Zombie Makeout Club Vol 1: DeathWish

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The story can be very confusing to follow, especially for anyone who may not first read the work's description. There are multiple main characters who are introduced, but they are confusing to follow altogether and feel very thrust upon the reader. There is not a lot of build up for me to care about any of the character's too much, though I feel the characters look and feel interesting. Yume is the protagonist of the manga, a girl who died after committing suicide (trigger waning) and has been resurrected by Gasmask, the main antagonist. The book follows her adventures after fleeing the lab where she was resurrected until she learns what happened to her.

Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( October 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) As someone who has been a long-time fan of Richardson's clothing brand, I felt like this work was not necessarily bad, but also did not fit my preferences and is *not for everyone*.Peter Richardson: Since this was my first attempt at a comic, I wanted to work with a small cast. Each character is definitely a bit punk or anti-conformist in their own way. Each definitely has plenty of quirks. There aren't any straightforward characters with typical motivations here. Everyone, outside of the main antagonist, has a reason for wanting to die. So definitely not your average bunch. I’m not entirely sure what I expected going into this, but it’s not what I got. Zombie Makeout Club sounds like something out of Tina Belcher’s erotic friend fiction. What I learned, after reading the entire manga and then doing some googling, is that Zombie Makeout Club is a brand of clothing sold at places like Hot Topic and Spencer’s, catering to fans of manga and Junji Ito. The story itself is called DeathWish. Version 5.0 improved upon 4.0 adding private galleries, the ability to "wink" other users, post "shoutouts", create "crush lists" (secret friends lists that reveal the crush connection if two users "crush one another), and search for users in your area (along with user vicinity recommendation). Schroeder, Audra (25 July 2016). "The Rise And Fall Of Makeoutclub". The Daily Dot . Retrieved 2016-07-25. Two of my favorite types of books (horror and manga) were combined in the graphic novel Zombie Makeout Club Vol. 1: DeathWish. As such, I had high hopes for this read and wish I could say it met my expectations.

Peter Richardson: Anyone who gets excited for experimental, dark, or alternative comics. Like the movies that inspired it, the comic is aimed to be more of an experience than anything. I think the art may have a lot of appeal for fans of Junji Ito, Tokyo Ghoul, and others. While arthouse horror fans may find the dark story and atypical delivery something to sink their teeth into. Peter Richardson: In terms of wanting to start comics in addition to the clothing line, I was actually inspired to do it more by film than other comics. I watch a lot of independent Japanese punk films from the 80s and 90s. The energy that those movies make me feel pushed me to wanting to go beyond putting my art on t-shirts. I've always had a huge love of comics, and manga specifically. I felt that there weren't many manga that really emulated the feeling of those Japanese punk arthouse movies, so I wanted to experiment and see what that might look like in comic form. Thanks to NetGalley, Diamond Book Distributors, and Ablaze for the digital ARC in exchange for this honest review. Chen, Adrian (17 February 2013). "When the Internet was for strangers". Salon . Retrieved 2017-02-08.

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Overall, this book had amazing line work and a great premise. However, it struggled to keep me engaged. Here's hoping Volume 2 is an improvement, but I will be hesitant to return. Unfortunately, this graphic novel was all style and very little substance. I shouldn’t have been surprised since this is a tie-in to a clothing brand seeking to appeal to anime and manga fans, but I was hoping for a little more from it. The author mentions in the afterword that he was inspired by classic Japanese cyberpunk films and I can definitely see the influence, it provides some context for sure for the experimental style, but I don’t feel that it translated well to the far shorter comic format. The story is almost nonexistent and rushes from scene to scene, the plot beats are explained in just a few short panels before moving on to the next character. What little story there is makes little sense, and the characters feel paper thin.

Greenwald, Andy (24 December 2003). "Research: Trend of the Year: Mainstreamo" . Retrieved 2003-12-24.A lot of the story feels confusing, clashing, and the pacing is off. I find this to be because it was previously a Webtoon, which can be difficult to translate directly into a manga. Tyrangiel, Josh (2002-05-19). "Emotional Rescue". Time. Archived from the original on March 8, 2008 . Retrieved 2002-05-19. TW: This content contains mentions suicide, near SA, a lot of gore, body horror, and a whole lot of death.*! Hoffman, Kevin. "The Underwear Underground". Archived from the original on March 10, 2008 . Retrieved 2004-03-24. We are also introduced to the other characters in the manga though it was confusing. The chapters were short and kept jumping to introduce all the characters so I had trouble following the main plot line because it was all becoming a bit of a jumble. I did have to re-read some chapters to make sense of the plot.