Shaun of the Dead

Shaun of the Dead was a strip by Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright and Frazer Irving which appeared in 2000 AD prog 1384 (7th April 2004). The five page story, subtitled There's Something About Mary, was of course a tie-in to the zombie romantic comedy movie of the same name, and went on sale two days before the movie hit cinemas nationwide. The plot concerned a supermarket check-out girl, and the story of how she joins the ranks of the undead. Rather than being an adaptation of a section of the movie, it was a new story strand which wove itself into the existing narrative. A second story drawn by Irving (who also provided the cover, shown) appeared as a 2000 AD mini-comic given away free with the HMV exclusive edition of the Shaun of the Dead DVD release later the same year (There's Something About Mary was also included).