You Should Be Reading This Comic: The Walking Dead

There are lots of great comic books out there, and The Walking Dead is one of my favorites. There is a reason why this comic has reached fifty issues. Writer Robert Kirkman pulls many a Whedonesque moves, meaning you never know who is going to live or die and just when things start to feel safe and warm and fuzzy, that is when he chooses to strike. The comic has almost gone full circle with it's cast of characters, starting with the first issue with a very small cast and closing with issue fifty with again a small group of survivors. Couple this with Charlie Adlard's rough black and white scenes that really lend to the dark and grim future that awaits humanity.

If you don't know, The Walking Dead is about how people survive horrible situations. It just so happens that this one is a zombie apocalypse and doesn't seem to have an end anytime soon. The story focuses on Rick Grimes, a sheriff who wakes from a coma to find his world completely changed. He takes the lead of a group of survivors and seeks to find a place to make a new life. But zombies aren't the only ones to fear, as other human beings can be even more savage than their undead counterparts. It is a hard hitting story that brings be back time after time waiting to find out what happens next. When it is over, it always seems too short. You should be reading this comic.

Got a comic we should be reading? Drop me an email and let me know and maybe I'll share it with the others here. Please note, this isn't a forum to share your comic, rather it should be the work of someone else. Till next time, go read yourself a comic.