"The Walking Dead Comic Book Series" Proof that even Zombies are still Cool

  


    I'll preface this by saying I've actually read this entire series before. In fact, I originally read the first 3? compendiums as a child and was simply reading along with the monthly releases up until the end. Yet despite starting in 2003, the year I was born, this series has aged remarkably well, and I have yet to find many other zombie related media that stands up to this absolute juggernaut of a series.

    For the uninitiated, The Walking Dead follows police officer Rick Grimes as he wakes up to the zombie apocalypse. To make it short and sweet, he finds his family and eventually goes on a journey looking for a place where his family can feel safe from both other humans and zombies. Despite having a very basic premise, this comic book series is able to pull it off masterfully, with fleshed out characters and a crushing feeling of hopelessness that is felt throughout much of the series.

    Personal favourite characters of mine have to be Paul Munroe otherwise known as Jesus, Ezekiel, Tyreese, and of course Michonne. While it did make me sad to see that the series tended to unceremoniously kill large swaths of characters at a time, it wasn't too common and it really did help me feel that everyone I was reading about was simply on borrowed time.

    I don't really have many major flaws for this series, and perhaps those are my rose tinted glasses speaking to me. It's just that I thought all of the villains brought something different to the table, and that most of the characters were fleshed out, except near the end of the series where you can feel the chokehold Robert Kirkman felt. 

    The main reason for this chokehold if memory serves me correctly is that he knew what issue he was planning on ending the series on, and personally I don't know if the number 193 has any sort of significant value to Robert, but it made the ending feel constrained. While I understand the need to wrap up a series, that doesn't mean that it should have to feel at least somewhat rushed.

    Personally, it would have been cool to see a further glimpse into characters like Kimoko, Magna, Mercer, and Princess, as I feel like they were all shafted in terms of screen time and development. Moreover, there were cracks that were shown in both "The Kingdom" and "The Sanctuary", but it wasn't exactly fleshed out all that well, and I thought the politics of all the settlements was something that deserved further exploration.

    Lastly, while I enjoyed the final issue, I suppose it would have been cooler to at least get some more in depth explanations for everything that happened. I'm not sure I agree with the life Carl leads but it was cool for him to finally find that peace and accept that not everyone has to live such a hardened life like he did.

Final Score: 87/100

    Overall, this series is one of the best in the zombie genre that became saturated during the 2000's and early 2010's. I personally thought that this series started and ended on a very strong note that made it one of the most memorable comic book experiences I've ever had.

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