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The Walking Dead #96 [Review]

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Walt

A Larger World (Conclusion)

Creator, Writer: Robert Kirkman
Letterer: Rus Wooton
Penciler, Inker, Cover: Charlie Adlard
Gray Tones, Cover Colors: Cliff Rathburn
Editor: Sina Grace
Published by: Image Comics

Rick and “our” survivors get a taste of this other facility where so many live, and have their own perspectives on the whole thing. While they’re learning about the situation in general, Rick finds himself in position to make a deal for long-term survival, though his friends aren’t entirely thrilled with it.

Story-wise, not a bad issue. I hardly remember the last issue, so surely lost something in between that and this. As story conclusions go, this is a bit less thrilling than some, so a bit of a let-down…but it sets things up for other stories to come, and the run-up to #100 (which by usual 6-issue arcs will kick off the 2nd half of the next arc).

Visually, nothing new or shocking, really…the art’s one of the most consistent things about this comic (actually, same can be said for the writing).

Frankly, this is no jump-on point…but it’s the latest issue of The Walking Dead, and it’s not bad.

Story: 7/10
Art: 8/10
Whole: 8/10

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The Walking Dead on DVD/Blu-Ray

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Walt

walkingdeaddvdSo…The Walking Dead came out for home media today.

I’d debated awhile whether I wanted to get it as DVD or Blu-Ray, especially with the pricing being so comparable (and I think Best Buy most closely fought Amazon, matching the Amazon prices in their weekly ad).

Ultimately, I went with the DVD version.

And I have to give AMC EXTREME GRATITUDE for their stand-up way of releasing this.

See…virtually any and every other media release—movie, tv seasons, whatever—it seems that publishers feel the need to force one toward the Blu-Ray edition, to intentionally MAKE the DVD an INFERIOR PRODUCT.

They “stack” the blu-ray with EXCLUSIVE “extras” intentionally left off the DVD release; whether it’s brief featurettes, bonus episodes of something, or whatever…stuff that at the SAME resolution as the DVD content, would FIT EASILY onto the DVDs included in the DVD release.

AMC has put out the first season of The Walking Dead on both Blu-Ray and DVD.

But looking at the packages, I couldn’t find anything different between the two. The extras all looked to be the same. The two versions contain all 6 episodes. Even the box art is the same, except the Blu-Ray edition has that blue stripe at the top, and the cases are obviously the respective DVD or Blu-Ray size.

And given that…AMC has totally earned my respect all the more.

Let the formats speak for themselves. That’s ALL it should be about. FORMAT. Not the CONTENT.

I went with the DVD…but in this case…because I don’t know of any friends who have a blu-ray player, and if we get together to watch this as a group…DVD is virtually “universal.”

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The obligatory ‘The Walking Dead’ post

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Walt

I watched the premiere of The Walking Dead on Halloween, at 10pm on AMC.

As did many, many others. And as far as I know, there was at least one encore presentation immediately following the conclusion of the premiere, and I’m reasonably certain there’s a 3rd showing going on right now.

I’ll maybe go into more detail later, I’m sure.

But for now, it’s enough to say that I was highly impressed, and greatly enjoyed this. One might even say that this show–the 6 episodes of this first season, at least–is (for me) the culmination of a four-year journey into the Zombie sub-genre of Horror.

I’m pretty sure it was November 2006 that I dove into the genre, kicked off by having thoroughly enjoyed Marvel’s Marvel Zombies project and deciding to check out the first (bargain-priced at $9.99!) volume of Kirkman’s The Walking Dead that I’d been hearing quite a bit of good about.

I also found myself watching quite a number of zombie flicks (and several non-zombie horror flicks in the Evil Dead series).

Shaun of the Dead, the 2004 Dawn of the Dead remake quickly emerged as my favorites of that bunch. Since then, I’ve added Diary of the Dead to the top of my list of favorite zombie flicks. I’ve also determined that I absolutely prefer the Romero-style zombies over the “smart” or “talking” zombies found in the Living Dead flicks.

Back to The Walking Dead…

I so thoroughly enjoyed the premiere that I was 17 or so minutes into the encore presentation before it even occurred to me to turn the tv off. I DVRed this here at home (though I watched it live) and though I thus have it for re-watchability…I’ve got every intention of picking up the inevitable DVD release to add to my zombie collection.

If you didn’t see it, and have any interest in zombies or a post-apocalyptic human drama, and have access to be able to…do yourself a favor and give the show a chance.

The first episode is even kinda like a movie in itself…ending in a way that COULD be a typical ending to a generic zombie-flick.

The beauty here is…the story’s gonna keep going.

The Walking Dead is the zombie flick that doesn’t end.

And we–as the viewers of the tv show and/or the readers of the comic series–are richer for it.

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The Walking Dead #52 [review]

Posted on September 23, 2008 by Walt

Posted to comixtreme.com.

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