Jessi Zombie Hunter #1 is a comic written by Neo Edmund with art by Fabrizio Pasini, Diego Martini, and Aini Darmawan. When a sickness called the Zilch hits Happyville and leaves lives in ruin Jessi desperately searches for her hubby. This is a parody of Who Framed Roger Rabbit but modernized and with more horror and some dystopian vibes. The leading lady for this story is Jessi Hopps, a woman adept with firearms who is searching for her husband with the hope that he’s avoided the Zilch. On her journey we’ll meet a number of familiar characters with varying degrees of changes. The story begins with Jessi giving us a recollection of how Happyville was before and after the Zilch came about while walking through the town. Cartoonish things can happen in this world but that’s considered normal. The action here does get bloody with some pretty gruesome moments. The pacing is steady with the tone shifting between comedic and lighthearted to serious. There are some intense moments strewn about. The dialogue has slight noir vibes with some of the language used being from the black-and-white ere TV and movies. This is mostly conversational with no wordy pages. This is a comic that drops us into a bad situation with danger at every turn while our guide for this story is a determined and desperate woman searching for her lost husband.

            The art here is a mix of high-detail with an aim towards realism and a more cartoony style. Colors here are mostly dark due to the situation taking place. The scenery is primarily abandoned and dilapidated buildings. The environment is gloomy with a palpable uneasy atmosphere. The location changes a few times from places like an office to a nightclub. Backgrounds tend to persist through the individual panels which lead to scenes having some extra weight. The expression level here is slightly above-average with the cartoonish coming through and giving us some unique looks. The range is from anger to sadness with not much happiness shown. The faces have plenty detail so all the emotions come across clear with some slight face sameness among some of the more human characters. The creatures here look like classic characters from various franchises. The violence here is usually bloody with some gory gruesomeness. The action scenes tend to be short but flow well. Jessi wears a tight outfit that doesn’t leave much to the imagination and she has quite a few sexually charged moments.

“Is this worth reading?”

Yes.

“Would I like this?”

If you like lady-led horror dystopian tales with violence and clear references to “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” and other cartoons than this is for you.

“What would this comic’s film rating be?”

R. Gore, blood, lewdness.

“Could I get a quote from the comic?”

“Please don’t take my boom-booms away. I promise to behave!”

 

Kickstarter Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blackops/jessi-zombie-hunter-1/description

***IN-DEPTH COMIC STATS BELOW***

Probably Contains Spoilers

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Actual Pages(not counting covers and credits): 24

Violent Pages: 5, for 21% of the comic

Sexy Pages: 2, for 8% of the comic

 

**The levels below aren’t necessarily maintained throughout the whole comic, but they were definitely reached**

 

Violence Level – 3

“Wasn’t no tussling at all.”

“Sometimes you gotta hit somebody.”

“I’m getting charged with how many counts of assault?”

“This was a tournament arc.”

“All my life I had to fight.”

 

Gore Level – 5

“The only thing leaking out your face is tears.”

“Looks like somebody spilled some ketchup.”

“Might need to soak that up with a bath towel.”

“That isn’t supposed to be outside the body.”

“This is a slaughterhouse.”

 

Death Level – 2

“And everybody lived happily ever after.”

“We might have gone to a couple funerals.”

“It just LOOKS like a serial killer was here.”

“Yeah this was a tragedy.”

“Think Gettysburg.”

 

Porn Level – 1

“Everybody kept their clothes on.”

“I guess it was too hot for a bra.”

“Sometimes you got to let everything air out.”

“This is like late night Cinemax in the early 2000’s.”

“Oh. This is porn.”