I know what you’re thinking. Oh look! Another post from Mark about zombie related material. How refreshing! Let me just say I don’t want to be known as the “zombie guy” or “that freak who loves zombies” or anything like that. I simply have been on a little bit of a zombie kick lately. OK? Now that we have that squared away, let me tell you a little bit about The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman (story) and Tony Moore (art). First off the artwork is amazing, especially the pages where Moore gets to use the whole thing for one big piece. The images are black and white but that never prevents the artwork from delivering it’s share of ghoulish blood soaked imagery. I really like the story, but so far (remember this is only volume 1), there haven’t been too many surprises. Thematically the story takes its cues from many zombie and horror films where humanity is portrayed as worse than the monsters they are fighting. The protagonists deserve the fate they have been subjected to because they cannot rise above their own natures. This is not the first time we have seen this subject treated in this manner, but execution trumps originality in my book. I want to be entertained when I read something like this and The Walking Dead delivers. I am looking forward to the next volume and that should be recommendation enough.

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