Zeb Larson reviews The Walking Dead #143… A Union. Every time that Rick Grimes starts to think he’s secure, something comes along to rattle his cage and cause that feeling of safety to crumble. We always knew that the Whisperers were dangerous, but now we see that they have a unique trump card that Rick […]

Zeb Larson reviews The Walking Dead #142… A Gathering. The long-discussed fair has finally arrived, but the organizer of the proceedings has much bigger things to be worrying about right now.  On the one hand, this issue is a monument to the peace that Rick Grimes has managed to create for his fellow survivors. After […]

Zeb Larson reviews The Walking Dead #141… No cover page of The Walking Dead ever seems to accurately reflect the events in the book. You might be led to think, based on the cover, that Negan will somehow take advantage of his opportunity to escape captivity, but this is twisted substantially. The bulk of the […]

Zeb Larson reviews The Walking Dead #140… Life and Death. The Walking Dead #140 covers a lot of different ground and characters, which makes this one of the most balanced issues we’ve seen in a long time. The economy in the writing is really commendable here, as we see Michonne, Rick, Andrea, Negan, Carl, Maggie, […]

Zeb Larson reviews The Walking Dead #139… FROM THE EDGE OF THE WORLD. A new arc begins as our world gets even bigger. We finally get to see some characters we haven’t seen in a very long time, and their return is a good thing for this book. The reunion unfortunately dominates this issue to […]

Zeb Larson reviews The Walking Dead #138… FACE TO FACE. Two issues this month! Well, things don’t go pear-shaped in quite the way you might have expected from last issue, but they still go rather pear-shaped. This isn’t an arc-ending issue that ends in a lot of bloodshed or with a dramatically changed status quo, […]