George A. Romero Brings ‘Empire of the Dead’ to Marvel

By Andy Hunsaker

George A. Romero, director of Night of the Living Dead, is the biggest name in undead. Hell, Marvel has dubbed him the Godfather of the Zombie Apocalypse in their announcement that the famed filmmaker will be coming to comics with a book called Empire of the Dead, featuring art from Alex Maleev.

The synopsis blurb is: “Welcome to New York City years after the plague has hit.  But just because the Big Apple has been quarantined doesn’t mean that everyone inside is safe!  Flesh-eating zombies roam within the confines of Manhattan…but they’re not the only predator that’s poised and ready to strike!  Who or what is this new menace?” More is slated to be announced at New York Comic-Con.

Check out this Maleev art, and the NYCC variant cover by Arthur Suydam.

 

 

Andy Hunsaker
Andy Hunsaker

Comic Channel Editor

Comics Editor Andy Hunsaker has written for Yahoo! Movies, Fancast, XfinityTV and UGO, among others, covering movies and television, and has loved comics ever since he read the giant-sized Marvel Treasury Edition of The Rampaging Hulk #26 four thousand times and grew to love guys with weird heads like M.O.D.O.K. and the Bi-Beast.  Therefore, he will also defend Ang Lee's Hulk, although he understands why you don't like it and won't hold that against you.

As far as reviews go, he believes the main point of being a critic is not to pass yourself off as the final arbiter of quality passing holy judgment on a work of art, but rather just to share opinions so that the reader can decide whether or not the critic is someone whose tastes generally align with theirs.  If so, that reviewer is one whose work you can trust if you're curious about a particular title.  If not, cue loud, angry internet vitriol.

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