We have nothing to fear, but fear itself and Zombies.

Fubar is just another old-fashioned World War II Zombie anthology featuring 13 stories from a veritable army of small press creators. This Zombie-Nazi smashing book spans the entire European theater from Sussex to Stalingrad as the Allies come face to face with the walking dead.

We caught up with creator, Jeff McComsey, to talk about FUBAR.

Horror News Network: How did you come up with the concept of this book?

Jeff McComsey: The two type of stories I love to draw most are World War II stories and Zombie stories. In combining the two, the Zombie aspect really for the most part pulls the glory out of the war story. There isn't going to be a victory. Zombies don't surrender. I like that extra dose of hopelessness that you get when you combine the two.  It makes for some great stories that showcase the nobitity of people as well as thier capacity for brutality.

I also love putting anthologies together and hadn't done one in a while. I figured why not put the two genres together that I love and see what happens.

I think the trick to putting together an anthology is having a theme that gets the creators excited. When I contacted the large army of small press creators that eventually worked on this book and told them what I had in mind, everybody got back immediately and said they would love to do one. Apparently I wasn't the only one who Liked WW II and Zombie stories.


Horror News Network: World War 2 featured so many famous and infamous people. Will we see any of them in Fubar?


Jeff McComsey: Most of the stories feature your average rank and file soldiers but General George S. Patton does make a memorable apearance in one of them.  We also have a gallery in the back of the book that features Zombie portraits of some of those infamous and famous figures.

Horror News Network: Can you tell us the creative team and a synopsis of each of the stories featured in Fubar?

Jeff McComsey: Here goes:

"IF GOD BE FOR US" story by: Stephen Lindsay art by: Steve Becker:  This short  follows a Chaplain whose giving the last rites to what he thinks are dead men.

"HEROES OF THE SOVIET UNION" story by: Jeff McComsey art by: Lonny Chant: This story follows a russian tank as it  plows through the undead until it runs out of fuel and ammo.

"BEARER OF SECRETS" story by Benjamin Truman art by Jim McMunn: This story follows a Jewish inmate of a death camp who assists  the guards with their grizzly tasks until the outbreak forces him and his captors to work together.

"STALEMATE" story and art by: Dominic Vivona: This story has a Russian and German officer playing a game of chess and pontificating on why they even try to survive the zombie apocalypse.

"MOTHER RUSSIA" story and art by: Jeff McComsey:A female Russian sniper in Stalingrad has waited out the Zombie outbreak in an untouchable perch. She has everything she needs to out last anything. One day she sees a an uninfected human child wondering around amongst the undead and leaves her perch.

"DE GUERS" story by: Stephen Lindsay art by: Jonathan Moore: This story follows a blind Dutch boy while he navigates around Zombie ravaged Holland trying to get vital intelligence to the Allies.

"THE BRIEF" story by Phil McClorey  art by: Steve Wilhite: This story follows a German scientist recently smuggled into Britain  by intelligence. He's there to shed some light on Germany's recent biological weapon advances.

"GOLEM'S LAST STAND" story by: Shawn Williams art by: Darrin Stephens: This story follows a group of jewish refugees as they flee the undead  and enlist the help of an ancient protector to help them.

"KILROY WAS HERE" story and art by: Jeff McComsey: An over the top Sergeant named Kilroy navigates the remainder of his squad through the Zombie apocalypse.

"FOUR DAYS AHEAD" story and art by: Helaine Crawford: This story follows a Russian conscript who realizes there are worst thing out there than Nazis.

"VALLEY OF DEATH" story by Mike Imboden art by: James Nguyen: A Russian squad stumbles across what they think is a Nazi War crime.

"SEVERED"story by: Kyle J. Kaczmarczykart by Rob Croonenborghs:  A British soldier awakens on the operating table with his leg amputated and surrounded by the undead.

"DAY OF DAYS" story by: Dominic Vivona, Steve Becker, Jeff McComsey art by: Jeff McComsey: This story follows a lone paratrooper as he contemplates the failed invasion of Normandy, hanging from a tree upside down over a hordeof the undead.


Horror News Network: What can we expect in terms of blood and guts in this book?

Jeff McComsey:  There's some exploding heads and  face chewing to be sure, but one of my favorite parts about FUBAR is that I recieved a wide range of stories from the different creative teams. Those stories range from very cerebral character driven stuff to all out Zombie smashing shoot'em ups.



Horror News Network: What can we expect in terms of extras (pin-ups, etc) in the book?

Jeff McComsey: We have a Pin up gallery featuring some of the promotional stuff we did for FUBAR as well some actual pin ups we recieved. In additioned we have the "World War II Zombie All-Star" gallery featuring pin ups of Zombified famous WW II figures ranging from General Eisenhower to Eva Braun.

Horror News Network: With so many zombie titles out there now, what do you think will make Fubar stand out?

Jeff McComsey: There are a LOT of Zombie comics out there. I think the reason why is because Zombie comics are so much fun to do and they are also very fun to read. This book is thirteen stories from a bunch of my favorite creators doing that thing they do and loving every minute of it. This doesn'y make FUBAR unique, it just makes it a really good read.

If you dig zombie stories, you'll enjoy it. If you dig World War II stories you'll love it.



Horror News Network: Will we see more Fubar tales in the future?

Jeff McComsey: Absolutely. "FUBAR: volume one" is the first of what I intend to be a trilogy of anthologies that catalog a massive zombie outbreak during World War II.

This first volume takes place exclusively in the European theater.

The second volume will take place exclusively in the Pacific theater and will be titled "FUBAR: House of the Rising Sun".

The third volume will be called "FUBAR: The War at Home.", and chronicles the eventuall spread of the outbreak back to the United States.

Right now the idea is to release one a year. We just debuted the first volume at the Baltimore comic con and the response was so amazing that we may shoot to release volume two there next year.


Horror News Network: Where can our readers find out more information on Fubar?

Jeff McComsey: We keep a blog that we use to feature art and updates: Zombiefubar.wordpress.com

Horror News Network: In closing, what would you like to say about Fubar?

Jeff McComsey: We are in fact in Previews this month and available for pre-order at your local comic shop.

If any of this sounds like your cup of tea, ask your shop to order a couple of copies. We are listed under Alterna comics and our order code is SEP100743. FUBAR is 13 stories clocking in at 168 pages of Zombie smashing madness for $11.99.

Horror News Network: Thank you for your time, Jeff! Best of luck with the zombie comic, Fubar! Comment on this interview on our forum.