It’s Halloween month, and I’m here to talk about one of the best horror comic series I’ve read this year, Return of the Living Dead!

Return of the Living Dead
Publisher: American Mythology Productions
Writers: James Kuhoric, S. A. Check
Interior Artist: Andrea Arcari
Colorist: Giovanni Caputo
Cover Artist: Mark Spears
Letterer: Rob Jones
Release date: December 2024 – May 2025

Not to be mistaken for the 1985 cult classic movie The Return of the Living Dead (which, by the way, is also one of my favorite horror films ever), this four-issue series captures that same chaotic energy and turns it into a new, blood-soaked, brain-eating adventure.

Written by James Kuhoric and S.A. Check, a duo we already know delivers amazing tributes to horror classics (Silent Night Deadly Night and Valentine Bluffs Massacre, anyone?) and illustrated by Andrea Arcari, this series has the energy that makes horror feel fun again. The three of them clearly love this world, and it shows.

The story kicks off with a group of party-loving skateboarders and a bunch of summer interns working the night shift at an amusement park. Things go downhill fast when a few misplaced barrels of the infamous Trioxin-245 leak, and soon the park turns into a neon nightmare packed with chaos, blood, and brain-hungry zombies. Between running for their lives, bad decisions, and way too many reanimated corpses, the night becomes a full-blown horror party.

First of all, I love zombies. And it’s no secret I also love gore just for the sake of gore. The setup of this closed amusement park full of trapped teenagers is everything you could ask for in a zombie story. You know right away it’s going to be a fun mess, and it delivers. It’s funny, fast, and disgusting. The writing balances horror and comedy in the perfect way, staying true to the wild spirit of the original movie while feeling modern and fresh. You can tell Kuhoric and Check are having fun with it, and that energy carries over to every page.

And then there’s the art. Andrea Arcari’s style is bold, bright, and almost cartoonish, which makes the gore pop even more. The vivid colors give it this bizarre contrast, you’ve got intestines flying across panels, but it all looks like a neon horror. Every time a zombie yells “BRAAAAAAAAAINS,” you can practically hear the echo bouncing off the rollercoasters. This series is a total blast. It doesn’t take itself too seriously, and that’s what makes it work. It’s a bloody love letter to ‘80s horror that knows exactly what it is: a mix of chaos, camp, and brains. Lots and lots of brains.

This treasure doesn’t have a trade paperback release planned (yet), but you can still find the single issues at your local comic shop, just don’t wait too long, or someone else might get to them first!