Everything Dead and Dying Brings Quiet Horror to the End of the World
21SHARESSomething big is happening in the world of zombie comics. Tate Brombal and Jacob Phillips—both already known to readers for some chillingly good storytelling—have unleashed their newest creation, Everything Dead & Dying. It’s not just another undead story. It’s a rural character drama set against the end of the world, where the living and the dead are forced to coexist in ways no one expected.
The demand has been intense. Retailers cleared out every available copy at the distributor level so fast that Image Comics is rushing a second printing just to keep up. That kind of hunger doesn’t show up for every release. It means people both in shops and out there reading are really responding.
What makes Everything Dead & Dying worth the buzz? It’s more than gore or jump scares. There’s real heart in this zombie tale—loss, family, survival in the bleakest places. Jack Chandler, the protagonist, has chosen to live among the undead. Some of them aren’t just strangers. They’re the people he loves. And when outsiders show up, threatening the fragile peace he’s built, Jack becomes the shield between his family and those who see the undead only as something to be killed.
For Brombal, this launch marks their Image Comics debut. For Phillips, it’s a return to form after collaborations that already turned heads. Together, they merge survival horror with gritty, rural life in ways that tap into what fans of The Walking Dead, Yellowstone, or The Last of Us might recognize—but with its own voice.
If you want in, here’s when more copies hit the shelves: the second printing is rolling out, and subsequent issues are lined up for release through December. It’s available digitally too, across platforms like Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.
So if you’re after something tragic, untamed, with undead in the mix but more than just zombies, Everything Dead & Dying is worth jumping on. And judging by how fast the first print went, you’re not alone in thinking that.