iZombie Vol. 2: uVampire

Gwen Dylan is in her twenties and works as a gravedigger at an eco-friendly cemetery. She is also a zombie. Once a month she has to eat a human brain or lose her memories, and each meal fills her head with the dead person's thoughts and personality until the next one.

Every brain also leaves her with a task: carry out the dead person's last request, solve a crime or put a wrong right. In this volume, the brain Gwen eats belongs to someone who knew her as a child, and the job gets complicated fast.

The story is told from the zombie's point of view. It is a detective series that blends urban fantasy with romantic dramedy, with a witty, light tone.

Several side plots run alongside Gwen's case. Ellie, a ghost girl, picks up tricks from Amon the mummy. Spot, the were-terrier, visits a comics shop and meets someone from Gwen's past. The mad scientist Galatea takes up some grave-robbing, and the monster-hunters set out to deal with the town's vampire problem for good.

This is the second volume of an Eisner Award-nominated series, written by Chris Roberson with art by Michael Allred. It collects issues #6 to 12 and adds a story from the House of Mystery Annual #2.