I am not surprised the Walking Dead was my top of the stack, since it usually finds itself there, but this issue really brought everything I love about this series. Robert Kirkman is brilliant in his storytelling. Who would have thought that a simple zombie story would last this long and stayed this good? Kirkman has made me more invested in these characters than I have been in any character in a while. I love that characters you have spent years with, getting to know, and rooting for, can just be gone, dead in an instant. no one is safe, I wouldn't be surprised if one day he kills Rick. Your guard is always up with this series and so is the guard of the characters because once your guard is down and everything seems to be calming, that's when things go bad. If for some reason you are not reading this comic, stop reading now, go to the closest comic store and by the trades, All of them, they are worth it. Or if that seems like a lot of books, buy an compendium (at the link above actually), one hulking collection of great stories. Or you can experience the series the way the monthly readers did and pick up the Walking Dead Weekly, a re-release of the entire series coming out every week to allow people to catch up. What you should not do is think you can just pick up an issue and jump on, not because it wouldn't be good but because you are going to miss out on some genius storytelling and the emotional impact of events wont be as strong. That's what this book is about, the characters and emotional chaos they go through just to survive, and Issue #81 is no different.
With a zombie herd surrounding the town and there defenses breaking down things do not look good. Glen, Heath and Spencer head over the walls to get Andrea who is trapped in a bell tower outside the city and Rick, Morgan and others try to secure the city walls that are not holding under the pressure of the zombie herds. I don't want to discuss this book in too much detail because when things happen in this book, it's for good, unlike in superhero books where the status quo tends to stay the same. All I will say is Andrea is awesome and I'm worried for Morgan.
I am not surprised the Walking Dead was my top of the stack, since it usually finds itself there, but this issue really brought everything I love about this series. Robert Kirkman is brilliant in his storytelling. Who would have thought that a simple zombie story would last this long and stayed this good? Kirkman has made me more invested in these characters than I have been in any character in a while. I love that characters you have spent years with, getting to know, and rooting for, can just be gone, dead in an instant. no one is safe, I wouldn't be surprised if one day he kills Rick. Your guard is always up with this series and so is the guard of the characters because once your guard is down and everything seems to be calming, that's when things go bad. If for some reason you are not reading this comic, stop reading now, go to the closest comic store and by the trades, All of them, they are worth it. Or if that seems like a lot of books, buy an compendium (at the link above actually), one hulking collection of great stories. Or you can experience the series the way the monthly readers did and pick up the Walking Dead Weekly, a re-release of the entire series coming out every week to allow people to catch up. What you should not do is think you can just pick up an issue and jump on, not because it wouldn't be good but because you are going to miss out on some genius storytelling and the emotional impact of events wont be as strong. That's what this book is about, the characters and emotional chaos they go through just to survive, and Issue #81 is no different.
With a zombie herd surrounding the town and there defenses breaking down things do not look good. Glen, Heath and Spencer head over the walls to get Andrea who is trapped in a bell tower outside the city and Rick, Morgan and others try to secure the city walls that are not holding under the pressure of the zombie herds. I don't want to discuss this book in too much detail because when things happen in this book, it's for good, unlike in superhero books where the status quo tends to stay the same. All I will say is Andrea is awesome and I'm worried for Morgan.
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