Title: The New Deadwardians

Author: Dan Abnett and I.N.J. Culbard

Publisher: Vertigo 2012

Genre: Graphic Novel; Horror

Pages: 176

Rating: 5/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Zombies; TBR Pile

How I Got It: Library Loan

In post-Victorian England, nearly everyone of the upper classes has voluntarily become a vampire in order to escape the lower classes who are all zombies. Into this simmering cauldron is thrust Chief Inspector George Suttle, a lonely detective who's got the slowest beat in London: investigating murders in a world where everyone is already dead! When the body of a young aristocrat washes up on the banks of the Thames, Suttle's quest for the truth will take him from the darkest sewers to the gleaming halls of power, and reveal the rotten heart at the center of this strange world.

Oh my! I grabbed this on a whim and I have been rewarded with an amazing little comic. I love the idea of vamlpirism as a "cure" to a zombie apocalypse. But this one has the added twist of class warfare and a secret bigger than everyone. I loved the twists and turns of the story; not sure where it was all leading until the end. And we are treated to some very interesting characters. Loved Suttle and Sapphire was a real treat. Definitely an interesting read for an afternoon.