Zombillenium: Gretchen

By Arthur de Pins

Francis von Bloodt, a vampire and good family man, operates the one-of-a-kind theme park Zombiellenium. But this unique amusement park doesn’t just hire anyone: mere mortals need not apply—only genuine werewolves, vampires, zombies, and other citizens from the undead community are employed. A stunningly beautiful, fully painted graphic novel, this work presents a wryly humorous and lighthearted take on the traditional horror genre.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Independent Publishers Group
• Release date: Aug 1, 2013
• ISBN: 9781561637461

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Reviews for Zombillenium

[pabkins · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Zombies, Werewolves, Vampires, Mummies, You name it this Amusement Park has em!...and Cotton Candy!

Good Freaking Times! Zombillenium has beautiful illustrations, snarky dialogue and awesome characters all around. But not only that Zombillenium IS an an amusement park! This is my kind of place, indeed I wish I could spend my vacation here instead of Disneyland. All the park employees are bona fide monsters...and doesn't it suck for them, there is no union, wages & jobs seem to suck and if you do a bad job....well let's just say you're fired, the crispy kind. These boogies are contracted into employment and have no choice, which is too bad so sad for them not to mention the park isn't doing so well business wise.

One unlucky day for a certain fella, he happens to get hit by a car, bitten by a vampire then bitten by a werewolf (repeatedly) and no one really knows what kind of monster he's turned out to be. What they do know is he's now the park's biggest attraction. Hang on for a whacky fun filled ride monster lovers!

[elizajane_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The first English translation of de Pins Zombillenium series comes to us with book one entitled Gretchen. Gretchen is a witch who works at the above mentioned theme park. I wouldn't call her the main character of this book, as she shares the spotlight equally with a number of others, but she does become the most interesting by the book's tantalizing ending. The art is bold and sleek. The humour is light, yet dark and this is a comedy just as much as it is a paranormal tale. I immediately fell in love with all the characters met in this volume: Aton, the mummy, who no one is afraid of because they just think he's a guy in costume; Sirius, the skeleton, who in life was a black civil rights activist dying in the South in the 60s (intriguing that this character has been stripped of his colour but not his identity); Francis, the vampire, the in-charge, no nonsense owner of the park who looks after his workers and treats them like a big family and finally Aurelian, a man who gets run over along the way and some argument arises over whether he'll be a werewolf or vampire and he ends up being, well, something else. This is the one ambiguous character at this time. He would appear to be the most innocent of them all but he turns out not to be. Put a grin on your face wit, laugh out loud humour, great characterizations and an intriguing plot set-up have me waiting for book two. The only problem with the book is that at 48 pages, it is waaay too short!

[rosa.mill · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Monsters working at a theme park. The first volume focuses on Gretchen and a new guy joining the company named Aurelian. Love the park and the characters. I hope they keep translating the series. (Also I totally want a skateboard on a broomstick.)

[kellswitch_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A fun book, I liked the art, it's bright and colorful which I especially liked considering the book deals with monsters, horror, the undead...those are usually drawn dark and forbidding, I liked the switch here. The storyline is intriguing, I love the idea of monsters forced to work at an amusement park...I know it would be my idea of hell...The characters are fun and interesting and I want to know more about them and what is going on. Looking forward to reading more.

[teamdewey · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Graphic novel. Slow to start but I want to read the next......

[Shannon Boote · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The artwork is good, the story line is okay, but very under developed and rushed. I feel like another 10- 20 pages would have given this that little something that was missing. Just because this is a graphic novel doesn't mean the story has to suffer or be so clipped that it feels incomplete, which for me this felt incomplete as a lead in to the next volume. I hope this will get better in that respect because I think I could really enjoy a little more fleshed out version of this story/concept.