He suggested, though, that his concept called for such a location, as opposed to starting with the setting and building the story from that. "New Orleans has a history with Voodoo like no other city in the United States, to the point where it's a cliché to use it as a backdrop. But I thought, I'm trying to put a different spin on the zombie origin story here; so why not embrace some of the other conventional aspects of the genre? ... Also, I felt that an artist of Stephen Thompson's incredible talent could do a lot with the setting because of its texture. The novel 'Angel Heart' takes place entirely in New York; but in the movie, Mickey Rourke travels down to New Orleans, and the story feels richer and much more authentic because of that." "Life Undead" is Zbyszewski's first foray into comics, though he has had prominent writing gigs for television, notably several episodes of "Lost." Full Article at Comic Book Resources