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FANGORIA Book of the Month, February 2007

IT'S ZOMBIES VS. LITTLE KIDS IN... RECESS PIECES

"Only the cute survive…"

Bad things are brewing in the halls of The Ben Turpin School for K-8. When a science project goes wrong, only the prepubescent children are spared the fate of zombification—which is not to say that they’re immune from being eaten alive! George Romero covered night, dawn and day, but how about recess? With Recess Pieces (Dark Horse Books), Bob Fingerman dishes up a grisly combination of Hal Roach's “Our Gang” and zombies, zombies and more zombies.

Unlettered pages from Recess Pieces

Publishers Weekly review:
The creator behind Beg the Question and Finger Filth, Fingerman gives the world another helping of outright fun with this Our Gang Meets Dawn of the Dead gene-splicing. When an elementary school science experiment goes awry and causes several of the children and teachers to become flesh-eating zombies, it's every kid for himself. The grade-schoolers must give just as gorily as they get, gruesomely and gleefully rising to the occasion, with one kid memorably converting a clunky industrial arts paper cutter into a very effective zombie deterrent. Refreshingly peopled with a multiethnic band of well-defined young characters, those not put off by the hilariously grisly content will find Fingerman's dark sense of humor is in overdrive, and his lush, offal-drenched artwork is a delight. Beware: despite starring a cast of children, this is in no way a children's comic, as it is replete with realistically frank language and extremely graphic depictions of violence and entrails-munching cannibalism. Fingerman hits one out of the park with this perfect antidote to stodgy "summer" reading. (Sept.)
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Beg the Question (Fantagraphics Books) tells the story of Rob Hoffman and Sylvia Fanucci, two twentysomethings navigating the labyrinth of contemporary life in New York City. Imagine a cross between "Friends" and Caligula, set in the naked city — in Fingerman's case, often very naked.

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