I Luv Halloween, Volume 2: Volume 2

If you've read I Luv Halloween volume 1 then you kind of know what to expect. If you haven't read volume one then be warned: This is dark comedy at its messed-up best. It's Halloween again and it's time for Finch and his friends to go trick-or-treating. Only this year there's a problem; almost everyone in town has been turned into a zombie! The kids don't find zombies scary. They're slow moving and uncoordinated, and if they come at you, all you really need to do is trip them and you'll be fine. Mostly, they're just annoying. The problem is that they don't pass out candy. While the boys try to find a house with candy, some new female characters find that they aren't as good at dealing with the zombies, as one girl gets her nose bitten off by her own zombified sister. But that's okay because Finch's crazy little sister Moochie has a plan to stop the zombies which involves a kitchen knife and their "pootie parts." And then the unthinkable happens. One of the kids from the previous volume has been killed and turned into a zombie. He puts his mask back on, picks up his bag, rings a doorbell and moans "trick-or-treat." A zombie woman answers the door and puts a zombie treat in his bag; human entrails!!! Soon all the zombies start trick-or-treating. Weaknesses: There isn't much by way of story structure, it just seems like a random confluence of horrifically funny events. The gray tones in this are handled a bit better than in the previous volume, but there are still places where tones are too similar and the panels don't read well. But all in all this book is exactly what it sets out to be; dark, messed up fun.