Herberto Martinez: No parent should ever have to bury their child.
Penelope Martinez: But you didn't bury me, I'm right here!
Violet Zombie is a webcomic created by Evan Cotner. It is about Penelope Martinez, a perpetually beautiful teenage girl who died in a freak accident, but was resurrected as a zombie at her funeral. She endures many mis-adventures related to undead hi-jinks, death puns, mystical surrealities, and Latin-American culture.
The series can be viewed here.
Violet Zombie provides examples of:
- Attractive Zombie: Penelope retains her good looks after becoming a zombie.
- Dark Comedy: Considering who the main character is, this only comes natural.
- Deadpan Snarker: Penelope is described in her promo as "sassy, but never salty." Then again, all members of her family show shades of this.
- Does Not Like Spam: Penelope hates guacamole.
- Everything's Deader with Zombies
- Eye Colour Change: In life, Penelope's eyes had hazel-brown irises. Upon resurrection, the irises are bluish-white, which is caused by loss of pigmentation after death.
- Friendly Zombie: Penelope is snarky and sometimes mischievous, but has a kind heart.
- Kill It with Fire/Burn the Undead: Penelope's only weakness is fire.
- Losing Your Head: Penelope demonstrates this ability frequently, either to scare people or just for fun.
- Luis as a zombie in one of Penelope's nightmares.
- Nightmare Face: Another ability she demonstrates frequently for the same reasons.
- #1 Dime: The sugar skull.
- Shout-Out:
- The cause of Penelope's resurrection, radioactive contamination from a fallen satellite, is virtually the same as the zombie outbreak in Night of the Living Dead.
- The scary face Penelope makes at the end of "Celebration of Life" is similar to the one made by Large Marge
- Jason's last name, Bolliger, references the roller-coaster company Bolliger & Mabillard.
- Penelope's dogs, Heat and Snow, are named after the Miser Brothers.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Penelope loves enchiladas and panaderia pastries.
- Tacos from Jack in the Box are a guilty pleasure.
- Trickster Girlfriend: Penelope has a really twisted sense of humor (this probably comes with being a zombie), and enjoys playing jokes on people, including her boyfriend Philly.
- Undead Barefooter: Penelope never wears closed-toe shoes and goes barefoot at any opportunity, especially when wearing her main outfit.
- Wacky Cravings: Herberto finds out about Rosalina's pregnancy when Jason tells him about her craving Jack in the Box tacos.
- Zombie Stories: Exactly What It Says on the Tin.
