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Well, The Walking dead is the first zombie themed comic book I think of, and of course it is a wonderful comic!
My favorite zombie book is obviously World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War so I'd recommend that one. Though, I feel like everyone has already read it so I'd also offer up Allison Hewitt Is Trapped and Feed which are two of my other top zombie reads. We could go with Warm Bodies to tie in mushy love and zombies but with the movie and everything maybe Breathers: A Zombie's Lament or Eat, Brains, Love would be a better choice. Go with something fewer people are likely to have read. I still need to finish the The First Days and I thought Ashes was pretty good so those could be good suggestions, too. Plus I'm looking for a reason to read Hollowland and Rot and Ruin so I'll throw those in, too.As for zombie comics the obvious choice would be The Walking Dead, Book One. But since it's so obvious we could also try iZombie, Vol. 1: Dead to the World or Fanboys VS. Zombies which I've heard good things about. I've also heard good things about Revival, Vol. 1: You're Among Friends though that's not technically about zombies. I've heard that George Romero's Empire of the Dead is good, too, but so far there is only one issue out.
As for manga... I got nothing. Unless there is a High School of the Dead manga series.
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Manga:
(not sure how many volumes we should do though)
There is a High School of the Dead manga series but I don't know of any others so it has my vote. iZombie and Patient zero also have my vote.
I recommend(and vote on) World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War,because it's a must read.For manga I would recommend Highschool of the Dead, Band 1 but , besides being on a weird hiatus, It had a bit too much fanservice for most people so the next best thing should be Apocalypse no Toride (http://myanimelist.net/manga/39139/Ap...) which has been great so far.(and I vote on)
Comic I would go with the obvious but best choice, The Walking Dead, Book One.
I vote for "Warm Bodies" for the novel,
"Victorian Undead" for Comic book,
"Zombie Loan" for Manga.
- book, Night of the Living Trekkies
- manga, Zombie Loan
This one is not that well known, but since it has a female protagonist and other strong female characters, I thought it might be of interest to this group - Rise Again: A Zombie Thriller
For Novel I nominate: Breathers: A Zombie's LamentFor Managa I nominate: Apcoalypse no Toride アポカリプスの砦 #1
Sorry I do not know how to get the art added. I am not that cool. :(
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Quite a few of our books are drawing for nomination to the polls at the moment so please keep nominating and voting!
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For novel I recommend
For comic I rec
I also vote for Feed by Mira Grant for the novel.
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For comics, Marvel Zombies and The New Deadwardians. Also, a vote for Victorian Undead.
I nominate Night of the Living Deadpool
I also vote for The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor for novel.
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Theme: Zombies
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