Today's Comic

[SteelRaven]

This page is freak'n awesome, the time you put into it really payed off Jenny.

[DoctorVeR]

I don't think that bird realizes how epic she is.  Is it a girl bird?  Imma gonna say it's a she bird!  'She' and 'girl' are two different species.

And we've called it!  Terrible fate happens to the poor girl in exactly the next page.  That bird has a three days left to live, we need to nominate her as mascot of the forum.  What should that bird be called?   

[Synaster]

How about... RAVEN! 8D

[CheshireCat]

I am also thinking that is a head rather than a nest, and perhaps the bird is after the stick, which looks like it would make nice nest material. If I remember rightly, the undead don't eat animals?

[jared]

Well if it is a zombie bird, Milo WOULD be the first killed by it.

[TheLastOutlaw]

I am also thinking that is a head rather than a nest, and perhaps the bird is after the stick, which looks like it would make nice nest material. If I remember rightly, the undead don't eat animals?

Not eating animals widely varies.  I don't think Jenny has said whether or not they do in her universe or not.

[Greg]

She's said in the comics that the animals don't turn, but if the traumatized kid's drawing is accurate, his zombified parents may have attacked the household pets. Or the kid might be crazy, who knows.

That said, most birds are apparently all out of fucks to give, so even if zombies do attack animals, birds might screw with a zombie just on principle.

We do know that animals don't *eat* zombies, though. So whatever's going on, I don't think it's coming down for a snack.

[TheLastOutlaw]

The eating/not eating animals even if the animals don't turn can be an important facet of the story. 

Example 1.  The Dawn of the Dead remake (Zak Snyder before 300 or Watchmen) had the zeds completely IGNORE animals.  It made turning Chips the dog into a viable pack mule for hauling gear through zombie infested parking lots.  Too bad Andy didn't secure his doggy door better after letting him in.

Example 2.  The Walking Dead episode 2 (Telltalle game series because I am a total TT fanboy) has the walkers eating every damn living thing they can get their hands on.  Which has the surivors battling them for even small meals like rabbits and birds as they slowly starve to death.

I had forgotten about the kids drawing but you're right, it's not definitive.  Still, a crow or raven may pick at zombies anyway, they are carrion eaters and aren't shy about taking bites out of the not quite dead as it is. 

[Grimaldo]

if I remember right, didn't the slides talking about how people turn into zombies, etc. also talk about how zombies attack animals (and it shows a zombie attacking a dog), but the animals just die instead of turning into zombies?
(I'm too lazy to look it up)

also, the bird's name should be... Miss Pedderwinks

[Fiveofclubs]

Hey, that's not Milo.

[TheLastOutlaw]

Yea, I'm dissapointed also.

[Dodom]

Translation: Hey! That's MY stick!

And of course that's not Milo! Milo will die on-screen! Jasper punches him in the stomach, Milo just had supper and wasn't ready to take a blow, so his stomach ruptures and he bleeds to death in a few painful minutes. He attempts to stagger away (while Jasper and friends walk away and pretend they were never involved in the scene) and collapses on a television set. Which is why he dies on screen. But it's not shown in the comic. So it's off screen. Even though it's on screen.

[jared]

This is the first theory I've bothered to read that didn't involve Charlie. Also; packing up today, found my signed copy of TZH book. Read it beginning to end, then that prompted me to read form there online. The entire comic is really coming together, can't wait for book two.

[couchfort]

Translation: Hey! That's MY stick!

And of course that's not Milo! Milo will die on-screen! Jasper punches him in the stomach, Milo just had supper and wasn't ready to take a blow, so his stomach ruptures and he bleeds to death in a few painful minutes. He attempts to stagger away (while Jasper and friends walk away and pretend they were never involved in the scene) and collapses on a television set. Which is why he dies on screen. But it's not shown in the comic. So it's off screen. Even though it's on screen.

XD I didn't get the joke until I reread it and saw the part about collapsing on a television set. Love it.

[SteelRaven]

"Lets test this theory!"
*pushes Milo down the hill*