Sparky Is Man’s Best Friend For The Zombie Apocalypse in Dead of Winter #1

Writer: Kyle Starks / Artist: GABO / Letterer: CRANK! / OniPress Comics First things first, I love dogs (Don’t you? You know what. Don’t answer that.) and I’m fond of zombie stories. This comic combines both. When I first heard about this comic months ago I learned that it actually had a connection to a tabletop smash hit, Plaid Hat Games’ Dead of Winter. Truthfully that is one fandom I have not yet ventured into so I knew that I wouldn’t be knowledgeable on the origin story of this comic at all. But I welcomed it and waited for its release and did not want to pass up checking out this comic. Let me paint a pretty picture for you: there’s a small group of survivors that are trapped after taking refuge the night before. Upon morning they realize that they are in trouble. They open the door and…

This was what… the fifth page in? Look, I was like a certain Galaxy Express deliver-boy and demanding you take my currency now. Former TV star turned zombie killing machine, Sparky, is out and about saving the day. He’s a dog with a cape and he’s here to do what he does best in this new world: wreck havoc on the undead. Gabriel and Ruckus are the human good Samaritans who find some survivors in need of some help and they send in this good boy. This is how Dead Winter starts. Sure you’re probably guessing what genres this comic falls under? COMEDY. Definitely comedy. There’s laughs thrown in, written into this issue the whole way through. Lots of comedic timing. Gosh. Just Hilarious…