Night of the Living Deadpool

by Cullen Bunn

Cullen Bunn (Script Writer), Ramon Rosanas (Illustrator), and Jay Shaw (Cover Designer)

Deadpool awakes from a food coma to find - the zombie apocalypse has occurred! Now, can the Merc with a Mouth avoid becoming the Merc in their mouths?! Thrill to the sight of a hideous, rotting-fleshed monster shambling about the landscape - and don't forget all the zombies he's fighting! (Get it? That first one referred Deadpool. Who says zombie horror comics can't have a little humor?) Cullen Bunn, writer of the fan-favorite Deadpool Killogy, brings us one of Deadpool's darkest tales ever - and we're not just saying that because it's in black and white (and red)! You've been warned, my friends! So ring the dinner bell and nail shut the door as Deadpool takes on the ambulatory undead! Collecting NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEADPOOL #1-4.

• ISBN10: 0785190171
• ISBN13: 9780785190172
• Publish Date: 10 June 2014
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Out of Print: 16 April 2024
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Marvel Comics
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 96
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780785190172

Reviews

[Michael @ Knowledge Lost]

Deadpool is a Marvel Comics mutant anti-hero best known for his dark humour (he is sometimes referred to as “Merc with a mouth”) and breaking the fourth wall in his comic. He is a mentally unstable mercenary, weapons expert and has regenerative healing abilities. The perfect hero to put into a zombie apocalypse and in Night of the Living Deadpool this is what happens.

The series begins with a nod to The Walking Dead, which is a homage to that classic opening scene in The Day of the Triffids. Deadpool wakes up from a food coma a few days later and finds that he has awoken to the zombie apocalypse. This four issue series goes on to make multiple references to the genre.

Writer of Deadpool Killogy, Cullen Bunn joins forces with a relative new artist, Ramon Rosanas. The series is a stylised black, white, and red (for Deadpool) with a very warped sense of humour. What stuck with me through this series was not just the references to classic zombie movies or macabre nature but the short, straight to the point approach to the genre. Comic book series can often go for a long time and while that is good, it was nice to start and end a series in one sitting.

I loved the art within this book; I liked how Ramon Rosanas avoided using colours within the comics. It highlights Deadpool as a character not like all the others, while leaving the focus on the drawings rather than the colours. This style is different to what is seen in Sin City but it works; flashbacks are in full colour so really it portrays the apocalypse as a dark time for humanity.

Because this series was only four issues, I find it hard to talk about this comic book. Everything happened so fast and then it was over. I enjoyed the short and sweet experience as stated before but the lasting effects are very small. I was left with memories of the references and art but nothing much more. I think this means that it will be a good series to revisit again; it is just a weird experience.

This review originally appeared on my blog: http://literary-exploration.com/2014/11/11/night-of-the-living-deadpool-by-cullen-bunn/