This felt like it was a lot of filler information about each characters' background stories. It was still pretty interesting, just a lot going on and a lot of info dumping. I can already see how some characters are intersecting and I'm eager to see how this plays out in future volumes.

iZombie, Vol. 2: uVampire was another enjoyable installment in the iZombie series continuing zombie Gwen's adventures.Gwen Dylan works as a gravedigger which gives her easy access to human brains which she needs to eat once a month to remain relatively human. Dealing with experiencing the dead person's memories is a less than pleasant side-effect but it's a price Gwen is willing to pay. When Gwen ends up eating the brains of a person she knew as a child, things quickly become complicated.This se...

Unfortunately I was unable to truly enjoy reading this volume, due to the unneeded complexity of multiple new characters and plotlines being introduced at once. There were so many different ideas to focus on that I struggled to grasp any of them, which is a shame since if written at a better pace I'm sure that I would be more interested in continuing the series.

I liked the first volume of iZombie for the wonderfully weird and creative ideas that Roberson brought to horror staples like zombies and werewolves. And he's still full of ideas, which is part of the problem. There's a lot of stuff going on, but nothing really happening, if you know what I mean. We get introduced to fascinating concepts, but nothing happens with them. I've read 12 issues now, a full year of stories, and I still feel like we're in exposition mode. Surely this has to kick into so...

*More like 3.5 stars than 3.*The story progressed well from iZombie, Vol. 1: Dead to the World with good pacing and interesting interactions. Really this seemed like a glorified stepping stone to what promises to be a showdown involving all the different supernatural parties and I, for one, am looking forward to that.The one thing I will question is: why on Earth does the vampire on the cover has such a long neck? It looks so weird!

While the glacial inching forward of the plot didn't speed up any since the first volume, I have adjusted to the meandering pace of this series, and I am enjoying the minutiae of the characters' day-to-day comings and goings. And this volume is focused a great deal more on the entire ensemble cast than the first volume, which focused more on the title character, Gwen Dylan. One complaint I had is that the last section of the book, titled "Ghost Stories" -- possibly bonus content, I am not really...

More like a 3.5/5 because I felt like not much happened, except for the respective origin stories of Ellie and Scott "Spot." I also really liked the odd story involving Spot's dead grandpa's spirit possessing a chimp at the Zoo and tagging home with him! But I can honestly say that even feeling like not much action truly "happened," I still had fun reading it and am curious to read the rest of the series.

A quick, but thoroughly entertaining, read on an I-Zombie reading day!

I think the problem with this series is that it's incredibly stupid but it doesn't exactly realize that. Like if they took everything to a more ridiculous extreme it would be good in a campy way but as it is it's just like kind of like eh this is okay but I'm not sure how seriously you want me to take any of this. Still, there's only two more volumes and I think I'm interested enough in whatever is going on with Amon and Galatea to read them.[edit 1/18/21: after putting this down for a little wh...

This second volume continues the fun ride that was iZombie, Vol. 1: Dead to the World, with a more in-depth look at Gwen, her friends, and other supporting characters. It introduces a villain - Galatea - and includes a flashback tale (#12, with guest artist Gilbert Hernández) in which Gwen first meets Eleanor (Ellie). iZombie was/is my first exposure to Chris Roberson, so this was a nice find for me. I may even look up some of his other stuff. I like how this series is different than most -

In this second volume of iZombie, the various storylines already set up in volume 1 start to expand and at the same time start to intersect each other more closely. This is by no means a perfect process because the whole volume feels rather disconnected and doesn't really work that well. We are introduced to two new charterers - Scott's grandfather who has just dies and whose soul has accidentally possessed the body of a chimp, and Galatea who seems to be some sort of Frankenstein's monster. The...

[Review for the entire series] Though nothing like the show (which is better, let's be real), this is a fun world with (mostly) interesting -- if derivative -- characters. The first volume struggled a bit to find its footing, and then end struggled to stay there, but there are some interesting moments in the art and a solid backstory to explain the WHY of everything, which you don't always get in supernatural stories. There's a convenience to some things that didn't sit well with me, and I wish

This was better than the first one!This book was great. More adventures of the zombie, the ghost, the were-terrier, and the vampires.Gwen actually remembers SOME of her old life, but she's got some large gaps. And there's a new person in town, mixing things up - old friend of the mummy. Her name is Galatea.

3.5 starsAlso reviewed for Addicted2HeroinesVolume 2 seems to be a bit more full of catch-up information than actual plot, but I still had a good time with it. You find out the origin stories of Scott (or Spot) the were-terrier, and also Gwen's ghostly BFF, Ellie. It even has a tidbit or two about Gwen's family...but still no info on how she ended up eating cold brains to survive.As the title suggests, the fem-vamps make another appearance, and their origin story is revealed as well. Remember th...

The second volume of iZombie is more backstory than the first. We learn a lot about each character, how they met other characters, and how they ended up in the situations they are in today. The quality of the writing and artwork remains satisfactory and gets a big thumbs up from me! I love how the drawing has more of a traditional comic book feel to it (think old Archie comics) but still does well in portraying gore where necessary.Because of the plethora of monster types encountered in this ser...

This isn’t the best follow-up to the charming first book of iZombie; uVampire instead focuses more on the individual characters which, although important, might be a bit too early to do so as the main story feels a bit under-developed. Nevertheless we get the origin stories of Scott the Were-Terrier and Ellie the Ghost, and more background to Gwen’s past life without revealing the whole story - yet. The paintball vampires square off against the monster hunters Diogenes and Horatio and a new char...

We start off with Scott, telling us how he met the girls at the café for the first time. He is such a nerd! I did like to find out more about Scott. But generally I expected more vampires in this, considering the name of the volume. A lot of build-up and many plot bunnies, but none of the storylines went anywhere conclusive in this volume. Very much a filler, that fleshes out some background.It was ok, art and colouring are nice, but it doesn‘t inspire me to find and buy the next volume. I might...

4 StarsReview:I liked all the same things in this one that I liked in Volume 1---great characters, fun supernatural aspects, gorgeous artwork---but more stuff happened in the plot this time, so I thought this one was a little better. I also liked the interesting twists. And I loved the scene when Gavin wrote his number on Scott's hand and Scott just kind of stared at it in awkward confusion. Also, Amon is far too hot for his own good. For anyone's good. I mean, seriously, have you seen him? Bein...

I don't get all the crap people are giving this volume. It is every bit as good and enjoyable as the first one. I really like this series so far.

Gratuitous near-topless shots may have been the most interesting thing about this whole book. Why do I torment myself by continuing to read these tepid tales? I got fooled by the guys at War Rocket Ajax who were *so* jazzed about interviewing Roberson, made me believe that this guy's writing *must* be some good shit.I think part of the challenge for me reading this is I'm not a teenager, wistful about fresh love. The tension around the protagonists who're trying to figure out this whacky relatio...