Every once in awhile something comes along that seems so perfect, so obvious, that you wonder why you didn’t think of it first. Writer Rick Remender will be joining forces with former Walking Dead artist Tony Moore and Remains artist Kieron Dwyer to bring us XXXombies, the tale of a zombie outbreak set against the backdrop of the burgeoning porno industry in 1976. The first story, entitled “Crotch Rot” will centre on a porno producer’s efforts to round up famous, recently deceased movie stars to appear in his films. Especially interesting are the cover designs, as Tony Moore explains.

Kieron and I are both doing send-ups to the striking graphic design of ‘70s porno posters. Seems like the design sense of even the most base crap back then had a pretty impressive amount of skill and panache. Looking at these posters, I was astounded at the amazing quality and visual sense these things had. So, yeah, basically my covers will all be patterned straight off some of my favorite porno poster designs from the ‘70s.

I never would have believed that I would use the “zombie”, “comics” and “porno” tags together in one post. Two of them, maybe. Despite a glut of zombie comics in the marketplace, the names involved and the attention to detail have certainly sold me on XXXombies.

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