I mean, it’s not like they’re making an unholy mint with The Walking Dead, right? Apparently not:

In Judith’s short life, the street smart punk has already proved to be a survivor, but now she’ll have to fight to remain the last one standing!

It’s 1984 – Reaganomics are in full swing, Herbie Hancock ruled the first MTV Music Video Awards, movie-goers met The Ghostbusters and The Terminator, Indira Ghandi was assassinated, B.A. Baracus pitied fools, and a third rate cosmetics company single-handedly destroyed civilization. Is Judith, a 17-year-old chain smoking delinquent humanity’s last hope?

In the upcoming ALPHA GIRL miniseries, co-creators Jeff Roenning and Jean-Paul Bonjour are plotting plenty of trouble for Judith. Robert Love is illustrating Judith’s close calls with the masses of flesh-hungry zombie women and the men who hunt them. ALPHA GIRL promises to be the action-packed gore fest that you’ve been waiting for!

(Extensive quoting will I hope be forgiven as it’s from a press release.)

Yes, it’s time for nostalgia, in particular nostalgia for the Anti-Zombie films of the 80s! But in comic book form, and they promise plenty of blood and gore.

Look, can we talk for a minute, Z-Fans? Here’s the deal: the 80s were a dark time for Zombies in popular culture, sure, Thriller aside. But they weren’t exactly a hot time for popular culture itself either. Can’t we just concede that Western Civilization sort of lost its mind for a bit and be nostalgic for a different era? Just for a change?

I swear if I hear of a ‘Night of the Comet’ remake I’m going to go a bit mad.

But at any rate, this Alpha Girl thing wants to sate your bloodlust and craving for 80s cultural touchstones:

“As a child of the 1980′s, it has been a blast drawing a comic that takes place during my formative years,” said Love. “The Adidas track suits, big hair, and the ’80′s rock ‘n’ roll and hip hop – I’m definitely having fun!”

“I cut class my sophomore year of high school to go hang out, smoke cigarettes, and check out girls. I ended up watching a movie called Evil Dead 2. When I saw that flick I had found my calling in life,” added Bonjour. “When Roenning approached me with the concept of a cosmetic company turning all women into man-eaters, with a kick ass protagonist like Judith, I was all in. If you’re like me and a fan of the zombie horror genre when the lead character has a flash of attitude, you are in for a hell of a ride.”

Lead character has a flash of attitude? By attitude I take it they mean genocidal fervor against the Differently Animated.

And, err, with all this talk of ‘street smart’ this, man-eating that and ‘attitude’, is anyone else reminded of a scene from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back?

Whillenholly: Why are you shooting at me? I’m just a Federal Wildlife Marshall.
Chrissy: Two reasons. One: we’re walking, talking, bad girl cliches.
Missy: And two: because you’re a man.
Whillenholly: Only on the outside.

At any rate, there’s a new Anti-Zombie comic in town starting in February.

Woe betide us all.

Tags: Anti-Zombie Products, Comics

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