Review of FVZA: Federal Vampire and Zombie Agency Issue 2
Review of FVZA: Federal Vampire and Zombie Agency Issue 2
Publisher: Radical Comics
Writer: David Hine
Pencils: Roy Allen Martinez
Paint\Coloring: Kinsun Loh & Jerry Choo
Cover Art: Clint Langley (Cover A) and Yang Xueguo (Cover B)
FVZA: Federal Vampire and Zombie Agency # 2 is the second part of a three issue mini-series published by Radical Comics. To recap, the story is based around an alternate version of Earth where zombies and vampires have existed since the Civil War era. Due to the obvious issues of living in a world where walking corpses violently bite and chomp on anything with a pulse since the Civil War era, a government division, the FVZA, was created to help protect humanity. Since the FVZA did such a good job eliminating that undead horde problem and a vaccine for both the zombie and vampire viruses was developed, the government shut down the vampire\zombie slaying task force permanently in the 1970’s. Cut to the present and, as we all know, when there’s no more room in hell…
FVZA: Federal Vampire and Zombie Agency # 2 picks up at the new FVZA training facility in New Mexico where the good Dr. Hugo Pecos (a member of the original FVZA) continues training his grand-children, Landra and Vidal, on the important skills of how to deal with monsters that just want to eat you alive. The facility offers a bit more for training and serious research than Dr. Pecos had at his home and it also gives us an infusion of new characters in the form of facility personnel and FVZA task force members.
Meanwhile in Europe where a council of clever vampires makes the really big decisions regarding their “peopleâ€, we are presented with some interesting information regarding the plans to convert the land of the United States into the setting of Zombieland!
The second issue to the FVZA story has just about the same amazing writing and art quality as the first. We are even treated to a great twist ending that really makes you want to jump right into the next issue of the series, which is unfortunately also the conclusion. The first issue revolved mostly around introducing us to the characters, the history, and the world of FVZA at a relatively fast pace to get us up to speed. However, this issue takes the pace down a notch to bring us closer to the characters and giving us the opportunity to better understand where the story is heading. After two issues, the writing is superb with David Hine producing great dialog and plot development that miraculously isn’t the least bit cheesy given the setting. To compliment the fantastic writing is the just as amazing artwork that features some of the best illustrated scenes of violence I have ever seen! So, quit reading reviews of this awesome title and go pick it up already! But, don’t forget to come back for the final review of FVZA!
