Gory Lori

(Chanting Monks, 2005-2006)
™ and © Chanting Monks Press

Nobody knows—or nobody is alive who can remember—just how it started, but one day a plague came that wiped out most of the human race. Unfortunately for those who did survive, those who were afflicted didn’t exactly die, either. Instead they roam the earth as zombies, with little motivation beyond making everyone else just like them. That brings us to our heroine, Gory Lori, a lovely blonde survivor with guns, a motorcycle, and a whole lot of attitude. The living dead won’t claim her little part of the world without a fight.

In comics and movies, apocalyptic zombie adventures are often a sure-fire hit. This fun (albeit unoriginal) series spreads plenty of bloodshed and black humor around to show why.

— Andy Richardson

From the Comics Buyer’s Guide:

Gory Lori is the type of story we’ve all seen before. Some type of unnamed plague has spread across the country, ravaging most of humanity, leaving corpses and zombies in its wake. So far, at least two people remain unblemished by the scourge, including the title character—a bosomy babe with a fondness for gunplay and her trusty Triumph motorcycle. The other survivor is a bespectacled, ball-capped boy who hitches a ride with Lori, since he hasn’t seen another living human being in weeks, making for a potentially interesting odd couple.

Lori’s personality is overly acerbic at times, but the issue as a whole strikes a nice balance between humor and horror. Amidst the gruesome zombie deaths and projectile vomiting, readers will find a plethora of pun-filled product names (such as “Ape Nuts” and “Cap’n Crotch”) and T-shirt emblems. More important, the art frequently evokes classic Mad magazine.

Gory Lori is a fearful, yet funny, take on a familiar premise.

— Brett Weiss

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Notes

Writer

Artist

#1

September, 2005
Cover Price: $2.50
1 copy available for $2.98

Joe Monks

Jeff Salisbury, Mike Koneful

#2

February, 2006
Cover Price: $2.50
2 copies available from $7.20

Joe Monks

Jeff Salisbury, Mike Koneful