Review code format (ranked 1-5, blah to faboo): [writing / art / new reader? / non-comics reader?]
The Walking Dead: Heart’s Desire (Vol. 4) (Image) [5/4/3/4] (collects #19-24)
w. Robert Kirkman; a. Charlie Adlard
If Robert Kirkman seems strongly associated with zombies, it’s because this series of his continues so strongly and so well. It’s the standard bit — one day, the dead walk, eating the living. Civilization collapses, and the survivors have to figure out how to keep being survivors. How much violence is necessary to protect themselves from the zombies, from other living — and from each other? What are the rules that keep each other from each other’s throats? Physical, emotional, and sexual
tension continue to rise, and the question is not who will crack first, but who won’t crack.
It’s not a pretty book. But it’s a good one.
Wonder Woman: Destiny Calling (Vol. 4) (DC) [4/4/3/2] (collects #20-24, Annual #1)
w. George Perez; a. George Perez
Continuing the groundbreaking run by Perez in the late 80s, this volume includes the death of Myndi Mayer, the opening of Thymiscara, and Hermes’ decision to live as a god on Earth. Good stuff, and if there’s now a bit of a whiff of melodrama about it all, it’s still nicely drawn and — further dicking around with the whole WW mythos by subsequent writers notwithstanding — foundational stuff for the Wonder Woman we have today.
And that, friends, completes the stack of TPBs I had to go through. Woot.
(listening to: Giacchino, Michael and Tim Simonec, “Saving Metroville” from Incredibles)
(listening to: “Peter Gunn” from Television’s Greatest Hits – II)
(listening to: Symphonic Cast, “Look Down” from Les Misérables (Symphonic))
(listening to: Benson, Jodi, “Part of Your World” from Disney’s Greatest Vol. 3)
(listening to: Denver, John, “Follow Me” from John Denver – Greatest Hits)
(listening to: Slatkin, Leonard, “The Nutcracker, Op.71a, No. 3: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy” from Smart Symphonies)
(listening to: Proclaimers, “A Long Long Long Time Ago” from Hit The Highway)