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To go hand in hand with our interview with Jeff Mariotte, I am chomping at the bit to
talk to the illustrator of Zombie Cop.
You all know his work from previous comics and other areas of fantasy. As most of you
are aware, I used to own a hobby shop several years back, Game Masters. It was there that I was introduced to the artwork of Szymon Kudranski with his illustrations. I remember some
Marvel Masterpiece cards he did, and research through some old cards that reveal illustrations for Fantasy Flight Games.

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Tomorrow’s the big day!  Hurry out to your local comic shop and snatch up two copies of this graphic novel!  Ya know, one ta read and one ta keep in it’s sealed plastic baggie! 

Go!  Now!  But first, here is the final ZombieMall.com Zombie Cop exclusive sneak preview of Page 64!

It’s just a couple more days now!  I’m leaking out the next exclusive page, Page 63!

As promised!  This is page 62, fitting for the New Year!

Stay tuned, as page 63 will also be released with an interview with illustrator Szymon Kudranski!

Not everything that ZombieMall.com is associated with involves zombies.  Well, not exclusively.  I was contacted a few weeks back by Jeff Mariotte, author of several genre’s of books, from Spider-Man to CSI: Miami, to Star Trek, to Conan.  These are all subjects that I have certainly had an interest in, but when he told me about a new project he was working on, a Graphic Novel about a cop who is slowly turning into a zombie, well..  I was as giddy as a school-boy.

I usually weave my questions from the subject in which I am trying to promote. In this case, Zombie Cop.  However, Jeff, with his history of writing, has such an extensive library to choose from; please forgive me if my questions go astray.

ZM:  Jeff, I’ve read that the idea for Zombie Cop came from an conversation you had with an editor in regards to another zombie project.  Can you give us a hint as to what that project is?

Jeff:  What happened was that I was at Comic-con in San Diego, talking to an editor about what his needs might be.  He mentioned that zombies were hot, but that he already had a zombie book going.  My mind started feverishly looking for an angle on zombies that I had never seen.  The basic idea behind Zombie Cop came almost fully formed–that we’d be watching the disintegration of this decent cop as he was living (or dying) through the process of becoming zombified, all while trying to solve the mystery of how the zombie plague began.   That editor didn’t bite, but the idea wouldn’t let go of me, and I refined it a few times, but that’s still the main thrust of the story.

ZM:  Let’s talk about Zombie Cop a bit.  In what year does the story take place?

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ZombieMall has also learned that Zombie Cop should be available at comic book stores everywhere on January 14th!

As promised, here is the next page released exclusively here at www.ZombieMall.com !

This is certainly one of the highlights of running ZombieMall.com.  From time to time we attract some pretty damn good talent and this post boasts no different.  I was contacted by Comic writer, Jeff Mariotte, and illustrator, Szymon Kudranski, about a new comic project they are working on called Zombie Cop.  Jeff was cool enough to send me some exclusive sheets from the comic itself.  I’ll post them all over the upcomming weeks, I just wanna tease you all a little bit at a time.  You know I’m sadistic like that.

Zombie Cop’s premise, as told to me by Jeff, is this:

“Joe Mundy is a cop who, during the course of an investigation, is infected by the zombie virus. As he’s losing the mental and physical faculties that make him human, he’s still trying to keep his city safe and to solve his last case–finding the origin of the plague.”

It runs just over 95 pages and also contains an original horror novella, also written by Jeff (and illustrated by Szymon), set in the same zombie-plagued city!  Trust me when I say, this is not some shitty crap put together in someone’s basement.  The artwork is, wow.  I can’t give it words.  I’ll let you see for yourself.

Keep your eyes here, I’ll release a new page each week until all 5 exclusive sheets are posted.  Also to be included is an interview with both the author, Jeff, and the illustrator, Szymon.  The book’s release date is January 14th.  If all goes well, I’ll also have a signed copy to give away for a future contest!

Stay Scary!