Savage Brothers #1 - Albuquerque cover
Written by Andrew Cosby and Johanna Stokes, Art by Rafael Albuquerque
$3.99

Review by Larry Stanley

The Savage Brothers are just two goons - dreadnecks enjoying the apocalypse! When hell comes to earth in a supernatural apocalypse, salvage yard owners Dale (he's the con man) and Otis (he's the muscle) don't run for their lives. They settle in and crack some beers! Have a loved one that needs retrieving? Call Dale and Otis - they'll hop in their Ford 150 bring 'em back, or put 'em down, if it needs doin' More Boom! Studios mayhem in the vein of Eric Powell's THE GOON from Zombie Tales: Death Valley and the Sci-Fi Channel TV series EUREKA writers Andrew Cosby and Johanna Stokes.

Savage Brothers #1 - Dave Johnson cover
And so goes the blurb from the company. I got just one tiny little question, what is a "Dreadnek"? Frankly, theses are just two good ole boys; shoot I used to know boys like this down home in Arkansas. These were the fellers who would go wrestle an alligator for $10 while the smarter brother took bets on the outcome.
They poached, not because they didn't like animals or just liked to hunt, but because they needed to eat year round. Sure they sold the hides but that was just business.
They fished with dynamite and often shared what they couldn't get home with, with neighbours. They were you typical, red-neck country boys.
And here you have two red-necks trying to make a living during the Apocalypse. Apparently, hell has opened up on Earth and it is the time of the final reckoning. The graves have given up their dead and they walk the earth as Zombies. And Otis and Dale make their money and beer by tracking down and either killing or rescuing certain zombies for people.
Say an old woman is ready to die but wants to be certain her husband is waiting for her beyond the pearly gates; she hires Otis and Dale to put a bullet through his head so he will be there. And she pays them off with a case of Schlitz and her life savings.
Violent, but with an underlying context that says you just can't keep the human race down even during the End of Days.
In their latest job, they are recruited by shadowy men in suits and ties to find a certain Doctor in the middle Atlanta. As the boys take off, they argue about the intelligence of traveling to a city. They have a sign that it is not a good idea right off the bat.

"Huh. It's raining frogs."

"Yeah, must be Wednesday"

"Yeah, nothing good happens on Wednesday."

Personally, if Wednesday is 'the Rain of Frogs' I would love to know what the rest of the days are. And how do you get used to it?

They find their prey, get him in the back of the truck, only to find themselves fired upon by shadowy men in suits and ties.

Yea, Wednesday is bad.

Escaping to safety, they discover a meeting of Zombie's and "The Head" performing a ritual to the Dark Gods of the Undead. Hmmm? Oh, sorry; the Head is an undead head kept in a glass jar that gives orders to his slave Zombies.

The boys see that they are about to make an offering to these Gods and decide to become heroes.
The language of the book makes it suitable for readers probably 10 or 12 and up. While some of the humor is a bit coarse most anyone could enjoy the book. The violence is low keyed enough that the younger kids would not have problems with it.
The book is filled with humor and Zombie attacks. While it is not as gory as other books on the market, it should fill the average Horror or Zombie fan quite well. Fun, degenerate and sassy.

"A virgin stripper, huh? Must be another sign of the Apocalypse."