The Walking Dead #69-70 (Ongoing) Update

Somebody took issue with my use of the term "intellectual delight" in counterpoint with that base sense of dread and foreboding you feel when you read the actual comic book itself. Yes, for a zombie comic it is an oxymoron. You see, the zombies here are not the focus of the story; humanity is. And for those who have yet to read it, I believe the best way--as always--is to start from the very first issue. grows more absorbing as it goes, revealing more exciting and complicated reasons to want to follow a story where, in a zombie-infested apocalyptic hell, the few surviving humans somehow prove with increasingly horrific means that they are, truly, more monstrous than the undead. As an IGN reviewer avers, "If there is better, more consistently thoughtful character work going on anywhere in mainstream comics, I'd like to see it. Kirkman is a master at peeling away layers of a character's psyche, and Charlie Adlard has the expressive chops to convey those complex emotions." Issue #69 reminds us that zomibes are still out there, and #70 leads up to an ending that sends chills up your spine and makes your hair stand on end. Hands down consistently the best ongoing comic series today. 2 high-quality Minutemen scans. is an American monthly black-and-white comic published by Image Comics beginning in 2003. The comic was created by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Tony Moore (replaced by Charlie Adlard from issue #7 onward) and chronicles the travels of a group of people trying to survive in a world stricken by a zombie apocalypse. The series has been divided into 6-issue story arcs.

The Walking Dead #69 - Released Jan 27 2010 | 32 Pages | 30.2 MB At long last... they arrive. But will things get better... or WORSE? The Walking Dead #70 - Released Feb 24 2010 | 32 Pages | 25.5 MB Behind these walls everyone has their place; everyone has their job. There is no danger, there are no threats... everyone has hope. Will it last? --

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