Posted on December 15, 2011 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlie Adlard (artist), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones), Rus Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: New stuff pops up, but is this going to be a threat or an opportunity? Five things: 1. Glad to see something intriguing happen! - I was really hard on the last issue of TWD. The [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Charlie Adlard, Cliff, Cliff Rathburn, Dean Stell, Image, review, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, Sina Grace, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead #92, The Walking Dead #92 review, Zombies | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 22, 2011 by dfstell
Original Air Date: November 20, 2011 The Story: Everyone has secrets and it turns out that “can’t-live-with-’em-can’t-live-without-’em” saying about women is true. Five Things: 1. Man, Lori. - What an unlikable character she’s becoming! This really does mirror the comic where every time Rick had something important to do, there was Lori harping at him. Yelling [...]
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Posted on November 16, 2011 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlie Adlard (art), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones), Rus Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: Life drags on inside the Arlington enclave. Five Things: [SPOILER WARNING] 1. What a bummer resolution to the Rick-Andrea situation! Really? Issue #90 ends with Rick and Andrea having a passionate kiss and then we [...]
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Posted on November 15, 2011 by dfstell
Original Air Date: November 13, 2011 Five things: (Full SPOILERS) 1. Darryl’s incredibly crappy day. Man….that’s a bad day at the office, huh? About halfway through the show, I tweeted that they should have called the episode “Darryl’s really shitty day”. Fall off a horse (bad stunt work. No one falls off a horse that [...]
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Posted on November 8, 2011 by dfstell
Original Air Date: November 6, 2011 Five things: 1. Nothing BIG going on, but lots of little stuff. This almost felt like an issue of the comic book. Anyone who reads the comic knows that the comic series delights in starting small smoldering fires and then fanning the flames for 5-6 issues until the characters have [...]
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Posted on October 27, 2011 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlie Adlard (penciler/inker), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones), Rus Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: How will Rick respond to the plot against him. Five things: As always, this is a FULL SPOILERS review…. 1). This was a really “meh” story cycle. This climax and aftermath to the plot against [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Charlie Adlard, Dean Stell, Image, review, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, Sina Grace, The Walking Dead, Zombies | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 5, 2011 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlie Adlard (art), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones), Rus Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: Will the Alexandria survivors accept Rick & Gang as the leaders of the settlement? SPOILER WARNING What’s Good: It’s nice that Kirkman isn’t screwing around with the newest threat. There have been times in the [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Dean Stell, Image, review, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead #89, The Walking Dead #89 review, Zombies | 2 Comments »
Posted on August 17, 2011 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlie Adlard (art), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones), Rus Wooton (letterer) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: Life goes on in the Alexandria compound now that someone has woken up from a coma. What’s Good: As with all Walking Dead reviews I do, this review contains SPOILERS…. Honestly, there isn’t a whole [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Image, review, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, Sina Grace, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead #88, The Walking Dead #88 review, Weekly Comic Book Review, Zombies | 8 Comments »
Posted on August 7, 2011 by dfstell
By: Chris Roberson (writer), Michael Allred (artist), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: Many plot points crash into one another as the zombie outbreak afflicting Eugene, Oregon comes to a climax. What’s Good: Honestly, the best thing about this comic (and series) is the artwork. [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Chris Roberson, Dean Stell, Gregory Lockard, I Zombie, IZombie #16, IZombie #16 review, Laura Allred, Michael Allred, review, Shelly Bond, Todd Klein, Vertigo, Zombies | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 20, 2011 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (creator & writer), Charlie Adlard (artist), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones), Rus Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: The survivors of the Alexandria compound set about rebuilding their walls and their lives. What’s Good: [The top portion of this review is spoiler-free. I'll have discussion of the big "Oh crap!" spoiler [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Dean Stell, Image, review, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, Sina Grace, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead #87, The Walking Dead #87 review, Zombies | 3 Comments »
Posted on June 19, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mark Sable (writer), Paul Azaceta (art), Matt Wilson (colors) & Thomas Mauer (letters) The Story: A zombie outbreak during the present day Afghan war. What’s Good: Good zombie stories aren’t really about zombies. Zombies are just a cool narrative device to do things like confine a bunch of people in a desperate environment and [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Graveyard of Empires, Image, Mark Sable, Matt Wilson, Paul Azaceta, review, Thomas Mauer, Zombies | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 25, 2011 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlie Adlard (art), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones), Rus Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: The humans clean up after laying a massive smack down on the zombies in last month’s issue. [SPOILER WARNING ] What’s Good: Comics can’t be breakneck all the time. The Walking Dead is a marathon [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Dean Stell, Image, review, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, Sina Grace, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead #85, The Walking Dead #85 review, Zombies | 4 Comments »
Posted on May 8, 2011 by dfstell
By: Chris Roberson (writer), Michael Allred (art), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: After spending the first dozen issues mostly sorting out who these freaky characters are, it seems that we are embarking on our first mission-based story arc having to do with the evil [...]
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Posted on April 27, 2011 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlie Adlard (art), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones), Rus Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: After the shocking events of the last issue, the survivors need to man-up. What’s Good: [SPOILER WARNING] If you thought that this issue would continue the bloodbath we got last month, you would be wrong. [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Image, review, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, Sina Grace, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead #84, The Walking Dead #84 review, Weekly Comic Book Review, Zombies | 5 Comments »
Posted on April 2, 2011 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlie Adlard (art), Cliff Rathburn (grays), Rus Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: As the walled enclave turns into a zombie-filled death-trap, Rick & Gang make a break for it. What’s Good: [Spoilers ahead. If you haven't read the issue, just skim to the bottom, see the "grade" and [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Dean Stell, Image, review, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, Sina Grace, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead #83, The Walking Dead #83 review, Zombies | 6 Comments »
Posted on March 9, 2011 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlie Adlard (art), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones), Rus Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: Zombies are breaking into the safe little enclave. What’s Good: [SPOILER WARNING] It’s amazing how an issue like this– that features the first full-on zombie swarm since around issue #58 or so– has so many [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Dean Stell, Image, review, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, Sina Grace, The Walking Dead, Zombies | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 9, 2011 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlie Adlard (art), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones), Rus Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: Attack of the zombies OR “You gotta sink those fence posts in concrete!” What’s Good: [This review contains spoilers] Kirkman has been teasing the hell out of us readers for ~6 months with this whole [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Dean Stell, Image, review, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, Sina Grace, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead #81, The Walking Dead #81 review, Zombies | 4 Comments »
Posted on January 5, 2011 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlie Adlard (art), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones), Russ Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: No Way Out begins. Will the zombies get a snack? What’s Good: This issue was a bit of a tease. [SPOILER warning] The thing that makes this comic series and book so special is that [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Dean Stell, Image, review, Robert Kirkman, Russ Wooton, Sina Grace, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead #80, The Walking Dead #80 review, Zombies | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 24, 2010 by dfstell
B y: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlies Adlard (art), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones), Russ Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: As life passes in the sleepy little enclave, danger is closing in. What’s Good: The tension was just palpable in this issue. It’s hard to discuss without getting a little SPOILERIFFIC so you’ve been [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Image, review, Robert Kirkman, Russ Wooton, Sina Grace, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead #79, The Walking Dead #79 review, Weekly Comic Book Review, Zombies | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 22, 2010 by dfstell
The Story: Did you really think that the only people to survive the Atlanta area were the 20 or so people we see in TWD? Also someone finally gets eaten by a zombie! What’s Good: This was pitch perfect for what we comic-fans want The Walking Dead to be, as it is adapted to the [...]
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Posted on November 8, 2010 by dfstell
The Story: Rick has to escape from a downtown Atlanta that is swarmed by zombies. What’s Good: The pilot episode of TWD was interesting in how much it followed the comics. It was nice that they started out with a pretty faithful adaptation of the comic (as a nod to us comic fans) before going [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, review, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead AMC, The Walking Dead Episode 2, The Walking Dead TV series, The Walking Dead TV Series review, TV, Zombies | 12 Comments »
Posted on October 26, 2010 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer/letters), Tony Moore (art) & Cliff Rathburn (gray tones) The Story: A man wakes up from a coma to find the world has been overrun by zombies. Review: News Flash!!!!! There will be a TV adaptation of The Walking Dead beginning on AMC on Halloween night (Oct. 31, 2010). Unless you have [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Cliff Rathburn, Dean Stell, Graphic Novel, Image, review, Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead TV series, The Walking Dead: Days Gone Bye Vol.1, The Walking Dead: Days Gone Bye Vol.1 review, Tony Moore, Trade paperback, Zombies | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 20, 2010 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlie Adlard (art), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones) & Rus Wooton (letters) The Story: Chaos comes knocking at the door of the walled enclave, setting a very bad sequence of events in motion. [Spoilers lie below...] The Walking Dead is another one of those series that never flings out a stinker, ho-hum [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Image, review, Robert Kirkman, Russ Wooton, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead #78, The Walking Dead #78 review, Weekly Comic Book Review, Zombies | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 9, 2010 by dfstell
By: Chris Roberson (writer), Michael Allred (art), Laura Allred (colors) & Todd Klein (letters) The Story: Now that we know where zombies, vampires & ghosts come from, what about were-terriers? What’s Good: Roberson has a pretty complex story to tell and has to deal with the challenge of establishing all of the expansive groundwork for [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Chris Roberson, Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Ghosts, I, I Zombie, Laura Allred, Michael Allred, review, Todd Klein, Vertigo, Weekly Comic Book Review, were-terrier, zombie, Zombie #6, Zombie #6 review, Zombies | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 6, 2010 by dfstell
By: Michael Alan Nelson (writer), Alejandro Aragon (art), William Farmer (colors) & Ed Dukeshire (letters) The Story: Clint and Selina come face to face with what passes for civilization in post-infection London. What’s Good: This series just keeps humming right along and any fan of zombies, survival horror, post-apocalypse or The Walking Dead should be [...]
Filed under: Boom! Studios | Tagged: 28 Days Later, 28 Days Later #15, 28 Days Later #15 review, Alejandro Aragon, Boom! Studios, Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Ed Dukeshire, Michael Alan Nelson, review, Weekly Comic Book Review, William Farmer, Zombies | Leave a Comment »
