The Fellowship was fortunate enough to obtain a copy of TOE TAG RIOT #1 from Black Mask Studios. Matt Miner writes and Sean Von Gorman draws.
Toe Tag Riot is an up-and-coming zombie-themed punk band,
oozing with attitude and performing in full makeup. Except that it’s really not
makeup – they turn into zombies when they perform, and they’re never really
sure when the effect will wear off. The hard part is resisting the urge to feed
while zombied out, and I think we can all guess where that’s going.
It seems easier to freak the crowd out with the zombie thing
when the band is kind of freaked out about it too. The band members are all
cool people, of course, and they’re playing CBGB, so they must be good. How
they got their curse is a bit of a mystery, though. It’s an interesting take on
the zombie thing, though, and I’m looking forward to seeing where they take it.
The art has a lot of fun with both the zombies and the punk scene (lots of
middle fingers throughout).
Zombies and punk rock seem like a natural fit, don’t they? This
book is a lot of fun overall, especially if you like your mayhem cranked up to
ten.
TOE TAG RIOT #1 is available on 11/26 at your FLCS or at blackmaskstudios.com.
~Mike ( @MikeyGeek )
