About this item
Told from a female zombies perspective, this smart, witty detective series mixes urban fantasy and romantic dramedy.Gwendolyn Gwen Dylan is a 20-something gravedigger in an eco-friendly cemetery. Once a month she must eat a human brain to keep from losing her memories, but in the process she becomes consumed with the thoughts and personality of the dead person until she eats her next brain. She sets out to fulfill the dead persons last request, solve a crime or right a wrong.In uVAMPIRE, Gwen dines on the grey matter of a person who knew her as a child and things quickly get complicated. Meanwhile, ghost-girl Ellie learns a few tricks from Amon the mummy Spot the were-terrier goes to the comics shop and meets someone from Gwens past, the mad scientist Galatea engages in a bit of grave-robbing and the monster-hunters tackle the towns vampire problem once and for all.
About the Author
Chris Roberson is the co-creator with artist Michael Allred of iZombie, the basis of the hit CW television series, and the writer of several New York Times best-selling Cinderella miniseries set in the world of Bill Willingham's Fables. He is also the co-creator of Edison Rex with artist Dennis Culver, and the co-writer of Hellboy and the B.P.R.D, Witchfinder, Rise of the Black Flame, and other titles set in the world of Mike Mignola's Hellboy. In addition to his numerous comics projects, Roberson has written more than a dozen novels and three dozen short stories, and has been a finalist for the World Fantasy Award four times; twice a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer; three times a finalist for the Eisner Awards; and has won the Sidewise Award for Best Alternate History in both the Short Form and Novel categories. He lives with a teenager, two cats, and far too many books in Portland, Oregon.
