Fistful of Blood (ISBN 1882931866)

Sergio Leone Meets George Romero As Softcore Porn/Splatter:
The title of this review pretty much sums up Fistful of Blood, the grisley, pointless, yet strangely entertaining new book by Kevin Eastman (Of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fame) and Simon Bisley (Lobo, Slaine, Judge Dredd). The attractive, relatively low-priced hardcover by Heavy Metal books tells the near-future tale of a gorgeous blonde woman who stumbles (Buck-naked, of course) into a desert town overrun by two warring factions: Zombies rule the streets by day, Vampires by night. The mystery girl straps on some guns, and commences to kill everything in sight. That's pretty much it. Eastman's writing is nothing special, but he gets the job done, and Bisley's art is grotesquely beautiful, but why would you print a book by as talented a painter as Simon Bisley in black-&-white? Kinds of defeats the purpose. Fistful of blood is more likely to please readers too young or too shy to actually purchase a copy of Playboy than someone looking for a good read. Fans of Bisley's art might feel they're getting their money's worth, but all others will probably want to take a pass....