[This is a review of the entire series]
iZombie is a quirky supernatural romp, that had me laughing at several points - especially the introduction of Spot/Scott as a wereterrier. It starts off with the introduction of Gwendylon "Gwen" Dylan (and yes, I'm fairly sure that is meant to be an awful pun-I was hoping that would be brought up at some point, but it was just taken at face value).
The first thing I noticed while searching for a sample image in the comic is that the art is so diverse-and there's only one artist. Allerd imitated early cartoons, early comics (Harvey-type and superheroes), and I'm not sure what the other influence is.
The story is interesting, but could have done with a little more time-no fault of Roberson, as it got cancelled pretty early on in its run-but perhaps the introduction of Lovecraftian Beings could have been paced better-it's first mentioned, briefly, in the early chapters of the first book, and is never explained fully.
I liked the characters, and Roberson's mythos a lot. I felt that both of the love stories could have done with more time spent on them, but the characters had potential-which is saying something, seeing as there was so much going on in the plot department. The mythos was what got me stuck to the book. I wanted to learn more about all of the races-especially the Old Ones analogue, who never really got the chance to shine with iZombie's strange humour and twists like the rest of the races.
Rating: four out of six stars (very good)
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