REVIEW: Happy Doomsday #1: Breach in Reality

Happy Doomsday #1: wastes no time getting its audience into the morose zombie mayhem. After just a panel of setup and exposition, the zombie plague(?) has already struck and what would have normally beenÂ our heroes find themselves being consumed for food and letting the audience not much chance for survival, and the time being nobody is safe.

Happy Doomsday #1: is a tale ofÂ ta monster Apocalypse tale from the point of view ofÂ of slacker/ video game enthusiast Oliver, who, following the start of Apocalypse, improbably is oblivios to the fact that anything is going on.Â Â Everyone else seems to know and everyone that is not infected definetely knows, but Oliver somehow misses it, even with a zombie staring at him dead in the face.Â is sort of a chase comic, only the chase never really stretches beyond the confines of the comic’s central set piece, the shopping mart.

If its even possible Igor Zineko made the art design for Happy Doomsday #1, positively charming.Â The panel designs were great andÂ the choice of a necessary trip to get supplies made the story easy to follow, while also demonstrating the fact that the city is now run by Zombies and monsters.

In Happy Doomsday #1: , there are several elements that are integrated from other zombie franchises but I feel like it definitely captures elements of other movie franchises such as Frank Drebin in the “Naked Gun” series -but the whole scenario is more akin toÂ the idiotic charm of Rammbock: Berlin Undead. Character wise though I feel like he has more in common with Mr. Bean, because he“s really not a dumbass, he“s a stunted man-child and that“s not the same thing.

At 33 pages, Happy Doomsday #1: still has a lot to unveil which is why it feels wholly incomplete.Â Which ma or may not be your thing.Â Â And our lead is nothing more than a passive-observer (mostly) and a total goober to boot. He’s weird, a little and oddly underdeveloped. The supporting characters, which is compromised of characters far more interesting than the lead, barely even gets a chance to grow, either.Â Despite the stunted story and technical shortcomings, I did enjoy Happy Doomsday #1:, andÂ for a creator funded effort it’s effective enough. It’s not a masterpiece, it will need some a little bit more for it to evolve into a cult hit, but it should tide over zombie fans looking for something to sink their teeth into.

SCORE: 4.5 stars out of 5.

Creators: Alexander Zineko, and Igor Zineko
Art /Colors: Igor Zineko

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