The comic book series - which gets released in the U.S. at the start of next year — started life in France's Metal Hurlant, despite being created by two Americans: Jerry Frissen and BPRD's Guy Davis. Set in the Los Angeles of 2064, the series highlights those Angelenos whose lives have been affected by a controversial new governmental policy that sees zombies reintegrated into everyday society and trying to peacefully co-exist with the living. Of course, things go wrong, but if you don't want to take my word for it, why not check out this piece of test animation for a (since-scuttled) cartoon version of the story:

The first issue of The Zombies That Ate The World hits stories in February from Devil's Due Publishing.

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For one thing, Devil's Due is being smarter about the format: each European album is being broken down into regular US-style comic books in initial publication before being collected again later, as opposed to the previous attempts to get fans and retailers excited about paying more for a bigger chunk of something that they know nothing about.

And for another, they're also being smarter about the material chosen to (re)introduce the line to American audiences. While the Humanoids line - which spun out of Metal Hurlants, the original version of Heavy Metal magazine — has an incredibly impressive back catalog of SF and fantasy material, Devil's Due is playing it cool by choosing material produced by familiar American creators to bring in the US audience: I Am Legion is drawn by Planetary and Astonishing X-Men's John Cassaday, while The Zombies Who Ate The World is illustrated by BRPD's Guy Davis.
Both series launch in November, with work by Kurt Busiek and Butch Guice, amongst others, waiting to follow.

Devil's Due Partners With Humanoids [ICv2]