Writer Benjamin Percy (Wolverine) and artist Ramon Rosanas (Star Wars: Age of Resistance) aim to revitalize the zombie apocalypse genre with Year Zero, their new series at AWA Studios' Upshot comic book imprint. Lee Loughridge will provide colors for the series, with Sal Cipriano on board as letterer.
On the AWA Studios YouTube page, Percy described the series in detail and how it differed from other entries in the genre. He explained how he wanted to tackle the nature of faith with the story.
According the official series synopsis,
Year Zero presents an epic tale that offers a global look at the Zombie Apocalypse. A Japanese hitman, a Mexican street urchin, an Afghan military aide, a Polar research scientist, a midwestern American survivalist -- five survivors of a horrific global epidemic who must draw upon their unique skills and deepest instincts to navigate a world of shambling dead. Year Zero wrestles with the weighty moral and theological questions posed by the pandemic and investigates its cause and possible cure.
Year Zero #1 will be available on April 1. Other titles by AWA Studios include The Resistance by J. Michael Straczynski, Mike Deodato Jr. and Frank Martin; Archangel 8 by Michael Moreci, C.P. Smith and Snakebite Cortez; Red Border by Jason Starr, Will Conrad and Ivan Nunes; and Hotell by John Lees, Dalibor Talajić and Lee Loughridge, which all go on sale in March.