Night Zero

Night Zero is a webcomic and published graphic novel created by Anthony van Winkle and Forest Gibson. Conception and production began in late 2007, with the completion of the "pilot" episode in May 2008. The first serial comic began its online run on September 8, 2008.

Night Zero is a webcomic and published graphic novel created by Anthony van Winkle and Forest Gibson. Conception and production began in late 2007, with the completion of the "pilot" episode in May 2008. The first serial comic began its online run on September 8, 2008. ==Story== The Daily of the University of Washington described Night Zero as "the day when every horror movie cliché comes to life in a splatter of blood: the apocalypse." It is set in a post-apocalyptic Seattle, where most people have become zombies called "scratchers". Other than weapons, people in the world are able to protect against the zombies’ scratches and bites by drinking, though alcohol is controlled by the mob. van Winkle said that this plot point provided a method to keep characters alive. Seattle was among the first American cities to fall victim to the unknown the infected attacked without mercy, remorse, or fatigue. Hospitals were overflowing with the sick and the sick only got worse as night fell. Quarantines were established, emergency protocols were enacted, but it was too little too late. The city fell into turmoil, bodies littered the streets, and the casualties began to rise. Key sectors of the city infrastructure and government were plunged into anarchy. The "scratchers," named for the tell-tale self-mutilation they perform on their bodies and faces, made the streets sticky with shed blood. The power void left by a failing city government was the ideal ground for the Nazarov family, a Russian group that had less-than-legitimate activities before the collapse. Their organization had the muscle, capability, and network to assume control of Seattle, cordoning off a chunk of downtown as a safety zone. Those who could adhered to their rule for the chance at a new life, and their numbers grew. Those who chose to blaze their own trail saw their numbers dwindle. Today, the New City is a walled-off community with just a fraction of the population of the old Seattle. The apparent security of the wall has allowed the New City's residents to pick up the pieces of their lives, and the outlook is optimistic in the face of uncertainty. ==Related work== The team behind Night Zero also produced a live-action guest strip for the webcomic Geist Panik and a "fan art" gallery of characters from the Valve video game Left 4 Dead. The latter included a fifth character (a pirate), and the creators of Night Zero said that Valve had told them a pirate character would be added to a sequel of the game, but this was not true. ==References==

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