I think I mentioned this before: Recently I have gone comic book crazy. I went the first 23 years of my life not really caring for them. When I was a kid I did buy Batman, Superman and other books of that nature, but I never read them. They were an investment, and decoration for my bedroom walls (don't worry, I kept them bagged and boarded).

Something happened last summer. After seeing BATMAN BEGINS twice, within the same weekend, I felt a void in my soul. Although I had the "Complete Batman Book" I wanted to know more. So, I bought some Batman comic books.

A year and some days later comic books are my smack. I'm like a crack fiend searching for his next read. My fiancee made me a comic book jar. Any loose change I see, hear, or feel I grab and put it in the jar. It also doesn't help that a comic book shop is only 3 blocks away from my new house and the owner now knows me by name.

The point of this post wasn't to talk about my problem, I wanted to discuss what I have been reading recently.

THE WALKING DEAD. If you like zombies, I know I do. This comic is for you. It feels like NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, it's even in black and white, but more epic. Our fearless leader wakes up from a coma in a deserted hospital (yes, very 28 days later like) in a small town outside of the A.T.L. Rick learns very quickly what is going on. ZOMBIES!!! That's whats going on. He treks out to find his family and he does, but not before he finds some more ZOMBIES!!!

Rick and his family are part of a RV riding, rambling group of living folk who are looking for a safe place to live. Everywhere they go though is infested with...ZOMBIES!!!

I just finished reading volume 3. They found a prison, which was, of course, brimming with the LIVING DEAD!!! I AM TALKING ZOMBIES!!!

I absolutely love the book. I can't wait to read the rest.

TWD is published by Image Comics who publishes other interesting titles that I want to eventually pick up. One is called BATTLE POPE. It is also written by the same guy who writes TWD.

The book tells the tale of a hard drinking, womanizing Pope condemned by God for his own evil ways, who is called to action to save Saint Michael, with the help of Jesus H. Christ, becoming mankind's final hope in a world overrun by demons following the Apocalypse.

-wikipedia

I'm hoping to check out BATTLE POPE once my jar is full to the top.

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This entry was posted by Geoff, on Tuesday, August 29, 2006. You can leave your response.