Adam and Eve: Bizarre Love Triangle in the Zombie Apocalypse – Volume One

One of the most popular conversations that nerds around the world engage in is the classic scenario of what would we do during the zombie apocalypse. Recent events in the news have begun to bring this conversation a new sense of urgency, as some are actually beginning to whisper that the end is nigh and we must all either aim for the head or become dinner. Most of us bravely stand tall and proud and declare that our intimate knowledge of zombie survival will win the day…to say nothing of the fact that most nerds have likely never fired a gun, rarely work out, and have the commanding spirits and decision-making skills of a lemur on morphine. That is not to say that some of us may survive longer than the first day, but their survival will likely be attributed more to their luck and circumstances than anything else.

Enter Adam, a low-level technician for the United States Air Force who can safely earn the title of David Lister of the Zombie Apocalypse.

When the world falls apart, Adam is dragged into a bunker with other soldiers by his battle-hardened no-nonsense girlfriend Lilith who has spent the better part of their relationship carrying his sorry unmotivated behind around. Set seven years after the rest of the bunker’s population has either eaten their guns or been eaten themselves, Adam now lives with the only the sentient supercomputer Groucho, his genetically enhanced dog, and the incarcerated, zombified remains of his ex-girlfriend who dumped him just prior to being digested. Still, Adam is quite optimistic and goes about life with a great big grin on his face, as he manages the daily maintenance and has enough food and water to last him at least forty more years.

That is, until he starts up an internet relationship with another woman.

And thus begins the classic love triangle. I’m sure you all know how it goes: boy meets girl, girl drags boy through the military academy, boy keeps girl’s zombie in a glass room, boy meets girl online, boy leaves zombie girlfriend to turn an internet relationship into a real life one, and zombie girlfriend goes in pursuit. Tale as old as time. But it’s not so much the destination as it is the journey, and considering Adam is stepping out into the world for the first time in seven years, there is quite a journey to be had. And much to his surprise, it seems that most everything in the world is dead. This would be where I’d throw in the “Everybody’s dead, Dave” joke, but I already used my Red Dwarf card this turn.

But as we could all expect, the entire world has not moved on, as there are still survivors and undead aplenty to witness on this quest, for the woman he loves, to replace the rotting relationship he left behind. Will Adam discover friends and good-hearted survivors, or whacked-out weirdos who are worse than the undead?

As per my usual, this is something you are going to have to discover for yourself in this excellent graphic novel. Suffice to say, there is much to enjoy in this very strange tale of love, death, and everything undead. At the time of writing this review, this is only the first volume of what creator Dan Nokes told me would be a multi-part series. If there’s one thing I hope that happens as time goes on, it’s that we get to look more into the sad state of psychosis that Adam is trapped in. Needless to say, he is not well after spending seven years in abject isolation. But if some of the scenes later on are any indication, there is clearly more to Adam than what we see on the surface.

At the end of the day, Adam and Eve is a strange, bizarre tale about a strange, bizarre man written by an artist who is equally strange and bizarre in the best ways possible. The artwork is black and white and feels a bit congested, but instead of being a hindrance it helps to emphasize just how claustrophobic and disturbing the life Adam lives really is.

Overall, Adam and Eve: Bizarre Love Triangle in the Zombie Apocalypse Volume One gets a solid 5/5. The quirky nature of the story and initially despicable main character may put off some people, but for what it is, the story is intriguing enough to make me want to see more of what happens to Adam and his friends.

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