Year Zero Volume 2 # 1 (AWA Comics 2020)

Year Zero: Vol. 2 #1 (AWA Upshot, 2020)

The dead still walk, and the survivors are just getting started.

Following the critically acclaimed first volume, Year Zero: Vol. 2 #1 launches a brand-new narrative arc in the same terrifying, zombie-infested world. While the first volume established the global nature of the pandemic, Volume 2 introduces a fresh cast of characters scattered across the globe, each facing the unique horrors of an undead world that has begun to settle into a permanent, grisly status quo.

Writer Benjamin Percy returns to weave together multiple perspectives—including a Norwegian special forces operator, a Rwandan orphan, and a survivalist in the American West. This volume shifts the focus from the initial panic to the grueling, long-term reality of survival, proving that the living can be just as dangerous as the dead.

Issue Highlights:

• Fresh Blood: Introduction of a completely new set of survivors, offering new cultural and geographical perspectives on the apocalypse.

• A Evolving Threat: The world has changed since the initial outbreak; cities are now overgrown husks and the undead have become an integrated part of the ecosystem.

• Visceral Detail: Juan Jose Ryp joins the creative team, bringing his legendary, hyper-detailed art style to the series, making every shambling corpse and ruined landscape pop with macabre beauty.

Technical Specifications & Metadata:

• Publication Date: November 2020

• Page Count: 32 Pages

• Creative Team:

  • Writer: Benjamin Percy (Wolverine, X-Force)

  • Artist: Juan Jose Ryp (Britannia, No Hero)

  • Colorist: Frank Martin

  • Cover Artist: Kaare Andrews

• Format: Full Color | AWA Upshot