Now Von Bloodt’s hands-off-humans policy was superseded by more robust policies demanding bigger returns on both sides of the investment…,The news was met with mixed feelings by the workforce: most were scared, appalled and resistant, but a significant proportion saw it as the opportunity they’ve long argued for and a chance to feed and feast and hunt all those obnoxious yet tasty human morsels…,The result of the mounting tensions was a cataclysmic battle of supernatural forces and revolt of the monsters, which triggered an evacuation of Zombillenium.
Casualties were kept to a minimum but eventually, when the dust settled, Francis was out and Jaggar was in charge; actively encouraging the killing of unattached or unaccompanied humans, who now come in droves to the most exciting entertainment experience in the world…,This latest infernal escapade – released in Europe as,At the Park site, winter grips the land and Aurelian and Gretchen are running a dangerous side-game: smuggling monsters to freedom outside the infernal boundaries.
JavaScript must be enabled to use this site. The Zombillenium theme park is hiring… for all of eternity.
It ran from 2016 until 2020. Volume 1 - 1st printing. Jagger has other ideas: he impetuously killed a little girl, delivering in no uncertain terms the new working time directives to Francis and the astounded staff.The Park was a pump designed to generate money for the shareholders and a steady supply of souls to Behemoth. Issue #1-1ST. They dont just hire anyone, at Zombillenium: mere mortals need not apply, the park works only with genuine werewolves, vampires and zombies. It was shown in the Special Screening section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. Zombillenium, Vol. Available Stock; Add to want list; Add to cart Near Mint . All Issues; In Stock; Display. Please enable JavaScript in your browser and refresh the page.We are shipping all orders on time, but please expect possible delays in transit. Faced with this serious setback, Gretchen and her friends decide that if they’re going to save the theme park, they will need to engage in a bit of subterfuge. In summary, the storyline up ‘til now showed the previously successful theme park running into a few problems. Led by vampire Francis von Bloodt, Zombillenium and its sinister personnel welcome all comers for the time of their lives. That enterprise ends when the young witch is ambushed and defeated in a spectacular aerial duel with an even more powerful sorceress –,The victor is Director Jagger’s latest attraction, but also hides a tragic and deadly secret that will shatter lives and post lives in Zombillenium.
It’s set in and around a theme park dedicated to the horror genre and it’s extremely funny!Having said that, I hadn’t read the previous three volumes in this series before reviewing ‘Volume 4: Royal Witchcraft’, so I had to do a bit of Internet research to get a rough idea of what happened previously, before jumping into the new story. They have big expansion plans that are only curtailed by the perpetually lethal jockeying for pole position on the diabolical Board of Directors…,The inaugural volume introduced hard-working, exceedingly humane Park Director (and vampire),As they individually toiled away at the vast entertainment enterprise its true nature was slowly revealed: for unwary, unlucky mortals the site is a conduit to the domain of the damned and its devilish overlord,The humans of the nearest town know the monsters are real (as work-shy absconders keep hiding from their bosses there) and undertake many schemes to evict or exorcise the inhabitants of the site. Gretchen’s skills have previously been unmatched, so she goes into the contest full of confidence.That is quickly torn to shreds, with their initial encounter ending up as a comprehensive defeat for Gretchen. I’ve read quite a few graphic novels featuring zombies over recent years, so my question for any new one is always going to be what’s fresh or different about it. Zombillenium HC (2013- NBM) comic books. For the uncanny undead workers from the Park – who would rather be anywhere else – conditions of employment worsen every day: it is regarded as one of the least profitable holiday destinations on Earth and The Board are always threatening to make sweeping changes….For most of its existence – despite the incredible bargaining power of the many monster Trade Unions – the only way out of a Zombillenium contract was the True Death and a final transition to Hell, but then a cascade of changes upset many apple-carts. Later on, a fall in profits led to the employment of a management consultant, appropriately enough a genuine vampire, whose ideas for how to rescue the business were extremely mercenary.As the new book opens, the question is whether the Zombillenium theme park still has a future. In the meantime, however, the rebels undertake a desperate scheme to oust Jaggar and replace him with Aurelian before the discorporate raider slaughters every breather in the vicinity. If you do that, I imagine the over-arcing storyline will make a lot more sense by the time that you get to this latest outing.
When you build a horror-themed amusement park in a region where there’s double digit unemployment and you only hire the monstrous living dead (and one witch) as your employees, there’s bound to be some friction with the local living population! It's early for Halloween, but NBM Publishing knows that it's always a good time for a monster story, making this the perfect time to release the North American debut of French cartoonist Arthur de Pins' "Zombillenium." Graphic Novel Reviews and Recommendations by WIN WIACEK,Arthur de Pins is a British-born French filmmaker, commercial artist and Bande Dessinées creator whose strips – such as adult comedy,In recent years his superbly arch and beautifully illustrated supernatural horror-comedy,The Bande dessinée it was based on is a truly addictive comics cult classic which began in 2009 (serialised in,Rendered with beguiling style and sleek, easy confidence, the unfolding saga details the odd goings-on in a horror-themed amusement park staffed by actual monsters and operated and owned by a cabal of capitalistically-inclined infernal powers.