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Title: Crawling with Zombies Preview
Post by: SkyWarp on August 17, 2010, 12:19:25 PM
Papercutz has given a short preview  (http://papercutz.com/blog/2010/08/17/joeh/) of the upcoming Hardy Boys graphic novel, Crawling with Zombies, due out this fall.

(http://www.hardyboyscasefiles.com/images/comingsoon/GNCF_001_sample01.jpg) (http://papercutz.com/blog/2010/08/17/joeh/)
Title: Re: Crawling with Zombies Preview
Post by: NancyDrew on August 17, 2010, 05:04:34 PM
It's interesting looking enough. I really liked the old ones so I wonder what exactly will change. I have a cutout from a scene in my purse from the other ones. lol (It was a color copy. Not the real thing. ;))
Title: Re: Crawling with Zombies Preview
Post by: Bigfootman on August 17, 2010, 06:02:13 PM
Quote from: NancyDrew on August 17, 2010, 05:04:34 PM
It's interesting looking enough. I really liked the old ones so I wonder what exactly will change. I have a cutout from a scene in my purse from the other ones. lol (It was a color copy. Not the real thing. ;))
There seems to be more action then in the other GNs.
Title: Re: Crawling with Zombies Preview
Post by: SDLagent on August 18, 2010, 01:26:10 AM
Looks pretty sweet. I'm glad to see chums like Chet and even Belinda show-up in the first book.

Quote from: Dinosaur Dan on August 17, 2010, 06:02:13 PM
There seems to be more action then in the other GNs.

Plus, new writer, new size, new price. And starting in book two, Break-Up, a new direction.
Title: Re: Crawling with Zombies Preview
Post by: MacGyver on August 18, 2010, 11:10:22 AM
Looks pretty cool. Is Belinda an UnderCover Brothers' character?
Title: Re: Crawling with Zombies Preview
Post by: Q on August 18, 2010, 11:43:36 AM
Yes, she and Brian are from the Undercover Brothers world.
Title: Re: Crawling with Zombies Preview
Post by: NancyDrew on August 18, 2010, 12:28:26 PM
Quote from: SDLagent on August 18, 2010, 01:26:10 AM
Looks pretty sweet. I'm glad to see chums like Chet and even Belinda show-up in the first book.

Plus, new writer, new size, new price. And starting in book two, Break-Up, a new direction.

That's my fav. part. They started with that in the original GN but they were pretty much eliminated right after. I miss their friends and their interactions. I mean, how can they even have friends if they never see them?!!
Title: Re: Crawling with Zombies Preview
Post by: Q on August 18, 2010, 12:33:32 PM
Don't forget that the books are about their cases, not their normal life.
Title: Re: Crawling with Zombies Preview
Post by: tomswift2002 on August 18, 2010, 01:33:19 PM
Quote from: Scourge on August 18, 2010, 12:33:32 PM
Don't forget that the books are about their cases, not their normal life.

But still, for close to 80 years the other Hardy Boys series managed to have a good balance of both.
Title: Re: Crawling with Zombies Preview
Post by: SDLagent on August 18, 2010, 02:37:41 PM
Also, notice the car from Word-Up. Looks like this series will have strong continuity with Lobdell's series.
Title: Re: Crawling with Zombies Preview
Post by: MacGyver on August 18, 2010, 04:17:08 PM
That would definitely be cool. Though I do wonder if Frank and Joe will branch out from ATAC at some point or if every case will be ATAC assigned as usual?
Title: Re: Crawling with Zombies Preview
Post by: SDLagent on August 18, 2010, 08:21:16 PM
Or maybe just one of them will leave ATAC. Now that would be interesting.
Title: Re: Crawling with Zombies Preview
Post by: MacGyver on August 19, 2010, 10:34:13 AM
Okay- here we go. Just going by personalities, I would almost have to say it would be Joe to go off alone and Frank would be the dogmatic one who stands by ATAC. But I don't know- they each could have personal reasons for doing something like that. Yes- that certainly would be an interesting twist.
Title: Re: Crawling with Zombies Preview
Post by: tomswift2002 on August 19, 2010, 05:17:04 PM
Plus there's that little thing about Nancy Drew's series possible being connected to the new "Casefiles".
Title: Re: Crawling with Zombies Preview
Post by: NancyDrew on August 19, 2010, 05:30:48 PM
Quote from: Scourge on August 18, 2010, 12:33:32 PM
Don't forget that the books are about their cases, not their normal life.

Well with the amount of cases they solve, they clearly have no life outside of this. Solve case -- here's a new one! 

Quote from: tomswift2002 on August 19, 2010, 05:17:04 PM
Plus there's that little thing about Nancy Drew's series possible being connected to the new "Casefiles".

Well that just made me even more excited about this! :D
Title: Re: Crawling with Zombies Preview
Post by: SDLagent on August 19, 2010, 10:53:08 PM
Quote from: MacGyver on August 19, 2010, 10:34:13 AM
Okay- here we go. Just going by personalities, I would almost have to say it would be Joe to go off alone and Frank would be the dogmatic one who stands by ATAC. But I don't know- they each could have personal reasons for doing something like that. Yes- that certainly would be an interesting twist.

I can see that too. Frank's probably more willing to work within the "system" if that's what it takes to get the job done, whereas Joe is a little more stubborn and maybe even rebellious.

Quote from: tomswift2002 on August 19, 2010, 05:17:04 PM
Plus there's that little thing about Nancy Drew's series possible being connected to the new "Casefiles".

Yeah, the first Hardy Boys title is connected to the first two Nancy Drew titles in some way.
Title: Re: Crawling with Zombies Preview
Post by: MacGyver on August 20, 2010, 08:45:17 AM
I wonder if that Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew connection will actually entail a crossover within the pages of both titles or if it's only loosely connected due to similar themes of the supernatural (i.e. Hardy Boys vs. zombies, Nancy Drew vs. vampires)
Title: Re: Crawling with Zombies Preview
Post by: SDLagent on September 15, 2010, 01:29:41 AM
At the end of Deadly Strategy, there's a preview of this and Nancy Drew: Vampire Slayer. The preview for Crawling With Zombies  starts with the first page of the online preview but then has three new pages showing a group "zombies" including Joe and Chet being mind-controlled by two bad guys. The preview ends with Joe attacking a security guard.
Title: Re: Crawling with Zombies Preview
Post by: hardygirl847 on September 18, 2010, 03:04:59 PM
Not a huge zombie fan, but I CANNOT WAIT!!! I should pre-order this because I know it would be in stores...at least not around me. So stupid!
Title: Re: Crawling with Zombies Preview
Post by: SDLagent on September 18, 2010, 11:49:47 PM
Yeah, I'm really looking forward to it, too. But I'm looking forward to Break-Up even more!
Title: Re: Crawling with Zombies Preview
Post by: hardygirl847 on September 22, 2010, 02:34:45 PM
Any particular reason why you're looking forward to that one more?
Title: Re: Crawling with Zombies Preview
Post by: SDLagent on September 22, 2010, 02:38:41 PM
"The end of the Hardy boys."