really can't stand zombie gags, but this one really isn't that bad. Fairly good, actually.
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Ese guiño a The walking Dead, ese cameo (¿o mención?, no se como se dice en un comic) a Michael Jackson en Thriller, me causaron mucha gracia.
Siempre me río con Deadpool y sus chistes. Primer comic que leo y me gusto la historia. Voy por su segunda parte, y claramente leeré más historias sobre este antihéroe. -
Deadpool is here to prove that nothing is sacred...not even your zombie lore.
In a mock 28 Days Later opening, Deadpool awakens from a food-induced coma to a New York that's seemingly been abandoned and a note left by the restaurant’s owner—who evidently cared enough about his loyal patron to lock him inside before fleeing. It takes Deadpool several panels of reflection (and an obligatory I Am Legend reference) before he starts putting together a string of glaringly obvious missed signs in the days leading up to his coma.
"I just figured...hey...the world's messed up, right? Crumbling economy...natural disasters...weapons of mass destruction...televised baking competitions. Surely, these are the end times."
But this is still Deadpool we're talking about here...and only when the undead start coming out in droves does his situation finally (and amusingly) register.
As it turns out, these zombies aren't quite like the moaning undead masses he's come to expect—they're still semi-sentient, capable of speech and memory but devoid of free will. And they seemingly WANT someone to finish them off. Not the kind of guilt-free wholesale monster carnage the merc-with-a-mouth would have preferred. Worse still, he's forced to consider where his next reload is going to come from. Which quickly results in this gallant battle-cry:
"Too many zombies! Fall back to a safe distance and make snarky comments to disguise cowardice."
After being rescued by a rag-tag crew of survivors, Deadpool takes charge and does the noblest thing he's capable of...he leads them aimlessly around the countryside in search of a suitable place to wait out the apocalypse. And in the process, he discovers that he may be the only “superhero” the world has left.
I have to give the writer props for capturing Deadpool's character, putting out some worthwhile one-liners, and satirizing the zombie craze across the board. (In addition to some of the previously mentioned zombie formats, this reader recognized Zombieland, The Walking Dead, Lollipop Chainsaw, Shawn of The Dead...but I'm sure there were more.) The end seemed a bit rushed and the “twist” was a little unsatisfying, but overall I really enjoyed this one.
The art style was skilled and fitting—much of the comic being done in black and white while Deadpool himself remained colored. There was plenty of excessive blood depicted—as you'd expect from anything zombie-related. But the gore aspect was muted a bit by the colorization choice. More morbid satire than true horror, but not something I'd ever recommend for children or young teens.
Recommended: For people who love zombies. And...people who hate zombies. (Seriously, if you're zombie-ambivalent, this one probably isn't for you.)
Favorite quote:
"I'm supposed to...CONSERVE...ammunition? THAT will take some getting used to." -
The zombies were cool but the humour was underwhelming.
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Deadpool is a Marvel Comics mutant anti-hero best known for his dark humour (he is sometimes referred to as “Merc with a mouth”) and breaking the fourth wall in his comic. He is a mentally unstable mercenary, weapons expert and has regenerative healing abilities. The perfect hero to put into a zombie apocalypse and in Night of the Living Deadpool this is what happens.
The series begins with a nod to The Walking Dead, which is a homage to that classic opening scene in The Day of the Triffids. Deadpool wakes up from a food coma a few days later and finds that he has awoken to the zombie apocalypse. This four issue series goes on to make multiple references to the genre.
Writer of Deadpool Killogy, Cullen Bunn joins forces with a relative new artist, Ramon Rosanas. The series is a stylised black, white, and red (for Deadpool) with a very warped sense of humour. What stuck with me through this series was not just the references to classic zombie movies or macabre nature but the short, straight to the point approach to the genre. Comic book series can often go for a long time and while that is good, it was nice to start and end a series in one sitting.
I loved the art within this book; I liked how Ramon Rosanas avoided using colours within the comics. It highlights Deadpool as a character not like all the others, while leaving the focus on the drawings rather than the colours. This style is different to what is seen in Sin City but it works; flashbacks are in full colour so really it portrays the apocalypse as a dark time for humanity.
Because this series was only four issues, I find it hard to talk about this comic book. Everything happened so fast and then it was over. I enjoyed the short and sweet experience as stated before but the lasting effects are very small. I was left with memories of the references and art but nothing much more. I think this means that it will be a good series to revisit again; it is just a weird experience.
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