Zombies Calling

"We never should have left the mall."

Zombies Calling is a comic book by Faith Erin Hicks. The story follows a student named Joss, whose main survival skill is being genre savvy in a zombie-infested university.


 * A Man Is Not a Virgin:
 * Cassandra Truth: Joss runs into zombie's one night and her roommates don't believe her. Next day the zombies have taken over campus.
 * Daylight Horror
 * Enclosed Space
 * Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": The Professor is just called Professor.
 * Evil Plan / Insane Troll Logic:
 * Four-Temperament Ensemble:
 * Sanguine: Joss
 * Melancholic: Sonnet
 * Phlegmatic: Robyn
 * Choleric: The Professor
 * Genki Girl: Joss
 * Genre Savvy: Joss gets this from seeing every zombie movie ever made.
 * Heroic Sacrifice: rule two
 * Improbable Weapon User: Jars, books and sporks are among the weapons.
 * Lampshade Hanging
 * Military Brat:
 * Not Using the Z Word: Lampshaded and subverted
 * Only One Name: Joss and Robyn.
 * Our Zombies Are Different
 * Perky Goth: Sonnet fits the bill.
 * Poster Gallery Bedroom
 * Rose-Haired Girl: On the cover, at any rate.
 * Shout-Out
 * Two Girls and a Guy
 * Wearing a Flag on Your Head: Subverted in that Joss is not British; she just wants to go to Britain. Then there's the other guy.
 * Zombie Apocalypse: Does this need to be explained?