The Walking Dead, Book 7
The Strolling Dead, Book 7
Rick and his group learn the dangers of living behind the safety of the Community walls, and significantly worse: what transpires when these walls give way to people outdoors. Collects The Strolling Dead #73-84.
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A Little Bit of Quiet And A Whole Lotta Noise–A Zombie Epic Continues With Game-Changing Chapters,
The inevitable expansion of “The Walking Dead” universe continues with the next hardcover collection in the comic franchise. Having been a huge Dead fan since the first graphic novels, I have watched the enterprise turn into an outright phenomenon. I’ve reviewed it all from the graphic novels, to the collectibles, to AMC’s television production, to the latest incarnation–the novelization by series creator Robert Kirkman and tidy horror writer Jay Bonansinga. “The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor.” But nothing gives me more satisfaction than keeping up with the epic in its original format and here’s the latest scoop.
Book Seven collects the following two chapters:
Volume 13: Too Far Gone (4 Stars): Now, I had heard some initial disappointment about this volume–and for those looking for general mayhem and violence, this is certainly one of the more subdued chapters thus far. I have to say that initially I agreed. With Rick and clan installed in a new community, there are dozens of new characters sharing center stage. I found this off-putting at first. But what happens in “Too Far Gone” is far more important than just another attack. Rick’s growth and character development are a highlight and how he, and the others, start to acclimatize to their new surroundings has surprising emotional resonance. The characters face the crossroads where they’re allowed to start feeling human again and start to face the moral repercussions of the things they’ve done and will have to continue to do in order to survive. I ended up really feeling connected with “Too Far Gone” in a surprising way. If you’re open to seeing “The Walking Dead” as a fully rounded epic, these moments of introspection are entirely crucial!
Volume 14: No Way Out (5 Stars): “No Way Out,” however, should satisfy those begging for a return to bloodlust and monster mayhem. While early sections of the story are spread among far too many characters (we need to thin the pack!), this is the chapter in which we really see Rick reclaim his leadership role making both good and bad decisions. The entire focus of the tale is taken over by a zombie horde that has discovered our little community. Things may not be as secure as our heroes had hoped and when safety is compromised–nothing will be the same again. Mutilated corpses and surprising new victims populate this episode which is an absolute game changer. But amidst all the carnage and loss, Rick has a remarkable epiphany near the end that makes one of the most powerful soliloquies the series has yet produced. Good stuff. KGHarris, 10/11.
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|All this time, and still the most gut-wrenching and shocking horror comic ever,
The seventh collected hardcover volume of The Walking Dead finds the series continuing the trend of being the most gut-wrenching and shocking horror comic since…well, maybe ever. This collection finds Rick, Carl, and what’s left of their crew adjusting to life in the new seemingly-serene sanctuary they’ve discovered, forging new relationships with their new neighbors and just trying to put the bombastic hell of the world they’ve traversed for so long behind them. Naturally, things don’t quite go that way, as we soon learn that things aren’t at all what they seem. For a series that is at this point over 80 issues in length, you’d figure that The Walking Dead would have become a caricature of itself, and shockingly it hasn’t. Robert Kirkman manages to inject so much depth into these long-running characters that we see new sides to them pop up at the most unexpected of times, especially our hero Rick and just how far he’ll go to protect his son Carl. The concluding pages to this volume are a sure-fire gut punch, and will leave you salivating to see what happens next. All in all, whether you’re a long time reader of the comics or are new to them thanks to the success of the AMC television series, The Walking Dead is still spectacular, and will still shock the holy you know what out of you as well.
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