Chaos Campus 7

Chaos Campus #7
Created, Written & Lettered by B. Alex Thompson
Illustrated by Daniel Fitz
Coloured by Omi Remalante Jr. & Schimerys Baal
Post-Scripting & Polish by John Ward
Published by Approbation Comics

Another Quinton Bedwell cover and issue seven of Chaos Campus: Sorority Girls Vs. Zombies opens with Brittney on the run from a pack of the undead guys. Having had a chance to at last catch their breath after the free for all of the last issue, the trio of coed vixens are en route to an apparent safehouse.

B. Alex Thompson seems hellbent on pushing this premise as far as humanly possible, with the voluptuous red-haired nympho Brittney, the level-headed (and possible budding mystic) brunette Paige, and the pink-haired little estrogen fury Jaime all surviving not only the increasing zombie outbreak, but homages to any and all horror stories that have come before. In this case, Thompson waxes some Clive Barker as the girls are used by an army unit who in turn get slaughtered all gory-like. And that certain badass slasher from the previous story line is not at all done with these young ladies, not yet. "Bites Of Sin" part one ends with something worse than just another possession. I smell some good old-fashioned sado-masochism.

The art from Fitz is alright I guess. A bit sparse in backgrounds, and while running the gamut from very expressive faces and gestures to storytelling that just comes off as a bit confused at times. Interesting POV's though, on some pages. The violence later on really could have been conducted a bit clearer, but then, I am a bastard. The total package presented itself to me as being not so much less inspired than previous issues, but mayhaps in need of some more organization, more attention to detail (like drawing only a portion of a character in a frame?). Honestly, some of these pages looked like little more than layouts, and it was kinda distracting from the awesome dialogue and groovy coloring. I know that Chaos Campus sometimes flirts with (among other things) cartoony subject matter, but visual inconsistencies is a bum deal. Not the strongest issue, but not at all a total waste either.
The overdrive of a story is still keeping everything building towards some arcane crescendo, no doubt. And the Federal Government finally becoming involved in the ugly scene does broaden the scale of what to expect.

And since I am having such a gas with my scary comic book reviews hereabouts, expect some more Hallowe'en treats this weekend (time willing!). BYOsharpened hooks on chains though.

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