Life Sucks #[nn]

A young woman with a skull-adorned purse leans into a pale, dark-clad man outside a convenience store, their easy chemistry anchoring this wry 2008 graphic novel from First Second. Writer Jessica Abel, co-writer Gabe Soria, and artist Warren Pleece fill the scene with a cast of quirky onlookers that hint at a story steeped in everyday undead mundanity. Life Sucks wears its deadpan humor right on its sleeve — or rather, its cover — making this one hard to pass by on the shelf.