Nathan Fox Monthly!

Am I the only one who feels weird when USA Today breaks a comic book news story?   The bad news is Robert Kirkman and artist Greg Capullo are leaving Haunt.  The Awesome news is writer Joe Casey (Butcher Baker)  and Nathan Fox are taking over.  Also Greg Capullo is drawing Batman written by Scott Snyder.  Win, win, and win.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/2011-06-09-Haunt-series-scares-up-a-new-creative-team_n.htm

The Walking Dead (Review)

Although AMC produces only a couple series, the channel has struck television gold with Mad Men and Breaking Bad, and now they can add The Walking Dead to their list of hits to be proud of.

It might seem a little strange at first; the channel known for its painstakingly realistic series is producing a show about zombies? But The Walking Dead isn't your typical zombie fare. Created by critically acclaimed director Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption), and based on the popular comic book by Robert Kirkman, the series is introspective and thought-provoking, will still managing to deliver the chills and thrills associated with the zombie "genre."

The Walking Dead opens with Sheriff Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln, Love Actually) awaking alone in a hospital, having been admitted for a near fatal gunshot wound. The hospital, however, is empty except for some gruesome corpses. Rick makes his way outside and soon finds that a zombie apocalypse has more or less run everyone out of town, including his wife (Sarah Wayne Callies, Prison Break) and young son. Certain that they are still alive, he sets off to find them, and thus the story of this fast-paced series is......

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Walking Dead #75

This was my first time reading this comic, even after I was told by umpteen amounts of people to check out this critically acclaimed series by Robert Kirkman (Marvel Zombies), and after finishing the issue I am seriously thinking about picking up the Walking Dead hard cover that is on sale at Chris’ Comics right now. This landmark 75^th issue has some interesting twists included in it. Featuring a special section of the book that fulfills a promise that Kirkman made to the readers way back in issue seven of the series. I’m not going to ruin it though because it is so bizarre. One thing I will say is that it is in full color, which makes it an even greater eye-popping event within this black and white series.

This issue is action packed, not so much with zombie interactions (don’t worry faithful fans, there is still a small amount of zombies getting their heads blown off etc!). The issue revolves around Rick having a confrontation with the Doctor of the non-infected town they are residing, saying that he should be ejected from the town because he has been abusing his family, but since the man is the doctor of the town the mayor questions Rick and the end result is surprising to say the least. This issue is action packed and entertaining for its entirety, it will be interesting to see how this all pans out and affects the roles of all the characters involved.

8 out of 10

*Originally Posted on the Chris' Comics Official Website