Saturday, 27 August 2011

The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman


I'm not a fan of horror films, this was selected for me by one of my current comic pushers at my library and I'm glad he did.

Rick Grimes wakes up in hospital having been in a coma, only to find himself the survivor of a horrific plague that has turned people into cannabilistic zombies.  Grimes makes his way to Atlanta in search of his wife and son and just escapes being eaten alive.

Rather than being splatter gore zombie fare Kirkman looks at what it means to be a survivor, how it feels to be left alive and what survival does to people's character.  Excellent execution (excuse the pun) and writing.

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