I will fess up to the fact that when I am home alone at night, or the first one at work in the morning, I will take a moment to take in my surroundings, imagine a zombie attack and plan my preferred route of escape.  I am among the nerds who give serious consideration to questions like “Can zombies figure out how to get into the attic?”  “Would zombies think to go through the window to get onto the roof?” “Can un-evolved first generation  zombies climb?” Writer Sam Humphries has done the same for the last ten years at Comic Con.  In Humphries’ own words, he’s had “Plenty of time to formulate a zombie apocalypse getaway AND a plan for total Comic Con devastation.”  Those words make me feel all tingly inside.

The result of Humphries’ plotting? The horror-comedy comic created by Jimmy Fox and Ben Silverman, Fanboys vs. Zombies, coming in April from Boom! Studios. It will feature art by newcomer Jerry Gaylord and tell the tale of feuding best friends who must band together and use their powers for good during a zombie attack at San Diego Comic Con.  Honestly, in our heart of hearts, don’t most of us harbor a bit of resentment toward those lucky masses who get to attend Comic-Con or feel the con has maybe gotten too big for its britches?  If you do, It’s time to live vicariously through these Fanboys and watch Comic-Con get  decimated.

Ultimately,my money will be on the Fanboys to save the world.  Many of us geeky types have a suspicion our video gamed perfected reflexes and lessons learned from the horror genre will be of use to us some day.  That day for the Fanboys is now. I can only hope we get to see some zombified Hollywood actors (the cast of Twilight perhaps) and some cosplayers (undead slave Leias?).  If done well, this comic could entertainingly critique, mock, and praise this event and culture we hold so dear in a way that only fanboys and fangirls will appreciate.

Now comics love throwing variant covers at us and such so here’s the dirt on the variations collectors can look out for- main covers in a 30/30/30/10 split by Humberto Ramos, Alé Garza, Khary Randolph, and Matteo Scalera, a 1-in-25 wrap around “Where’s the zombie?” incentive by Ulises Farinas, a 1-in-50 sketch incentive by Humberto Ramos, and a 1-in-75 sketch incentive by Alé Garza and a special 1-in 200 CGC 9.8 Near Mint variant by Marvel Zombies artist and Zombie King Arthur Suydam functions as an homage to the cover of Crisis on Infinite Earths #7.

I’ll be racing you to the comic store in April for this comic.